Jos Buttler - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Weekly Top 5

1. Jos Buttler - 253 - A personally very challenging week for Jos - but he did not let it impact his game. This is his fifth Cricketer of the Week - the same he got last year. He has never had more than 5 in a calendar year.

2. Nat Sciver-Brunt - 240 - Two half centuries in three games has seen NSB hit the ground running in The Hundred. Both of them came with 30 SR points a piece too.

3. Liam Livingstone - 230 - Certainly made a show of the fact he has silenced his critics after his 69 against The Oval. He has moved up two places from second bottom to fourth bottom with this week's haul.

4. Jamie Smith - 200 - Followed up his Cricketer of the Week last week with a round double hundred this week. The highlight of his week was his half century against Trent Bridge.

5. Annabel Sutherland - 188 - After breaking her long fallow period last week, Sutherland hits the Top 5 in her second week. Her highlight with the bat was 51 against London but she certainly helped her cause with 50 Fielding Points.

Overall Top 5

1. Sam Curran - 3312 - Broke his extraordinary run of 11 weeks scoring three figure scores but has a comfortable enough lead of 372 to allow for such slip ups.

2. Liam Dawson - 2940 - Just the two wickets across his three games for London this week...and he has a bit of scoreboard pressure from those below him. Will need a better week this week to keep second.

3. Jos Buttler - 2885 - Moves up a place thanks to his Cricketer of the Week feats. Only 55 points separate him from second place; a berth he lost 2 months ago.

4. Ravindra Jadeja - 2804 - His first inactive until the Asia Cup - I presume. He has a 64 point lead on 5th but then a huge 506 point lead on 6th so might stick around in the Top 5 until then.

5. Nat Sciver- Brunt - 2740 - Her big score this week keeps her in fifth but draws her closer to fourth and puts a massive gulch between the Top 5 and the chase pack - to the tune of 442 points.

Other Movers

Three players moved up a spot this week. Kane Williamson to 6th, Pathum Nissanka to 14th and (perhaps most notably) we have a new name at the foot of the table as Ayub leaves the position he has held for 27 of the last 28 weeks, He is replaced by Adam Zampa.

Ones to Watch

The two players closest to each other this week are both plying their trades captaining in rather unfashionable T20 leagues.Will Kane Williamson's Lodon side see him hold off a returning Nicholas Pooran?

Top 3 Averages

1. Sam Curran - 157.71 (Down from 161.4)
2. Nat Sciver-Brunt – 142.69 (Up from 138.89)
3. Chamari Athapaththu -143.6

Liam Dawson is doen the most - decreasing by 3.94 to 127.85. Perhaps most tellingly, Liam Livingstone's increase of 9.56, the most of anyone, still sees him with the lowest average of our 24 cricketers - 67.44.

Top Players By Format

Red Ball - Liam Dawson - 1652
One Day - Nat Sciver Brunt = 656
Short Form - Sam Curran = 2485

Top Players by Discipline

* = New Name

Runs - Jos Buttler = 1465
Batting Bonus - Nat Sciver-Brunt = 330
Strike Rate – Jos Buttler = 740

Wickets - Liam Dawson - 1160
Wicket Bonus - Wanindu Hasaranga = 140
Economy - Liam Dawson = 620

Fielding - *Jos Buttler = 420
Fielding Bonus -Phil Salt – 40

Weekly List In Full

Jos Buttler 253
Nat Sciver-Brunt 240
Liam Livingstone 230
Jamie Smith 200
Annabel Sutherland 188
Kane Williamson 128
Harry Brook 127
Phil Salt 125
Saim Ayub 118
Pathum Nissanka 110
Sam Curran 84
Babar Azam 76
Adam Zampa 61
Heinrich Klaasen 61
Liam Dawson 41

Chamari Athapaththu dnp
Suryakumar Yadav dnp
Wanindu Hasaranga dnp
Nicholas Pooran dnp
Travis Head dnp
Jasprit Bumrah dnp
Rishabh Pant dnp
Yashasvi Jaiwal dnp
Ravindra Jadeja dnp

Overall List In Full

1 Sam Curran 3312
2 Liam Dawson 2940
3 Jos Buttler 2885
4 Ravindra Jadeja 2804
5 Nat Sciver-Brunt 2740
6 Kane Williamson 2298
7 Nicholas Pooran 2287
8 Phil Salt 2258
9 Heinrich Klaasen 2018
10 Yashasvi Jaiwal 1904
11 Harry Brook 1888
12 Jamie Smith 1785
13 Wanindu Hasaranga 1696
14 Pathum Nissanka 1611
15 Suryakumar Yadav 1607
16 Annabel Sutherland 1473
17 Chamari Athapaththu 1436
18 Travis Head 1407
19 Rishabh Pant 1377
20 Babar Azam 1308
21 Liam Livingstone 1214
22 Jasprit Bumrah 1151
23 Saim Ayub 1079
24 Adam Zampa 1049

Marco Jansen - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Weekly Top 5

1. Marco Jansen - 257 - Showing some 50 over prowess just before the World Cup. Becomes the 63rd individual Cricketer of the Week from the last 5 years. Will hope to not be done and done like his fellow countrymen De Villiers and Duminy.

2. Shubman Gill - 208 - Seemed to underwhelm in the Asia Cup but somehow find himself as the tournament's leading run scorer - largely thanks to 122 in a dead rubber against Bangladesh. Can he finish the IPL, the Asia Cup and the World Cup as highest run scorer across the board.

3. Shakib Al Hasan - 150 - 80 in a dead rubber sounds a bit worse than 80 against India but he still manages to round off a decent Asia Cup with a Top 3 finish for the week.

4. Moeen Ali - 133 - Has all of a sudden turned into an ODI Wicket Taking machine. He has found himself in the Top 5 for successive weeks for the first time in 2023.

5. Hardik Pandya - 110 - Some extraordinary figures from Pandya in the final of the Asia Cup sees him scrape into the Top 5 for the week. You feel like 3/3 in an ODI should be worth more than that.

Overall

1. Shakib Al Hasan - 4300 - A fairly decent Asia Cup showing has kept Shakib Al Hasan in top spot for yet another week. Zero scoreboard pressure from below helped.

2. Jos Buttler - 4168 - Only 76 points this week but enough to keep hold of second spot. If he weaves his white ball spell over the World Cup who knows where he could finish this year.

3. Simon Harmer - 4008 - His game against Hampshire did not finish in time for his points to register this week but is due some big points.

4. Shubman Gill - 208 - Third place for the week and holds fourth place for the fourth consecutive week. The gap between him and fifth is the 3rd largest of any position on our list.

5. Sam Curran - 3540 - Just 70 points this week but was helped with little signs of life from places 6 to 9. Needs a decent World Cup though.

Other Mover

Cam Green overhauled his Aussie compatriot Usman Khawaja to move into 16th.

Top 3 Averages

1. Simon Harmer - 174.26
2. Shakib Al Hasan - 165.38 (Down from 166)
3. Ravindra Jadeja - 153.45 (Down from 158.52)

Bairstow's yo-yo Summer continues as his average drops by 5.76 to 93.53. Jansen's Weekly Winning score sees his average move up to 103.22 - an improvement of 6.99.

Points By Format

Long Form - Simon Harmer = 2892
One Day - Shakib Al Hasan = 1689
Short Form = Jos Buttler = 3080


Points By Discipline

* = New Name

Runs - Shubman Gill = 2476
Batting Bonus - Shubman Gill = 470
Strike Rate - Jos Buttler = 870

Wickets - Simon Harmer = 1640
Wicket Bonus - Simon Harmer = 280
Economy - Simon Harmer = 770

Fielding - Jos Buttler = 700
Fielding Bonus - Jos Buttler = 100

Jos Buttler - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 Weekly Top 5

1. Jos Buttler - 310 - Is working his way into form just in time for the World Cup. Can't imagine too many bowlers are looking forward to facing up against him in India. Hard to believe this is only the 6th time he has won COTW in his 3 years in the game.

2. David Warner - 284 - Every dog has his day....and this dog has been waiting a little while to have a day but a century and a half century in the same week bags him second place.... he also moves up two places overall to 15th.

3. Devon Conway - 194 - Underwhelmed in the T20 series but has done rather better in the ODIs. 111 in the first outing followed by increasingly less impressive performances. Has spent 13 weeks in 8th place overall but is a mere 32 points behind Jadeja going into next week.

4. Shubman Gill - 147 - A half century against Pakistan in the Two Day International plus a punchy 19 vs Sri Lanka puts Gill in average territory for the week.

5. Moeen Ali - 145 - Much favours the 50 over game and the switch in format sees a corresponding improvement in his score. Could be a bolter in the World Cup. Has moved up into the Top 10 and could make a late year sprint.

Overall List

1. Shakib Al Hasan - 4150 - Did not takes seize the chance to put a big gap on the chasing pack this week with a total of 33 points.....but here he is at first still. No player has held first place for longer this year.

2. Jos Buttler - 4092 - Buttler has spurting up the list intermittently throughout the late English Summer. He has finally moved back up to second....and it is not beyond the realms of possibility he could add to his tenure in top spot by next week's update.

3. Simon Harmer - 4008 - Harmer takes a red ball break and slips down to third, his lowest position in seven weeks. Harmer was our 2018 and 2022 Cricketer of the Year....but you feel like this might not be his destiny this year.

4. Shubman Gill - 3678 - First for the week and holds fourth Overall...and you feel he might be there for a while. He has 330 points between him and 3rd and 208 points between him and 5th. The Indian batter seems very insulated right now.

5. Sam Curran - 3470 - A modest outcome of 115 points this week, but Curran still manages to capitalise in Rashid's inactivity to return to 5th place after a single week away.

Other Mover

Hardik Pandya got 105 points from two ODIs this week and move sup a place to 11th.

Top 3 Averages

1. Simon Harmer - 174.26
2. Shakib Al Hasan - 166 (Down from 171.54)
3. Ravindra Jadeja - 158.52 (Down from 162. 25)

The Asia Cup has not done much for Shakib's average as it continues to tumble - this week by 5.54 points. Warner's lowly average of 75.38 got a boost up to 82.14 this week.

Points By Format

Long Form - Simon Harmer = 2892
One Day - Shakib Al Hasan = 1531
Short Form = Jos Buttler = 3080


Points By Discipline

* = New Name

Runs - Shubman Gill = 2328
Batting Bonus - Shubman Gill = 440
Strike Rate - Jos Buttler = 850

Wickets - *Simon Harmer = 1640
Wicket Bonus - Simon Harmer = 280
Economy - Simon Harmer = 770

Fielding - Jos Buttler = 690
Fielding Bonus - Jos Buttler = 100

Weekly List In Full

Jos Buttler 310
David Warner 284
Devon Conway 194
Shubman Gill 147
Moeen Ali 145
Marco Jansen 125
Sam Curran 115
Hardik Pandya 105
Ravindra Jadeja 84
Babar Azam 49
Shakib Al Hasan 33
Harry Brook 27
Jonny Bairstow 26

Rishabh Pant dnp
Usman Khawaja dnp
Pat Cummins dnp
Suryakumar Yadav dnp
Simon Harmer dnp
Rashid Khan dnp
Cam Green dnp

Overall List

Rank Player Points
1 Shakib Al Hasan 4150
2 Jos Buttler 4092
3 Simon Harmer 4008
4 Shubman Gill 3678
5 Sam Curran 3470
6 Rashid Khan 3423
7 Ravindra Jadeja 3329
8 Devon Conway 3297
9 Babar Azam 2824
10 Moeen Ali 2519
11 Hardik Pandya 2379
12 Suryakumar Yadav 2344
13 Harry Brook 2327
14 Marco Jansen 2117
15 David Warner 1867
16 Usman Khawaja 1690
17 Cam Green 1683
18 Jonny Bairstow 1390
19 Pat Cummins 1286