Nat Sciver-Brunt - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Just seven active cricketers this week so only enough for a Top 3.

Weekly Top 3

1. Nat Sciver-Brunt = 277 - Was the stand out performer for insipid England and now she's playing with proper cricketers is shining once more. Only played two games this week but got half centuries in both.

2. Annabel Sutherland - 213 - 5 wickets and 73 runs from 3 WIPL games is decent fair for the Aussie all-rounder. Sees her leap up 6 places in the Overall List to 6th place.

3. Babar Azam - 123 - Criticism continues to swirl around Pakistan's ex-captain however he does enough to get him bronze medal for the week and moves up two places to 13th overall.

Overall Top 5

1. Sam Curran - 997 - Can thank an incredibly static Top 5 for his third consecutive week in top spot.

2. Wanindu Hasaranga - 980 - Parked a long way in front of the other 22 players on the List....but is just that.....parked.

3. Ravindra Jadeja - 790 - Improves his overall score this week by a rather underwhelming 20 points. The gap between himself and second place is still the largest of any gap in the List; standing at 190 points.

4. Chamari Athapaththu - 759 - Surprisingly inactive from the WIPL thus far...and, perhaps as a result of this, as expressed her intention of leaving the tournament early to represent Sri Lanka in their forthcoming tour of New Zealand in just over a week's time.

5. Nat Sciver-Brunt - 734 - Tops the scores for the week and subsequently surges up from 11th to 5th. Athapaththu, herself and Annabel Sutherland form an all-female 4th, 5th, and 6th with only 38 points between them.

Other Movers

Only two players scored fewer than him this week, but Suryakumar Yadav's 53 was enough to see him move up three places to 17th.

Ones To Watch

There is currently a single point between Champions Trophy duo, Babar Azam and Adam Zampa. Will the batter or the bowler do better this week?

Top 3 Averages

1. Sam Curran = 199.4
2. Chamari Athapaththu - 189.75
3. Nicholas Pooran - 165.75.

Ravindra Jadeja's poor score sees him relinquish his top three spot to Nicholas Pooran. He now averages 158 points a week. NSB moves up the most with her average of 123.33 30.93 greater than last week.

Top Players By Format

*=New Name

Red Ball - Ravindra Jadeja - 488
One Day - *Kane Williamson - 336
Short Form - Sam Curran - 997

Top Players by Discipline

Runs - Kane Williamson = 459
Batting Bonus - *Kane Willamson = 90
Strike Rate -Sam Curran - 210

Wickets - Wanindu Hasaranga = 500
Wicket Bonus - Ravindra Jadeja - 100
Economy - Wanindu Hasaranga = 210

Fielding - Phil Salt = 170
Fielding Bonus -Phil Salt - 20

Weekly List in Full

Nat Sciver-Brunt 277
Annabel Sutherland 213
Babar Azam 123
Kane Williamson 75
Suryakumar Yadav 53
Ravindra Jadeja 20
Heinrich Klaasen 0

Jasprit Bumrah dnp
Saim Ayub dnp
Rishabh Pant dnp
Chamari Athapaththu dnp
Jamie Smith dnp
Nicholas Pooran dnp
Yashavi Jaiwal dnp
Wanindu Hasaranga dnp
Sam Curran dnp
Travis Head dnp
Phil Salt dnp
Liam Livingstone dnp
Adam Zampa dnp
Jos Buttler dnp
Harry Brook dnp
Liam Dawson dnp
Pathum Nissanka dnp

Overall List In Full

1 Sam Curran 997
2 Wanindu Hasaranga 980
3 Ravindra Jadeja 790
4 Chamari Athapaththu 759
5 Nat Sciver-Brunt 734
6 Annabel Sutherland 721
7 Kane Williamson 719
8 Nicholas Pooran 663
9 Phil Salt 624
10 Liam Dawson 537
11 Heinrich Klaasen 516
12 Adam Zampa 441
13 Babar Azam 440
14 Jos Buttler 438
15 Travis Head 354
16 Liam Livingstone 293
17 Suryakumar Yadav 250
18 Harry Brook 221
19 Rishabh Pant 209
20 Pathum Nissanka 199
21 Jasprit Bumrah 112
22 Yashavi Jaiwal 102
23 Jamie Smith 58
24 Saim Ayub 0

Wanindu Hasaranga - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Weekly Top 5

1. Wanindu Hasaranga - 310 - An excellent display in the 2nd ODI against Australis was bolstered by a rare appearance for Colombo in the Major League Tournament.

2. Kane Williamson - 261 - What a renaissance Williamson is having with the white ball. After being one of the stand out performers in the SAT20, he then scores 191 runs in two ODI appearances for New Zealand. Should expect a strong Champions trophy from the veteran. Moves up 4 places Overall to 6th.

3. Sam Curran - 216 - Finishes the ILT20 as the MVP...and it is very hard to argue with that. With contributions with bat and ball Curran was instrumental to his Desert Vipers side getting to the final.

4. Travis Head - 179 - Broke free from some insipid performances so far in 2025. His score of 179 is more than he scored in his precious two active week combined.

5. Phil Salt - 149 - Continues his decent start to the year with his third three figure score. This week sees his fifth consecutive score across all formats above 20.

Overall Top 5

1. Sam Curran - 997 - His second week in first place. A spell of time away from cricket beckons for Curran now. How low will he drop and will he be able to get straight back into form on his return?

2. Wanindu Hasaranga - 980 - Up to his highest position in his short time on our Lists. He has placed a huge gulf between himself and 3rd place; 210 is the largest gap at any point on our List.

3. Ravindra Jadeja - 770 - Has been all over our Top 5 in the last month, occupying every space apart from the coveted top spot. Will his time ever come?

4. Chamari Athapaththu - 759 - Her last inactive week until her involvement in the WIPL starts....but she often blows hot and cold in franchise cricket.

5. Nicholas Pooran - 663 - Inactive this week...and just about holds off Kane Williamson's charge. 19 points separate him and 6th.

Top 3 Averages

1. Sam Curran = 199.4 (Up from 195.25)
2. Ravindra Jadeja - 192.5 (Down from 209.67)
3. Chamari Athapaththu - 189.75

Travis Head's doubling of his score sees his average improve by 55 points to 118 whilst Nissanka's insipid week sees his down 13.67 to 66.33.

Top Players By Format

*=New Name

Red Ball - Ravindra Jadeja - 488
One Day - *Wanindu Hasaranga - 308
Short Form - Sam Curran - 997

Top Players by Discipline

• = New Name

Runs - *Kane Williamson = 424
Batting Bonus - *Kane Willamson = 90
Strike Rate -Sam Curran - 210

Wickets - Wanindu Hasaranga = 500
Wicket Bonus - Ravindra Jadeja - 100
Economy - Wanindu Hasaranga = 210

Fielding - Phil Salt = 170
Fielding Bonus -Phil Salt - 20

Weekly List In Full

 

Wanindu Hasaranga	310
Kane Williamson	261
Sam Curran	216
Travis Head	179
Phil Salt	149
Heinrich Klaasen	147
Ravindra Jadeja	141
Suryakumar Yadav	119
Liam Livingstone	110
Adam Zampa	78
Jos Buttler	70
Harry Brook	60
Liam Dawson	54
Babar Azam	53
Pathum Nissanka	39
Jasprit Bumrah dnp Saim Ayub dnp Rishabh Pant dnp Chamari Athapaththu dnp Jamie Smith dnp Annabel Sutherland dnp Nicholas Pooran dnp Nat Sciver-Brunt dnp Yashavi Jaiwal dnp

 

Overall List in Full

 

1	Sam Curran	997
2	Wanindu Hasaranga	980
3	Ravindra Jadeja	770
4	Chamari Athapaththu	759
5	Nicholas Pooran	663
6	Kane Williamson	644
7	Phil Salt	624
8	Liam Dawson	537
9	Heinrich Klaasen	516
10	Annabel Sutherland	508
11	Nat Sciver-Brunt	457
12	Adam Zampa	441
13	Jos Buttler	438
14	Travis Head	354
15	Babar Azam	317
16	Liam Livingstone	293
17	Harry Brook	221
18	Rishabh Pant	209
19	Pathum Nissanka	199
20	Suryakumar Yadav	197
21	Jasprit Bumrah	112
22	Yashavi Jaiwal	102
23	Jamie Smith	58
24	Saim Ayub	0

 

Phil Salt - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 One fewer Cricketer played this week compared to last but our contributors still scored over 300 points more.

Weekly Top 5

1. Phil Salt - 291 - Surprisingly a very high  score for Salt this week. His team are in quite a bad way and he hasn't had one particularly huge score.....but he's plugged away in two T20s and one ODI to claim his third Cricketer of the Week since he joined in 2024.

2. Annabel Sutherland - 273 - A huge score for the burgeoning Australian that sees her leap up the overall List too. She was 13th last year and now is on the cusp of the Top 5 this week.

3. Nicholas Pooran - 218 - Did what he does best this week. Big hitting performances in a relatively obscure T20 competition. Scores of 58 and 42 were slightly let down by only 8 in his match against Sharjah Warriors. Still enough for his 200+ score this week of the year.

4. Ravindra Jadeja - 141 - A rather poor showing in his final Ranji Trophy game was followed up with a threefer in the first ODI against England. Plenty more to come.

5. Travis Head - One of our least active players of 2025 so far but will always do a job in Test cricket. Was only called upon to bat once in the first match against Sri Lanka but bagged himself 57 runs at a decent lick. He's moved up from 22nd to 17th.

Overall Top 5

1. Sam Curran - 781 - Not one of his epic weeks but still bagged himself 100+ points and moves up into top spot. Only 152 points separate 1st from 5th though so could be a real juggle over coming weeks.

2. Chamari Athapaththu - 759 - Inactive this week and down to second...will be gagging for the start of the WIPL to be back in the thick of it again.

3. Nicholas Pooran - 663 - Surged back into the Top 5 after a week away courtesy of his good week in the ILT20 performances....only the final left for him now though.

4. Wanindu Hasaranga - 660 - Only one match for the long term third place Sri Lankan this week ...but has the final over the weekend and with just 3 points separating him from his most favoured position you wouldn't be surprised to see him nick it.

5. Ravindra Jadeja - 629 - Loves a fifth place finish ....and despite finishing in the Top 5 for the week he still sinks down to a place. The gap between him and 6th is 121, the second biggest of any gap on the List.

Ones To Watch

Fellow strugglers Harry Brook and Pathum Nissanka have just a point between and the majority of the List above them. How far can they get in the next week?

Top 3 Averages

1. Ravindra Jadeja - 209.67 (Down from 244)
2. Sam Curran - 195.25 (Down from 226.33)
3. Chamari Athapaththu - 189.75

Phil Salt's big week sess him improve by 54.92 points whilst Sam Curran's underpar week sees him down the most....but still hold 2nd place overall.

Top Players By Format

*=New Name

Red Ball - Ravindra Jadeja - 488
One Day - Nat Sciver-Brunt - 225
Short Form - *Sam Curran - 781

Top Players by Discipline

Runs - Sam Curran - 291
Batting Bonus - Babar Azam, Sam Curran, Nicholas Pooran, Kane Williamson, *Nat Sciver-Brunt, *Jos Buttler, *Heinrich Klaasen & *Phil Salt - 40
Strike Rate -Sam Curran - 140

Wickets - Wanindu Hasaranga = 320
Wicket Bonus - Ravindra Jadeja - 80
Economy - Wanindu Hasaranga = 130

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

Weekly List In Full

Phil Salt 291
Annabel Sutherland 273
Nicholas Pooran 218
Ravindra Jadeja 141
Travis Head 127
Heinrich Klaasen 126
Nat Sciver-Brunt 119
Jos Buttler 111
Harry Brook 103
Sam Curran 102
Liam Dawson 72
Wanindu Hasaranga 64
Liam Livingstone 63
Kane Williamson 42
Suryakumar Yadav 32
Yashavi Jaiwal 25
Adam Zampa 0

Overall List In Full

1 Sam Curran 781
2 Chamari Athapaththu 759
3 Nicholas Pooran 663
4 Wanindu Hasaranga 660
5 Ravindra Jadeja 629
6 Annabel Sutherland 508
7 Liam Dawson 483
8 Phil Salt 475
9 Nat Sciver-Brunt 457
10 Kane Williamson 383
11 Heinrich Klaasen 369
12 Jos Buttler 368
13 Babar Azam 363
14 Adam Zampa 363
15 Rishabh Pant 209
16 Liam Livingstone 183
17 Travis Head 175
18 Harry Brook 161
19 Pathum Nissanka 160
20 Suryakumar Yadav 127
21 Jasprit Bumrah 112
22 Yashavi Jaiwal 102
23 Jamie Smith 58
24 Saim Ayub 0