James Vince - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 Many of you will be surprised to hear that this week's total of 2061 points is the highest points tally of any week in 2024. Let's see who the Top 5 are in a week where you needed more than 200 points to get into fifth place.

Weekly Top 5

1. James Vince - 358 - Has underwhelmed in the English Domestic game this season and has been a huge flop in the T20 Blast. Surprisingly the return to Red Ball Cricket is where he hits his straps again with his highest total to date and his first Cricketer of the Week award.

2. Marnus Labuschagne - 307 - Had his best week in Glamorgan whites and his best point scoring week of 2024. Should feel fairly hard done by to finish second this week. 307 would have got your top spot in all but 7 weeks of this year. Moves up 5 places to 9th.

3. Simon Harmer - 279 - Looked like his old self again this week courtesy of 8 wickets against Durham - moves up 3 places to 12th.

4. Jos Buttler - 279 - Jos Buttler's men never really got going in the T20 World Cup but it was enough to score some decent points personally; bagging 727 across the tournament.

5. Chamari Athapaththu - 245 - Continues her reign of terror over the West Indies this summer. Her highlight of the week was a fourfer in the first T20I.

Overall Top 5

1. Babar Azam - 2647 - Inactive this week and a lead of just 71 points. Is his 19 week reign at the top of the List almost up?

2. Chamari Athapaththu - 2574 - Has edged closer to top spot but will not feature in any cricket until the end of next month where she will prepare her warm up for the Women's T20 World Cup.

3. James Vince - 2290 - His huge score this week is enough to see him move into third place; his highest position for 7 weeks.

4. Jos Buttler - 2104 - Has only graced the Overall Top 5 for one week since the start of March. Despite the criticism for his captaincy, his 727 points over the T20 World Cup sees him skip 5th and burst straight into 4th.

5. Travis Head - 2002 - Despite a maelstrom of movement around him he manages to hold fifth place with his score of 126 for the week.

Other Movers

Glenn Maxwell scored 159 points this week which sees him move into joint 15th place; tied with Daryll Mitchell

Top Three Averages

1. Chamari Athapaththu - 183.86 (Up from 179.15)
2. Babar Azam - 155.71
3. Jos Buttler - 131.5 (Up from 123.4)

Marnus Labuschagne moves up by a huge 14.56 courtesy of his highest score in 2024. Meanwhile, Jadeja's descent down the average table continues. He started the World CUp in the Top 3 places...he now has only a smidge over 100 points a week.

Highest scorer by Format

Long Form = *Simon Harmer = 1236
One Day = Chamari Athapaththu = 706
Short Form = Babar Azam - 2598

Highest scorer by Discipline

*=New Name

Runs - Babar Azam = 1578
Batting Bonus -Babar Azam - 290
Strike Rate - Babar Azam - 610

Wickets - *Simon Harmer = 680
Wicket Bonus - *Simon Harmer = 120
Economy - Simon Harmer - 420

Fielding – * James Vince = 320
Fielding Bonus - Daryl Mithcell, James Vince, Glenn Maxwell, Jos Buttler, Steve Smith & Phil Salt- 20

Overall List In Full

James Vince 358
Marnus Labuschagne 307
Simon Harmer 279
Jos Buttler 253
Chamari Athapaththu 245
Harry Brook 168
Glenn Maxwell 159
Travis Head 126
Sam Curran 92
Phil Salt 81
Mitchell Marsh 79
Virat Kohli 76
Moeen Ali 47
Ravindra Jadeja 36

Usman Khawaja dnp
Steve Smith dnp
Aaron Hardie dnp
Shubman Gill dnp
Yashasvi Jaiswal dnp
Rachin Ravindra dnp
Daryl Mitchell dnp
Babar Azam dnp

Overall list In Full

1 Babar Azam 2647
2 Chamari Athapaththu 2574
3 James Vince 2290
4 Jos Buttler 2104
5 Travis Head 2002
6 Yashasvi Jaiswal 1962
7 Ravindra Jadeja 1826
8 Phil Salt 1783
9 Marnus Labuschagne 1647
10 Rachin Ravindra 1639
11 Virat Kohli 1623
12 Simon Harmer 1601
13 Sam Curran 1513
14 Shubman Gill 1387
15 Daryl Mitchell 1382
16 Glenn Maxwell 1382
17 Moeen Ali 1309
18 Mitchell Marsh 1138
19 Harry Brook 951
20 Aaron Hardie 690
21 Steve Smith 538
22 Usman Khawaja 338

Chamari Athapaththu - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Decided to go early on the (not wholly unfair) assumption that the England T20 today will take longer than 3 hours to complete.

Weekly Top 5

1. Chamari Athapaththu - 340 - Was already scheduled to finish near the top before she scored 91 runs in the third ODI against the West Indies today. Joins Azam and Buttler with the joint most Cricketers of the Week for the year.

2. Travis Head - Averaged 4 points a week in the first fortnight of the World Cup but has scored nearly 300 since then. Finishes in the Top 5 for the second consecutive week.

3. Phil Salt - 158 - Continues to impress, averaging 121.67 across the 3 World Cup weeks. Moves up a place to 8th on the Overall List.

4. Harry Brook - 117 - Had his best score in nearly 2 months this week despite not being called upon in the West Indies game. Moves up a place overall to 19th - a huge gap of 276 sits between him and Mitchell Marsh in 18th however.

5. Glenn Maxwell - 85 - It has been a torrid year for The Big Show but he has scored 193 points in the last fortnight. He hasn't had a more profligate fortnight since February where he bagged 313 in Weeks 7 & 8.

Overall Top 5

1. Babar Azam - 2647 - A disappointing campaign for Pakistan and a mediocre one for their current captain. He averaged 77 points per World Cup Week but, more importantly has seen his lead on second place shrink by 101 points.

2. Chamari Athapaththu - 2329 - Is in a little realm of her own at the moment. With 318 points above her and 367 points below her, she may be sat in second for a little while.

3. Yashasvi Jaiswal - 1962 - Can count himself a very lucky boy that those below him scored so meagrely this week. He will struggle to hold onto third place for an eight week.

4. James Vince - 1932 - Just 25 points from Vince this week but manages to hold onto 4th by the skin of his teeth. Fifth place is 56 points behind him with 6th 81 away and 7th 142 away. It is all to play for.

5. Travis Head - 1876 - Has put his poor form behind him and reclaims a Top 5 place he lost 3 weeks ago. He has never been higher but just 56 points kept him off top this week.

Other Movers

Marnus Labuschagne scored his lowest score for 5 active weeks but still manages to edge up the table, up to 14th.

Top Three Averages

1. Chamari Athapaththu - 179.15 (Up from 165.75)
2. Babar Azam - 155.71 (Down from 162.81)
3. Jos Buttler - 123.4 (Down from 128.29)

In a strange state of affairs Athapaththu , the person with the highest average, moved up the most this week; whilst Azam, the person with the second highest average, moved down the most.

Highest scorer by Format

Long Form = Yashasvi Jaiswal = 943
One Day = Chamari Athapaththu = 706
Short Form = Babar Azam - 2598

Highest scorer by Discipline

*=New Name

Runs - Babar Azam = 1578
Batting Bonus -Babar Azam - 290
Strike Rate - Babar Azam - 610

Wickets - Ravindra Jadeja - 560
Wicket Bonus - Ravindra Jadeja - 110
Economy - *Simon Harmer - 370

Fielding – Phil Salt = 280
Fielding Bonus - *Daryl Mithcell, James Vince, *Glenn Maxwell, Jos Buttler, Steve Smith & Phil Salt- 20

Weekly List In Full

Chamari Athapaththu 340
Travis Head 159
Phil Salt 158
Harry Brook 117
Glenn Maxwell 85
Rachin Ravindra 77
Daryl Mitchell 69
Ravindra Jadeja 67
Jos Buttler 55
Moeen Ali 49
Marnus Labuschagne 47
Virat Kohli 44
Babar Azam 42
James Vince 25
Simon Harmer 20
Mitchell Marsh 9
Sam Curran 0

Usman Khawaja dnp
Steve Smith dnp
Aaron Hardie dnp
Shubman Gill dnp
Yashasvi Jaiswal dnp

Overall Points In Full

1 Babar Azam 2647
2 Chamari Athapaththu 2329
3 Yashasvi Jaiswal 1962
4 James Vince 1932
5 Travis Head 1876
6 Jos Buttler 1851
7 Ravindra Jadeja 1790
8 Phil Salt 1702
9 Rachin Ravindra 1639
10 Virat Kohli 1547
11 Sam Curran 1421
12 Shubman Gill 1387
13 Daryl Mitchell 1382
14 Marnus Labuschagne 1340
15 Simon Harmer 1322
16 Moeen Ali 1262
17 Glenn Maxwell 1223
18 Mitchell Marsh 1059
19 Harry Brook 783
20 Aaron Hardie 690
21 Steve Smith 538
22 Usman Khawaja 338

Jos Buttler - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Weekly Top 5

1. Jos Buttler - 176 - Whilst his team are struggling to get out of the group stages of the T20 World Cup, Buttler has done enough to win his 4th Cricketer of the Week of 2024. This is the same number that he won in the whole of last year, where he finished the top point scorer.

2. Marnus Labuschagne - 144 - Continues to use the T20 Blast to his point scoring advantage with his second 100+ score in consecutive weeks. Quite impressively, this score all comes from a single game this week against Middlesex.

3. Travis Head - 138 - His form has been dropping week on week since the knockout stages of the IPL; his average points per week a month ago was 11.93 and was 92.88 last week. Despite this he crashes back into the Weekly Top 5 with identical scores of 34 against England & Namibia

4. James Vince - 120 - Continues his impressive spell of looking unimpressive but still finishing with decent scores. This is his fourth consecutive week in the Top 5 without making a 50+ score with the bat.

5. Glenn Maxwell - 108 - Not tearing up trees with bat or ball but is grafting to regular 100+ scores for Australia and edges into the Top 5 for the week.

Overall Top 5

1. Babar Azam - 2605 - Just 84 points this week but that means he stretches his lead on second by a further 84 points. He leads the way by 616 points.

2. Chamari Athapaththu - 1989 - Hasn't scored a point for 5 weeks but is still 82 points away from the next active player.

3. Yashasvi Jaiswal - 1962 - Is out of the team for India but manages to hold onto third place for another week....this could very well be his last.

4. James Vince - 1907 - Third week in fourth place for the ever present James Vince. Has only spent 4 weeks out of the Top 5 all year.

5. Jos Buttler - 1796 - Back in the Top 5 after 14 weeks away. Has a 73 point jump on the almost anonymous Ravindra Jadeja who is out of the Top 5 for the first time in 7 weeks.

Other Movers

Finished 6th for the week, but Phil Salt's 99 points from his two World Cup games sees him overtake Virat Kohli and move back into 9th place.

Ones To Watch

Just outside the Overall Top 5 sit Ravindra Jadeja and Travis Head with just 6 points between them. Either of them could launch an assault on Jos Buttler in 5th.

Top Three Averages

1. Chamari Athapaththu - 165.75
2. Babar Azam - 162.81 (Down from 168.07)
3. Jos Buttler - 128.29 (Up from 124.62)

Jos Buttler improves the most this week to move into the Top 3 highest averages. Virat Kohli's score of 4 sees his average drop by 9.3 and down to 4th place overall with 115.62.

Highest scorer by Format

Long Form = Yashasvi Jaiswal = 943
One Day = Chamari Athapaththu = 366
Short Form = Babar Azam - 2556

Highest scorer by Discipline

*=New Name

Runs - Babar Azam = 1546
Batting Bonus -Babar Azam - 290
Strike Rate - Babar Azam - 600

Wickets - Ravindra Jadeja - 540
Wicket Bonus - Ravindra Jadeja - 110
Economy - *Simon Harmer - 350

Fielding – Phil Salt = 270
Fielding Bonus - *James Vince, *Glenn Maxwell, Jos Buttler, Steve Smith & Phil Salt- 20

Weekly Scores In Full

Jos Buttler 176
Marnus Labuschagne 144
Travis Head 138
James Vince 120
Glenn Maxwell 108
Phil Salt 99
Moeen Ali 85
Babar Azam 84
Mitchell Marsh 83
Harry Brook 50
Rachin Ravindra 20
Simon Harmer 18
Daryl Mitchell 17
Virat Kohli 4
Ravindra Jadeja 0

Usman Khawaja dnp
Steve Smith dnp
Aaron Hardie dnp
Chamari Athapaththu dnp
Shubman Gill dnp
Sam Curran dnp
Yashasvi Jaiswal dnp

Overall Scores In Full

1 Babar Azam 2605
2 Chamari Athapaththu 1989
3 Yashasvi Jaiswal 1962
4 James Vince 1907
5 Jos Buttler 1796
6 Ravindra Jadeja 1723
7 Travis Head 1717
8 Rachin Ravindra 1562
9 Phil Salt 1544
10 Virat Kohli 1503
11 Sam Curran 1421
12 Shubman Gill 1387
13 Daryl Mitchell 1313
14 Simon Harmer 1302
15 Marnus Labuschagne 1293
16 Moeen Ali 1213
17 Glenn Maxwell 1138
18 Mitchell Marsh 1050
19 Aaron Hardie 690
20 Harry Brook 666
21 Steve Smith 538
22 Usman Khawaja 338