Friday 20 May 2022

Moeen Ali - The Best Cricketer of the Week




Weekly Top 5


1. Moeen Ali -244 - Comes out of nowhere with the last IPL 2022 game of the week to sneak his third Cricketer of the Week. He has the joint most of 2022.

2. Quinton De Kock - 237 - Scored the 7th lowest points total in his first game of the week and then the highest in his second. Been such a consistent performer in IPL 2022.

3. Joe Root - 211 - Underwhelmed in his first game but looked in better nick against Lancashire. Warming up for a big Summer. Up three places to 13th overall.

4. Marnus Labuschagne - 188 - Three of his five County Championship games this season have seen him score between 183 and 190 points. That kind of grind is always welcome.

=5. Ben Stokes = 138 - No theatrics for Stokes this week. A decent half century and a joint fifth placed finish for the week will do nicely.

=5. KL Rahul = 138 = Turned round three poor performances in a row with a half century against Kolkata to keep him in the mix for our week Top 5s....Just.

Weekly Top 5

1. Quinton De Kock = 2016 = De Kock is the eight Cricketer to take top spot so far this year and you can't argue that it is undeserved. However with the IPL 2022 drawing to a close he needs to make the most of his remaining games to widen that gap.

2. Simon Harmer - 2005 - Harmer's mediocre scores have been doing just enough to keep the wolf from the door.....but as soon as he was inactive he has moved down a place to second. There is a huge gap to third though so shouldn't lose too much sleep.

3. Rishabh Pant - 1784 - Lots of flux and panic all around him. Only scored 27 points for the week....but Pant holds third spot. '

4. Marnus Labuschagne - 1734 - The first new name to grace our Top 5 in 6 weeks. Marnus doesn't even bother with fifth and instead jumps straight in at fourth spot.

5. Mohammad Rizwan = 1647 - Sadly missed out Sussex's most recent game due to a bereavement. Rizwan is down one place to 5th.

Ones to Watch

It's not just football fans whose eyes should be glued to the bottom of the table this week. Rajapaksa and Williamson are tied in last place. Who can win the handsomest man in the burns unit and escape this indignity?

Top 3 Averages

1. Simon Harmer = 200.5
2. Babar Azam = 163
3. Ben Stokes = 157.25 (Down from 160)

Moeen Ali's late late show saw his average jump up by 10.23 points to 131.5 per active week. Bhanuka Rajapaksa's rollercoaster IPL sees him take the biggest nosedive. His average of 62.67 is the second lowest overall.

Top Players By Format

*=New Name

Long Form - Simon Harmer = 1977
One Day - Quinton De Kock = 503
Short Form - *Moeen Ali = 1513

Highest Points by Discipline



Runs - Babar Azam = 1070
Batting Bonus - Babar Azam = 220
Strike Rate - Quinton De Kock = 400

Wickets - Simon Harmer = 860
Wicket Bonus - Simon Harmer = 220
Economy - Simon Harmer = 480

Fielding - Rishabh Pant = 370
Fielding Bonus - Rishabh Pant = 60

Weekly List

Moeen Ali 244
Quinton De Kock 237
Joe Root 211
Marnus Labuschagne 188
Ben Stokes 138
KL Rahul 138
Glenn Maxwell 110
Jonny Bairstow 58
Risabh Pant 27
Kane Williamson 27
Bhanuka Rajapaksa 14
David Warner 10

Steve Smith dnp
Babar Azam dnp
Kyle Jamieson dnp
Travis Head dnp
Hasan Ali dnp
Simon Harmer dnp
Pat Cummins dnp
Matt Critchley dnp
Mohammad Rizwan dnp


Overall List

1 Quinton De Kock 2016
2 Simon Harmer 2005
3 Rishabh Pant 1784
4 Marnus Labuschagne 1734
5 Mohammad Rizwan 1647
6 Babar Azam 1630
7 Glenn Maxwell 1595
8 Moeen Ali 1578
9 Pat Cummins 1373
10 Hasan Ali 1290
11 Ben Stokes 1258
12 KL Rahul 1254
13 Joe Root 1198
14 Kyle Jamieson 1100
15 Jonny Bairstow 1046
16 David Warner 1039
17 Travis Head 752
18 Matt Critchley 664
19 Steve Smith 616
20 Bhanuka Rajapaksa 376

21 Kane Williamson 376 

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