Simon Harmer - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Another low scoring week compared to what might have been expected - even with the antipodean precipitation.

Weekly

1. Simon Harmer - 144 - This is Simon Harmer....in his quiet period.....playing his least favourite format of the game....winning Cricketer of the Week for a record breaking 9th time.

2. Quinton De Kock - 133 - An impressive second placed finish considering the fact that QDK has played a game fewer than most.

3. Glenn Maxwell - 121 - A couple of Strike Rate boosted scores of 28 and 23 bolstered Maxwell's decent-ish week.

4. Ben Stokes - 98 - Mot a stand out week - however his 2-19 vs Afghanistan is worth noting...especially as that match will be more remembered for Sam Curran's exploits. Moves up a place to 7th overall.

5. Moeen Ali - 82 - Here largely off the back of a 12 ball 24 that didn't quite get the job done against Ireland.

Overall

1. Simon Harmer - 5033 - Takes his lead on second place back up to 700+ points and is ticking along rather nicely in the CSA T20 Challenged. You feel he may be the first multiple Cricketer of the Year winner when all is done and dusted.

2. Mohammad Rizwan - 4295 - Just 58 points scored this week - it seems like he is not using this World Cup campaign to push on to challenge for top spot. More a Mordaunt than a Sunak maybe?

3. Moeen Ali - 3615 - Not tearing up any roots in the World Cup but is quietly doing enough to ease his way back into the third place position he lost three weeks ago.

4. Babar Azam - 3544 - A misfiring World Cup campaign has seen Azam slide back down the table after the series against England saw him shoot back up. Hard to see where he will end up.

5. Quinton De Kock - 3226 - Really the only player from the T20 World Cup that can hold his head up in our overall Top 5. A second placed finish for the week and 477 points between him and sixth.

Top Three Averages

1. Simon Harmer = 201.32 (Down from 202.88)
2. Ben Stokes = 142 (Down from 144.2)
3. Babar Azam = 137.62 (Down from 141.76)

Yet again Babar Azam takes a massive slump this week. Has lost 8 points in the last month. Only two players improved their average - De Kock was by the largest margin of 0.88.

Top Players By Format


Long Form - Simon Harmer = 4063
One Day - Babar Azam = 1002
Short Form - Moeen Ali = 3219

Highest Points by Discipline


Runs - Mohammad Rizwan - 2503
Batting Bonus - Babar Azam = 510
Strike Rate - Moeen Ali = 770

Wickets - Simon Harmer = 2380
Wicket Bonus - Simon Harmer = 410
Economy - Simon Harmer = 1090

Fielding - Quinton De Kock = 700
Fielding Bonus - Rishabh Pant = 110

Weekly

Simon Harmer 144
Quinton De Kock 133
Glenn Maxwell 121
Ben Stokes 98
Moeen Ali 82
Pat Cummins 71
Mohammad Rizwan 58
Kane Williamson 53
Babar Azam 34
Bhanuka Rajapaksa 27
David Warner 26
KL Rahul 13

Kyle Jamieson dnp
Jonny Bairstow dnp
Joe Root dnp
Matt Critchley dnp
Hasan Ali dnp
Risabh Pant dnp
Travis Head dnp
Marnus Labuschagne dnp
Steve Smith dnp

Overall

1 Simon Harmer 5033
2 Mohammad Rizwan 4295
4 Moeen Ali 3615
3 Babar Azam 3544
5 Quinton De Kock 3459
6 Rishabh Pant 3226
8 Ben Stokes 2982
7 Glenn Maxwell 2930
9 Marnus Labuschagne 2725
10 Joe Root 2648
11 Jonny Bairstow 2593
12 Matt Critchley 2473
13 David Warner 2264
14 KL Rahul 2235
15 Pat Cummins 2154
16 Hasan Ali 2037
17 Travis Head 1572
18 Kyle Jamieson 1547
19 Steve Smith 1530
20 Bhanuka Rajapaksa 1174
21 Kane Williamson 1072