Jos Buttler - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Weekly Top 5

1. Jos Buttler - 258 - Scored 202 3 weeks ago and then had a couple of quiet ones before bettering that with 258. This is his 14th Cricketer of the Week award - putting him joint 4th on the All Time List alongside Glenn Maxwell. Moves to 6th overall

2. Suryakumar Yadav - 208 - Some phenomenally big hitting for SKY this week. He got the maximum amount of Strike Rate points from his two innings this week courtesy of 38 ball 68 against Chennai and a 19 ball 40 against Hyderabad. Moves to 13th overall.

3. Yashasvi Jaiswal - 203 - His third 200+ point week this week. Last week it saw him finish first but this week he has to settle for third. He moves up to 16th overall.

4. Babar Azam - 174 - Has broken out of his malaise this week with 104 runs across three PSL innings. To put that into perspective, he was averaging 48.5 runs per week before this week. Will count himself unlucky to remain 14th on the Overall List.

5. Ravindra Jadeja - 123- Made his first stand out display for Chennai against Mumbai this week with a wicket and a half century. Seems a little too late though.

Overall Top 5

1. Nat Sciver-Brunt - 1650 - Surprisingly did not start for Hampshire Women in their inaugural Metro Bank One Day Women's Cup match. May feature in the next round on Sunday.

2. Ravindra Jadeja - 1392 - Jadeja's first decent foray with the bat in IPL 2025 sees him regain second place. Still 258 points before he takes first place for the first time in his 4 years on our List.

3. Nicholas Pooran - 1350 - A rare back to back misfire from the Barbadian sees him lose his second place berth he only held for a solitary week.

4. Heinrich Klaasen - 1244 - A score of 71 in his solitary game versus Mumbai sees the South African make his debut in the Overall Top 5.

5. Wanindu Hasaranga - 1239 - Never does anything much but always does just enough to hold onto 5th place. This is his third successive week in 5th despite only scoring 40, 30 and now 61. This week it is Buttler who threatens him; 23 points below.

Other Movers

He fell outside the Top 5 for the week, but Liam Dawson moves back up to 12th after slipping a place last week.

Ones to Watch

The most eye-catching battle falls within our Top 5 wit Hyderabad's Heinrich Klaasen and Rajasthan's Wanindu Hasaranga separated by 5 points.

Top 3 Averages

1. Nat Sciver-Brunt - 165
2. Chamari Athapaththu - 150.29
3. Nicholas Pooran = 150 (Down from 166.25)

For the first time that i can remember the largest and smallest improvement has gone to the same two. Nicholas Pooran drops another 16.25 points meaning he has leaked 20.14 over the fortnight. Meanwhile Jaiswal has improved by 40.61 - up to 97.5 from 56.83.

Top Players By Format

Red Ball - Ravindra Jadeja - 488
One Day - Kane Williamson - 655
Short Form - Nicholas Pooran - 1350

Top Players by Discipline

Runs - Nat Sciver-Brunt = 750
Batting Bonus - Nat Sciver-Brunt, Kane Williamson + Nicholas Pooran = 140
Strike Rate - *Heinrich Klaasen - 370

Wickets - Wanindu Hasaranga = 720
Wicket Bonus - Ravindra Jadeja & Wanindu Hasaranga - 100
Economy - Ravindra Jadeja = 260

Fielding - Phil Salt - 230
Fielding Bonus -Phil Salt - 30

Weekly List In Full

Jos Buttler 258
Suryakumar Yadav 208
Yashasvi Jaiwal 203
Babar Azam 174
Ravindra Jadeja 123
Liam Dawson 122
Heinrich Klaasen 121
Wanindu Hasaranga 61
Jasprit Bumrah 60
Phil Salt 57
Saim Ayub 38
Nicholas Pooran 20
Rishabh Pant 13
Travis Head 0

Harry Brook dnp
Kane Williamson dnp
Nat Sciver-Brunt dnp
Chamari Athapaththu dnp
Annabel Sutherland dnp
Adam Zampa dnp
Sam Curran dnp
Pathum Nissanka dnp
Jamie Smith dnp
Liam Livingstone dnp

Overall List In Full

1 Nat Sciver-Brunt 1650
2 Ravindra Jadeja 1392
3 Nicholas Pooran 1350
4 Heinrich Klaasen 1244
5 Wanindu Hasaranga 1239
6 Jos Buttler 1216
7 Annabel Sutherland 1197
8 Phil Salt 1163
9 Chamari Athapaththu 1052
10 Kane Williamson 1038
11 Sam Curran 1019
12 Liam Dawson 982
13 Suryakumar Yadav 943
14 Babar Azam 909
15 Travis Head 871
16 Yashasvi Jaiwal 780
17 Pathum Nissanka 614
18 Liam Livingstone 603
19 Adam Zampa 578
20 Rishabh Pant 445
21 Harry Brook 288
22 Jamie Smith 282
23 Jasprit Bumrah 232
24 Saim Ayub 164

Yashasvi Jaiswal - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

A great week for our players with no fewer than 10 players all getting three figure scores.

Weekly Top 5

1. Yashasvi Jaiswal - 236 - Warmed up last week with a score of 133 and then bettered that with 236 this week - doubling his total T20 points scored for the rest of the year in just 2 games. This is his second Cricketer of the Week in the two years on the List.

2. Travis Head - 184 - After some pretty mediocre performances, Head sprung into life with 66 against Punjab and 28 against Mumbai. When he plays well, Hyderabad win. He moves up 2 places to 12th overall.

3. Rishabh Pant - 144 - Hard to be overly judgmental to Pant after what he has been through but his 79 points across the first 3 weeks of the IPL would have been a disappointment to him. This week he scored just under double that. And long may it continue.

4. Nicholas Pooran - 139 - No player can hold a candle to Pooran in the IPL window. His 139 is his 3rd 3 figure score over the last 4 weeks and counts towards his 667 points accrued in that time.

5. Jamie Smith - 133 - Smith makes his bow in the Top 5 courtesy of 93 runs in the County Championship game against Hampshire. Is being rested for the ongoing game against Sussex and it is unclear how involved he will be with Surrey before the Zimbabwe Test in 4 weeks.

Overall Top 5

1. Nat Sciver-Brunt - 1650 - 2 months in first place despite 1 month of that being inactive. Is likely to play in the Metro Bank One Day Cup Women on Thursday.

2. Nicholas Pooran - 1330 - Don't score over half a thousand points in a month and not reap the rewards on the overall Liat. Very tight below him but 320 points above him to first. Already our highest ranked ever West Indian; with Shai Hope never getting about 14th.

3. Ravindra Jadeja - 1269 - Scores are decreasing rapidly. 127 a fortnight ago, 61 last week, 47 this week. He loses a place.

4. Annabel Sutherland - 1197 - Inactive again this week....and genuinely unsure as to where he next cricket comes from.

5. Wanindu Hasaranga - 1178 - Really not doing awfully well for Rajasthan but has done just enough to hold onto 5th place for a second week. He holds off Heinrich Klaasen by 55 points.

Ones to Watch

Two players in very different form in two T20 compeitions are both locked on 735 points. Suryakumar Yadav is in the ascendancy, moving up 4 places over the last month, whilst Azam can't break the Top Ten.

Other Movers

In a very busy week some modest scores have seen players move up. Phil Salt moves up three places to 7th, Heinrich Klaasen is up two to 6th and SKY moves up a single place for the third week in a row to 15th.

Top 3 Averages

1. Nicholas Pooran = 166.25 (Down from 170.14)
2. Nat Sciver-Brunt - 165
3. Chamari Athapaththu - 150.29

As usual, Jaiswal's weekly high score sees him with the largest swing - up 19.15 to 82.43. Meanwhile Hasaranga's meagre week sees him drop to 117.8 points per active week - a decrease of 9.76.

Top Players By Format

Red Ball - Ravindra Jadeja - 488
One Day - Kane Williamson - 655
Short Form - *Nicholas Pooran - 1330

Top Players by Discipline

* = New name

Runs - Nat Sciver-Brunt = 750
Batting Bonus - Nat Sciver-Brunt, Kane Williamson + *Nicholas Pooran = 140
Strike Rate - *Heinrich Klaasen - 340

Wickets - Wanindu Hasaranga = 6460
Wicket Bonus - Ravindra Jadeja & Wanindu Hasaranga - 100
Economy - Ravindra Jadeja = 260

Fielding - Phil Salt - 220
Fielding Bonus -Phil Salt - 30

Weekly Scores in Full

Yashasvi Jaiwal 236
Travis Head 184
Rishabh Pant 144
Nicholas Pooran 139
Jamie Smith 133
Liam Dawson 131
Phil Salt 129
Saim Ayub 126
Suryakumar Yadav 126
Heinrich Klaasen 108
Jasprit Bumrah 50
Ravindra Jadeja 47
Wanindu Hasaranga 30
Jos Buttler 16
Babar Azam 11
Liam Livingstone 4

Harry Brook dnp
Kane Williamson dnp
Nat Sciver-Brunt dnp
Chamari Athapaththu dnp
Annabel Sutherland dnp
Adam Zampa dnp
Sam Curran dnp
Pathum Nissanka dnp

Overall Scores In Full

1 Nat Sciver-Brunt 1650
2 Nicholas Pooran 1330
3 Ravindra Jadeja 1269
4 Annabel Sutherland 1197
5 Wanindu Hasaranga 1178
6 Heinrich Klaasen 1123
7 Phil Salt 1106
8 Chamari Athapaththu 1052
9 Kane Williamson 1038
10 Sam Curran 1019
11 Jos Buttler 958
12 Travis Head 871
13 Liam Dawson 860
14 Babar Azam 735
15 Suryakumar Yadav 735
16 Pathum Nissanka 614
17 Liam Livingstone 603
18 Adam Zampa 578
19 Yashasvi Jaiwal 577
20 Rishabh Pant 432
21 Harry Brook 288
22 Jamie Smith 282
23 Jasprit Bumrah 172
24 Saim Ayub 126

Pathum Nissanka - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Weekly Top 5

1. Pathum Nissanka - 259 - Has been in abysmal form all year but burst into life with 203 for Kandy against Dambulla this week. To put this into context his entire run tally before this match was 225.

2. Liam Dawson - 192 - A perfectly adequate start to the County Championship for Dawson after his spell away from cricket, 42 run, 3 wickets and 60 points from economy sees him take second place for the week.

3. Nicholas Pooran - 169 - Continues his great run of form in the IPL with another Top 5 score. Since the IPL started he has scored 528. The second highest in that time is Nissanka with 392 with Buttler in third with 372.

4. Suryakumar Yadav - 165 - Another decent week after an underwhelming campaign in 2025. 95 runs across two games for Mumbai sees SKY up to 16th place; his second week of moving up a place in the Overall List.

5. Yashasvi Jaiswal - 133 - Has been performing so badly this year that I have only just realised there has been a misspelling of his name in my master spreadsheet. 67 against Punjab moves him up two places to 19th on the Overall List.

Overall List

1. Nat Sciver-Brunt - 428 - Into her third inactive week in succession and still holds a 428 point lead on those squabbling below her.

2.Ravindra Jadeja- 1222 - Isn't really doing much for Chennai but has managed to chip his way up the Top 5 to move into a second place berth he held for 1 week 2 and a half months ago.

3. Annabel Sutherland - 1197- Inactive again and starts her descent down the List. There is only 255 points between her and tenth so she is likely to be in a bit of a freefall over coming weeks.

4. Nicholas Pooran - 1191 - Continues his assault on the List. After spending 6 weeks in 8th he has jumped up two places each week for the last fortnight. Not impossible he could do the same again in the form he is in.

5. Wanindu Hasaranga - 1148 - Not tearing up trees in the IPL but has done just enough to replace the outgoing Chamari Athapaththu and Kane Williamson in the Top 5.

Other Movers

Jamie Smith has not impressed yet for England or Surrey but his 67 points this week saw him overtake the returning Jasprit Bumrah to third from bottom.

Top 3 Averages

1. Nicholas Pooran = 170.14 (Down from 170.33)
2. Nat Sciver-Brunt - 165
3. Chamari Athapaththu - 150.29

For the second successive week, Rishabh Pant's average decreases the most. A fortnight ago he averaged 91.33 per active week - he now averages 57.6. Nissanka's average improves the most - up 26.04 to 76.75.

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 & *Nicholas Pooran = 300

Wickets - Wanindu Hasaranga = 640
Wicket Bonus - Ravindra Jadeja & Wanindu Hasaranga - 100
Economy - Ravindra Jadeja = 260

Fielding - Phil Salt - 210
Fielding Bonus -Phil Salt - 30

Weekly List In Full

Pathum Nissanka 259
Liam Dawson 192
Nicholas Pooran 169
Suryakumar Yadav 165
Yashasvi Jaiwal 133
Phil Salt 91
Babar Azam 90
Jamie Smith 67
Jos Buttler 66
Ravindra Jadeja 61
Heinrich Klaasen 57
Wanindu Hasaranga 40
Liam Livingstone 24
Rishabh Pant 12
Jasprit Bumrah 10
Travis Head 8

Saim Ayub dnp
Harry Brook dnp
Kane Williamson dnp
Nat Sciver-Brunt dnp
Chamari Athapaththu dnp
Annabel Sutherland dnp
Adam Zampa dnp
Sam Curran dnp

Overall List In Full

1 Nat Sciver-Brunt 1650
2 Ravindra Jadeja 1222
3 Annabel Sutherland 1197
4 Nicholas Pooran 1191
5 Wanindu Hasaranga 1148
6 Chamari Athapaththu 1052
7 Kane Williamson 1038
8 Sam Curran 1019
9 Heinrich Klaasen 1015
10 Phil Salt 977
11 Jos Buttler 942
12 Liam Dawson 729
13 Babar Azam 724
14 Travis Head 687
15 Pathum Nissanka 614
16 Suryakumar Yadav 609
17 Liam Livingstone 599
18 Adam Zampa 578
19 Yashasvi Jaiwal 341
20 Harry Brook 288
21 Rishabh Pant 288
22 Jamie Smith 149
23 Jasprit Bumrah 122
24 Saim Ayub 0