Friday, 7 February 2025

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

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