Nat Sciver-Brunt - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 As is often the way after a high point scoring week, this week sees 60 points let you into the Top 5.

Top 5 for the Week

1. Nat Sciver-Brunt - 180 - Positive signs for fans of England as NSB bags a World Cup Warm-Up Match century...she also bowled for the first time since her ascension to the England captaincy. You'd suspect more points to come.

2. Saim Ayub - 133 - Oh...Pakistan wunkerkind Saim Ayub has finished second has he....he must be performing fantastically in the Asia Cup....let me see.....oh! Yet again saves himself with the ball as he turns into a batting allrounder that's crap at batting.

3. Nicholas Pooran - 120- Seems a little disappointing that he did so well in the Qualifier against St Lucia before bombing in the final against Guyana....still his side won though so can't be too bad.

4. Wanindu Hasaranga - 117 - Another 100+ score since his exile from cricket sees Hasaranga move up a place to 15th in what has been a bit of a damp squib for the portly Lankan bowler.

=5. Pathum Nissanka - 60 - His worst week of the Asia Cup sees him sneak into the Top 5, head bowed and shuffling his feet. Still manages to move up to within 4 points of the Top Ten though.

=5. Jasprit Bumrah - 60 - Another comfortable yet rather quiet Asia Cup week for Jasprit; a man who many call the best bowler in the world...but is our lowest point scorer of the year.

Overall Top 5


1. Sam Curran - 4148 - Rested/dropped from the final England T20I against Ireland and therefore inactive this week. Comfortable 341 point lead on second though.

2. Jos Buttler - 3807 - Might as well have not shown up proceedings in Malahide. Added 10 Fielding points to his total after nicking off for a duck.

3. Liam Dawson - 3613 - Bagged two wickets in the final T20I of the English 'summer' to continue his chokehold on third without ever looking like threatening second. He has now spent 11 consecutive weeks in the Top 3.

4. Nat Sciver-Brunt - 3146 - Is about to enter a pretty intense period of cricket, and does it off the back of moving up spot. She will have to go some to eat into the 467 point gap between her and third....but she's capable.

5. Nicholas Pooran - 3096 - Despite winning the CPL and despite finishing third for the week, Pooran still loses ground this week and drops to fifth.

Top 3 Averages

1.Chamari Athapaththu - 161.67
2. Sam Curran - 159.94
3. Nat Sciver-Brunt - 143 (Up from 141.24)

Madly Saim Ayub's average improves the most this week - up 1.94 to 103.94. Pathum Nissanka comes back down to earth with a 5.67 point reduction to 134.96

Top Players By Format

Red Ball - Liam Dawson - 1652
One Day - Nat Sciver Brunt = 836
Short Form - Sam Curran = 3331

Top Players by Discipline

* = New Name

Runs - Jos Buttler = 1897
Batting Bonus - *Nat Sciver-Brunt = 360
Strike Rate – Jos Buttler = 960

Wickets - Liam Dawson - 1500
Wicket Bonus - Liam Dawson = 170
Economy - Liam Dawson = 650

Fielding - Jos Buttler = 560
Fielding Bonus - Jos Buttler & Phil Salt – 40

Weekly List In Full

Nat Sciver-Brunt 180
Saim Ayub 133
Nicholas Pooran 120
Wanindu Hasaranga 117
Pathum Nissanka 60
Jasprit Bumrah 60
Phil Salt 49
Liam Dawson 40
Suryakumar Yadav 35
Jos Buttler 10

Rishabh Pant dnp
Ravindra Jadeja dnp
Babar Azam dnp
Travis Head dnp
Kane Williamson dnp
Heinrich Klaasen dnp
Yashasvi Jaiwal dnp
Jamie Smith dnp
Chamari Athapaththu dnp
Annabel Sutherland dnp
Sam Curran dnp
Harry Brook dnp
Liam Livingstone dnp
Adam Zampa dnp

Overall list In Full

1 Sam Curran 4148
2 Jos Buttler 3807
3 Liam Dawson 3613
4 Nat Sciver-Brunt 3146
5 Nicholas Pooran 3096
6 Ravindra Jadeja 2804
7 Phil Salt 2798
8 Kane Williamson 2525
9 Harry Brook 2294
10 Annabel Sutherland 2272
11 Pathum Nissanka 2268
12 Heinrich Klaasen 2214
13 Jamie Smith 2112
14 Yashasvi Jaiwal 2042
15 Wanindu Hasaranga 1953
16 Chamari Athapaththu 1940
17 Liam Livingstone 1829
18 Travis Head 1758
19 Suryakumar Yadav 1726
20 Saim Ayub 1663
21 Rishabh Pant 1377
22 Adam Zampa 1326
23 Babar Azam 1308
24 Jasprit Bumrah 1281

Phil Salt-The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

One hell of a shake up all over the shop this week as 2317 points are scored - the highest in 9 weeks.

Weekly Top 5

1. Phil Salt - 360 - No surprise that Salt is top of the pile courtesy of those two massively impressive scores against South Africa and Ireland. Who knows how many he would have got if Friday's game hadn't been rained off. Moves up a place overall to 7th.

2. Chamari Athapaththu - 301 - Has been a machine in the WCPL with both bat and ball, registering 504 points in the two-week competition. She finished the highest run scorer, the third highest wicket taker and moves up from 19th to 15th. Now the Women's World Cup.

3. Jos Buttler - 241 - Another cracking week for Jos Buttler with a further 111 runs. He now has the highest points for runs, Batting Bonus and Strike Rate.

4. Annabel Sutherland - 219 - Has taken the form she showed to lead Northern Superchargers to The Hundred title and has carried it through to international colours. 99 runs at a decent lick sees her 4th for the week and back into the Top Ten overall.

5. Nicholas Pooran - 215 - The leanest of lean weeks last week was dispelled by a profligate 135 runs across two CPL games for Trinbago. He is the third highest run scorer in the tournament and is also the second highest on our list with only Buttler ahead of him.

Overall Top 5

1. Sam Curran - 4148 - Suffering from a touch of the Liam Dawsons this week. Just as his international colleague, his incredible point scoring run has been rather broken by representing his country. He still has a 351 point command on second.

2. Jos Buttler - 3797 - Huge amounts of runs sees him open up a decent gap on second place. 224 separate him from bronze position.

3. Liam Dawson - 3573 - Only 70 points from the Englishman this week, however with over half a thousand points between himself and fourth he will have nothing to fear in the short term.

4. Nicholas Pooran - 2972 - A new inclusion in our Top 5 this week. Skips the indignity of fifth place and eases straight into fourth. With a maximum of two games of the CPL left he will want to make that 6 point gap on 5th a little more comfortable over coming days.

5. Nat Sciver-Brunt - 2966 - A month of inactivity sees her drop to fifth. Her latest concern is the superlative Phil Salt who is hitting form towards the end of 2025, just as he did last year. He is two places away from NSB but that is just 217 points.

Ones To Watch

Pathum Nissanka is in great form. Having already moved up two places this week, only 86 points separate him from 9th.

Other Movers

Nissanka moves up two places having fallen one point short of the weekly Top5.Hasaranga, Ayub and Zampa also score meagrely but manage to move up one place to 16th, 20th and 22nd respectively.

Top 3 Averages

1.Chamari Athapaththu - 161.67 (Up from 149)
2. Sam Curran - 159.94 ( Downfrom 162.04)
3. Annabel Sutherland - 142 (Up from 136.87)

Athapaththu's Carribean exploits move her over Sam Curran into the overall highest averagewhilst Harry Brook's solo outing against South Africa sees himdrop the most this week; down 4.77 to 106.38.

Top Players By Format

Red Ball - Liam Dawson - 1652
One Day - Nat Sciver Brunt = 656
Short Form - Sam Curran = 3331

Top Players by Discipline

* = New Name

Runs - Jos Buttler = 1897
Batting Bonus - *Jos Buttler =340
Strike Rate – Jos Buttler = 960

Wickets - Liam Dawson - 1460
Wicket Bonus - Liam Dawson = 170
Economy - Liam Dawson = 650

Fielding - Jos Buttler = 560
Fielding Bonus - *Jos Buttler & Phil Salt – 40

Weekly List In Full

Phil Salt 360
Chamari Athapaththu 301
Jos Buttler 241
Annabel Sutherland 219
Nicholas Pooran 215
Pathum Nissanka 214
Saim Ayub 160
Wanindu Hasaranga 140
Sam Curran 97
Harry Brook 71
Liam Dawson 70
Suryakumar Yadav 67
Liam Livingstone 59
Adam Zampa 53
Jasprit Bumrah 50

Rishabh Pant dnp
Ravindra Jadeja dnp
Babar Azam dnp
Travis Head dnp
Kane Williamson dnp
Nat Sciver-Brunt dnp
Heinrich Klaasen dnp
Yashasvi Jaiwal dnp
Jamie Smith dnp
Suryakumar Yadav dnp

Overall List In Full

1 Sam Curran 4148
2 Jos Buttler 3797
3 Liam Dawson 3573
4 Nicholas Pooran 2972
5 Nat Sciver-Brunt 2966
6 Ravindra Jadeja 2804
7 Phil Salt 2749
8 Kane Williamson 2525
9 Harry Brook 2294
10 Annabel Sutherland 2272
11 Heinrich Klaasen 2214
12 Pathum Nissanka 2208
13 Jamie Smith 2112
14 Yashasvi Jaiwal 2042
15 Chamari Athapaththu 1940
16 Wanindu Hasaranga 1836
17 Liam Livingstone 1829
18 Travis Head 1758
19 Suryakumar Yadav 1624
20 Saim Ayub 1530
21 Rishabh Pant 1377
22 Adam Zampa 1326
23 Babar Azam 1308
24 Jasprit Bumrah 1221

Jos Buttler - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Weekly Top 5

1. Jos Buttler - 227 - Excelled in two short England games this week; one short because of ineptitude and one because of the weather, however he showed impactful batting in both. This is his 6th Cricketer of the Week; two more than anyone else on the List.

2. Chamari Athapaththu - 203 - Has been challenging last year's maxim that she plays huge when she does play but doesn't play very much. This is only her 11th wicket of cricket but gets 203 courtesy of an incredible bowling performance against Trinbago

3. Liam Livingstone - 195 - Returned to the Lancashire side for a rare outing to rocket propel them into T20 Finals day with a match winning 85 against Kent.

4. Yashasvi Jaiswal - 138 - A return to cricket after the England Test series with a losing appearance for West Zone in the Duleep Trophy. Scored just 4 in the first innings but followed it up with a half century in the second dig.

5. Jamie Smith - 102 - Is going to be rested for the rest of the White Ball Summer but made the most of his final foray with a 62 against South Africa in the final ODI.

Overall Top 5

1. Sam Curran - 4051 - A literal damp squib for Curran's return to the England set up as he garners only 30 points from the shambolic first T20i against South Africa. More to come.

2. Jos Buttler - His top scoring week moves him back up a place to second.

3. Liam Dawson - 3503 - Bit parts in two games this week but only 21 points and down a place to third. There is, however, a huge gap between him and fourth place - 537 points is the largest gap of any point in the List.

4. Nat Sciver-Brunt - Inactive again this week and lucky that so many just below her were wither inactive too or having stinkers.

5. Ravindra Jadeja - 2804 - Inactive again and Pooran's score of just 13 in the CPL means that his lead on sixth place is still 47 points.

Ones To Watch

Saim Ayub only got 47 points this week but the long time bottom spot player is on the up and up. he is 7 points from 19th and only 400 separate him from 15th.

Top 3 Averages

1. Sam Curran - 162.04 (Down from 167.54)
2. Chamari Athapaththu - 149 ( Up from 143.6)
3. Nat Sciver-Brunt – 141.24

Athapaththu moves up the most this week whilst Jasprit Bumrah's swing from red ball to white ball cricket sees him drop by 5.84 points to 15th.

Top Players By Format

Red Ball - Liam Dawson - 1652
One Day - Nat Sciver Brunt = 656
Short Form - Sam Curran = 3194

Top Players by Discipline

* = New Name

Runs - Jos Buttler = 1786
Batting Bonus - Nat Sciver-Brunt = 330
Strike Rate – Jos Buttler = 880

Wickets - Liam Dawson - 1400
Wicket Bonus - Liam Dawson = 170
Economy - Liam Dawson = 650

Fielding - Jos Buttler = 530
Fielding Bonus - *Jos Buttler & Phil Salt – 40

Weekly List in Full

Jos Buttler 227
Chamari Athapaththu 203
Liam Livingstone 195
Yashasvi Jaiwal 138
Jamie Smith 102
Saim Ayub 47
Sam Curran 30
Harry Brook 23
Liam Dawson 21
Jasprit Bumrah 20
Suryakumar Yadav 17
Phil Salt 13
Nicholas Pooran 13

Wanindu Hasaranga dnp
Rishabh Pant dnp
Ravindra Jadeja dnp
Babar Azam dnp
Travis Head dnp
Kane Williamson dnp
Nat Sciver-Brunt dnp
Heinrich Klaasen dnp
Pathum Nissanka dnp
Annabel Sutherland dnp
Adam Zampa dnp

Overall List In Full

1 Sam Curran 4051
2 Jos Buttler 3556
3 Liam Dawson 3503
4 Nat Sciver-Brunt 2966
5 Ravindra Jadeja 2804
6 Nicholas Pooran 2757
7 Kane Williamson 2525
8 Phil Salt 2389
9 Harry Brook 2223
10 Heinrich Klaasen 2214
11 Jamie Smith 2112
12 Annabel Sutherland 2053
13 Yashasvi Jaiwal 2042
14 Pathum Nissanka 1994
15 Liam Livingstone 1770
16 Travis Head 1758
17 Wanindu Hasaranga 1696
18 Chamari Athapaththu 1639
19 Suryakumar Yadav 1624
20 Rishabh Pant 1377
21 Saim Ayub 1370
22 Babar Azam 1308
23 Adam Zampa 1272
24 Jasprit Bumrah 1171