Tuesday, 31 December 2024

The Cricket list 2024 Final Standings

 


Weekly Top 5

 

1.     1. James Vince – 214 – Ends his year in style, largely thanks to a record breaking score of 101 against the Melbourne Stars. Always dependable in a T20 competition.

 

2.      2. Steve Smith – 213 – Has been rooted to the bottom of the table for most of the year but ends it with a reminder of what once was after belting 140 in the fourth Test against Australia.

 

3.      3. Yashasvi Jaiswal – 206 – Finished the year with two near identical scores of 82 and 84. Was the most consistent performer for India across both digs and has been rewarded accordingly.

 

4.      4. Marnus Labuschagne – 182 – Put his poor form behind him for two anchoring knocks of 72 and 70 to start Australia’s innings well in the Fourth Test.

 

5.      5. Ravindra Jadeja – 179 – Has failed to perform at his All Round bet of late and either oscillates between a decent bowling performance or a decent batting one. This week he did well with ball in hand, bagging 4 wickets.

 

Final Rankings

 

1.      1. James Vince - 4728

Cricketers of the Week – 4

Most common position on list over the year – 23 weeks in 2nd place

By some distance out least glamorous winner of Cricketer of the Year but you have to admire the hard graft from Vince. From Sydney to Hampshire via Abu Dhabi, he’s played everywhere and delivered in each continent.

Key Stat – No player played as many active weeks of cricket as Vince did….and it wasn’t even particularly close. Vince’s 39 active weeks is 6 more than Travis Head in second and over double the 16 weeks Usman Khawaja managed.

 

2.    2.  Chamari Athapaththu – 4681

Cricketers of the Week – 7

Most common position on list over the year – 18 weeks in 1st.  

Just like last year, the cricketer who spent the most weeks in 1st over the year ends up in 2nd overall. Pipped just at the very end due to an inactive month of December.  

Key Stat – With 7 Cricketers of the Week, Athapaththu claims the most for the year and also the joint third COTW in a calendar year.

 

3.     3. Travis Head - 4216

 

Cricketers of the Week – 3

Most common position on list over the year – 15 weeks in 3rd. 

Has been marooned in third pace for so long, his bronze medal finish has been inevitable since the end of October. Been a revelation in all formats for Australia and Hyderabad.


Key Stat – For many a long moon it has been Babar Azam to lead the way on Batting Bonus points, however Head’s 470 is 50 more than Harry Brook in second. Azam is in 4th with Vince in 3rd.

 

4.   4.    Babar Azam – 3646

 

Cricketers of the Week – 4

Most common position on list over the year – 22 weeks in 1st. 

Such has been the rhetoric with Azam this year, that you would be forgiven thinking that he should be outside the Top 10 let alone the Top 5 but here he is. Might not be on the up and up as he once was….but certainly isn’t down and out.


Key Stat – Has been a Jekyll and Hyde year for Azam, he spent 22 weeks in 1st position, the longest that anyone spent in any position on our Lists….but then fell off over the middle third….before seeking back into decent form in the South Africa series.  

 

5.      5. Phil Salt – 3569

 

Cricketers of the Week – 2

Most common position on list over the year – 9 weeks in 8th. 

Purists will not admire his route into the Top 5 in his inaugural year in our Lists. Did not even get into the Top Ten until Week 20 and only made the Top Five after a spell in the Abi Dhabi T10. All points count though and here he is.  


Key Stat – Before December, Salt averaged 241.18 points per calendar month. In the last month of the year he almost quadrupled that with 892 representing England and Team Abu Dhabi.

 

6.      Marnus Labuschagne - 3496

 

Cricketers of the Week – 3

Most common position on list over the year – 11 weeks in 6th.

 

6th seems high for a player whose form has noticeably dipped in 2024…but the points don’t lie and he has moved back into his most common place for the final reckoning.


Key Stat – Marnus was emphatically third in the list of the best fielders in the competition. There were 13 more catches between him and Salt and 15 between him and first placed Vince. That being said he had 6 more catches than Brook in fourth. 

 

7.      Yashasvi Jaiswal

Cricketers of the Week – 1

 

Most common position on list over the year – 11 weeks in 3rd.

 

Was flying high in the first third of the year, disappeared a bit in the middle third and then pulled it back with some decent showings in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.

 

Key Stat – Jaiswal was one of the key batters in World Cricket this year. With 2295 there were only two batters with more runs on the board in 2024. He also had the joint second highest Batting Bonus points – tied with Harry Brook.

 

8.      Sam Curran - 3460

 

Cricketers of the Week – 3

Most common position on list over the year – 10 weeks in 8th. 

An interesting year for Curran. Used to be a white ball lock and a potential for Test inclusion….but now appears to be rather in the wilderness. 8th best out of 22 isn’t to be sniffed at though.  


Key Stat – In a lean year for our bowling contingent, Curran finished third for most wickets. It is surprising to see him just one wicket behind Jadeja.

 

9.      Ravindra Jadeja – 3408

Cricketers of the Week – 1

Most common position on list over the year = 8 weeks in 5th.

Spent 33 weeks in the Top 5 last year and 14 weeks there this week but fell away…mainly due to lack of Cricket played. When he played, he played well but this is his lowest position on the List to date.

Key Stat – Has been in and amongst the highest averages all year. He ends up trailing Chamari Athapaththu (161.18 per active week) and Jos Buttler (140.05) with 131.08.

 

10.   Harry Brook – 3389

Cricketers of the Week – 4

10th seems low for a player that has been something of a revelation in 2024 – perhaps he has been happened by his break from cricket due to bereavement. Will be a big point scorer for many years to come?

 

Key Stat – Was just pipped as the highest Red Ball point scorer by Ravindra Jadeja in the last two Tests of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Plenty more in store next year for England’s captain in waiting.

 

Rest of the List.

 

11

Rachin Ravindra

2962

12

Moeen Ali

2893

13

Simon Harmer

2808

14

Jos Buttler

2801

15

Glenn Maxwell

2537

16

Shubman Gill

2511

17

Virat Kohli

2366

18

Daryl Mitchell

2362

19

Mitchell Marsh

1977

20

Steve Smith

1930

21

Aaron Hardie

1776

22

Usman Khawaja

1179

 

Full List of Average Points Per Active Week

 

Chamari Athapaththu

161.18

Jos Buttler

140.05

Ravindra Jadeja

131.08

Babar Azam

125.72

Travis Head

124

James Vince

121.23

Harry Brook

121.04

Marnus Labuschagne

120.55

Sam Curran

115.33

Simon Harmer

112.32

Yashasvi Jaiswal

108.59

Phil Salt

108.15

Moeen Ali

96.43

Rachin Ravindra

95.55

Shubman Gill

93

Steve Smith

91.9

Daryl Mitchell

90.85

Virat Kohli

87.63

Glenn Maxwell

84.57

 

 

Mitchell Marsh

 Aaron Haride

76.04

74

Usman Khawaja

69.35

 

Top Three Players in Each Format

Long Form

Ravindra Jadeja

2534

Harry Brook

2268

Simon Harmer

2235

 

One Day

 

Chamari Athapaththu

946

Babar Azam

658

Marnus Labuschagne

606

 

Shortest Form

Chamari Athapaththu

3735

James Vince

3252

Phil Salt

3220

 

Top Three Players in each discipline

Runs

James Vince

2768

Travis Head

2356

Yashasvi Jaiswal

2295

 

Batting Bonus

 

Travis Head

470

Yashasvi Jaiswal

420

Harry Brook

420

 

Strike Rate

James Vince

930

Phil Salt

860

Travis Head

820

 

Wickets

Chamari Athapaththu

1200

Simon Harmer

1200

Ravindra Jadeja

1140

 

Wicket Bonus

Ravindra Jadeja

270

Simon Harmer

240

Chamari Athapaththu

120

 

Economy

Simon Harmer

680

Ravindra Jadeja

660

Chamari Athapaththu

470

 

Fielding

James Vince

570

Phil Salt

550

Marnus Labuschagne

420

 

Fielding Bonus

James Vince

50

Daryl Mitchell

40

Phil Salt

30

Marnus Labuschagne

30

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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