Simon Harmer - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Weekly Top 5

1. Simon Harmer - 352 - Last week I criticised his T20 form....he shot back at that with a frankly flawless spell of low economical bowling and a frankly startling heavy hitting couple of innings this week. He is now one Cricketer of the Week away from his half century.

2. Harry Brook - 234 - Back to the short form and everyone loves Harry again. Some spectacularly big hitting this week to put India to the sword in emphatic fashion.

3. Phil Salt - 189 - Has been beset by poor form and injury this year....but didn't seem like it this week with 129 runs against India in three T20s (one of which he got a duck in....unsure whether that makes it more or less impressive.)

4. Sam Curran - 188 - A fantastic return to bowling for Sam as he bags 80 wicket points this week plus his 48 runs. Always piles on the points in the English Summer and does son again in 2026.

5. Mehidy Hasan Miraz - 187 - Has blagged his way into the Top 5 this week despite his team suffering two ODI losses against Zimbabwe. Only 3 wickets but 60 Economy points and a cameo with the bat boosts him up.

Overall Top 5

1. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 3137 - The 15 year old has had the first big setback of his career with his debut for the full India side. And, at the same time, his lead in first drops to below 500 for the first time in months.

2. Simon Harmer - 2663 - His big win this week sees him move dramatically away from 3rd place and dramatically towards first. 474 points separate him from first and 464 from third.

3. Jos Buttler- 2200 - Couple of emphatic wins against India in a T20 series and you assume that Buttler has tucked in...that was not the case this week. Instead he has moved up to third purely on fielding points, of which he got 100 this week.

4. Shubman Gill -2106 - Inactive this week and back down to fourth.

5. Harry Brook - 1955 - Back into the Top 5 having scored 100_ points in three weeks on the bounce. De Kock, last week's holder of fifth, has been knocked down to 7th with Curran in 6th.

Highest Weekly Average

1. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi = 174 (Down from 180,88)
2. Simon Harmer = 147.94 (Up from 135.95)
3. Nat Sciver-Brunt = 147.22 (Down from 153.38)

Biggest winner and loser in terms of average are our current first and second; with Vaibhav losing 6.6 off his average and Harmer gaining exactly 12.

Highest Average Points per Game

Red Ball- Mehidy Hasan Miraz = 208.5
One Day - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi = 105.81
Short Form - Nat Sciver-Brunt = 93.69

Highest Points by Format

Red Ball- Simon Harmer = 1988
One Day - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 1693
Short Form - Jos Buttler = 2098

Highest Points by Discipline



Runs - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 1767
Batting Bonus - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi- 320
Strike Rate - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi- 870

Wickets - Simon Harmer = 920
Wicket Bonus = Simon Harmer = 170
Economy - Simon Harmer= 570

Fielding - Jos Buttler = 510
Fielding Bonus - Jos Buttler = 30

Weekly List In Full

Simon Harmer 352
Harry Brook 234
Phil Salt 189
Sam Curran 188
Mehidy Hasan Miraz 187
Jos Buttler 174
Nat Sciver-Brunt 98
Nicholas Pooran 85
Quinton de Kock 66
Paul Walter 64
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 62
Liam Dawson 30
Sophie Ecclestone 20
Rachin Ravindra 4

Saim Ayub dnp
Michael Bracewell dnp
Aiden Markram dnp
Ravindra Jadeja dnp
Travis Head dnp
Shubman Gill dnp
Marco Jansen dnp
Pathum Nissanka dnp

Overall List In Full

1 Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 3137
2 Simon Harmer 2663
3 Jos Buttler 2200
4 Shubman Gill 2106
5 Harry Brook 1955
6 Sam Curran 1868
7 Quinton de Kock 1827
8 Aiden Markram 1690
9 Liam Dawson 1637
10 Mehidy Hasan Miraz 1631
11 Saim Ayub 1591
12 Pathum Nissanka 1520
13 Marco Jansen 1474
14 Nat Sciver-Brunt 1325
15 Travis Head 1323
16 Rachin Ravindra 1229
17 Ravindra Jadeja 1190
18 Phil Salt 1075
19 Paul Walter 1073
20 Nicholas Pooran 982
21 Sophie Ecclestone 878
22 Michael Bracewell 690

Mehidy Hasan Miraz - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Weekly Top 5

1. Mehidy Hasan Miraz - 237 - Wasn't hugely impactful in his side's landmark ODI series victory over Australia but chipped in with Economies and Strike Rates to get his third Cricketer of the Week....was helped by a domestic outing at the start of the week too. Up an unbelievable 5 places and into the Overall Top 10.

2. Shubman Gill - 166 - A century in only his second red ball game of the year sees captain Gill take silver medal this week.

3. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 108 - Barely time to breathe after the IPL and is now in national colours for India A. One limp innings, but then a SR of 200 for a near-half century against Afghanistan A sees Vaibhav continue his strong form in One Day-ers after the Under 19 World Cup.

4. Nat Sciver-Brunt - 100 - Very poor return to the international stage with a weak score against Australia but dispelled that with a big score against India. Hitting her straps just in time.

5. Harry Brook - 96 - Lots of decent performances for England against New Zealand whilst Brook was.....kind of just about all right. 5th place though in a low scoring week.

Overall Top 5

1. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 2792 - The kid just won't take a break. His lead is now 786 and he continues to be the only player to have topped our Overall List all year.

2. Jos Buttler - 2006 - Inactive this week but that 200 + buffer has proved useful.

3. Simon Harmer - 1770 - A poor end to the first block of the T20 Blast for Harmer with a mee 26 points from two games. Holds third for a third week though.

4. Shubman Gill - 1728 - Makes his bow in the Top 5 for 2026. Completely skips the indignity of fifth place and jumps into 4th.

5. Aiden Markram - 1690 - His World Cup momentum slowed over the IPL and now inactive; he holds onto his Top 5 place by just 99 points.

Ones To Watch

Just 2 points between a resurgent Mehidy Hasan Miraz and Pathum Nissanka as they both have white ball commitments over the next week.

Highest Weekly Average

1. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi = 186.13 (Down from 192.07)
2. Nat Sciver-Brunt = 153 (Down from 163.6)
3. Quinton De Kock - 133.65.

MHM moves up by 10.29 points to see his average over the notional 100 points an active week mark for a good player. NSB drops the most but still holds second overall.

Highest Average Points per Game

Red Ball- Mehidy Hasan Miraz = 208.5
One Day - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi = 108.5
Short Form - Nat Sciver-Brunt = 90.11

Highest Points by Format

Red Ball- Simon Harmer = 1534
One Day - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 1302
Short Form - Jos Buttler = 1904

Highest Points by Discipline

Runs - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 1572
Batting Bonus - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi- 300
Strike Rate - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi- 780

Wickets - Liam Dawson = 660
Wicket Bonus = Simon Harmer = 100
Economy - Simon Harmer= 430

Fielding - Jos Buttler = 420
Fielding Bonus - Quinton De Kock & Jos Buttler = 20

Weekly List In Full

Mehidy Hasan Miraz 237
Shubman Gill 166
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 108
Nat Sciver-Brunt 100
Harry Brook 96
Sam Curran 69
Simon Harmer 26
Paul Walter 23
Liam Dawson 22
Sophie Ecclestone 21
Pathum Nissanka 18
Rachin Ravindra 8


Phil Salt dnp
Quinton de Kock dnp
Saim Ayub dnp
Michael Bracewell dnp
Aiden Markram dnp
Ravindra Jadeja dnp
Travis Head dnp
Marco Jansen dnp
Nicholas Pooran dnp
Jos Buttler dnp

Overall List In Full

1 Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 2792
2 Jos Buttler 2006
3 Simon Harmer 1770
4 Shubman Gill 1728
5 Aiden Markram 1690
6 Saim Ayub 1591
7 Sam Curran 1537
8 Quinton de Kock 1470
9 Mehidy Hasan Miraz 1444
10 Pathum Nissanka 1442
11 Liam Dawson 1402
12 Harry Brook 1390
13 Travis Head 1323
14 Marco Jansen 1244
15 Ravindra Jadeja 1190
16 Rachin Ravindra 965
17 Nat Sciver-Brunt 918
18 Phil Salt 822
19 Michael Bracewell 690
20 Paul Walter 684
21 Nicholas Pooran 616
22 Sophie Ecclestone 584

Shubman Gill - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Weekly Top 5

1. Shubman Gill - 269 - Bit of a blockbuster week for the Gujarat captain as he scores 149 runs in two games to grab his first Cricketer of the Week in almost two years. He is now joint 6th on the All Time List alongside Moeen Ali and Joe Root with 11.

2. Jos Buttler - 244 - Identical scores of 57 across his two IPL fixtures this week sees Buttler with his biggest score of the year. Really has used the IPL to dispel his World Cup Critics. Nobody has scored more than his 1141 points since the IPL began.

3. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 239 - The Vaib Train rumbles on after two weeks of lower scores he is back on the 200+ trail with some fierce batting over his two IPL games.

4.Mehidy Hasan Miraz - 163 - Down on last week's score but was still an instrumental cog in Bangladesh's fifth consecutive Test win. He also is now the highest averaging Red Ball Cricketer on our List with 208 and a half points per Test.

5. Harry Brook - 157 - A rather astonishing turn of events where Brook has scored 4% of his weekly score with the bat and 86% of his total with the ball in hand. All points count....despite how unlikely.

Overall Top 5

1. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 2352 - Still keeps his lead close to half a thousand points despite significant movement below him. Shows no sign of allowing anybody else so much as a look in,

2. Jos Buttler - 1870 - Moves up to his highest position so far. Could the 2024 Cricketer of the Year be mounting a return to the top of the tree?

3. Aiden Markram - 1690 - Those poor scores really have caught up with him. Since the start of the IPL he averages just 56.38 points - about the same as Nicholas Pooran (52.75.) Down to 3rd.

4. Saim Ayub - 1591 - Inactive again this week but holds on to 4th.

5. Simon Harmer - 1524 - Rounds off the first block of County Championship game with his most unimpressive score - 75 - but still manages to move into the Top 5 at the expense of the injured De Kock.

Highest Weekly Average

1. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi = 180.92 (Up from 176.08)
2. Nat Sciver-Brunt = 163.6
3. Simon Harmer- 138.55 (Down from 144.9)

Gll's big score sees hm up 14.48 points to 124.18. For the second week in a row Paul Walter's average drops the most - this week down 11.07 to 63.33.

Highest Average Points per Game

* = New Name

Red Ball- *Mehidy Hasan Miiraz = 208.5
One Day - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi = 108.5
Short Form - Nat Sciver-Brunt = 101.57

Highest Points by Format

Red Ball- Simon Harmer = 1534
One Day - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 1302
Short Form - *Jos Buttler = 1768

Highest Points by Discipline

Runs - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 1322
Batting Bonus - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi- 260
Strike Rate - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi- 660

Wickets - Marco Jansen = 580
Wicket Bonus = Simon Harmer = 100
Economy - Simon Harmer= 400

Fielding - Jos Buttler = 380
Fielding Bonus - Quinton De Kock & Jos Buttler = 20

Weekly Scores in Full

Shubman Gill 269
Jos Buttler 244
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 239
Mehidy Hasan Miraz 163
Harry Brook 157
Nicholas Pooran 88
Simon Harmer 75
Liam Dawson 39
Sophie Ecclestone 27
Aiden Markram 10
Paul Walter 8
Travis Head 6

Sam Curran dnp
Rachin Ravindra dnp
Phil Salt dnp
Quinton de Kock dnp
Nat Sciver-Brunt dnp
Saim Ayub dnp
Michael Bracewell dnp
Pathum Nissanka dnp
Ravindra Jadeja dnp
Marco Jansen dnp

Overall List

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 2352
Jos Buttler 1870
Aiden Markram 1690
Saim Ayub 1591
Simon Harmer 1524
Quinton de Kock 1470
Shubman Gill 1366
Pathum Nissanka 1325
Harry Brook 1294
Travis Head 1230
Marco Jansen 1194
Sam Curran 1156
Mehidy Hasan Miraz 1156
Ravindra Jadeja 1054
Liam Dawson 1045
Phil Salt 822
Nat Sciver-Brunt 818
Rachin Ravindra 806
Michael Bracewell 690
Nicholas Pooran 614
Sophie Ecclestone 440
Paul Walter 380