Usman Khawaja - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 This week has been the second lowest score of 2024 with just 237 points shared between 4 players so more of a round up this week than a Top 3 or 5.

Seems a very common occurrence to top score one week and then finish rock bottom the week after, such was the fate of Harry Brook who scored 387 points last week and a mere 25 this. Despite this he moves up 2 places on the overall list past Moeen and Jaiswal into 8th.

Another big scorer last week was Queensland's newest captain Marnus Labuschagne, he sheds 181 points from his score last week and posts 31 in his single One-Day Cup outing this week.

Chamari Athapaththu finishes a hugely disappointing T20 World Cup with her best score of the tournament; 65 in a dead rubber against New Zealand.

Our week is rounded off by Usman Khawaja who is coming into form in as we move closer to the end of the year. Our bottom placed cricketer gets his first cricketer of the Week award this year and third of all time, courtesy of a top score of 76 against Western Australia. He also scores his first Strike Rate points; now only Simon Harmer has none.

Overall List

1. Chamari Athapaththu - 4010 - A hugely disappointing T20 World Cup sees her retake top spot for the fourth time this year, but with just a 40 point lead her chances of finishing the year in top spot are diminishing.

2. James Vince - 3970 - Inactive this week and with seemingly no cricket until the Abu Dhabi T10 at the end of November. He does have a cushion of 424 points on third though.

3. Travis Head - 3546 - Inactive this week but lots of cricket looms on the horizon, especially after signing on with the Adelaide Strikers in the BBL.

4. Sam Curran - 3156 - Inactive again and hard to see where his next cricket comes from before the BBL.

5. Babar Azam - 3106 - Shockingly inactive and will remain so until at least the start of November. One good performance from Marnus Labuschagne below him and he loses his Top 5 berth.

Top Three Averages

1. Chamari Athapaththu - 174.34 (Down from 179.32)
2. Babar Azam - 135.04
3. Jos Buttler - 131.5

Chamari Athapaththu's average drops the most for the second week on the trot whilst Usman Khawaja sees a rare improvement to his average; however his 66.27 points per week is still the very worst.

Highest scorer by Format

Long Form = Simon Harmer = 2235
One Day = Chamari Athapaththu = 946
Short Form = Chamari Athapaththu- 2999

Highest scorer by Discipline

Runs - James Vince - 2390
Batting Bonus - Travis Head = 380
Strike Rate - Travis Head 790

Wickets - Simon Harmer = 1180
Wicket Bonus - Simon Harmer = 240
Economy - Simon Harmer - 680

Fielding – James Vince = 490
Fielding Bonus - James Vince - 50

Weekly Scores In Full

Usman Khawaja 116
Chamari Athapaththu 65
Marnus Labuschagne 31
Harry Brook 25

Jos Buttler dnp
Sam Curran dnp
Yashasvi Jaiswal dnp
Ravindra Jadeja dnp
Simon Harmer dnp
Phil Salt dnp
Glenn Maxwell dnp
James Vince dnp
Virat Kohli dnp
Shubman Gill dnp
Rachin Ravindra dnp
Steve Smith dnp
Aaron Hardie dnp
Daryl Mitchell dnp
Moeen Ali dnp
Mitchell Marsh dnp
Travis Head dnp
Babar Azam dnp

Overall Scores In Full

1 Chamari Athapaththu 4010
2 James Vince 3970
3 Travis Head 3546
4 Sam Curran 3156
5 Babar Azam 3106
6 Marnus Labuschagne 2917
7 Simon Harmer 2808
8 Harry Brook 2749
9 Yashasvi Jaiswal 2731
10 Moeen Ali 2727
11 Phil Salt 2635
12 Rachin Ravindra 2411
13 Ravindra Jadeja 2310
14 Glenn Maxwell 2204
15 Shubman Gill 2187
16 Jos Buttler 2104
17 Virat Kohli 1976
18 Mitchell Marsh 1629
19 Daryl Mitchell 1511
20 Aaron Hardie 1485
21 Steve Smith 1295
22 Usman Khawaja 729

Ravichandran Ashwin - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Weekly Update

Despite the best efforts of England to slip to a loss in two days, we have not had enough completed cricket this week for a Top 5 so another Top 3 it is:

1. Ravichandran Ashwin - 260 - Another metronomically excellent performance from Ashwin this week to claim his fifth Cricketer of the Week. Only Harmer and Labuschagne have more.

2. Peter Siddle - 130 - Two BBL games for Siddle saw him grab 4 wickets and keep him forcing his agenda at the bottom end of the Top 10. He is just 99 points off 8th placed Nicholas Pooran now.

3. Babar Azam - 126 - Test cricket has not looked too kindly on Babar this year however he finished the year with aplomb....and also that rare thing for him - a wicket.

Yearly Update

Only one of our Top 5 was in action this week; Azam's 126 puts him 286 points off Moeen in 4th and 'narrows' the gap to Marnus to 683.

That top five now reads:

1. Simon Harmer - 5201
2. Marnus Labuschagne - 4922
3. Babar Azam - 4239
4. Moeen Ali - 3953
5. Joe Root - 3614

Other performers of interest

Peter Handscomb's score of 87 didn't see him in the Top 3 for the week but still saw him overtake Dawid Malan into 10th spot.

Ones to Watch

The BBL boys have a lot to play for. peter Siidle is just 99 points away from usurping Nicholas Pooran in 8th spot whilst Glenn Maxwell is 17 points off knocking Virat Kohli into 13th.

Highest Players by Format

Long Form - Simon Harmer - 3326
50 Over - Simon Harmer - 954
T20 - Babar Azam - 3068

Top 3 Averages

1. Simon Harmer - 185.75
2. Marnus Labuschagne - 182.3
3. Joe Root - 157.13

Glenn Maxwell's poor start to the BBL sees his average drop by 2.66 - he is only just the right side of 100 points per week. Ravichandran Ashwin's Test form sees him add a huge 5.71 to his weekly average score.

Highest Points by Discipline

*=New Name

Runs - *Babar Azam - 2579
Batting Bonus - Babar Azam - 590
Strike Rate - Moeen Ali - 890

Wickets = Simon Harmer= 2320
Wicket Bonus - Simon Harmer - 440
Economy - Simon Harmer - 1220

Fielding – Quinton De Kock – 660
Fielding Bonus - Quinton De Kock - 100

Weekly List

Ravichandran Ashwin 260
Peter Siddle 130
Babar Azam 126
Peter Handscomb 87
Virat Kohli 56
Glenn Maxwell 50

Dawid Malan dnp
Jasprit Bumrah dnp
Quinton De Kock dnp
Nicholas Pooran dnp
David Warner dnp
Steve Smith dnp
Joe Root dnp
Ben Stokes dnp
Simon Harmer dnp
Moeen Ali dnp
Kane Williamson dnp
Marnus Labuschagne dnp


Overall List

Simon Harmer 5201
Marnus Labuschagne 4922
Babar Azam 4239
Moeen Ali 3953
Joe Root 3614
Quinton De Kock 3177
Ravichandran Ashwin 3031
Nicholas Pooran 2639
Peter Siddle 2540
Peter Handscomb 2256
Dawid Malan 2235
Virat Kohli 2185
Glenn Maxwell 2168
Jasprit Bumrah 2093
Ben Stokes 1765
Kane Williamson 1763
Steve Smith 1449
David Warner 1354

Joe Root - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Weekly Top 5

1. Joe Root - 277 - An ever present in our Lists, it is the first time he has scored back-to-back Cricketers of the Week. He joins Harmer x 3, Al Hasan, Finch, Lyon, Parnell, Razzak, Stokes, Azam and Maxwell in that elite club.

2. Marnus Labuschagne - 272 - Marnus isn't resting on his laurels in the BBL. He has finished second in the last two weeks and is now the second highest T20 point scorer on our list. Not bad going for two weeks work.

3. Glenn Maxwell - 126 - A last hurrah for Maxwell as he bagged a big score in the game where Melbourne Stars got knocked out of the BBL. International duty next for The Big Show.

4. Kane Williamson - 119 - Fans of Central Districts are not used to seeing their international captain turning out for them but a big score of 79 against Auckland this week sees him finish fourth.

5. Peter Siddle - 100 - Mr Consistent for Adelaide in the BBL. Over the last three active weeks he has score 90, 100 and 100. This weeks haul is enough to see him finish fifth in his final week of Limited Overs action.

Yearly Top 5

1. Marnus Labuschagne - 916 - Being one of just two players to feature in Test and T20 cricket this year has paid off for Marnus. He has already opened up a healthy lead at the top.

2. Joe Root - 750 - Two Cricketer of the Week performances from Joe Root sees him go from 10th to 2nd. A good tour of India might see him challenge for top spot.

3. Glenn Maxwell - 570 - It was a disappointing end to the BBL for Maxwell. He is down a spot for the second week in a row.

4. Kane Williamson - 491 - A spell of Super Smash excellence sees him hold fourth spot. The slow pace of games in that competition may limit any huge leaps up the table.

5. Steve Smith - 413 - Inactive this week and down two places but is facing no immediate pressure from those below him who have all been eliminated from the BBL.

Other mover

Despite a disappointing week individually and for his team, Quintin De Kock's 37 was enough to see him tip over Jasprit Bumrah's score and into the top 10.

Highest Average Points Per Active Week

1. Marnus Labuschagne - 305.33 (Down from 322)
2. Joe Root - 250 (Up from 184.5)
3. Steve Smith - 206.5

Top Player by Format

Long Form - Joe Root = 750
ODI - n/a
T20/10 - Glenn Maxwell = 570

Top points by discipline

* = New name

Runs - *Joe Root = 510
Run Bonus - * Joe Root = 110
Strike Rate - Peter Handscomb = 110
Wickets - Peter Siddle and *Marnus Labuschagne = 180
Wicket Bonus - Peter Siddle and *Marnus Labuschagne = 40
Economy - Marnus Labuschagne = 80
Fielding - Quinton De Kock = 100
Fielding Bonus - Quinton De Kock = 20

Week

Joe Root - 277
Marnus Labuschagne- 272
Glenn Maxwell - 126
Kane Williamson - 119
Peter Siddle - 100
Dawid Malan - 65
Babar Azam - 57
Quinton De Kock- 37
Nicholas Pooran - 29
Peter Handscomb - 19

Moeen Ali - dnp
Ravichandran Ashwin - dnp
Jasprit Bumrah - dnp
Simon Harmer - dnp
Virat Kohli - dnp
Steve Smith - dnp
Ben Stokes- dnp
David Warner - dnp

Total

Marnus Labuschagne- 916
Joe Root - 750
Glenn Maxwell - 570
Kane Williamson - 491
Steve Smith - 413
Dawid Malan - 351
Peter Siddle - 280
Peter Handscomb- 267
Ravichandran Ashwin - 149
Quinton de Kock - 147
Jasprit Bumrah - 130
Nicholas Pooran - 105
David Warner - 77
Babar Azam - 57