Friday 8 March 2024

Rachin Ravindra - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 



Despite two more cricketers featuring this week, 107 fewer points were scored in what has been a lean week once more.


Weekly Top 5

1. Rachin Ravindra - 139 - Ravindra becomes the second player, after Jos Buttler, to rack up two Cricketers of the Week in 2024. It is worth noting that 139 marks the ninth lowest weekly high score ever.

2. Babar Azam - 124 - A duck against Islamabad but then a customary trademark half century against Multan sees Azam get enough points for second in a week. Three weeks ago he would have been 7th with the same score.

3. Travis Head - 120 - Is doing what Joe Root used to do and bolstering some slipshod batting with points from Economy and in the field. Only a third of his points came off the bat this week. Moves into 12th Overall

4. Chamari Athapaththu - 118 - A poor score for the Sri Lankan as she seeks to prove the doubters wrong in the WIPL. Her score is rather saved by a brace of wickets in her final match of the week.

5. Mitchell Marsh - 110 - A modest Test against New Zealand. A modest amount of runs at a modest strike rate. One modest wicket with a decent economy. Pips into the top 5 and moves into the Top 10 overall.

Overall Top 5

1. Babar Azam - 1577 - Is facing so little pressure from those below him. His lead on second is already an intimidating 393.

2. James Vince - 1184 - A mere 93 points from three PSL matches this week sees his continued struggle to upgrade from the ILT20 league. Will soon be back in the loving embrace of Hampshire though.

3. Yashasvi Jaiswal - 1085 - A well earned rest for the Indian wunderkind. Will be back in action this week hoping to eat into the 99 point deficit between himself and second.

4. Rachin Ravindra - 934 - Ravindra's year is following a bit of a pattern. After 4 weeks of the year he was 6th, jumped at to 4th, then dropped a place a week to go to 6th again. Once more he has jumped 2 places to 4th. Will he descend straight back down again?

5. Ravindra Jadeja - Inactive this week and back in his beloved position of fifth.

Other Movers

Two modest Test scores saw improvements in the Overall List for two cricketers. Usman Khawaja move dup a place to 19th whilst Daryl Mitchell's 79 was enough for him to move up 4 places to 12th.

Ones To Watch

Both Marnus Labuschagne and Shubman Gill are in Test match action this week and have 1 point between them in 13th and 14th. Could be two very upwardly mobile players this week.

Top 3 Average Points per Active Week

1. Ravindra Jadeja - 209.25 (Down from 210.33)
2. Jos Buttler - 199.5
3. Babar Azam 184.63 (Down from 207.57)

Azam's yo-yo-ing average is on it's bottom most point once more. 188.83 three weeks ago, he improved to 207.57 last week but is now back down to 184.63.Travis Head improves his average the most, up to 102.67.

Highest scorer by Format

Long Form = Yashasvi Jaiswal = 943
One Day = Marnus Labuschagne = 152
Short Form = Babar Azam - 1508

Highest scorer by Discipline

*=New Name

Runs - Babar Azam = 907
Batting Bonus -Babar Azam - 190
Strike Rate - Babar Azam - 340

Wickets - Ravindra Jadeja - 340
Wicket Bonus - Ravindra Jadeja - 70
Economy - *Ravindra Jadeja - 310

Fielding - James Vince & *Steve Smith = 140
Fielding Bonus - Steve Smith - 20

Weekly List In Full

Rachin Ravindra 139
Babar Azam 124
Travis Head 120
Chamari Athapaththu 118
Mitchell Marsh 110
James Vince 93
Daryl Mitchell 79
Steve Smith 71
Usman Khawaja 61
Moeen Ali 53
Marnus Labuschagne 23

Harry Brook dnp
Virat Kohli dnp
Jos Buttler dnp
Phil Salt dnp
Sam Curran dnp
Simon Harmer dnp
Aaron Hardie dnp
Ravindra Jadeja dnp
Yashasvi Jaiswal dnp
Shubman Gill dnp
Glenn Maxwell dnp

Overall List

1 Babar Azam 1577
2 James Vince 1184
3 Yashasvi Jaiswal 1085
4 Rachin Ravindra 934
5 Ravindra Jadeja 837
6 Jos Buttler 798
7 Glenn Maxwell 788
8 Moeen Ali 786
9 Chamari Athapaththu 747
10 Mitchell Marsh 620
11 Travis Head 615
12 Daryl Mitchell 600
13 Marnus Labuschagne 582
14 Shubman Gill 581
15 Sam Curran 551
16 Aaron Hardie 521
17 Steve Smith 518
18 Phil Salt 443
19 Usman Khawaja 301
20 Simon Harmer 250
21 Virat Kohli 147

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