Friday 18 October 2024

Usman Khawaja - The Best Cricketer of the Week




 This week has been the second lowest score of 2024 with just 237 points shared between 4 players so more of a round up this week than a Top 3 or 5.


Seems a very common occurrence to top score one week and then finish rock bottom the week after, such was the fate of Harry Brook who scored 387 points last week and a mere 25 this. Despite this he moves up 2 places on the overall list past Moeen and Jaiswal into 8th.

Another big scorer last week was Queensland's newest captain Marnus Labuschagne, he sheds 181 points from his score last week and posts 31 in his single One-Day Cup outing this week.

Chamari Athapaththu finishes a hugely disappointing T20 World Cup with her best score of the tournament; 65 in a dead rubber against New Zealand.

Our week is rounded off by Usman Khawaja who is coming into form in as we move closer to the end of the year. Our bottom placed cricketer gets his first cricketer of the Week award this year and third of all time, courtesy of a top score of 76 against Western Australia. He also scores his first Strike Rate points; now only Simon Harmer has none.

Overall List

1. Chamari Athapaththu - 4010 - A hugely disappointing T20 World Cup sees her retake top spot for the fourth time this year, but with just a 40 point lead her chances of finishing the year in top spot are diminishing.

2. James Vince - 3970 - Inactive this week and with seemingly no cricket until the Abu Dhabi T10 at the end of November. He does have a cushion of 424 points on third though.

3. Travis Head - 3546 - Inactive this week but lots of cricket looms on the horizon, especially after signing on with the Adelaide Strikers in the BBL.

4. Sam Curran - 3156 - Inactive again and hard to see where his next cricket comes from before the BBL.

5. Babar Azam - 3106 - Shockingly inactive and will remain so until at least the start of November. One good performance from Marnus Labuschagne below him and he loses his Top 5 berth.

Top Three Averages

1. Chamari Athapaththu - 174.34 (Down from 179.32)
2. Babar Azam - 135.04
3. Jos Buttler - 131.5

Chamari Athapaththu's average drops the most for the second week on the trot whilst Usman Khawaja sees a rare improvement to his average; however his 66.27 points per week is still the very worst.

Highest scorer by Format

Long Form = Simon Harmer = 2235
One Day = Chamari Athapaththu = 946
Short Form = Chamari Athapaththu- 2999

Highest scorer by Discipline

Runs - James Vince - 2390
Batting Bonus - Travis Head = 380
Strike Rate - Travis Head 790

Wickets - Simon Harmer = 1180
Wicket Bonus - Simon Harmer = 240
Economy - Simon Harmer - 680

Fielding – James Vince = 490
Fielding Bonus - James Vince - 50

Weekly Scores In Full

Usman Khawaja 116
Chamari Athapaththu 65
Marnus Labuschagne 31
Harry Brook 25

Jos Buttler dnp
Sam Curran dnp
Yashasvi Jaiswal dnp
Ravindra Jadeja dnp
Simon Harmer dnp
Phil Salt dnp
Glenn Maxwell dnp
James Vince dnp
Virat Kohli dnp
Shubman Gill dnp
Rachin Ravindra dnp
Steve Smith dnp
Aaron Hardie dnp
Daryl Mitchell dnp
Moeen Ali dnp
Mitchell Marsh dnp
Travis Head dnp
Babar Azam dnp

Overall Scores In Full

1 Chamari Athapaththu 4010
2 James Vince 3970
3 Travis Head 3546
4 Sam Curran 3156
5 Babar Azam 3106
6 Marnus Labuschagne 2917
7 Simon Harmer 2808
8 Harry Brook 2749
9 Yashasvi Jaiswal 2731
10 Moeen Ali 2727
11 Phil Salt 2635
12 Rachin Ravindra 2411
13 Ravindra Jadeja 2310
14 Glenn Maxwell 2204
15 Shubman Gill 2187
16 Jos Buttler 2104
17 Virat Kohli 1976
18 Mitchell Marsh 1629
19 Daryl Mitchell 1511
20 Aaron Hardie 1485
21 Steve Smith 1295
22 Usman Khawaja 729

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