Friday 11 August 2023

Babar Azam - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 



Weekly Top 5


1. Babar Azam - 289 - Put something of a shift in all week in the LPL but is mainly here thanks to his century against Galle. This is his 14th Cricketer of the Week award - the joint second most of anyone ever.

2.Hardik Pandya = 174 - Hardik finished top last week and second this week courtesy of a decent bowling display in the end T20I vs West Indies. Despite two weeks worth of decent scores he still remains locked out of the Overall Top 10.

3. Suryakumar Yadav - 144 - SKY spent the first 2 months in Top 8 positions Overall but has never strung enough good performances to get up to those positions since. A very strong performance in the 3rd T20I was not enough to stop him from moving DOWN a place overall to 10th.

4. Harry Brook - 143 - A decent (if not career defining) Ashes performance now behind him, Brook has returned to franchise cricket and had one good performance this week against the Southern Brave to see him with a Top 5 finish.

5. Simon Harmer - 128 - Back from his rest in the early stages of the Metro Bank One Day Cup and a batting heavy score for the South African against Hampshire is enough for him to just squeak into the Top 5.

Overall

1. Shakib Al Hasan - 3599 - 67 points from 3 T20 games is poor by anyone's standards but Shakib manages to just just just hold on to top spot for a second consecutive week.

2. Simon Harmer - 3581 - Scored more than anyone else in the Top 8 but still does not manage to retain Top Spot. Maybe next week?

3. Shubman Gill - 3278 - That T20 malaise does not look like reversing itself anytime soon. Just 13 points scored this week and now the gap between him and second place is 303; the third highest gap between players at any point on our list.

4. Jos Buttler - 3153 - Is back to scoring well, and would have been even higher had the game against London Spirit not been washed out. He is up 2 places this week.

5. Ravindra Jadeja - 3135 - Inactive this week and is back into 5th position. He has spent 14 weeks of 2023 in 5th spot. Only Cummins' 18 week spell in 18th is longer.

Ones To Watch

It has to be those Top Two places. 18 points separates Galle's Shakib Al Hasan in first and Essex's Simon Harmer in second. Both players have 3 T20 games between Friday night and next Friday's update. Whose your money on?

Top 3 Averages

1. Shakib Al Hasan - 179.95 (Down from 185.89)
2. Simon Harmer - 170.52 (Down from 172.65)
3. Ravindra Jadeja - 165

Babar Azam's LPL form sees his average swell by nearly 10 points to 146.13. Shubman Gill's average continues to tumble; 10 weeks ago his average was 174.12, it is now 149.

Points By Format

Long Form - Simon Harmer = 2616
One Day - Shakib Al Hasan = 1248
Short Form = Rashid Khan = 2936

Points By Discipline

Runs - Shubman Gill = 2098
Batting Bonus - Shubman Gill = 380
Strike Rate - Jos Buttler = 670

Wickets - Rashid Khan = 1520
Wicket Bonus - Simon Harmer = 250
Economy - Simon Harmer = 710

Fielding - Jos Buttler = 460
Fielding Bonus - Jonny Bairstow = 90

Weekly List In Full

Babar Azam 289
Hardik Pandya 174
Suryakumar Yadav 144
Harry Brook 143
Simon Harmer 128
Jos Buttler 106
Moeen Ali 78
Shakib Al Hasan 67
Devon Conway 25
Sam Curran 18
Shubman Gill 13

Rishabh Pant dnp
Marco Jansen dnp
Cam Green dnp
Jonny Bairstow dnp
Usman Khawaja dnp
Rashid Khan dnp
Pat Cummins dnp
David Warner dnp
Ravindra Jadeja dnp

Overall List In Full

Rank Player Points
1 Shakib Al Hasan 3599
2 Simon Harmer 3581
3 Shubman Gill 3278
4 Jos Buttler 3153
5 Ravindra Jadeja 3135
6 Rashid Khan 3094
7 Sam Curran 2982
8 Devon Conway 2719
9 Babar Azam 2338
10 Suryakumar Yadav 2233
11 Hardik Pandya 2210
12 Moeen Ali 2045
13 Marco Jansen 1859
14 Harry Brook 1837
15 Usman Khawaja 1690
16 Cam Green 1653
17 David Warner 1583
18 Pat Cummins 1286
19 Jonny Bairstow 972

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