Babar Azam - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 Some huge individual scores this week – however only 6 active cricketers means that we only have a Top 3 this week.

Weekly Update

1. Babar Azam - 388- Three outstanding performances for Peshawar sees Babar claim his first Cricketer of the Week of 2023. He now has 12 overall putting him fourth on the All Time Tally - Maxwell is next in his sights with 13. Up from 14th to 8th on the Overall List.

2. Shakib Al Hasan - 319 - An absolute stonker of a performance in the last ODI against England saw Shakib bag 245 points from that game alone. 319 points would have seen you win in all but 66 weeks of the last 5 years.

3. Rashid Khan - 287 - In an unstoppable spell of devastating wicket taking in PSL 8. 9 wickets in three games is not an insignificant achievement even for Rashid.

Overall Top 5

1. Jos Buttler - 1537 - A score of 183 this week sees Buttler extend his reign at the top to a fortnight, however the margin has been significantly cut thanks to a huge insurgency from below.

2. Shakib Al Hasan - 1490 - Not only has Shakib moved into second place, he also has the second largest cushion of anyone in our List. There is 255 points between him and third.

3. Shubman Gill - Inactive this week and down a further place. After 6 weeks in top spot he drops two places in a fortnight.

4. Rashid Khan - 1188 - Up 3 places to grace the Top 5 for the first time in 2023. Only 47 points between him and third, he could be on the up and up sooner than you'd think.

5. Ravindra Jadeja - Inactive this week and down a place. Is in action against Australia again so will seek to earn back that fourth place berth.

Top 3 Averages

1. Ravindra Jadeja - 279.25
2. Jos Buttler – 219.57 (Down from 225.67)
3. Shubman Gill - 205.83

Babar Azam’s stellar week sees his average improve by almost 50 points. He now has 154.33. Moeen Ali’s rather more sanguine week sees his average drop by almost 10. He stands at 104.43

Points By Format

* = New Name

Long Form - Ravindra Jadeja = 1117
One Day - Shubman Gill = 867
Short Form = *Rashid Khan = 1188

Points By Format

*=New Name

Runs - *Jos Buttler = 807
Batting Bonus - *Jos Buttler & Devon Conway = 170
Strike Rate - Shakib Al Hasan - 280

Wickets - *Rashid Khan & Ravindra Jadeja = 580
Wicket Bonus - Ravindra Jadeja = 130
Economy - Rashid Khan = 320

Fielding - Jos Buttler = 250
Fielding Bonus - Jos Buttler = 40

Weekly

Babar Azam 388
Shakib Al Hasan 319
Rashid Khan 287
Jos Buttler 183
Sam Curran 78
Moeen Ali 50

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

Overall

Jos Buttler 1537
Shakib Al Hasan 1490
Shubman Gill 1235
Rashid Khan 1188
Ravindra Jadeja 1117
Devon Conway 982
Marco Jansen 932
Babar Azam 926
Usman Khawaja 847
Harry Brook 802
Sam Curran 801
Hardik Pandya 793
Moeen Ali 731
Suryakumar Yadav 614
Pat Cummins 330
David Warner 195
Simon Harmer 102
Cam Green 31