Retained
Chamari Athapaththu was the first female contributor to our game last year and certainly held her own spending the most amount of time on top position before being usurped in the very final week.
Babar Azam was a disappointment last year....although was towards the top of the table once more. This is his 6th successive year in the list for the winner of Cricketer of the Year 2020.
Harry Brook couldn't not be included this year could he? One of the most exciting talents in World Cricket returns for his third successive year.
Jos Buttler was the Cricketer of the Year for 2023 but was injury ravaged last year. We all know when he's back to his best hes a world beater.
Sam Curran did very well in fits and burst and just finished outside the Top 5. Left out of the 50 over side for the Champions Trophy, 2025 will be make a break year for the Surrey player.
Travis Head was the breakaway star of 2024. Was it a flash in the pan or do we have a true superstar on our hands?
Ravindra Jadeja finished in the Top 5 in 2023 and within the Top 10 last year. Which version of the enigmatic spinner will we see next year?
Yashasvi Jaiswal was the break out star of Test cricket in 2024....however this did not necessarily translate into points on our List. He was comfortably top ten, however, and is certainly worth a berth in 2025.
Phil Salt was fairly anonymous for large portions of 2024 but had a great last quarter of the year to catapult him into the Top 5. That sort of form could see him become the heir apparent to Buttler.
Returning
Jasprit Bumrah only featured for us in one year. In 2021 he ended the year in 12th place, 69 points above Peter Handscomb. You feel he will be much higher next year.
Rishabh Pant's return to the Lists after a year away is a fantastic achievement for a player who finishes bottom in 2022 after sustaining a life threatening accident. At his best is one of the best.
Suryakumar Yadav won Cricketer of the Week three times in 2023 but only finished 3306. Increasingly important to India's T20 team as well as his IPL framchise so you would expect he would get more.
Kane Williamson is always a very interesting prospect on these Lists. A fantastic batter but always fails to impress when it comes to points. Let's see what happens in his fifth year on the List.
New Players
Saim Ayub is one of the most exciting young talents in World Cricket....however that doesn't necessarily mean big points.
Liam Dawson has long been a consistent performer for Hampshire and has been playing his trade increasingly more in some of the more obscure T20 competitions. Another one that could play all year round.
Wanindu Hasaranga has turned from a bowler who could bat a bit to a genuine allrounder in recent years. Seems to be turning his back on red ball stuff so may very well turn up all over the world.
Heinrich Klassen has quietly become a very important figure as South Africa have quietly become a very competent white ball team. Should keep the Strike Rate points busy.
Liam Livingstone has long been a heavy hitter in World cricket and has long been overdue his place on this list. He is starting to work the franchise circuit slightly more mercenerially too so could be very active in 2025.
Pathum Nissanka has burst onto the scene over 2024 and is an all format threat for Sri Lanka. Can he rival last year's second place Sri Lankan Chamari Athapaththu.
Nicholas Pooran comes back to our List after an 8th placed finish in 2021 but is arguably one of the biggest hitters in the T20 circuit so should be there or there abouts in 2025.
Nat Sciver-Brunt is the mainstay of an England team looking to rebuild in 2025. She will play as many games as she can and can contribute with both bat and ball...but will she play enough?
Jamie Smith needs to decide what he is this year. Locked in to the Test side but is also part of the Champions Trophy side. Will he become an all format player or just focus on red ball?
Annabel Sutherland is increasingly becoming a significant figure in women's World Cricket; with her hard hitting batting and her medium pace bowling she could be a real threat.
Adam Zampa has long been a player I thought would fit well on this List and 2025 this year. Will he do better than the Aussies on our almost this year who all found themselves at the foot of the table throughout.
Released
2025 sees the end of an era for Simon Harmer. A mainstay of the List since we started in 2018 and two time winner of Cricketer of the List....but the bell has told for the Essex man.
Other multi year evictees this year are Marnus Labuschagne (2021 winner), Glenn Maxwell (2019 winner), Moeen Ali, Glenn Maxwell, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Mitchell Marsh, Steve Smith and Usman Khawaja.
The most surprising non selection this year is James Vince, last year's winner. He is joined by Daryl Mitchell and Aaron Hardie as players who are one and done.
