Friday 19 January 2024

Jos Buttler - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 



Very very early to have an almost full compliment of cricketers featuring in a week but only Brook, Gill and Jadeja did not play this week. Let's see our Top 5.


Weekly Top 5

1. Jos Buttler - 273 - Last year's Cricketer of the Year ended 2023 on a bit of a sour note, but is starting to look sweet again in the SA20 and is straight back into action with a weekly top score. Places him 8th Overall after three weeks.

2. Babar Azam - 253 - Pakistan are getting drubbed by New Zealand but Azam is giving it his all. You can always bank on him to get a half century and with two this week he is good value for second spot.

3. Travis Head = 179 - Provided the batting highlight of the first Test against the West Indies and is rewarded with a third place finish for the week as well as a surge up the table overall; from 11th to 9th.

4. Glenn Maxwell - 172 - Ended his BBL 13 season with some typically boisterous hitting and a final feature in the Top 5. Is now going to have a fortnight out the game before the ODIs against the West Indies.

5. Daryl Mitchell - 168 - Featured in three T20s this week and is largely here thanks to 72* in the final one. He has finished in the Top 5 two weeks in a row and will be playing throughout February.

Overall Top 5

1. Chamari Athapaththu - 478 - Becomes the first cricketer to top the overall list for the first three weeks of the year. Scored only 105 and has the pack breathing down her neck but is holding her own.

2. Babar Azam - 439 - Jumped up 4 places to 2nd this week. Only spent two weeks in the Top 5 in 2023. Will be wanting to better that in 2024.

3. Daryl Mitchell - 392 - Up a place from last week. Is rapidly becoming the fulcrum of the team. With New Zealand playing pretty consistently through until March, he could be a mainstay at the very top of our List.

4. Glenn Maxwell - 385 - Up a place for The Big Show. He is really looking on top form after his injury ravaged 2023. Is having a fortnight away from the game but should be back soon enough.

5. Aaron Hardie - 316 - Yo-yos back into the Top 5 against. After finishing third in week one, dropping down to 7th in week two, he now rounds off our weekly Top 5. His continued involvement in BBL 13 will see him continue to be amongst the points for at least one more game.

Other Movers

Two other players moved up this week. Sam Curran moved up 3 spots to finish Week 3 in 12th whilst Virat Kohli is up two to 11th.

Ones To Watch

With the second Test against the West Indies next week, Australia's new opening partnership of Steve Smith and Usman Khawaja are both tied in 15th place with 115 points.

Top 3 Average Points per Active Week

1. Babar Azam - 219.5
2. Daryl Mitchell - 196
3. Chamari Athapaththu - 159.33 (Down from 186.5)

Athapaththu's average declines the most but she still possessess the third highest average overall. Glenn Maxwell's average improves the most. He is up 21.83 points to 128.33.

Highest scorer by Format

* = New Name

Long Form = *Travis Head = 259
One Day = n/a
Short Form = *Daryl Mitchell = 312

Highest scorer by Discipline

Runs - *Babar Azam = 249
Batting Bonus - Daryll Mitchell & *Babar Azam = 60
Strike Rate - Glenn Maxwell = 150

Wickets - Chamari Athapaththu - 140
Wicket Bonus - Chamari Athapaththu - 20
Economy - Glenn Maxwell, *Travis Head, *Marnus Labuschagne and *Mitchell Marsh - 30

Fielding - *Glenn Maxwell & * Jos Buttler = 60
Fielding Bonus - Yashasvi Jaiswal & James Vince & *Daryl Mitchell & *Jos Buttler = 10

Weekly List in Full

Jos Buttler 273
Babar Azam 253
Travis Head 179
Glenn Maxwell 172
Daryl Mitchell 168
Yashasvi Jaiswal 142
Aaron Hardie 141
Moeen Ali 125
Phil Salt 112
Chamari Athapaththu 105
Sam Curran 90
Virat Kohli 79
Usman Khawaja 54
Steve Smith 43
James Vince 42
Marnus Labuschagne 31
Simon Harmer 14
Mitchell Marsh 5
Rachin Ravindra 3

Harry Brook dnp
Shubman Gill dnp
Ravindra Jadeja dnp


Overall List

1 Chamari Athapaththu 478
2 Babar Azam 439
3 Daryl Mitchell 392
4 Glenn Maxwell 385
5 Aaron Hardie 316
6 Marnus Labuschagne 298
7 James Vince 277
8 Jos Buttler 273
9 Travis Head 259
10 Yashasvi Jaiswal 240
11 Virat Kohli 147
12 Sam Curran 136
13 Mitchell Marsh 129
14 Moeen Ali 125
15 Steve Smith 115
16 Usman Khawaja 115
17 Phil Salt 112
18 Shubman Gill 109
19 Simon Harmer 14
20 Rachin Ravindra 3
21 Ravindra Jadeja 0

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