Friday, 12 December 2025

Pathum Nissanka - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 



Weekly Top 5 Update

1. Pathum Nissanka - 233 - What an end to 2025 Nissanka is having. This week he claimed his third Cricketer of the Week award after having climbed into the Top 10 for the first time last week. He is now the highest run scorer in out List as well as having the most BB points.

2. Kane Williamson - 164 - Can't think of a time in the 8 year history of our storied game where someone has had two Test Matches in a week. With that in mind Williamson's total seems a little underwhelming but second is second.

3. Yashasvi Jaiswal - 156 - A Daddy score of 116 against South Africa was Jaiswal's sole contribution....but was in action for Mumbai as I calculated.

4. Sam Curran - 132 - Has switched into his T20 franchise tournament mode with some decent performances in the ILT20 most notably his score of 44 against the Gulf.

5. Phil Salt - 92 - Bit of a gulf between 5th and 4th this week but Salt got three OK-ish scores in the ILT20 to bag 5th.

Overall Top 5

1. Sam Curran - 4435 - Sensed his poor week last week and has now swollen his lead back up to 216.

2. Nat Sciver-Brunt - 4219 - A victim of her own success. Instrumental in taking Hobart to the WBBL final and therefore inactive this week while the other teams scrap to see who she will face off against.

3. Liam Dawson - 3967 - An insignificant score of 80 proved to be quite significant for Dawson as he jumps two places up to 3rd. 50 of those 80 points were in the field.

4. Ravindra Jadeja - 3966 - A solitary wicket in the final ODI against South Africa was not enough to see Jadeja keep third place. Down one to fourth.

5. Jos Buttler - 3912 - Now inactive for 5 weeks and out of the top 4 for the first time in 31 weeks. Has he got enough to hold off Salt in 6th. 351 points separate them.

Other Movers

A very weird one this week as the utterly useless Jamie Smith and his 45 points sees him overtake the inactive trio of Klaasen, Athapaththu and Kasaranga to move up three places to 14th. Pooran moves back up to seventh after a week away.

Top 3 Averages

1. Sam Curran - 143.06 (Down from 143.43)
2. Ravindra Jadeja = 136.76 (Down from 140.3)
3. Nat Sciver-Brunt = 136.1

Sutherland loses out the most (down 3.59 to 134.81) to cede here Top 3 place to the inactive Sciver-Brunt. Nissanka moves up by 4.57 to 127.92.

Top Players By Format

* = New Name

Red Ball -Ravindra Jadeja= 2529
One Day - Nat Sciver Brunt = 1484
Short Form - *Sam Curran 3518

Top Players by Discipline

* = New Name

Runs - * Passum Nissanka = 2020
Batting Bonus - *Passum Nissanka = 440
Strike Rate – Jos Buttler = 960

Wickets - Liam Dawson - 1640
Wicket Bonus - Ravindra Jadeja = 200
Economy - Ravindra Jadeja = 750

Fielding - Jos Buttler = 600
Fielding Bonus - Jamie Smith, Jos Buttler & Phil Salt – 40

Weekly List In Full

Pathum Nissanka 233
Kane Williamson 164
Yashasvi Jaiwal 156
Sam Curran 132
Phil Salt 92
Liam Dawson 80
Nicholas Pooran 79
Travis Head 75
Harry Brook 66
Jasprit Bumrah 50
Jamie Smith 45
Annabel Sutherland 45
Ravindra Jadeja 40
Suryakumar Yadav 27
Liam Livingstone 22

Adam Zampa dnp
Jos Buttler dnp
Heinrich Klaasen dnp
Rishabh Pant dnp
Nat Sciver-Brunt dnp
Babar Azam dnp
Saim Ayub dnp
Chamari Athapaththu dnp
Wanindu Hasaranga dnp

Overall List In Full

1 Sam Curran 4435
2 Nat Sciver-Brunt 4219
3 Liam Dawson 3967
4 Ravindra Jadeja 3966
5 Jos Buttler 3912
6 Phil Salt 3561
7 Nicholas Pooran 3511
8 Annabel Sutherland 3460
9 Pathum Nissanka 3070
10 Yashasvi Jaiwal 2973
11 Harry Brook 2896
12 Saim Ayub 2788
13 Kane Williamson 2750
14 Jamie Smith 2478
15 Wanindu Hasaranga 2463
16 Chamari Athapaththu 2463
17 Heinrich Klaasen 2434
18 Liam Livingstone 2320
19 Travis Head 2306
20 Suryakumar Yadav 2236
21 Babar Azam 2148
22 Jasprit Bumrah 2008
23 Rishabh Pant 1852
24 Adam Zampa 1558

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Pathum Nissanka - The Best Cricketer of the Week

  Weekly Top 5 Update 1. Pathum Nissanka - 233 - What an end to 2025 Nissanka is having. This week he claimed his third Cricketer of the Wee...