What a weird week. Despite 14 cricketers featuring only 545 points were scored - on 4 occasions in the five year history of this List a single player has scored that in a single week.
This was largely down the World Cup warm-ups but also some pretty anodyne performances.
Weekly Update
1. KL Rahul - 107 - This is the third lowest Cricketer of the Week winning total of all time and an odd way for KLR to win his first accolade.... despite his dominance in the IPL last season. You'd take it with the World Cup on the horizon.
2. Ben Stokes - 96 - Maybe not back to electric form but certainly wind generated form as he claims 36 runs and a wicket in England's final warm up game against Pakistan.
3. Simon Harmer - 91 - You can't keep a good man down. It looked like Friday's game might have been rained off which would have left Harmer on 43 points but a brace against Western Province brings him up into the Top 5....again.
4. Glenn Maxwell - 83 - Was being asked to justify his place in the side and maybe did so with a quickfire 23 and a wicket in the final warm up game against India.
5. Bhanuka Rajapaksa - 64 - Was last seen in the Top 5 for his tournament winning knock in the Asia Cup. This week he scored less points in 3 World Cup qualifying games. Probably doesn't deserve his place but rules is rules.
Overall
1. Simon Harmer - 4869 - Back playing cricket for the Titans and therefore back in the title hunt.... however, all 4 of the rest of the Top 5 will be playing an awful lot over the next three weeks compared to him. His lead is back above 500 points though.
2. Mohammad Rizwan - 4295 - A weird 0 score this week from a man that is likely to score big in the World Cup
3. Babar Azam - 3544 - Did not feature in Pakistan's two World Cup games but you feel this might be the calm before the storm.
4. Moeen Ali - 3533 - One of those anomalous 0 scores - however Moeen holds 4th spot for a second week.
5. Quinton De Kock - 3326 - Inactive this week. Very much more active next week, you'd imagine.
Other Movers
A meagre score in a week of meagre scores, but Travis Head's score of 52 sees him overtake long time absentee Kyle Jamieson and moves him into 17th.
Ones to Watch
All of the Top 5 will be in action next week - but the biggest fight will be between the World Cup pair of Babar Azam and Moeen Ali. With just 11 points between them (the tightest gap in the List) it could be interesting to see who takes the initiative.
Top Three Averages
1. Simon Harmer = 202.88 (Down from 207.74)
2. Ben Stokes = 144.2 (Down from 146.74)
3. Babar Azam = 141.76 (Down from 147.67)
Only one player's average improved last week and that was by the dizzying gulf of 0.47 points; that was KL Rahul who now stands at 96.61 a week. The biggest hit came to Babar Azam who moves down to second once more.
Top Players By Format
Long Form - Simon Harmer = 4063
One Day - Babar Azam = 1002
Short Form - Moeen Ali = 3137
Highest Points by Discipline
Runs - Mohammad Rizwan - 2485
Batting Bonus - Babar Azam = 510
Strike Rate - Moeen Ali = 750
Wickets - Simon Harmer = 2320
Wicket Bonus - Simon Harmer = 410
Economy - Simon Harmer = 1040
Fielding - Quinton De Kock = 680
Fielding Bonus - Rishabh Pant = 110
Weekly
KL Rahul 107
Ben Stokes 96
Simon Harmer 91
Glenn Maxwell 83
Bhanuka Rajapaksa 64
Travis Head 52
Marnus Labuschagne 24
Steve Smith 18
Pat Cummins 7
Kane Williamson 3
Babar Azam 0
Mohammad Rizwan 0
David Warner 0
Moeen Ali 0
Kyle Jamieson dnp
Jonny Bairstow dnp
Joe Root dnp
Matt Critchley dnp
Hasan Ali dnp
Quinton De Kock dnp
Risabh Pant dnp
Overall
1 Simon Harmer 4869
2 Mohammad Rizwan 4295
3 Babar Azam 3544
4 Moeen Ali 3533
5 Quinton De Kock 3326
6 Rishabh Pant 3226
7 Glenn Maxwell 2930
8 Ben Stokes 2884
9 Marnus Labuschagne 2725
10 Joe Root 2648
11 Jonny Bairstow 2593
12 Matt Critchley 2473
13 David Warner 2238
14 KL Rahul 2222
15 Pat Cummins 2083
16 Hasan Ali 2037
17 Travis Head 1572
18 Kyle Jamieson 1547
19 Steve Smith 1530
20 Bhanuka Rajapaksa 1147
21 Kane Williamson 1019
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