Jos Buttler - The Best Cricketer of the Week (again)

 

Despite all the cricket that is happening right now, we have only had enough completed games for a Top Three this week.

This Week

1. Jos Buttler - 203 - Buttler had to wait 5 years between his last Cricketer of the Week and last week's crown...he had to wait 7 days for his second of the year. He has as many in the 6 weeks of 2023 as he did in the whole of 2018. In sublime touch.

2. Rashid Khan - 148 - At this point I am uncertain if Rashid Khan actually has a home or whether he lives from hotel to hotel. Started the week in Cape Town and has finished it in the Emirates. 3 games in two continents and 148 points to claim for it all.

3. Harry Brook - 137 - A very 'Baz-Ball-Esque' style warm-up as he got 97 at better than a run a ball to boost himself up to 14th place in the overall table - now for the real Tests.

Overall

1. Shubman Gill - 1179 - First inactive week for Gill and he manages to just about keep top spot will get some Test points this week from Ind vs Aus so might continue his run at the top which already stands at a month.

2. Jos Buttler - 1139 - His second successive Cricketer of the Week wasn't quite enough to see him ease into the top spot - and with his Paarl team out of the SA20 he now faces 20 days out of the game.

3. Shakib Al Hasan - 954 - An underwhelming couple of games in the seemingly unending BPL 2023 should count himself lucky that nobody immediately below him was active this week.

4. Devon Conway - 794 - His first of two inactive weeks before the NZ v ENG Tests. He manages to hold on to his fourth place berth.

5. Hardik Pandya - 793 - Manages to hold 5th place despite being inactive. That 149 point cushion is proving very handy.

Other Movers

Only 46 points for Maro Jansen this week but manages (somehow) to overtake Suryakumar Yadav into 7th place.

Top 3 Averages

1. Shubman Gill - 235.8
2. Jos Buttler 227.8 (Down from 234)
3. Shakib Al Hasan - 190.8 (Down from 214)

Early days for the averages but genuinely impressive that Shakib can leak 23.2 points and still be in the top 3. Brook goes in the other direction and adds 24.67 to his average - remember he did score 0 in his debut week which will always help the improvement of that average.

Points By Format


Long Form - Ravindra Jadeja = 290
One Day - Shubman Gill = 867
Short Form = Shakib Al Hasan = 954

Points By Format

* = New Name

Runs - Shubman Gill = 779
Batting Bonus - Shubman Gill - 160
Strike Rate - Shakib Al Hasan - 230

Wickets - Hardik Pandya = 260
Wicket Bonus - *Sam Curran = 40
Economy - *Rashid Khan = 140

Fielding - Jos Buttler = 160
Fielding Bonus - Devon Conway & *Jos Buttler = 20

Full Weekly List

Jos Buttler 203
Rashid Khan 148
Harry Brook 137
Sam Curran 127
Shakib Al Hasan 98
Marco Jansen 46
Moeen Ali 20

Jonny Bairstow dnp
Cam Green dnp
Rishabh Pant dnp
Babar Azam dnp
Pat Cummins dnp
Ravindra Jadeja dnp
David Warner dnp
Hardik Pandya dnp
Shubman Gill dnp
Suryakumar Yadav dnp
Usman Khawaja dnp
Devon Conway dnp
Simon Harmer dnp

Overall List

1 Shubman Gill 1179
2 Jos Buttler 1139
3 Shakib Al Hasan 954
4 Devon Conway 794
5 Hardik Pandya 793
6 Usman Khawaja 644
7 Marco Jansen 639
8 Suryakumar Yadav 606
9 Sam Curran 550
10 Rashid Khan 504
11 Moeen Ali 319
12 Ravindra Jadeja 290
13 Babar Azam 270
14 Harry Brook 263
15 David Warner 169
16 Pat Cummins 160
17 Simon Harmer 102