Ben Stokes - The Best Cricketer of the Week

I have had a stomach bug this week so I'm used to a lot of erratic movement....but not even that prepared me for this week's pointfest.

19 of our 21 players were active this week and between them they scored 2416 points!

Weekly Top 5

1. Ben Stokes - 331 - It was genuinely hard to see who would win Cricketer of the Week this week but then when I sat down and worked it out of course it was Stokes. He sored points in every category except Wicket Bonus and was instrumental in THAT win. Up two places to eighth.

2. Joe Root - 279 - You know it's Summer time when Joe is back in the weekly Top 5. You almost feel like he has been deprived his first Cricketer of the Week of 2022 but the stats don't lie. Shockingly he has moved DOWN a place on the Overall List to 10th.

3. Glenn Maxwell - 276 - Back in the Australia ODI side and back scoring runs like he does best....playing three games in a week doesn't hurt either.

4. Jonny Bairstow - 204 - The man of the hour on Tuesday only makes it to fourth this week. Shockingly he also makes no headway on the overall list but has Warner, KL Rahul and Hasan Ali within 37 points of him so could make a big move after the next Test.

5. Steve Smith - 178 - Sods law for Smith. After registering in the Top 5 for the first time this year, he is now sweating on an injury that may rule him out of the rest of the series. Thems the breaks.

Overall Top 5

1. Simon Harmer - 2571 - His score of 67 from one T20 Blast isn't setting the world alight but he is doing exactly what he needs to do and outscored the cricketers in 2nd and 4th to carry on eking out his lead.

2. Quinton De Kock - 2108 - Non inclusion for the two middle T20 games against India plus a damp squib on Friday means that De Kock makes no discernible progress. Now needs to start looking over his shoulder.

3. Marnus Labuschagne - 2094 - A fairly low key return to the international team, but he holds third place for a third consecutive week. Could genuinely be anywhere between 2nd and 6th next week.

4. Mohammad Rizwan - 2022 - Never reached the highs of his first ODI against the West Indies and only got 36 points today - he still holds onto fourth by the very skin of his teeth.

5. Glenn Maxwell - 2013 - It seems like a very long time ago that Maxwell was our leading Cricketer in the World. Since then he has never dropped lower than 9th but is back in the Top 5 for the first time in nearly 4 months.

Other Movers

Cummins return to action sees him move up a place to 12th whilst Critchley, who was in the Weekly Top 5 two weeks in a row without moving up overall, registers just 111 points but moves up 2 spots to 13th.

Ones To Watch

Two international team mates at either end of The List have a further 3 ODIs to play and lots of movement they could make. Maxwell is very well placed for an assault on the Top 5 whilst Warner has thee positions within 100 points of him.

Top Three Averages

1. Simon Harmer = 183.64 (Down from 192.63)
2. Ben Stokes = 167.18 (Up from 150.8)
3. Matt Critchley = 160.89 (Down from 167.13)

Strangely our most decreased average and our most improved average now sit in places 1 & 2 of highest averages. For the second consecutive week, Harmer leaks the most points and is now in genuine bother. Stokes takes a huge leap up to second thanks to the Miracle or Nottingham.

Top Players By Format

*=New Name

Long Form - Simon Harmer = 2197
One Day - Babar Azam = 670
Short Form - Moeen Ali = 1742

Highest Points by Discipline

Runs - Babar Azam = 1240
Batting Bonus - Babar Azam = 270
Strike Rate - Glenn Maxwell = 450

Wickets - Simon Harmer = 1120
Wicket Bonus - Simon Harmer = 250
Economy - Simon Harmer = 630

Fielding - Rishabh Pant = 430
Fielding Bonus - Rishabh Pant = 70

Weekly

Ben Stokes 331
Joe Root 279
Glenn Maxwell 276
Jonny Bairstow 204
Steve Smith 178
Pat Cummins 154
Moeen Ali 140
Babar Azam 118
David Warner 116
Matt Critchley 111
Travis Head 92
Marnus Labuschagne 82
Risabh Pant 78
Simon Harmer 67
Hasan Ali 58
Kyle Jamieson 45
Mohammad Rizwan 36
Quinton De Kock 34
Bhanuka Rajapaksa 17

KL Rahul dnp
Kane Williamson dnp

Overall

1 Simon Harmer 2571
2 Quinton De Kock 2108
3 Marnus Labuschagne 2094
4 Mohammad Rizwan 2022
5 Glenn Maxwell 2013
6 Rishabh Pant 2000
7 Babar Azam 1888
8 Ben Stokes 1839
9 Moeen Ali 1832
10 Joe Root 1806
11 Kyle Jamieson 1547
12 Pat Cummins 1527
13 Matt Critchley 1448
14 Hasan Ali 1407
15 KL Rahul 1383
16 David Warner 1381
17 Jonny Bairstow 1370
18 Travis Head 1014
19 Steve Smith 809
20 Bhanuka Rajapaksa 623
21 Kane Williamson 376