Friday, 9 December 2022

Marnus Labuschagne - The Best Cricketer of the Week


 Huge totals this week and a huge amount of movement in The List


Weekly Update

1. Marnus Labuschagne - 408 - Quite quiet all year and then a monster score in the final month of the year. Despite the big score is only up a solitary place to 8th.

2. Steve Smith - 320 - Is starting to put his poor form behind him and producing some batting displays to make you sit up and take notice once more. So far behind the pace was he that 320 points does not see him move up from 18th place overall.

3. Joe Root - 216 - Bit of an all-round performance from the newly christened spin bowling option. All disciplines chipped in to see him finish third this week. He also moves back into the Top Ten.

4. Moeen Ali - 213 - Big things were expected of Moeen in the Abu Dhabi T10. He was dire for most of it and then pulled out a huge display in the game that knocked them out.

5. Travis Head - 209 - Is having something of an international revolution in the last few weeks of the year. Finished just short of a century in the first Test vs West Indies and also bagged two wickets to finish in the Top 5 once more.

Overall

1. Simon Harmer - 5856 - The presumptive Cricketer of the Year was inactive this week.... but he deserves to put his feet up.

2. Mohammad Rizwan - 4705 - Back in the points again this week but not enough to even cause a frisson of a potentiality of a hope of an interest of pushing top spot.

3. Moeen Ali - 4020 - Such was his poor form in the Abu Dhabi T10 that it was fully expected that Moeen would lose his Top 3 place however two blistering scores in his last two games puts 72 points between him and 4th.

4. Babar Azam - 3948 - A century knock for Pakistan against England was not enough for him to reclaim 4th spot.

5. Quinton De Kock - 3493 - Inactive for a calendar month.....but still holding on to 5th. This week could be his time of reckoning; he is only 166 points off the Test playing Ben Stokes.

Other Movers

So many players have registered scores outside the Top 5 for the week but have seen themselves move up The List. Ben Stokes move sup the most and finishes the highest - up from 8th to 6th. Meanwhile the 2 Aussies Warner and Cummins are both up a place to 11th and 16th respectively.

Ones to Watch

With the Australian Summer in full swing one of the big questions is, how far can Marnus go. He is in great form and is 2 points off 7th, 70 off 6th and 236 off 5th.

Top Three Averages

1. Simon Harmer = 195.2
2. Ben Stokes = 135.8 (Up from 134.75)
3. Babar Azam = 131.6 (Up from 129.93)

Steve Smith has improved his average by a huge 10.58 points a week to 97.68. It underlines Rajapaksa's awful year that, after having the lowest average already he has leaked the most and now only scores 67.15 a week.

Top Players By Format


Long Form - Simon Harmer = 4786
One Day - Travis Head = 1236
Short Form - Moeen Ali = 3556

Highest Points by Discipline

Runs - Mohammad Rizwan - 2735
Batting Bonus - Babar Azam = 560
Strike Rate - Moeen Ali = 880

Wickets - Simon Harmer = 2840
Wicket Bonus - Simon Harmer = 490
Economy - Simon Harmer = 1250

Fielding - *Rishabh Pant = 730
Fielding Bonus - Rishabh Pant = 110`

Weekly

Marnus Labuschagne 408
Steve Smith 320
Joe Root 216
Moeen Ali 213
Travis Head 209
Babar Azam 180
Ben Stokes 161
KL Rahul 147
Pat Cummins 110
David Warner 93
Mohammad Rizwan 85
Bhanuka Rajapaksa 35

Kyle Jamieson dnp
Jonny Bairstow dnp
Matt Critchley dnp
Glenn Maxwell dnp
Quinton De Kock dnp
Kane Williamson dnp
Hasan Ali dnp
Risabh Pant dnp
Simon Harmer dnp

Overall

1 Simon Harmer 5856
2 Mohammad Rizwan 4705
3 Moeen Ali 4020
4 Babar Azam 3948
5 Quinton De Kock 3493
6 Ben Stokes 3395
7 Rishabh Pant 3327
8 Marnus Labuschagne 3325
9 Glenn Maxwell 3248
10 Joe Root 2873
11 David Warner 2723
12 Hasan Ali 2696
13 KL Rahul 2607
14 Jonny Bairstow 2593
15 Pat Cummins 2484
16 Matt Critchley 2473
17 Travis Head 2228
18 Steve Smith 2149
19 Kane Williamson 1582
20 Kyle Jamieson 1547
21 Bhanuka Rajapaksa 1343

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