Friday, 28 March 2025

Nicholas Pooran - The Best Cricketer of the Week




 IPL means that we start with some crazy periods of point-scoring


Weekly Top 5

1. Nicholas Pooran - 295 - An outstanding start for the West Indian with two 70+ scores in the IPL for Lucknow. He is currently the top run-scorer in that tournament and only bettered by Nat Sciver-Brunt and Kane Williamson for us.

2. Annabel Sutherland - 284 - An exceptional last two T20 games against New Zealand saw Sutherland get back to back 4 wicket hauls and get her highest score of the year. It is the third time she has scored 200+ points in a week.

3. Travis Head - 204 - Has been almost anonymous for the first 11 weeks of 2025 but hits his stride in the orange of Hyderabad with 114 runs across two games.

4. Heinrich Klaasen - 140 - Scored 50% of his points from Strike Rate points this week after scoring 34 off 14 balls against Rajasthan and 26 off 17 against Lucknow.

5. Phil Salt - 106 - Strips off the England shirt and dons the Bengaluru one....and then immediately remembers how to play cricket again. 56 runs at a decent lick against Kolkata sees him edge into the Top 5.

Overall Top 5

1. Nat Sciver-Brunt - 1650 - Her first inactive week of what may be quite a few. Holds first place with the lead she has on second place down to 453.

2. Annabel Sutherland - 1197 - Her score of 284 this week sess her up from 7th place into second. Hard to see where he next cricket is coming from though.

3. Chamari Athapaththu - 1052 - Inactive this week and down a place to third.

4. Kane Williamson - 1038 - Finds himself talking about the IPL this week rather than playing in it....no points for that and down a place to 4th.

5. Ravindra Jadeja - 1034 - Only 27 points in his first match of the IPL for Chennai - sees him drop down to 5th. 30 points separates him from Wanindu Hasaranga.

Ones to Watch

The bottom of the Top 5 will be very fluid over the coming week. 33 points separate the bowling all-rounders of Jadeja, Hasaranga and Curran.

Other Movers

Slim scores from the Indian trio of SKY, Pant and Jaiswal in their first IPL digs...but they do each move up a place to 17th, 19th and 21st respectively.


Top 3 Averages

1. Nicholas Pooran = 191.6 (Up from 165.75)
2. 166.83 (Down from Sam Curran = 199.4)
3. Nat Sciver-Brunt - 165

Both the largest increase and decrease come from our Top 3 this week. Pooran moved up 25.85 pointd and Curran dropped by an eye-watering 32.57.

Top Players By Format

Red Ball - Ravindra Jadeja - 488
One Day - Kane Williamson - 655
Short Form - Nat Sciver-Brunt = 1306

Top Players by Discipline

* = New name

Runs - Nat Sciver-Brunt = 750
Batting Bonus - Nat Sciver-Brunt + Kane Williamson = 140
Strike Rate - Nat Sciver-Brunt = 300

Wickets - Wanindu Hasaranga = 520
Wicket Bonus - Ravindra Jadeja - 100
Economy - Ravindra Jadeja = 250

Fielding - Phil Salt & *Nicholas Pooran = 170
Fielding Bonus -Phil Salt - 20

Weekly List In Full

Nicholas Pooran 295
Annabel Sutherland 284
Travis Head 204
Heinrich Klaasen 140
Phil Salt 106
Jos Buttler 104
Yashavi Jaiwal 70
Rishabh Pant 65
Suryakumar Yadav 49
Adam Zampa 40
Ravindra Jadeja 27
Wanindu Hasaranga 24
Pathum Nissanka 18
Liam Livingstone 15
Sam Curran 4

Jasprit Bumrah dnp
Saim Ayub dnp
Liam Dawson dnp
Harry Brook dnp
Jamie Smith dnp
Kane Williamson dnp
Nat Sciver-Brunt dnp
Babar Azam dnp
Chamari Athapaththu dnp

Overall List in Full

1 Nat Sciver-Brunt 1650
2 Annabel Sutherland 1197
3 Chamari Athapaththu 1052
4 Kane Williamson 1038
5 Ravindra Jadeja 1034
6 Wanindu Hasaranga 1004
7 Sam Curran 1001
8 Nicholas Pooran 958
9 Heinrich Klaasen 793
10 Phil Salt 760
11 Jos Buttler 674
12 Travis Head 623
13 Adam Zampa 578
14 Liam Dawson 537
15 Babar Azam 515
16 Liam Livingstone 421
17 Suryakumar Yadav 299
18 Harry Brook 288
19 Rishabh Pant 274
20 Pathum Nissanka 250
21 Yashavi Jaiwal 194
22 Jasprit Bumrah 112
23 Jamie Smith 82
24 Saim Ayub 0

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Nicholas Pooran - The Best Cricketer of the Week

  IPL means that we start with some crazy periods of point-scoring Weekly Top 5 1. Nicholas Pooran - 295 - An outstanding start for the West...