Marco Jansen - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Weekly Top 5

1. Marco Jansen - 257 - Showing some 50 over prowess just before the World Cup. Becomes the 63rd individual Cricketer of the Week from the last 5 years. Will hope to not be done and done like his fellow countrymen De Villiers and Duminy.

2. Shubman Gill - 208 - Seemed to underwhelm in the Asia Cup but somehow find himself as the tournament's leading run scorer - largely thanks to 122 in a dead rubber against Bangladesh. Can he finish the IPL, the Asia Cup and the World Cup as highest run scorer across the board.

3. Shakib Al Hasan - 150 - 80 in a dead rubber sounds a bit worse than 80 against India but he still manages to round off a decent Asia Cup with a Top 3 finish for the week.

4. Moeen Ali - 133 - Has all of a sudden turned into an ODI Wicket Taking machine. He has found himself in the Top 5 for successive weeks for the first time in 2023.

5. Hardik Pandya - 110 - Some extraordinary figures from Pandya in the final of the Asia Cup sees him scrape into the Top 5 for the week. You feel like 3/3 in an ODI should be worth more than that.

Overall

1. Shakib Al Hasan - 4300 - A fairly decent Asia Cup showing has kept Shakib Al Hasan in top spot for yet another week. Zero scoreboard pressure from below helped.

2. Jos Buttler - 4168 - Only 76 points this week but enough to keep hold of second spot. If he weaves his white ball spell over the World Cup who knows where he could finish this year.

3. Simon Harmer - 4008 - His game against Hampshire did not finish in time for his points to register this week but is due some big points.

4. Shubman Gill - 208 - Third place for the week and holds fourth place for the fourth consecutive week. The gap between him and fifth is the 3rd largest of any position on our list.

5. Sam Curran - 3540 - Just 70 points this week but was helped with little signs of life from places 6 to 9. Needs a decent World Cup though.

Other Mover

Cam Green overhauled his Aussie compatriot Usman Khawaja to move into 16th.

Top 3 Averages

1. Simon Harmer - 174.26
2. Shakib Al Hasan - 165.38 (Down from 166)
3. Ravindra Jadeja - 153.45 (Down from 158.52)

Bairstow's yo-yo Summer continues as his average drops by 5.76 to 93.53. Jansen's Weekly Winning score sees his average move up to 103.22 - an improvement of 6.99.

Points By Format

Long Form - Simon Harmer = 2892
One Day - Shakib Al Hasan = 1689
Short Form = Jos Buttler = 3080


Points By Discipline

* = New Name

Runs - Shubman Gill = 2476
Batting Bonus - Shubman Gill = 470
Strike Rate - Jos Buttler = 870

Wickets - Simon Harmer = 1640
Wicket Bonus - Simon Harmer = 280
Economy - Simon Harmer = 770

Fielding - Jos Buttler = 700
Fielding Bonus - Jos Buttler = 100