Chamari Athapaththu - The Best Cricketer of the Week....again.

 

Our run of very quiet weeks continues. With just 571 points this week, August is by far our lowest scoring month. An average month sees 5643 points scored...this month closes with 4193. Accordingly, we just have the Top 3 this week.

Weekly Top 3

1, Chamari Athapaththu = 284 - A seventh Cricketer of the Week accolade for the Sri Lankan. She now has the joint 13th most overall - alongside Quinton De Kock who took three years to wrack those up and Jeetan Patel who took two. There is no player above her on the All Time List who has scored all their Cricketers of the Week in the single year.

2. Harry Brook - 138 - A comfortable First Test against Sri Lanka saw Brook score 88 runs across both innings and finish in second place. He is eating into the gap on 16th place overall; he is now 104 behind Jadeja.

3. Sam Curran - 88 - Despite me saying last week that he had no cricket on the horizon, he decided he rather fancied a bit of red ball cricket for a change. Score just 88 but in such a lean week that is enough for third.

Overall Top 5

1. Chamari Athapaththu - 3753 - Has scored 529 points in the last fortnight and reclaims first place once more. She has not held that spot for longer than a solitary week since January. Could this be her turn?

2. James Vince - 3528 - Chose just the wrong time to pick up a fielding injury and loses his first place berth that he earned back during The Hundred. He has zero pressure from below with third place 731 points behind him.

3. Sam Curran - 2792 - A modest return for his first Red Ball foray of 2024 but a third week in third place for Curran who was also named in the ODI squad for next month's white-ball series against Australia

4. Babar Azam - 2669 - You'd be excused for not noticing that Azam made his return to cricket this week. He scored a paltry 22 points but still keeps fourth place for a third week.

5. Travis Head - 2586 - A sixth week inside the Top 5 and third week in 5th for Travis Head. Will shortly be back in action for his national team and will be looking up rather than down with 202 points between him and sixth placed Labuschagne.

Top Three Averages

1. Chamari Athapaththu - 187.65 (Up from 182.58)
2. Babar Azam - 148.28 (Down from 155.71)
3. Marnus Labuschagne - 132.44

For the second week in a row Athapaththu's average improves the most. She has now improved by 8.54 points since her dip after The Hundred. Babar ends his cricketing exile to see his average decrease the most; down 7.43 points to 148.28.

Highest scorer by Format

* = New Name

Long Form = Simon Harmer = 1448
One Day = Chamari Athapaththu = 946
Short Form = *Chamari Athapaththu = 2807

Highest scorer by Discipline

Runs - James Vince - 2118
Batting Bonus - Travis Head = 300
Strike Rate - James Vince = 690

Wickets - Sam Curran = 960
Wicket Bonus - Simon Harmer = 140
Economy - Simon Harmer - 530

Fielding – James Vince = 400
Fielding Bonus - James Vince - 30

Chamari Athapaththu - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

We are right in the middle of a very low scoring period of the year. After 580 last week, 441 were scored this week; the lowest scoring fortnight of the year....some going considering that one week just 55 was scored.

Weekly Round Up

Moeen Ali is a bit of a poster boy for The Hundred but did not set the tournament alight this year. There were a few sparks of decent performances but nothing sustained. He scored 34 this week and moved up a place on the Overall List into 12th.

Sam Curran was the man of the series in The Hundred and improved his total score by 1196 points across the tournament. He scored just the 55 points in the final but lifted the trophy.

James Vince was the second biggest point scorer on our List in The Hundred with 833 points across the tournament and he finished it with two decent scores. 43 runs in the qualifier and 24 in the final. Not enough for the trophy but enough for second this week.

Chamari Athapaththu finishes first for the week again. Her 245 this week sees her top of the pops for the 6th week of 2024, two clear of anyone else. Only Harmer (on 3 occasions) and Labuschagne have finished as the weekly highest score more times in a calendar year.

Overall Top 5

1. James Vince - 3528 - A second week in top spot for Vince....however that is the end of his foray in the short form. He has not done so well in red ball cricket so might be in jeopardy unless he fixes up.

2. Chamari Athapaththu - 3469 - A characteristic burst up the table sees her move towards top spot and away from third; there is an enormous 760 points between her and third at the moment.

3. Sam Curran - 2709 - Started The Hundred in 12th and finishes it in third. A decent contribution...but no regular cricket on the horizon.

4. Babar Azam - 2647 - Is ending his 9 week sabbatical next week. He was 1st last time he played cricket since then he has spent 2 weeks in 2nd, 3 weeks in 3rd and now spends a second week in 4th.

5. Travis Head - 2586 - Inactive for a third week but facing absolutely no pressure from anyone below him. The closest inactive player to him this week was 619 points away.

Top Three Averages

1. Chamari Athapaththu - 182.58 (Up from 179.11)
2. Babar Azam - 155.71
3. Marnus Labuschagne - 132.44

Athapaththu's yo-yos back up again and stretches her lead on Azam. Curran's average dips the most, down by 3.24 points to 123.14.

Highest scorer by Format

* = New Name

Long Form = Simon Harmer = 1409
One Day = Chamari Athapaththu = 946
Short Form = Sam Curran - 2709

Highest scorer by Discipline

Runs - James Vince - 2118
Batting Bonus - Travis Head = 300
Strike Rate - James Vince = 690

Wickets - Sam Curran = 940
Wicket Bonus - Simon Harmer = 140
Economy - Simon Harmer - 510

Fielding – James Vince = 400
Fielding Bonus - James Vince - 30

Weekly Points In Full

Chamari Athapaththu 245
James Vince 107
Sam Curran 55
Moeen Ali 34

Daryl Mitchell dnp
Babar Azam dnp
Jos Buttler dnp
Mitchell Marsh dnp
Ravindra Jadeja dnp
Marnus Labuschagne dnp
Simon Harmer dnp
Yashasvi Jaiswal dnp
Steve Smith dnp
Rachin Ravindra dnp
Glenn Maxwell dnp
Aaron Hardie dnp
Travis Head dnp
Virat Kohli dnp
Shubman Gill dnp
Usman Khawaja dnp
Phil Salt dnp
Harry Brook dnp

Overall Points In Full

1 James Vince 3528
2 Chamari Athapaththu 3469
3 Sam Curran 2709
4 Babar Azam 2647
5 Travis Head 2586
6 Marnus Labuschagne 2384
7 Yashasvi Jaiswal 2353
8 Phil Salt 2350
9 Rachin Ravindra 2178
10 Jos Buttler 2104
11 Simon Harmer 1979
13 Moeen Ali 1967
12 Glenn Maxwell 1955
14 Shubman Gill 1887
15 Virat Kohli 1837
16 Ravindra Jadeja 1826
17 Harry Brook 1584
18 Daryl Mitchell 1382
19 Mitchell Marsh 1138
20 Steve Smith 1098
21 Aaron Hardie 1067
22 Usman Khawaja 421

Sam Curran - The Best Cricketer of the Week...again

 

After a very busy week last week, only 580 points were shared between 6 players this week - this was the fourth lowest weekly total of the year. Accordingly we shall only have a Top 3 for the Week.

Weekly Top 3

1. Sam Curran - 140 - After bagging the third highest score in the 7 years of these Lists last week, Curran gets top spot again this week....but this time with the 10th worst high score for the week in the 7 years of these Lists.

2. Phil Salt - 133 - Another good week for Salt who has improved his total score by 385 points over the last fortnight. No player has scored a greater percentage of their total points from their Strike Rate; 27.23% of his 2350 points are from that discipline.

3. Moeen Ali - 140 - Has underperformed this year....but is never far away from a three figure score when he flicks the switch. This fairly anodyne score sees him move up three places in the Overall list, overleaping the Indian trio of Gill, Kohli and Jadeja and moving to 12th.

Overall Top 5

1. James Vince - 3421 - Just the one game this week courtesy of a washout against the Welsh Fire however still holds a comfortable lead on second place.

2. Chamari Athapaththu - 3224 - Has not impressed in her spell in The Hundred with just one score over 20 and 0 wickets. Will be joining up with Sri Lanka for the ODI series against Ireland. She has the most 50 over points of anyone so could be back in the points shortly.

3. Sam Curran - 2563 - Jumped from 12th to 5th last week and this week moves up into the Top 3 for the first time since July last year.

4. Babar Azam - 2647 - Has not played a single stroke of cricket since the World Cup. The last time he turned out he was first on our List....now slips down another place to 4th.

5. Travis Head - 2586 - His first inactive week since his MLS outing and is down a place to 5th. He needn't be overly concerned as he has a cushion of 202 points from the inactive Marnus Labuschagne in 6th and 236 away from Phil Salt - his nearest active rival.

Top Three Averages

1. Chamari Athapaththu - 179.11 (Down from 188.06)
2. Babar Azam - 155.71
3. Marnus Labuschagne - 132.44

Athapaththu's average takes another hit this week; shes leaked a jot over 17 points in her time in The Hundred. Moeen Ali's good weeks sees his average up 2.04 but he still has the fourth lowest at 84.04.

Highest scorer by Format

* = New Name

Long Form = Simon Harmer = 1409
One Day = Chamari Athapaththu = 706
Short Form = * Sam Curran - 2654

Highest scorer by Discipline

Runs - James Vince - 2051
Batting Bonus - Travis Head = 300
Strike Rate - James Vince = 650

Wickets - Sam Curran = 940
Wicket Bonus - Simon Harmer = 140
Economy - Simon Harmer - 510

Fielding – James Vince = 400
Fielding Bonus - James Vince - 30

Weekly Scores In Full

Sam Curran 140
Phil Salt 133
Moeen Ali 129
Harry Brook 93
James Vince 58
Chamari Athapaththu 27

Daryl Mitchell dnp
Babar Azam dnp
Jos Buttler dnp
Mitchell Marsh dnp
Ravindra Jadeja dnp
Marnus Labuschagne dnp
Simon Harmer dnp
Yashasvi Jaiswal dnp
Steve Smith dnp
Rachin Ravindra dnp
Glenn Maxwell dnp
Aaron Hardie dnp
Travis Head dnp
Virat Kohli dnp
Shubman Gill dnp
Usman Khawaja dnp

Overall Scores In Full

1 James Vince 3421
2 Chamari Athapaththu 3224
3 Sam Curran 2654
4 Babar Azam 2647
5 Travis Head 2586
6 Marnus Labuschagne 2384
7 Yashasvi Jaiswal 2353
8 Phil Salt 2350
9 Rachin Ravindra 2178
10 Jos Buttler 2104
11 Simon Harmer 1979
12 Glenn Maxwell 1955
13 Moeen Ali 1933
14 Shubman Gill 1887
15 Virat Kohli 1837
16 Ravindra Jadeja 1826
17 Harry Brook 1584
18 Daryl Mitchell 1382
19 Mitchell Marsh 1138
20 Steve Smith 1098
21 Aaron Hardie 1067
22 Usman Khawaja 421

Sam Curran - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

This week's updates are provided without comment as I am on holiday......that being said it would be remiss of me to not point out that Sam Curran's weekly high total is the third highest since we staretd in 2018.

Weekly Scores In Full

Sam Curran 576
James Vince 355
Phil Salt 252
Harry Brook 129
Virat Kohli 98
Moeen Ali 92
Shubman Gill 77
Chamari Athapaththu 59
Usman Khawaja 51


Daryl Mitchell dnp
Babar Azam dnp
Jos Buttler dnp
Mitchell Marsh dnp
Ravindra Jadeja dnp
Marnus Labuschagne dnp
Simon Harmer dnp
Yashasvi Jaiswal dnp
Steve Smith dnp
Rachin Ravindra dnp
Glenn Maxwell dnp
Aaron Hardie dnp
Travis Head dnp

Overall Scores In Full

1 James Vince 3363
2 Chamari Athapaththu 3197
3 Babar Azam 2647
4 Travis Head 2586
5 Sam Curran 2514
6 Marnus Labuschagne 2384
7 Yashasvi Jaiswal 2353
8 Phil Salt 2217
9 Rachin Ravindra 2178
10 Jos Buttler 2104
11 Simon Harmer 1979
12 Glenn Maxwell 1955
13 Shubman Gill 1887
14 Virat Kohli 1837
15 Ravindra Jadeja 1826
16 Moeen Ali 1804
17 Harry Brook 1491
18 Daryl Mitchell 1382
19 Mitchell Marsh 1138
20 Steve Smith 1098
21 Aaron Hardie 1067
22 Usman Khawaja 421

Top Three Averages

1. Chamari Athapaththu - 188.06 (Down from 196.13)
2. Babar Azam - 155.71
3. Marnus Labuschagne - 132.44

Sam Curran most improved - up 23.7 points whilst Athapaththu's average decreases the most - down by 8.07.

Highest scorer by Format

Long Form = Simon Harmer = 1409
One Day = Chamari Athapaththu = 706
Short Form = Babar Azam - 2598

Highest scorer by Discipline

* = New Name

Runs - James Vince - 2023
Batting Bonus - Travis Head = 300
Strike Rate - *James Vince

Wickets - *Sam Curran = 860
Wicket Bonus - Simon Harmer = 140
Economy - Simon Harmer - 510

Fielding – James Vince = 390
Fielding Bonus - James Vince - 30