Friday 16 February 2024

Moeen Ali - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 


Weekly Top 5

1. Moeen Ali - 253 - There's been a lot of chat about the T20 Franchise carousel this week and Moeen Ali is certain one of the horses that benefits the most from it. Straight from the SA20 to BPL 2024 and right back in the thick of the points.

2. Glenn Maxwell - 242 - Brought back echoes of his huge World Cup knock this week with a scorching 55 ball 120 in the 2nd T20 versus West Indies. His highest score of 2024 sees him move up to 6th in the Overall List...and 10 points off 4th.

3. Rachin Ravindra - 209 - Fresh off his huge score in the first Test, RR doubles up with a very different but similarly eye-catching performance in the second. This time it was with the ball that he most impressed - picking up three quarters of his points with ball in hand.

4. James Vince - 208 - Refuses to stop scoring runs. Played 3 T20 games this week and got 50s in two of them (admittedly slightly blotted his copy book with a duck in the other one). He is now straight on the plane to Karachi to continue his world tour in PSL 2024.

5. Phil Salt - 146 - The step down from a second tier T20 competition (SA20) to a fourth tier one (ILT20) sees Phil Salt score his highest score to date. The fact that is only in the mid hundreds tells a tale of it's own - however he moves up the Overall List to 14th.

Overall Top 5

1. James Vince - 963 - The top run scorer from the ILT20 league also takes control of the Overall List this week. Is ,perhaps, a surprise candidate to be our first player to tick over to a thousand points but here we are. Now onto the PSL.

2. Babar Azam - 893 - Inactive this week but Babar has made an absolute killing in the PSL in previous years. Just 70 points separates him from top spot so he could be back on the top of the tree very shortly.

3. Jos Buttler - 798 - Inactive this week and, from what I can see, for many more weeks to come. How far will Buttler fall?

4. Rachin Ravindra - 667 - Was in bottom spot a fortnight ago and in two great leaps is now up there at the top table. Can he now perform in the T20 series against Australia to really mark his card as an all format cricketer?

5. Moeen Ali - 662 - Top scores for the week and moves up 7(!!) places to make his debut in the Top 5....however it is very close with Glenn Maxwell just 5 points below him and Jaiswal another 6 points below that.

Other Movers

Two Aussies, in the form of Labuschagne & Marsh, score two similarly modest scores (94 & 86) but both move up 3 places to 17th and 10th respectively.

Top 3 Average Points per Active Week

1. Jos Buttler - 199.5
2. Babar Azam - 178.6
3. Rachin Ravindra - 166.75 (Up from 152.67)

Moeen Ali's average went from being OK (102.25) to very good (132.4) largely thanks to his one performance against Chattogram. Aaron Hardie's post-BBL malaise continues as he drops 5.1 points and is down to 66.57 a week - the third worst average of anyone.

Highest scorer by Format

* = New Name

Long Form = *Rachin Ravindra = 621
One Day = *Marnus Labuschagne = 152
Short Form = *James Vince = 963

Highest scorer by Discipline

*=New Name

Runs - Babar Azam = 513
Batting Bonus -*James Vince = 120
Strike Rate - *James Vince = 200

Wickets - *Moeen Ali = 220
Wicket Bonus - Chamari Athapaththu & Simon Harmer & Ravindra Jadeja & *Moeen Ali & *Rachin Ravindra - 20
Economy - Rachin Ravindra = 120

Fielding - *James Vince = 140
Fielding Bonus - Yashasvi Jaiswal & James Vince & Glenn Maxwell & Jos Buttler & Steve Smith & *Babar Azam & *Phil Salt & *Shubman Gill = 10

Weekly Scores in Full

Moeen Ali 253
Glenn Maxwell 242
Rachin Ravindra 209
James Vince 208
Phil Salt 146
Sam Curran 114
Marnus Labuschagne 94
Mitchell Marsh 86
Aaron Hardie 36
Simon Harmer 30

Harry Brook dnp
Virat Kohli dnp
Chamari Athapaththu dnp
Ravindra Jadeja dnp
Usman Khawaja dnp
Travis Head dnp
Yashasvi Jaiswal dnp
Shubman Gill dnp
Jos Buttler dnp
Babar Azam dnp
Daryl Mitchell dnp
Steve Smith dnp


Overall Scores

Player Points
1 James Vince 963
2 Babar Azam 893
3 Jos Buttler 798
4 Rachin Ravindra 667
5 Moeen Ali 662
6 Glenn Maxwell 657
7 Yashasvi Jaiswal 651
8 Chamari Athapaththu 629
9 Sam Curran 551
10 Marnus Labuschagne 476
11 Aaron Hardie 466
12 Daryl Mitchell 447
13 Steve Smith 422
14 Phil Salt 422
15 Shubman Gill 350
16 Travis Head 303
17 Mitchell Marsh 292
18 Ravindra Jadeja 279
19 Simon Harmer 250
20 Usman Khawaja 240
21 Virat Kohli 147

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