Sam Curran - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Gone early this week as I'm laid up with flu so thought that I might as well get ahead of it before my immune system collapses.

Weekly Top 5....but also kind of Top 7

1. Sam Curran - 221 - Rather enjoying the ILT20 and is tucking into the bowlers. Known more as a bowling all-rounder than the adverse, he has scored more points with the bat than he has with the ball in this competition. This is his 6th all time Cricketer of the Week.

2. Kane Williamson - 171 - Liberated from semi-retirement from the New Zealand set-up, Williamson is reinventing himself as T20 gun for hire.....and this week he has hit the target with scores of 56 & 45 in the SA20.

3. Adam Zampa - 150 - Without pausing for breath has gone from the BBL to the ILT20 and has bagged a pleasingly increasing amount of wickets. Starting off with 0 wickets in Game 1 vs the Desert Vipers, he then got 1, then 2 and finished the week with a threefer against the Abu Dhabi Knight Riders

=4. Jos Buttler - 139 - Pleasing consistency from Buttler as those around him do not do as well. This is his second three figure score in succession. Moves up to 11th in the Overall list.

=4. Chamari Athapaththu - 139 - No fireworks for the Sri Lankan this week but could have achieved more if not for the wash out at Wellington that took 40 wicket points away from her.

=4. Heinrich Klaasen - 139 - Snapped out of a poor run of form with 66 against MI Cape Town. Moves up to 12th in the Overall List.

5. Wanindu Hasaranga - 130 - Solid performances from Hasaranga this week sees him round off the Top 5. Keeping his eye in with economy points; he has the second best Economy in the ILT20 and the most Economy points of any of the bowlers on the List.

Overall Top 5

1. Chamari Athapaththu - 759 - Finished in the Top 5 of the week again and completes 4 straight weeks at the top of the List.....her lead is now just 80 though.

2. Sam Curran - 679 - Curran lost 2nd place last week, skipping third place and dropping to fourth. This week he reclaims it with a weekly high score, skips third place and narrows the gap to first.

3. Wanindu Hasaranga - 596 - Yet again does just enough to hold third place for the entire month of January. The 108 point gap between him and fourth place is now the largest gap on the List.

4. Ravindra Jadeja - 488 - Inactive this week. Down two places but still holds a Top 5 berth.

5. Nicholas Pooran - 445 - Dropped out of the Overall Top 5 last week but returns, largely courtesy of a rather impressive 70 points from fielding last week.

Ones To Watch

international Team Mates Harry Brook and Jamie Smith are both tied up on 58 points so far.....who will get the most out of the remaining T20 games?

Top 3 Averages

1. Ravindra Jadeja - 244
2. Sam Curran - 226.33 (Down from 229)
3. Chamari Athapaththu - 189.75 (Down from 206.67)

After remembering that he is rather a good cricketer this week, Liam Livingstone's average improves the most up 33 points. Nicholas Pooran's drops the most; -34.67 at 148.33.

Top Players By Format

*=New Name

Red Ball - Ravindra Jadeja - 488
One Day - Nat Sciver-Brunt - 225
Short Form - Chamari Athapaththu - 759

Top Players by Discipline

Runs - * Sam Curran - 239
Batting Bonus - Babar Azam, *Sam Curran, *Nicholas Pooran & *Kane Williamson - 40
Strike Rate - Nicholas Pooran, *Chamari Athapaththu & *Sam Curran - 100

Wickets - *Wanindu Hasaranga & *Adam Zampa = 300
Wicket Bonus - Ravindra Jadeja - 60
Economy - *Wanindu Hasaranga = 110

Fielding - *Nicholas Pooran = 110
Fielding Bonus - Sam Curran & *Nicholas Pooran - 10

Weekly List in Full

Sam Curran 221
Kane Williamson 171
Adam Zampa 150
Jos Buttler 139
Chamari Athapaththu 139
Heinrich Klaasen 139
Wanindu Hasaranga 130
Liam Livingstone 106
Nicholas Pooran 79
Babar Azam 62
Jamie Smith 58
Annabel Sutherland 53
Liam Dawson 40
Phil Salt 39
Harry Brook 31
Yashavi Jaiwal 30
Suryakumar Yadav 26
Nat Sciver-Brunt 11

Jasprit Bumrah dnp
Travis Head dnp
Saim Ayub dnp
Pathum Nissanka dnp
Ravindra Jadeja dnp
Rishabh Pant dnp


Overall List In Full

Chamari Athapaththu 759
Sam Curran 679
Wanindu Hasaranga 596
Ravindra Jadeja 488
Nicholas Pooran 445
Liam Dawson 411
Babar Azam 363
Adam Zampa 363
Kane Williamson 341
Nat Sciver-Brunt 338
Jos Buttler 257
Heinrich Klaasen 243
Annabel Sutherland 235
Rishabh Pant 209
Phil Salt 184
Pathum Nissanka 160
Liam Livingstone 120
Jasprit Bumrah 112
Yashavi Jaiwal 102
Harry Brook 58
Jamie Smith 58
Travis Head 48
Suryakumar Yadav 46
Saim Ayub 0

Ravindra Jadeja - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Only Jamie Smith remains inactive thus far in 2025 - an unprecedented feat. Who was cream of the crop this week?

Weekly Top 5

1. Ravindra Jadeja - 419 - Nothing like a returning Test player absolutely creaming points on the domestic circle and Jadeja's 12 wicket haul in the Ranji Trophy was just that. Scored points across the board and has registered a catastrophic total for the week.

2. Liam Dawson - 371 - Multiple T20 games in a week doesn't always correlate to big points, but Dawson made sure it did this week. 7 wickets from his three SAT20 games coupled with a 11 ball 25 sees a huge total for the Eastern Cape player.

3. Wanindu Hasaranga - 193 - 5 wickets for the Sri Lankan in the ILT20 competition. Seems to have got back into his rhythm for the Desert Vipers. In so doing, he became only the second Sri Lankan to get 300 T20 wickets....and plenty more to come.

4. Sam Curran - 168 - Put in a decent shift for the Desert Vipers this week. 2 wickets seems disappointing but backed it up with 38 runs and decent economies.

5. Jos Buttler - 118 - 2023's highest point scorer had an injury beleaguered 2024.....but debuts this week inside the weekly Top 5. Probably best not to talk about the form of the other ten blokes around him though.

Overall Top 5

1. Chamari Athapaththu - 620 - Just 56 points from Athapaththu's single Super Smash game this wee. That being said the 132 point gap between her and second is the greatest on the list.

2. Ravindra Jadeja - 488 - Catapults up the table courtesy of his Ranji Trophy form. Has spent the last two years in and around the Top 5 and this week puts him right back in the mix once more.

3. Wanindu Hasaranga - 466 - Does just enough every week to hold onto bronze position. Once of only two players to have held the same spot for the last 3 weeks and one of only 3 players to have retained their position from last week. Odds on him being there next week?

4. Sam Curran - 458 - Despite finishing fourth in the weekly totals he still manages to drop two spots down to third.

5. Liam Dawson - 371 - Comes from absolutely nowhere to gatecrash the Top 5 this week. Can't rest on his laurels as Pooran is just 5 points below him and Nat Sciver Brunt another 39 behind that.

Top 3 Averages

1. Ravindra Jadeja - 244
2. Sam Curran - 229
3. Chamari Athapaththu - 206.67 (Down from 282)

Some huge swings, as is only natural for week 3. Athapaththu drops the most whilst Dawson moves his average up from 10 to 123.67.

Top Players By Format

*=New Name

Red Ball - *Ravindra Jadeja - 488
One Day - Nat Sciver-Brunt - 225
Short Form - Chamari Athapaththu - 620

Top Players by Discipline

Runs - Chamari Athapaththhu - 180
Batting Bonus - Babar Azam - 40
Strike Rate - *Nicholas Pooran - 100

Wickets - *Ravindra Jadeja - 240
Wicket Bonus - *Ravindra Jadeja - 60
Economy - *Ravindra Jadeja - 90

Fielding - Sam Curran - 70
Fielding Bonus - Sam Curran - 10

Weekly List In Full

Ravindra Jadeja 419
Liam Dawson 371
Wanindu Hasaranga 193
Sam Curran 168
Jos Buttler 118
Nicholas Pooran 109
Nat Sciver-Brunt 92
Annabel Sutherland 91
Kane Williamson 60
Chamari Athapaththu 56
Adam Zampa 40
Rishabh Pant 38
Harry Brook 27
Heinrich Klaasen 25
Babar Azam 13
Phil Salt 12
Suryakumar Yadav 10
Liam Livingstone 0

Jamie Smith dnp
Jasprit Bumrah dnp
Yashavi Jaiwal dnp
Travis Head dnp
Saim Ayub dnp
Pathum Nissanka dnp

Overall List In Full

1 Chamari Athapaththu 620
2 Ravindra Jadeja 488
3 Wanindu Hasaranga 466
4 Sam Curran 458
5 Liam Dawson 371
6 Nicholas Pooran 366
7 Nat Sciver-Brunt 327
8 Rishabh Pant 209
9 Babar Azam 202
10 Annabel Sutherland 182
11 Adam Zampa 173
12 Kane Williamson 170
13 Pathum Nissanka 160
14 Phil Salt 145
15 Jos Buttler 118
16 Jasprit Bumrah 112
17 Heinrich Klaasen 104
18 Yashavi Jaiwal 72
19 Travis Head 48
20 Harry Brook 27
21 Suryakumar Yadav 20
22 Liam Livingstone 14
23 Saim Ayub 0

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

 

Another incredibly busy week. Only 4 players of our 24 have yet to play cricket in 2025....but who impressed this week?

Weekly Top 5

1. Chamari Athapaththu - 303 - Nobody has ever had back-to-back Cricketers of the Week in the first two weeks of the year...but nobody has seized the competition by the scruff of the neck like Athapaththu. Will be right up there again this year.

2. Sam Curran - 290 - Looking to put last year's malaise behind him, Curran has hit the ground running in the ILT20 with 120 runs scored in three games this week.

3. Nicholas Pooran - Two scorching performances for MI Emirates in the ILT20 was followed by a rather pedestrian one....still enough for the West Indian powerhouse his way into the Top 3 for the week.

4. Nat Sciver-Brunt - 225 - Posting number such as this you must assume that England are playing an absolute blinder in The Ashes.....instead you wonder just how much bother they would be in without her services.

5. Phil Salt - 133 - Bloody loves a short sharp T20 competition and looked in dominant form for Abu Dhabi Knight Riders with 71 off 49....followed that up with a rather tame score of 2. Debuts on the Overall List at 10th.

Overall Top 5

1. Chamari Athapaththu - 564 - Another week in top spot for the Sri Lankan. Such is her dominance in this opening fortnight that she has now opened up a 274 point gap. Only one other player has scored more than that in the 17 days of 2025.

2. Sam Curran - 290 - Goes from being active last week straight into silver medal position this week. A great start for the man who never got higher than third last year.

3. Wanindu Hasaranga - 273 - Had one ODI left for Sri Lanka which was rather a damp squib and then has had a rather lowkey start to his time in the ILT20 with 2 wickets and 2 runs in 2 games. His score of 87 was enough to see him be one of only two people to retain their positions in the List.

4. Nicholas Pooran - 257 - Debuts in fourth place courtesy of his heavy hitting performances in ILT20. Plays so much cricket that you wouldn't bet on him being a sticker in the higher echelons.

5. Nat Sciver-Brunt - 235 - Her side are being put to the sword by Australia but her individual performances see two women in the Top 5 for the first time in recorded history.

Top 3 Averages


1. Chamari Athapaththu - 282
2. Wanindu Hasaranga - 136.5
3. Nat Sciver-Brunt - 117.5

Top Players By Format

*=New Name

Red Ball - Babar Azam - 189
One Day - * Nat Sciver-Brunt - 225
Short Form - Chamari Athapaththu - 564

Top Players by Discipline

Runs - *Chamari Athapaththhu - 164
Batting Bonus - Babar Azam - 40
Strike Rate - Chamari Athapaththu - 80

Wickets - Chamari Athapaththu - 200
Wicket Bonus - Chamari Athapaththu - 40
Economy - *Chamari Athapaththu - 60

Fielding - Yashasvi Jaiswal & * Sam Curran - 40
Fielding Bonus - Sam Curran - 10

Weewkl List In Full

Chamari Athapaththu 303
Sam Curran 290
Nicholas Pooran 257
Nat Sciver-Brunt 225
Phil Salt 133
Pathum Nissanka 116
Kane Williamson 110
Annabel Sutherland 91
Wanindu Hasaranga 87
Heinrich Klaasen 79
Adam Zampa 50
Liam Livingstone 14
Liam Dawson 0

Jamie Smith dnp
Jos Buttler dnp
Harry Brook dnp
Babar Azam dnp
Rishabh Pant dnp
Jasprit Bumrah dnp
Yashavi Jaiwal dnp
Ravindra Jadeja dnp
Travis Head dnp
Suryakumar Yadav dnp
Saim Ayub dnp

Overall list In Full

Chamari Athapaththu 564
Sam Curran 290
Wanindu Hasaranga 273
Nicholas Pooran 257
Nat Sciver-Brunt 235
Babar Azam 189
Rishabh Pant 181
Adam Zampa 173
Pathum Nissanka 160
Phil Salt 133
Jasprit Bumrah 112
Kane Williamson 110
Annabel Sutherland 91
Heinrich Klaasen 79
Yashavi Jaiwal 72
Ravindra Jadeja 69
Travis Head 48
Liam Dawson 26
Liam Livingstone 14
Suryakumar Yadav 10
Saim Ayub 0