Chamari Athapaththu - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Well here we are again...and what a busy one it is. 14 players have played already this year with 1331 points accrued; that is 806 than Week 1 of 2024.

Top 5 after Week 1

1. Chamari Athapaththu - 261 - Led the way for 17 weeks of 2024 and, just like last year, opens her tally with a Weekly high courtesy of dominating the Women's Super Smash in New Zealand. Her late addition to the competition cost her last year's top prize; she was just 41 points behind Vince.

2. Babar Azam - 189 - Desperate to put some of the negativity of 2024 behind him, Azam has started 2025 brightly...albeit you cannot say the same for his team. 139 runs across the two innings in their Test loss to South Africa is enough to see him second place.

3. Wanindu Hasaranga - 186 - Our highest scoring debutant on the List for 2025 is one of our new Sri Lankans. Having said that, the allrounder played one T20 and two ODIs so 186 ( 62 points per game) does seem a little on the disappointing side.

4. Rishabh Pant - 181 - Returns to the List after a year today and takes 4th place courtesy of his best performance in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. It was too little too late for India but could it be the start of a big year for Pant?

5. Adam Zampa - 123 - A good start to his time on the List for the enigmatic spinner. Having only got 3 wickets in the BBL to date he added a further 5 in the 3 games he has played since the start of the year. A rapid turnaround in form.

Top Players By Format

Red Ball - Babar Azam - 189
One Day - Wanindu Hasaranga - 146
Short Form - Chamari Athapaththu - 261

Top Players by Discipline

Runs - Babar Azam - 139
Batting Bonus - Babar Azam - 40
Strike Rate - Chamari Athapaththu - 40

Wickets - Chamari Athapaththu & Adam Zampa - 100
Wicket Bonus - Chamari Athapaththu & Adam Zampa - 20
Economy - Wanindu Hasaranga - 40

Fielding - Yashasvi Jaiswal - 40

List In Full

Chamari Athapaththu 261
Babar Azam 189
Wanindu Hasaranga 186
Rishabh Pant 181
Adam Zampa 123
Jasprit Bumrah 112
Yashavi Jaiwal 72
Ravindra Jadeja 49
Travis Head 48
Pathum Nissanka 44
Liam Dawson 26
Suryakumar Yadav 10
Nat Sciver-Brunt 10
Saim Ayub 0

Heinrich Klaasen dnp
Kane Williamson dnp
Jamie Smith dnp
Liam Livingstone dnp
Sam Curran dnp
Jos Buttler dnp
Annabel Sutherland dnp
Phil Salt dnp
Harry Brook dnp
Nicholas Pooran dnp