Friday 19 April 2024

Chamari Athapaththu - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 



Weekly Top 5

1. Chamari Athapaththu - 366 - A record breaking week for Chamari. She scored the second highest score in Women's ODI history and gets her second Cricketer of the Week accolade after what has been a rather underwhelming run of games against South Africa.

2. Travis Head - 172 - Making a habit of coming out of nowhere with a humungous score and then fading into the background for a few fixtures again. A century vs Bengaluru seals him second place. Moves up to 9th.

3. Phil Salt - 169 - Been a hit and miss IPL for Salt so far. This week, his hit was bigger than his miss; his 89 against Lucknow outbalancing his 10 vs Rajasthan.

4. Jos Buttler - 167 - A second century of the IPL season for Jos sees him in the Top 5 for the second week in a row. Looking much more like his old self again.

=5. Harry Brook - 154 - A hundred on 2024 debut followed by 94 across two innings against Gloucestershire. Certainly looks like he will be picking up points for fun in his County Championship spell.

=5. Simon Harmer = 154 = Such is our level of expectation for Harmer that a 5th place finish for the second week in a row seems underwhelming. Has scored nearly 40% of his points from Economy points in lieu of any significant wickets. Moves up to 20th.

Overall Top 5

1. Babar Azam - 1901 - Was due to be back in action but that has been delayed by the weather. His lead on second is a smidge over half a thousand.

=2. Yashasvi Jaiswal - 1396 - His weeks are improving but his IPL points are way down on last year. Should count himself lucky he manages to keep 2nd.

=2. James Vince - 1396 - Lost second place due to the wash out in the first round of County Championship figures but claims it back again courtesy of 89 runs against Lancashire.

4. Rachin Ravindra - 1363 - Another lean week for the New Zealand wunderkind and he is starting to drop down the table.

5. Chamari Athapaththu - 1343 - A staggering week sees the Sri Lankan captain back into the Top 5 once more after 9 weeks away.

Other Movers

Sam Curran is up a place once more and finds himself rounding off the overall Top 10.

Ones To Watch

If you discount Azam's massive lead, the gaps are small - averaging 54 points between any players. The eye is drawn to the tied scores in joint second.

Top 3 Average Points per Active Week

1. Babar Azam - 190.2
2. Harry Brook = 157
3. Jos Buttler - 151 (Up from 148.7)

Jadeja's poor week sees him drop 16 points and out of the Top 3 highest overall averages. Athapaththu's Mummy Hundred improves her average by 27.09 - up to 122.13.

Highest scorer by Format

*= New Name

Long Form = Yashasvi Jaiswal = 943
One Day = *Chamari Athapaththu = 366
Short Form = Babar Azam - 1563

Highest scorer by Discipline

Runs - Babar Azam = 932
Batting Bonus -Babar Azam - 190
Strike Rate - Babar Azam - 350

Wickets - Ravindra Jadeja - 460
Wicket Bonus - Ravindra Jadeja - 90
Economy - Ravindra Jadeja - 240

Fielding – Jos Buttler = 180
Fielding Bonus - Steve Smith - 20

Weekly List In Full

Chamari Athapaththu 366
Travis Head 172
Phil Salt 169
Jos Buttler 167
Harry Brook 154
Simon Harmer 154
James Vince 119
Sam Curran 102
Virat Kohli 82
Yashasvi Jaiswal 78
Rachin Ravindra 51
Daryl Mitchell 17
Ravindra Jadeja 10
Shubman Gill 8

Marnus Labuschagne dnp
Usman Khawaja dnp
Steve Smith dnp
Babar Azam dnp
Aaron Hardie dnp
Mitchell Marsh dnp
Moeen Ali dnp
Glenn Maxwell dnp


Overall List In Full

Babar Azam 1901
Yashasvi Jaiswal 1396
James Vince 1396
Rachin Ravindra 1363
Chamari Athapaththu 1343
Ravindra Jadeja 1266
Jos Buttler 1208
Shubman Gill 1144
Travis Head 1079
Sam Curran 1013
Glenn Maxwell 950
Mitchell Marsh 931
Daryl Mitchell 873
Moeen Ali 826
Phil Salt 793
Virat Kohli 788
Marnus Labuschagne 708
Aaron Hardie 690
Steve Smith 538
Simon Harmer 487
Usman Khawaja 338
Harry Brook 314

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