Friday, 20 February 2026

Pathum Nissanka - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 


A full compliment of T20 World Cup players this week with nobody featuring outside of that competition.

Weekly Top 5

1. Pathum Nissanka - 282 - Was looking worryingly out of nick up to this point of the year but burst into life with a century and a half century against Australia and Zimbabwe. When he is at his best, there are few better.

2. Aiden Markram - 214 - Continuing his fine spell of form with 114 runs scored over two T20 games....impressively he did better against the Test nation than he did the Associate.

3. Sam Curran - 213 - Not doing anything phenomenal (few English players are) but he is doing just enough with both bat and ball to feature in the weekly Top 5 for the second week in a row.

4. Travis Head - 168 - Something of a case of too little too late for the stand-in Aussie captain as he saved two decent performances for when his team were already on the brink. 27 points in the first two weeks and 168 in the last says it all.

5. Rachin Ravindra- 142 - Nothing like a knock against an Associate side to build confidence. RR is having a torrid time this year but bagged his first half century against Canada to see him pip into the Top 5 for the week.

Overall Top 5

1. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 1302 - Despite the points spraying around in the T20 World Cup, for Vaibhav to still have a 200+ lead is really something special.

2. Quinton De Kock - 1085- A comparatively quiet week for QDK. He is now looking over his shoulder rather than into the distance as he has a lead of just 28 off third.

3. Sam Curran - 1057 - Despite being one of the highest point scorers this week, Curran is unable to move out of bronze medal position. Still games to play for him though.

4. Aiden Markram - 1041 - Despite his big points haul this week, he does not manage to move out of fourth spot. There is a huge gulf between himself and fifth, the largest anywhere on the List.

5. Harry Brook - 764 - A disappointing week does not see Brook lose his fifth placed position. 42 points sperate him from Saim Ayub in 6th.

Highest Weekly Average


1. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi = 260.4
2.Ravindra Jadeja = 181.33
3. Nat Sciver-Brunt = 177.75

Good Week for Pathum Nissanka; up 24.9 points to 102.57. Bad week for Harry Brook; down 17.87 to 127.33.

Highest Average Points per Game

Red Ball- Simon Harmer = 248.5
One Day - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi = 108.5
Short Form - Nat Sciver-Brunt = 101.57

Highest Points by Format

* =New Name

Red Ball- Simon Harmer = 248.5
One Day - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 1302
Short Form - Quinton De Kock = 1085

Highest Points by Discipline

Runs - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 742
Batting Bonus - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi- 170
Strike Rate - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 280

Wickets - Marco Jansen = 360
Wicket Bonus = Sam Curran = 60
Economy - Simon Harmer= 100

Fielding - Quinton de Kock = 190
Fielding Bonus - Marco Jansen, Harry Brook, Quinton de Kock + Michael Bracewell = 10

Weekly List In Full

Pathum Nissanka 282
Aiden Markram 214
Sam Curran 213
Travis Head 168
Rachin Ravindra 142
Saim Ayub 140
Marco Jansen 100
Quinton de Kock 74
Phil Salt 70
Liam Dawson 50
Harry Brook 38
Jos Buttler 36

Overall List In Full

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 1302
Quinton de Kock 1085
Sam Curran 1057
Aiden Markram 1041
Harry Brook 764
Saim Ayub 722
Pathum Nissanka 718
Nat Sciver-Brunt 711
Marco Jansen 676
Jos Buttler 625
Ravindra Jadeja 544
Travis Head 510
Simon Harmer 497
Rachin Ravindra 449
Liam Dawson 397
Phil Salt 291
Shubman Gill 240
Sophie Ecclestone 226
Mehidy Hasan Miraz 218
Nicholas Pooran 192
Michael Bracewell 184

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Pathum Nissanka - The Best Cricketer of the Week

  A full compliment of T20 World Cup players this week with nobody featuring outside of that competition. Weekly Top 5 1. Pathum Nissanka - ...