Simon Harmer - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 Weekly Top 5

1. Simon Harmer - 307 - Like the twinkling of an ice cream man's chimes lilting across a meadow on a warm afternoon, Harmer registering a huge score means the Summer has really started. Took longer than we thought but is back in the top spot once more.

2. Marnus Labuschagne - 174 - Back from 10 (!!!) weeks in the wilderness but straight in at second place courtesy of a century in his second innings century against Middlesex.

3. Virat Kohli - 150 - Two games for Kohli this week, the last of which led to Bengaluru's elimination from the competition. He has scored 1341 points across the IPL season. To put that into comparison the second highest point scorer was Phil Salt with 426 fewer.

4. Rachin Ravindra - 111 - Looked like he was going to take the IPL by storm with 223 points in his first week....however this score is his second highest in that time. In the intervening weeks he averaged just 24.

5. James Vince - 92 - Has yet to convert his white ball prowess back into red ball form, however his 36 & 6 against Nottinghamshire somehow sees him nab 5th place this week.

Overall Top 5

1. Babar Azam - 2359 - Only inactive this week courtesy of the Birmingham rain. Will be undoubtably back in the points next week.

2. Chamari Athapaththu - 1989 - Continues her inactive spell. Has almost seen off the threat of the IPL boys behind her. How long can she keep her spot?

3. Yashasvi Jaiswal - 1878 - A decent score of 45 at a decent lick sees Jaiswal hold third place for a third week. A decent run in could see him up to second by next week.

4. Ravindra Jadeja - 1709 - Finished the IPL strongly with a final score of 72 against Bengaluru. Wasn't enough to see them progress in the competition though.

5. James Vince - 1611 - Vince has Travis Head's abandonment of form to thank for his return into the Top 5. 0 from two games from the Aussie was trumped by the Hampshire man's score of 92 this week.

Ones To Watch

A back in form Simon Harmer is in action versus Kent this week whilst Moeen will be back in international colours this week. Just 7 points separate them in 13th and 14th.

Top 3 Average Points per Active Week

1. Babar Azam -181.46 (Up from 176.42)
2. Chamari Athapaththu - 165.75
3. Virat Kohli - 135.27 (Up from 133.8)

Obviously Travis Head's score of 0 has seen him descent the most, to the tune of -7.46. Meanwhile Harmer remembering how to bowl again improves his average by 21.05 - up to 96.45.

Highest scorer by Format

Long Form = Yashasvi Jaiswal = 943
One Day = Chamari Athapaththu = 366
Short Form = Babar Azam - 2290

Highest scorer by Discipline

Runs - Babar Azam = 1339
Batting Bonus -Babar Azam - 290
Strike Rate - Babar Azam - 530

Wickets - Ravindra Jadeja - 540
Wicket Bonus - Ravindra Jadeja - 110
Economy - Ravindra Jadeja - 270

Fielding – Phil Salt = 230
Fielding Bonus - Steve Smith & Phil Salt- 20