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

Nat Sciver-Brunt - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Many more points scored this week but from the exact same amount of cricketers. The natural break comes after a Top Three so that is what we shall do.

Weekly Top 3

1. Nat Sciver-Brunt- 237 – Had a (admittedly unimpressive) game washed out but still manages to bag top spot courtesy of a century and a couple of wickets against Sri Lanka.

2. Annabel Sutherland – 230 – Became the top wicket taker of the World Cup this week, largely due to the five-fer she bagged against India.

3. Yashasvi Jaiswal – 213 – Been a bit since he registered an impressive score in Tests but certainly got his dues against West Indies. Moves up three places on the Overall List to 11th.

Overall Top 5

1. Sam Curran – 4148 – Inactive this week but is likely to feature in the T20 series that starts Saturday morning against New Zealand.

2. Jos Buttler- 3807- Inactive this week but will hope to be an instrumental figure in the T20 series that starts Saturday morning against New Zealand.

3. Liam Dawson – 3722 - Inactive this week but may just feature in the T20 series that starts Saturday morning against New Zealand.

4. Nat Sciver – Brunt – 3515 – Despite her weekly high score this week, she just finds herself further sandwiched in fourth place. 207 points separate her from third and 257 from 5th.

5. Ravindra Jadeja – 3258 – His form in the West indies series propels Jadeja into the Top 5 at the expense of Nicholas Pooran.

Other Movers

Two Pakistan players finished off the pace but still managed to move on the Overall List. Saim Ayub continues to improve and moves up to 16th whilst Azam jumps up from bottom place to 22nd after his long respite from Cricket.

Top 3 Averages

1. Sam Curran - 159.94
2.Chamari Athapaththu - 148.29 (Down from 157)
3. Annabel Sutherland - 144.95 (Up from 140.22)

Chamari Athapaththu drops the most - down by 8.71 points but still manages to hold second place. Yashasvi Jaiswal does the best this week with his average up by 5.17 to 109.53.

Top Players By Format

*+ New Name

Red Ball -Ravindra Jadeja= 1977
One Day - Nat Sciver Brunt = 1205
Short Form - Sam Curran = 3331

Top Players by Discipline

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

Nat Sciver-Brunt 237
Annabel Sutherland 230
Yashasvi Jaiwal 213
Ravindra Jadeja 180
Jasprit Bumrah 140
Saim Ayub 102
Babar Azam 75
Chamari Athapaththu 35

Rishabh Pant dnp
Kane Williamson dnp
Heinrich Klaasen dnp
Jamie Smith dnp
Sam Curran dnp
Harry Brook dnp
Liam Livingstone dnp
Nicholas Pooran dnp
Phil Salt dnp
Jos Buttler dnp
Pathum Nissanka dnp
Liam Dawson dnp
Wanindu Hasaranga dnp
Suryakumar Yadav dnp
Adam Zampa dnp
Travis Head dnp

Overall list in Full

1 Sam Curran 4148
2 Jos Buttler 3807
3 Liam Dawson 3722
4 Nat Sciver-Brunt 3515
5 Ravindra Jadeja 3258
6 Nicholas Pooran 3096
7 Phil Salt 2798
8 Annabel Sutherland 2754
9 Kane Williamson 2525
10 Pathum Nissanka 2435
11 Yashasvi Jaiwal 2301
12 Harry Brook 2294
13 Heinrich Klaasen 2214
14 Jamie Smith 2112
15 Chamari Athapaththu 2076
16 Saim Ayub 2021
17 Wanindu Hasaranga 1973
18 Travis Head 1847
19 Liam Livingstone 1829
20 Suryakumar Yadav 1739
21 Jasprit Bumrah 1581
22 Babar Azam 1383
23 Rishabh Pant 1377
24 Adam Zampa 1346

Kane Williamson - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

After the profligate last fortnights worth of updates only 807 points were shared between 7 cricketers this week - only merits a Top Three in my eyes.

Weekly Top 3

1. Kane Williamson - 277 - Featured in his first red Ball match of the year this week and hardly looked like he had been away by scoring 154 points to add to his 123 from a T20 Blast game against Glamorgan. Up to 8th Overall.

2. Nat Sciver-Brunt - 179 - Back to decent scores with the bat after her injury niggles that knocked her out of the back end of the T20 series. Got 119 runs across the two ODIs this week.

3. Sam Curran - 144 - Can't keep Curran down this Summer. After having done so well with the bat thus far, he chips in with a four-fer before the T20 Blast hiatus. He also reclaims the highest Short Form Point scorer from Nicholas Pooran.

Overall Top 5

1. Sam Curran - 2880 - Curran marks his ninth successive week of triple figure scores with his second week in top spot. He has 166 points on second place.

2. Liam Dawson - 2714 - Inactive this week but in anticipation of Test points next week.

3. Jos Buttler - 2550 - Only 9 points in the final game before the break for the T20 Blast but holds third place for a successive week.

4. Nat Sciver-Brunt - 2500 - Two decent ODIs sees her address her descent down the list and move back up into 4th.

5. Ravinfra Jadeja - 2415 - Inactive this week but is facing zero pressure below him - he has 441 points between himself and the next active player; Phil Salt in 7th.

Other Movers

Salt would be especially diapointed with just 70 points from a T20 game and a First class outing - but he still manages to move up a place into 7th.

Top 3 Averages

1. Sam Curran - 160 (Down from 160.94)
2. Chamari Athapaththu -143.6
3. Nat Sciver-Brunt – 142.69

Williamson's big haul sees his average improve by 10.12 points - he nwo has a very decent 115.18 a werk. Buttler's poor week sees his avergae drop to 127.7 - a reduction of 6.24.

Top Players By Format

* = New Name

Red Ball - Liam Dawson - 1546
One Day - * Nat Sciver Brunt = 656
Short Form - * Sam Curran = 2297

Top Players by Discipline

Runs - Jos Buttler = 1340
Batting Bonus - Nat Sciver-Brunt = 290
Strike Rate – Jos Buttler = 670

Wickets - Liam Dawson - 1060
Wicket Bonus - Wanindu Hasaranga = 140
Economy - Liam Dawson = 530

Fielding - Jos Buttler= 320
Fielding Bonus -Phil Salt – 30

Weekly Scores In Full

Kane Williamson 277
Nat Sciver-Brunt 179
Sam Curran 144
Adam Zampa 80
Phil Salt 70
Saim Ayub 48
Jos Buttler 9

Annabel Sutherland dnp
Chamari Athapaththu dnp
Babar Azam dnp
Suryakumar Yadav dnp
Wanindu Hasaranga dnp
Liam Livingstone dnp
Heinrich Klaasen dnp
Ravindra Jadeja dnp
Jasprit Bumrah dnp
Jamie Smith dnp
Nicholas Pooran dnp
Rishabh Pant dnp
Pathum Nissanka dnp
Harry Brook dnp
Liam Dawson dnp
Travis Head dnp
Yashasvi Jaiwal dnp

Overall list in Full

Sam Curran 2880
Liam Dawson 2714
Jos Buttler 2550
Nat Sciver-Brunt 2500
Ravindra Jadeja 2415
Nicholas Pooran 2287
Phil Salt 1974
Kane Williamson 1958
Heinrich Klaasen 1942
Wanindu Hasaranga 1696
Yashasvi Jaiwal 1679
Suryakumar Yadav 1607
Jamie Smith 1486
Chamari Athapaththu 1436
Pathum Nissanka 1433
Travis Head 1407
Harry Brook 1399
Rishabh Pant 1303
Babar Azam 1232
Annabel Sutherland 1197
Jasprit Bumrah 1077
Liam Livingstone 984
Adam Zampa 858
Saim Ayub 601