Ravindra Jadeja - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Weekly Top 5

1.Ravindra Jadeja - 215 - Last year's highest Red Ball point scorer has that format to thank for his first Cricketer of the Week of 2026. He added 193 in his Ranji Trophy game against Punjab to his measly 22 points from the final ODI against New Zealand to finish in top spot in a low scoring week.

= 2. Aiden Markram - 198 - Manages to finish second despite playing a solitary T20 game this week. 108 at a good lick was not enough to see his Durban team progress but is enough for silver medal spot this week.

=2. Sam Curran - 198 - A very poor England display - in what is becoming an increasingly crowded field- was counterbalanced by a corker of a final game in the BBL with a half century and two wickets for Sydney. Bet he wished he'd stayed.

4. Nat Sciver-Brunt- 180 - Absolutely loves the WPL. Made a killing in that tournament last year and is doing so again in 2026. Another 80 runs in two games and a couple of wickets to boot for her to finish in the Top 5 for her two opening games.

5. Marco Jansen - 153 - Has failed to impress so far in 2026. 0 in Week 1, 76 in Week 2....and now 153 this week.....that kind pf progression will see him odds on for a score of 300+ next week!

Overall Top 5

1.Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 687 - Has scored less and less every week but still has a three figure lead on first spot....he also managed to get his first decent tournament runs of the year under his belt with 72 against Bangladesh Under 19s.

2. Ravindra Jadeja - 544 - Moves up a spot to second place courtesy of his first Cricketer of the Week award of 2026. Was in the Top 5 almost all of last year and is setting himself up well for this year.

3. Nat Sciver-Brunt - 519 - Down a place this week despite finishing in the Top 5. Needs her team to start matching her performances for her to access the knockout stages of the WIPL and score more points.

4. Aiden Markram - 462 - Moves up a place courtesy of that final big century for Durban - it is all very very tight in that Top 6 so will be hard pushed to stick around too long.

5. Quinton De Kock - 451 - Only just keeps his place in the Top 5 as he is only a single point ahead of Sam Curran this week. Has at least one more SAT20 game in the bank though so could challenge for higher honours next week.

Highest Weekly Average

1. Nat Sciver-Brunt = 259. 5
2. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi = 229
3. Ravindra Jadeja = 181.33

Good Week for Marco Jansen; up 38.33 points to 76.33. Bad week for Vaibhav Sooryavanshi down 53.5 to 229.


Highest Average Points per Game

Red Ball- n/a
One Day - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi = 98.14
Short Form - Aiden Markram = 115.5

Highest Points by Format

Red Ball- Travis Head - 262
One Day - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 687
Short Form - Nat Sciver-Brunt - 519

Highest Points by Discipline

* = New Name

Runs - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 377
Batting Bonus - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi- 90
Strike rate - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 120

Wickets - Nat Sciver-Brunt = 140
Wicket Bonus - Ravindra Jadeja + Sam Curran - 20
Economy - Ravindra Jadeja = 80

Fielding - Quinton de Kock = 90
Fielding Bonus - Quinton de Kock + Michael Bracewell = 10

Weekly List In Full

Ravindra Jadeja 215
Aiden Markram 198
Sam Curran 198
Nat Sciver-Brunt 180
Marco Jansen 153
Quinton de Kock 125
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 122
Mehidy Hasan Miraz 108
Sophie Ecclestone 92
Liam Dawson 62
Michael Bracewell 58
Shubman Gill 57
Simon Harmer 50
Nicholas Pooran 29
Pathum Nissanka 21
Harry Brook 16
Rachin Ravindra 11
Jos Buttler 10

Paul Walter dnp
Travis Head dnp
Phil Salt dnp
Saim Ayub dnp

Overall List In Full

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 687
Ravindra Jadeja 544
Nat Sciver-Brunt 519
Aiden Markram 462
Quinton de Kock 451
Sam Curran 450
Travis Head 262
Shubman Gill 240
Marco Jansen 229
Jos Buttler 228
Mehidy Hasan Miraz 217
Harry Brook 192
Nicholas Pooran 192
Michael Bracewell 184
Sophie Ecclestone 166
Saim Ayub 160
Rachin Ravindra 127
Simon Harmer 96
Phil Salt 63
Liam Dawson 62
Pathum Nissanka 57

Nicholas Pooran - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Final Full Weekly Top 5

1. Nicholas Pooran - 221 - We are very much in the midst of franchise cricket mania with competitions in Australia, Bangladesh, Dubai and South Africa. Pooran played four times in two of these competitions. Still 141 is a good haul for his fourth Cricketer of the Week of the year.

2. Travis Head - 220 - One point behind this week's 'best' cricketer courtesy of another huge score in another huge Ashes success. Moves up from 17th to 15th in what has otherwise been an underwhelming year.

3. Sam Curran - 166 - Just on his usual T20 grind. 66 runs and a wicket in three games in the ILT20 sees him in the Top 5 once more.

4. Kane Williamson - 161 - Finished off a Test match before kicking off a T20 tournament in South Africa ...and did pretty well in both. 91 points from the red ball game and 70 from the white ball one.

5. Jamie Smith - 152 - Probably his least disappointing disappointment across The Ashes. 82 runs and 4 contributions in the field.

Overall Top 5 with 5 days Left of the Year

1. Sam Curran -4951 - 657 point lead on second place. All but wrapped up that Curran will join Buttler as the second Englishman to win our Cricketer of the Year.

2. Nat Sciver-Brunt - 4294 - Inactive but very comfortable for a second place finish this year. The second year in a row a female cricketer has taken the silver medal.

3. Liam Dawson - 4061 - Got the indignity of a zero point week this week....but is one of the players who will be in action this week so it least he won't round of his year with a blob. Provides a slight symmetry though as his second weekly score was a zero to go along with his second to last.

4. Jos Buttler- 3972 - Had been inactive for 6 weeks and dropped from 2nd to 5th but just 60 points non Friday for Durban sees him back up a spot to 4th....89 off a bronze medal.

5.Ravindra Jadeja - 3966 - Was not part of the Indian gang that joined up to play domestic cricket in the Vijay Hazare Trophy and thus drops down a place.

Ones To Watch

Only 161 points separate Jamie Smith, Chamari Athapaththu, Travis Head, Liam Livingstone and Henrich Klaasen. All will be active over the next 5 days so all to play for,

Other Movers

Babar Azam's mini-Renaissance continues as he rises up to 15th place.

Top 3 Averages

1. Sam Curran - 150.03 (Up from 149.53)
2. Ravindra Jadeja = 136.76
3. Nat Sciver-Brunt = 136.1

Travis Head's big score sees his average improve by 4.8 ....but at 90.21 he has the fourth worst of anyone. Phil Salt's bad week sees him drop 3.4 and move down to 115.28.

Top Players By Format

Red Ball -Ravindra Jadeja= 2529
One Day - Nat Sciver Brunt = 1484
Short Form - Sam Curran 4034

Top Players by Discipline

* = New Name

Runs - Yashasvi Jaiswal = 2060
Batting Bonus - Passum Nissanka = 440
Strike Rate – Nicholas Pooran = 1010

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

Fielding - Jos Buttler = 630
Fielding Bonus - Jamie Smith, Jos Buttler & Phil Salt – 40

Weekly List In Full

Nicholas Pooran 221
Travis Head 220
Sam Curran 166
Kane Williamson 161
Jamie Smith 152
Rishabh Pant 125
Harry Brook 125
Babar Azam 110
Jasprit Bumrah 70
Chamari Athapaththu 69
Jos Buttler 60
Saim Ayub 58
Heinrich Klaasen 53
Liam Livingstone 21
Adam Zampa 18
Phil Salt 10
Suryakumar Yadav 5
Liam Dawson 0

Wanindu Hasaranga dnp
Annabel Sutherland dnp
Ravindra Jadeja dnp
Yashasvi Jaiwal dnp
Nat Sciver-Brunt dnp
Pathum Nissanka dnp

Overall Scores In Full

1 Sam Curran 4951
2 Nat Sciver-Brunt 4294
3 Liam Dawson 4061
4 Jos Buttler 3972
5 Ravindra Jadeja 3966
6 Nicholas Pooran 3848
7 Phil Salt 3689
8 Annabel Sutherland 3460
9 Yashasvi Jaiwal 3218
10 Pathum Nissanka 3109
11 Harry Brook 3021
12 Kane Williamson 2911
13 Saim Ayub 2846
14 Jamie Smith 2630
15 Babar Azam 2549
16 Chamari Athapaththu 2532
17 Travis Head 2526
18 Liam Livingstone 2496
19 Heinrich Klaasen 2487
20 Wanindu Hasaranga 2463
21 Suryakumar Yadav 2263
22 Jasprit Bumrah 2078
23 Rishabh Pant 1977
24 Adam Zampa 1576

Pathum Nissanka-The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Calculations were concluded before the end of the England match so NSB's score will role over to next week.

Weekly Top 5

1. Pathum Nissanka - 167 - Finished an impressive few weeks with a stonking score of 107 against India. It was an eye-catching knock that, many people say, might get him an IPL contract next year. He also did it in one T20 game compared to the rest of the Top 5 this week who needed two ODIs or a Four Day game to do less well than him.

2. Annabel Sutherland - 161 - Did not score well in her final warm-up game but came on for a devastating spell to finish New Zealand off in her first World Cup game.

3. Liam Dawson - 109- The leading red ball point scorer added another 109 to his balance in the final County Championship game of the season. Will count himself very lucky that it wasn't the last in Division One.

4. Chamari Athapaththu - 101 - A smidge under a half century in the opening loss to India points to the fact this could be another big tournament for the Lankan. Moves up a place to 15th Overall.

5. Travis Head - 71 - A lean week for point scoring sees a score of less than 100 get you into the Top 5. Could have been more if rain had not interrupted this morning.

Overall Top 5

1. Sam Curran - 4148 - A well earnt rest for a very busy man over the English summer. Seems to be out of action until the beginning of the BBL....but I could be wrong.

2.Jos Buttler - 3807 - A period of time in the wilderness looms for Buttler. I think his next action will be for Durban in the SA20.

3. Liam Dawson- 3722 - A man who is going to have a well earned rest for a bit; potentially all the way up until the SA20.

4.Nat Sciver-Brunt - 3166 - The only member of our Top 5 who is going to be very active over the coming weeks. She has a huge gulf to eat into to move up as there is 556 - the largest gap of any point in the List - between her and third place.

5. Nicholas Pooran - 3096- Inactive this week but also has a very active Ravindra Jadeja 292 points behind him.

Other Movers

Only 50 points this week but is enough to not only see Bumrah off bottom place but up above both Azam and Zampa into 22nd.

Top 3 Averages

1. Sam Curran - 159.94
2.Chamari Athapaththu - 157 (Down from 161.67)
3. Annabel Sutherland - 143.12 (Up from 142)

Sciver-Brunt loses her top three place due to a 5.55 drop down to 137.65. Pathum Nissanka's big week sees him move up to 128.16; an improvement of 2.16.

Top Players By Format

Red Ball - Liam Dawson - 1761
One Day - Nat Sciver Brunt = 856
Short Form - Sam Curran = 3331

Top Players by Discipline

* = New Name

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

Wickets - Liam Dawson - 1520
Wicket Bonus - Liam Dawson = 170
Economy - Liam Dawson = 710

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

Weekly List In Full

Pathum Nissanka 167
Annabel Sutherland 161
Liam Dawson 109
Chamari Athapaththu 101
Travis Head 71
Jasprit Bumrah 50
Saim Ayub 24
Nat Sciver-Brunt 20
Wanindu Hasaranga 20
Suryakumar Yadav 13
Adam Zampa 0

Rishabh Pant dnp
Ravindra Jadeja dnp
Babar Azam dnp
Kane Williamson dnp
Heinrich Klaasen dnp
Yashasvi Jaiwal dnp
Jamie Smith dnp
Sam Curran dnp
Harry Brook dnp
Liam Livingstone dnp
Nicholas Pooran dnp
Phil Salt dnp
Jos Buttler dnp

Overall List In Full

1 Sam Curran 4148
2 Jos Buttler 3807
3 Liam Dawson 3722
4 Nat Sciver-Brunt 3166
5 Nicholas Pooran 3096
6 Ravindra Jadeja 2804
7 Phil Salt 2798
8 Kane Williamson 2525
9 Pathum Nissanka 2435
10 Annabel Sutherland 2433
11 Harry Brook 2294
12 Heinrich Klaasen 2214
13 Jamie Smith 2112
14 Yashasvi Jaiwal 2042
15 Chamari Athapaththu 2041
16 Wanindu Hasaranga 1973
17 Liam Livingstone 1829
18 Travis Head 1829
19 Suryakumar Yadav 1739
20 Saim Ayub 1687
21 Rishabh Pant 1377
22 Jasprit Bumrah 1331
23 Adam Zampa 1326
24 Babar Azam 1308