Weekly Top 3
1. Pat Cummins – 369 – Ends a glittering year of cricket with his highest score of the year thanks to a ten-wicket haul in the Test against Pakistan. That extended spell of time out of cricket sees him finish just 15th this year.
2. Marco Jansen – 244 – His strong end to the year continues. After finishing top last week with domestic exploits, he gets the silver medal this time out.
3. Babar Azam – 62 – Something of a dropping off from silver place to bronze position this week but one score of 41 sees Babar finish the year with an appearance in the weekly Top 3.
The Final Top 10
10. Babar Azam – 3731
Cricketers of the Week – 4
Average position on list over the year – 20 weeks @ 9th
Has to be chalked down as a disappointing year for Babar. After having won Cricketer of the Year in 2020 to just squeak into the Top 10 is something of a fall from grace.
Key Stat – His 1755 One Day points mark the third highest of anyone on our List – however that is 749 fewer than the number one position.
9. Marco Jansen - 3831
Cricketers of the Week – 3
Average position on list over the year – 8 weeks @ 10th
Undoubtably an emerging talent of world cricket but, as it stands, too sporadic to mount a real assault on the top places this year. A December surge saw him breach the Top 10.
Key Stat – Finishes the year with the fourth most wickets, behind some very glittering names.
8. Devon Conway - 4051
Cricketers of the Week – 4
Average position on list over the year – 18 weeks @ 8th
Would come along with some very high profile massive scores….and then disappear for a month. Very much lacked the consistency to keep it up all year. This is backed up by his very middling average of 106.61 points a week.
Key Stat – The highest run scorer was miles away from Conway’s 2501 but he ended the year needing just 5 more runs to overtake Buttler and finish second.
7. Rashid Khan - 4068
Cricketers of the Week – 2
Average position on list over the year – 14 weeks @ 6th
Another one who failed to impress over the year. Was always flirting with the Top 5 whilst never really tying it down for any long term commitment. Injury did not help in the last part of the year.
Key Stat – Only 2 cricketers played more cricket than Rashid did this year – and that includes spending 6 weeks having back surgery after the World Cup.
6. Sam Curran - 4110
Cricketers of the Week – 2
Average position on list over the year – 11 weeks @ 8th
A tale of what could have been for Sam Curran. Did very well in the Summer, blew hot and cold in the West Indies…..but was quietly dropped from the World Cup XI. Still 6th is pretty good going nonetheless.
Key Stat – Finished joint bottom of the Economy points table from proper bowlers (aka discounting Harry Brook).
5. Simon Harmer - 4432
Cricketers of the Week – 6
Average position on list over the year – 9 weeks @ both 16th and 4th.
Not a vintage year for Harmer, 6 Cricketer of the Week was the most of anyone….but was also the lowest he has had (discounting Covid years). Effected massively by the fact he played so little cricket.
Key Stat – His average of 184.67 points per active week is the highest of anyone.
4. Ravindra Jadeja – 4487
Cricketers of the Week – 4
Average position on list over the year – 24 weeks @ 5th
Was picked on these lists for the first time in 2018 and did not do very well….has redressed that issue rather this year with a 4th placed finish. Only spent 14 weeks out of the Top 5 this year.
Key Stat – Simon Harmer usually dominates the bowling statistics….but not so this year. Jadeja finished with the most wickets and the highest economy points of any player.
3. Shubman Gill – 4814
Cricketers of the Week – 4
Average position on list over the year – 19 weeks @ 3rd
I am loathe to call this a breakout year for Gill….perhaps it is a breakaway year. Moved out of the shadow of Kohli to become a fully fledged superstar in his own right.
Key Stat – Dominated the batting this year. Finished with the most runs (3044), the most batting bonus points (600) and the third highest Strike Rate points (800)
2. Shakib Al Hasan - 4846
Cricketers of the Week – 5
Average position on list over the year – 29 weeks @ 1st.
In many ways he should have been our outright winner this year but his injury/political aspirations meant that after the World Cup he went AWOL.
Key Stat – Master of all trades but jack of none. Shakib Al Hasan finished in the Top 5 for Strike Rate points with the bat and (perhaps surprisingly) in the Top 5 highest economy points.
1. Jos Buttler - 5078
Cricketers of the Week – 4
Average position on list over the year – 26 weeks @ 2nd
Usually across the year things balance themselves out but this is the first time where I have felt that the overall winner is rather unjustified. Nobody has played more cricket than Buttler this week but his average points of 126.95 is not insignificant. Just feels a bit….flat.
Key Stat – Buttler excelled in two areas. He scored 290 more Strike rate pints than Suryakumar Yadav and 490 more fielding points than Jonny Bairstow.
And The Rest
11 Moeen Ali 3530
12 David Warner 3401
13 Suryakumar Yadav 3306
14 Harry Brook 2958
15 Pat Cummins 2684
16 Hardik Pandya 2620
17 Usman Khawaja 2359
18 Cam Green 2325
19 Jonny Bairstow 1812
Averages in Full
Simon Harmer 184.66
Shakib Al Hasan 156.32
Ravindra Jadeja 144.74
Shubman Gill 137.54
Pat Cummins 127.8
Jos Buttler 126.95
Babar Azam 120.35
Marco Jansen 116.09
Sam Curran 108.15
Usman Khawaja 107.22
Rashid Khan 107.05
Devon Conway 106.60
Hardik Pandya 104.8
David Warner 103.06
Suryakumar Yadav 100.18
Cam Green 93
Moeen Ali 90.51
Harry Brook 84.51
Jonny Bairstow 82.36
Top 3 Points by Format
Long Form
Simon Harmer – 3316
Usman Khawaja – 1868
Ravindra Jadeja – 1861
One Day
Shubman Gill – 2504
Shakib Al Hasan – 2227
Babar Azam – 1755
Short Form
Jos Buttler – 3411
Rashid Khan – 4078
Sam Curran – 2905
Top 3 Points by Discipline
Runs
Shubman Gill – 3044
Jos Buttler – 2508
Devon Conway – 2501
Batting Bonus
Shubman Gill – 600
Babar Azam – 560
Devon Conway – 480
Strike Rate
Jos Buttler – 1100
Suryakumar Yadav – 810
Shubman Gill – 800
Wickets
Ravindra Jadeja – 1890
Rashid Khan – 1860
Simon Harmer – 1840
Wicket Bonus
Simon Harmer – 330
Ravindra Jadeja – 320
Pat Cummins – 190
Economy
Ravindra Jadeja – 940
Simon Harmer – 850
Rashid khan – 780
Fielding
Jos Buttler – 920
Jonny Bairstow – 430
Simon Harmer – 420
Fielding Bonus
Jos Buttler – 1200
Jonny Bairstow – 90
Devon Conway – 40
