Devon Conway - The Best Cricketer of the Week

Weekly

1. Devon Conway - 231 - Was slow to get going in this year's IPL but becomes the second player to three Cricketers of the Week in 2023 - courtesy of a brace of half centuries this week.

2. Ravindra Jadeja - 221 - Had a disapointing week last week with his lowest ever score but played three games this week and got 5 wickets across them - including three in one game against Hyderabad.

=3. Cam Green - 210 - That's two good weeks in a row now and this one topped last weeks thanks to an all round display against Punjab.

=3. Suryakumar Yadav - 210 - It's about time that SKY joined the party. To say that his IPL 2023 has not gone quite to plan would be something of an understatement but he has got over 20 in three of his last four games and is back on the up and up. Seems a long time since he was in the Top 5 though.

5. Hardik Pandya - 159 - Has slowly been fighting his way back from injury but was back to his best with the ball this week with 66 v Lucknow.

Overall

1. Shakib Al Hasan - 2565 - Despite being inactive for another week he has now tied with Shubman Gill for most weeks in the Top Spot. With a lead of 403 points he is almost certain to break it next week.

2. Jos Buttler - 2162 - Another underwhelming performance means that Buttler is not using IPL 2023 to propel himself up to first place as quickly as he would like.

3. Shubman Gill - 2004 - Just the one game for Gujarat this week but no pressure from below means his third place berth was never in jeopardy.

4. Rashid Khan - 1953 - Doing alright for himself without being prolific in this IPL. Never without a wicket....however it must be said that his Economy points are surprisingly low. Holds fourth for a second week.

5. Ravindra Jadeja - 1895 - 211 points sees him lurch towards fourth place but is joined in a joint lurch with Devon Conway. There's a real gulf of 242 points between Conway in sixth and Jansen in 7th.

Other Movers

Moeen Ali is the latest player to take advantage of Usman Khawaja's extended spell away from the game, moving up to 11th. Harmer continues to move up a spot a week.

Ones To Watch

Last week's battle between SKY and Warner was emphatically one by the Mumbai man. This time out it is Punjab v Gujarat as captains Curran and Pandya have just the 9 point gap between them.

Top 3 Averages

1. Shakib Al Hasan - 197.31
2. Ravindra Jadeja = 189.5 (Down from 187.11)
3. Jos Buttler = 180.17 ( Down from 189.55)

Cam Green is the most improved player for the second week in a row. He has moved from 66.2 points a week to 99.53 in that time. Harry Brook descends once more, leaking 10 points and is down to 115.

Points By Format

Long Form - Ravindra Jadeja = 1235
One Day - Shubman Gill = 964
Short Form = Rashid Khan = 1953

Points By Format

Runs - Shubman Gill = 1274
Batting Bonus - Devon Conway = 270
Strike Rate - Shakib Al Hasan = 430

Wickets - Rashid Khan = 1020
Wicket Bonus - Ravindra Jadeja = 170
Economy - Rashid Khan = 400

Fielding - Jos Buttler = 350
Fielding Bonus - Jos Buttler = 50

Weekly List in Full

Devon Conway 231
Ravindra Jadeja 211
Cam Green 210
Suryakumar Yadav 210
Hardik Pandya 159
Simon Harmer 148
Sam Curran 115
Shubman Gill 106
Babar Azam 88
Moeen Ali 79
Jos Buttler 77
Rashid Khan 72
David Warner 41
Harry Brook 35
Marco Jansen 19

Jonny Bairstow dnp
Rishabh Pant dnp
Pat Cummins dnp
Usman Khawaja dnp
Shakib Al Hasan dnp

Overall

Shakib Al Hasan 2565
Jos Buttler 2162
Shubman Gill 2004
Rashid Khan 1953
Ravindra Jadeja 1895
Devon Conway 1697
Marco Jansen 1455
Babar Azam 1371
Sam Curran 1316
Hardik Pandya 1307
Moeen Ali 1092
Usman Khawaja 1077
Harry Brook 1035
Suryakumar Yadav 940
Simon Harmer 785
David Warner 764
Cam Green 696
Pat Cummins 330
Rishabh Pant

Jonny Bairstow 

Babar Azam - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Weekly Update

1. Babar Azam - 171 - Bit of a weird one here. Yes, Babar gets his second Cricketer of the Week of 2023 but he has played 3 games - one of which he bagged a century - yet only gets 171 points; the 28th lowest weekly high score ever.

2. Harry Brook - 169 - Had been underwhelming in IPL 2O23, and one swallow does not make a Summer, but a daddy score in Hyderabad's game against Kolkata gives him second place and 148 points away from an Overall Top 10 place.

3. Cam Green - 155 - If you had watched the second series of The Test in 2023, you would have been forgiven for thinking that the Cam Green they were talking about was different to the one on this List. He gave us a reminder of what he is capable of with 65 v Hyderabad this week

4. Simon Harmer - 140 - Yet to burst into life as we all know he can but Harmer has been in the Top 5 for both of his County Championship weeks thus far. He still sits in the bottom three overall though.

5. David Warner - 136 - Is starting to align his strike rate with runs and is back in the Top 5 again. Didn't move up in the Overall List but is positioning himself for a surge in coming weeks.

Overall

1. Shakib Al Hasan - 2565 - Inactive this week and, if I am correct, is going to be inactive for the next fortnight. Is his 480 points going to be enough to keep him in first?

2. Jos Buttler - 2085 - Only the 100 points for Buttler this week but he is starting to chip away at the gap between him and top spot. A few more Buttler-esque IPL performances should do it.

3. Shubman Gill - 1898 - Only the one game for Shubman this week and he still manages to move back into the Top 3 after a three week absence. He has two games this week so could very well consolidate that position.

4. Rashid Khan - 1881 - Just 41 points for Rashid this week and he moves down a spot but there is only 17 points between himself and third.

5. Ravindra Jadeja - 1684 - 20 points this week is his worst haul of points to date - but such is the gap between him and 6th that he is under no pressure whatsoever. He has a 218 point lead on Devon Conway.

Other Movers

Hardik Pandya managed to move into the tenth place spot this week, more through Usman Khawaja's inactivity than through his own good performance.

Ones To Watch

No player has held the same spot for longer than Suryakumar Yadav currently has held 14th, however the born again David Warner has just 7 points to make up to seize the 'crown' from him.

Top 3 Averages

1. Shakib Al Hasan - 197.31
2. Jos Buttler = 189.55 (Down from 198.5)
3. Ravindra Jadeja = 187.11 (Down from 208)

Jadeja's lowest score sees him lose his top place berth on the average rankings with Shakib Al Hasan leaping from third to first despite not playing. Cameron Green moves up the most but still has the third lowest overall @ 81 points per active week.

Points By Format

Long Form - Ravindra Jadeja = 1235
One Day - Shubman Gill = 964
Short Form = Rashid Khan = 1881

Points By Format

* = New Name

Runs - Shubman Gill = 1281
Batting Bonus - Shubman Gill & Jos Buttler & *Devon Conway = 230
Strike Rate - Shakib Al Hasan = 430

Wickets - Rashid Khan = 960
Wicket Bonus - Ravindra Jadeja = 150
Economy - Rashid Khan = 400

Fielding - Jos Buttler = 320
Fielding Bonus - Jos Buttler = 50

Shakib Al Hasan - The Best cricketer of the Week......again......again

 Weekly

1. Shakib Al Hasan - 333 - Shakib joins a rare club this week thanks to his unexpected run of games in the Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League; only 4 other men have won Cricketer of the Week 3 weeks in a row as he has completed this time out - (Stokes, Babar, Ashwin & Harmer.)

2. Jos Buttler - 221 - A second consecutive second place finish for Jos. He scores half centuries for fun and bagged another 2 this week.

3. Ravindra Jadeja - 215 - What a renaissance Jadeja is having with both white and red ball this year. 5 wickets across 2 games for Chennai this week and he is keeping up with the big boys this IPL after all.

4. Simon Harmer - 197 - When you see Harmer in that snood in early season form for Essex, you just know points will follow. Moves up a place to 16th spot overall too.

=5. David Warner = 196 = Surely we can't be too far away from Warner committing himself full time to the T20 circuit. So anodyne in the Test outfit but on fire for a rather insipid looking Delhi side.

=5. Shubman Gill = 196 - Gill adhering to the 'One Good Knock' maxim to see him edge into joint fifth spot. That good knock was his 67 against Punjab....but his 39 v Kolkata was not to be sniffed at either.

Overall

For the third successive week the Top 5 stays exactly the same. Shakib's lead on Buttler is a huge 580, however his Mohammedan team are not guaranteed to progress to the knock out stage.

The narrowest gap is between Rashid Khan and Shubman Gill at a mere 17 points.

1 Shakib Al Hasan 2565
2 Jos Buttler 1985
3 Rashid Khan 1840
4 Shubman Gill 1823
5 Ravindra Jadeja 1664


Other Movers

Sam Curran was the biggest mover this week as he overtook Khawaja and Pandya and moved into 9th. Cam Green moves up a place from bottom spot at the expensive of inactive Pat Cummins.

Ones to Watch

Nothing separates Devon Conway and Marco Jansen in joint 6th place. There is a 331 point gap between them and a Top 5 berth but two good weeks could do it.

Top 3 Averages

1. Ravindra Jadeja – 208 (Up from 207)
2. Jos Buttler – 198.5 (Up from 196)
3. Shakib Al Hasan - 197.31 (Up from 18)

Harry Brook takes the biggest dive and has leaked 40 points off his average in the last fortnight. Harmer begins his progress up all metrics and improves by 22.43 to 82.82.

Points By Format

Long Form - Ravindra Jadeja = 1235
One Day - Shubman Gill = 964
Short Form = Rashid Khan = 1840

Points By Discipline 

Runs - Shubman Gill = 1173
Batting Bonus - Shubman Gill & Jos Buttler = 230
Strike Rate - Shakib Al Hasan = 430

Wickets - Rashid Khan = 920
Wicket Bonus - Ravindra Jadeja = 150
Economy - Rashid Khan = 400

Fielding - Jos Buttler = 280
Fielding Bonus - Jos Buttler = 40

Full Weekly List

Shakib Al Hasan 333
Jos Buttler 221
Ravindra Jadeja 215
Simon Harmer 197
David Warner 196
Shubman Gill 196
Sam Curran 144
Rashid Khan 110
Devon Conway 110
Marco Jansen 50
Cam Green 49
Moeen Ali 27
Harry Brook 16
Suryakumar Yadav 11
Hardik Pandya 8

Jonny Bairstow dnp
Rishabh Pant dnp
Pat Cummins dnp
Usman Khawaja dnp
Babar Azam dnp

Overall List

1 Shakib Al Hasan 2565
2 Jos Buttler 1985
3 Rashid Khan 1840
4 Shubman Gill 1823
5 Ravindra Jadeja 1664
6 Marco Jansen 1333
6 Devon Conway 1333
8 Babar Azam 1112
9 Sam Curran 1095
10 Usman Khawaja 1077
11 Hardik Pandya 1070
12 Moeen Ali 974
13 Harry Brook 831
14 Suryakumar Yadav 640
15 David Warner 587
16 Simon Harmer 497
17 Cam Green 331
18 Pat Cummins 330

Shakib Al Hasan - The Best Cricketer of the Week...again

 

Weekly List

1. Shakib Al Hasan - 260 - The IPL's loss is Bangladesh's gain. On the week he announced he would not be joining up with Kolkata, Shakib gets his second Cricketer of the Week award of the year. he now has 7 - joint 7th of All Time alongside De Kock and Jeetan Patel.

=2. Jos Buttler = It's the age old pattern of one good T20 game and one average T20 game that allows you in the mix for weekly accolades. Predominantly here for a 22 ball 54 for Rajasthan vs Hyderabad.

=3. David Warner = 163 - Always wakes up for the IPL. Was languishing in bottom place of all active cricketers before this week and then he adds 50% of his total for the year and shoots up 3 places to 15th.

4. Moeen Ali = 162 - Moeen's all round ability is seldom used in T20 competitions...in fact he rarely bowls these days. This makes his 4-26 in the match between Chennai and Lucknow even more noteworthy. Moves up a place to 12th overall.

5. Rashid Khan = 140 = Mr Dependable provided the good with 5 wickets in two game - including his first Wicket bonus points. Surprisingly, however, he didn't bag any Economy points in the process.

Overall

1. Shakib Al Hasan - 2232 - Shakib was already in first position before he was the highest scoring cricketer in two successive weeks. His lead is now 468 points. With two ODI games against Ireland this week who knows how large that gap may swell to.

2. Jos Buttler= 1764 - Finishes 2nd overall, just as he did in the weekly accounts. Can't get the edge on first but also needs to be looking over his shoulder with the gap on 3rd place at 34. This is Buttler's 7th week in 2nd place. Nobody else has spent more than 3 there in 2023

3. Rashid Khan - 1730 - Is gaining on second spot and has put a little bit of daylight between himself and 4th place. However, with everyone between 2nd and 7th place all in IPL action over the coming weeks it could be an ongoing tussle.

4. Shubman Gill - 1627 - Is fairly well protected in fourth place of a while with 100+ points either side of him - his decent from in his opening IPL match for Gujarat vs Punjab put him on a good footing going forward.

5. Ravindra Jadeja - 1449 - One of the more disappointing of our stars to have played more than one IPL game this week. His 35 points still sees him manage to stay in 5th place - largely thanks to not much challenge from below.

Ones To Watch

Three England team mates are in IPL action against each other this week with it all to play for just outside the Top Ten. Sam Curran has just a 4 point lead on Moeen Ali, who overtook Harry Brook this week into 12th place. Any of the three could break into the Top 10 this week.

Top 3 Averages

1. Ravindra Jadeja – 207 (Down from 235.67)
2. Jos Buttler – 196 (Down from 204.71)
3. Shakib Al Hasan - 186 (Up from 179.27)

Jadeja's transition from Test to white ball cricket has seen him drop 61 average points per week over the last 3 weeks - however he still averages over 200 and leads the way in terms of averages. David Warner improves his average the most this week; up 17.68 points - however at 55.86 a week he is still the lowest of any active player on our list.

Points By Format

Long Form - Ravindra Jadeja = 1235
One Day - Shubman Gill = 964
Short Form = Rashid Khan = 1730

Points By Format

Runs - Shubman Gill = 1067
Batting Bonus - Shubman Gill = 210
Strike Rate - Shakib Al Hasan = 370

Wickets - Rashid Khan = 840
Wicket Bonus - Ravindra Jadeja = 130
Economy - Rashid Khan = 400

Fielding - Jos Buttler = 280
Fielding Bonus - Jos Buttler = 40

Weekly List In Full

Shakib Al Hasan 260
Jos Buttler 163
David Warner 163
Moeen Ali 162
Rashid Khan 140
Shubman Gill 137
Marco Jansen 121
Sam Curran 97
Devon Conway 88
Ravindra Jadeja 35
Hardik Pandya 33
Cam Green 25
Suryakumar Yadav 15
Harry Brook 13

Jonny Bairstow dnp
Rishabh Pant dnp
Pat Cummins dnp
Usman Khawaja dnp
Simon Harmer dnp
Babar Azam dnp

Overall List

1 Shakib Al Hasan 2232
2 Jos Buttler 1764
3 Rashid Khan 1730
4 Shubman Gill 1627
5 Ravindra Jadeja 1449
6 Marco Jansen 1283
7 Devon Conway 1223
8 Babar Azam 1112
9 Usman Khawaja 1077
10 Hardik Pandya 1062
11 Sam Curran 951
12 Moeen Ali 947
13 Harry Brook 815
14 Suryakumar Yadav 629
15 David Warner 391
16 Pat Cummins 330
17 Simon Harmer 300
18 Cam Green 282