Chamari Athapaththu - the Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Back to a high scoring week this week before what is going to be a Geo-Politically very quiet week next week

Weekly Top 5

1. Chamari Athapaththu - 245 - Following the playbook from last year - long periods absent from the game and then some huge haymaking while the sun shines. Only Nat Sciver Brunt has had more Cricketers of the Week this year - this is her third.

2. Liam Dawson - His first big scoring week in the County Championship courtesy of a five-fer and his full compliment of economy points against Durham. Breaks into the Top Ten for the first time since the end of the SA20.

3. Jos Buttler - 194 - 94 runs across two innings gives Buttler third place in a week where he also overtakes Nat Sciver Brunt as the highest run scorer on the List.

4. Ravindra Jadeja - 176 - After a slow start to the tournament, Jadeja has burst into life of late with three back to back 3 figure scoring weeks. Only Buttler and SKY have scored more than him in that time.

5. Babar Azam - 141 - Back to looking like he might have seen a cricket bat at some point in his life in at least one innings this week. 53 versus Islamabad this week sees him ease into the Top 5 for the week despite letting himself down (again) in the game against Multan.

Overall Top 5

1. Ravindra Jadeja - 1686 - Despite being in our Lists for 4 years, Jadeja has never graced top spot until this week. His slow burning IPL campaign has seen him ease into top spot with a 36 point lead.

2. Nat Sciver-Brunt - 1650 - Parenthood is an amazing thing...but it doesn't score you many points. After 7 inactive weeks, NSB loses her 10 week reign at the top of the List.

3. Jos Buttler - 1510 - The fifth highest run scorer in the IPL and the highest run scorer in our List moves up a place to third after yet another half century this week.

4. Nicholas Pooran - 1433 - After scoring 528 points in the first three weeks of the IPL he has now scored 103 in the last three weeks to see him down a place this week to 4th.

5. Chamari Athapaththu - 1365 - Lost her Top 5 place a month ago and slipped as low as 11th last week but a bumper week for the Sri Lanka captain moves her back into 5th spot.

Ones to Watch

With the IPL being suspended for at least a week, it is a chance for Liam Dawson to do some damage on the Top 10. Currently he is tenth but a mere 158 points separate him and Chamari Athapaththu in 5th.

Other Movers

Meagre scores from Mumabi's SKY and Bumrah this week but they both move up a spot. SKY is in 8th with Bumrah up to 20th.

Top 3 Averages

1. Nat Sciver-Brunt - 165
2. Chamari Athapaththu - 151.67 (Up from 140)
3. Sam Curran = 134.56 (Down from 147)

In a rare occurence the two most noteable movers on the average table are in the Top 3. Athapaththu moves back into the Top 3 courtesy of a 11.67 point boost to her average whilst Curran drops 12.44

Top Players By Format

* = New Name

Red Ball - * Liam Dawson - 670
One Day - Kane Williamson - 655
Short Form - Nicholas Pooran - 1433

Top Players by Discipline

* = New Name

Runs - * Jos Buttler = 870
Batting Bonus - Nat Sciver-Brunt, Kane Williamson, Nicholas Pooran, *Jos Buttler & *Babar Azam = 140
Strike Rate - Heinrich Klaasen & Suryakumar Yadav - 370

Wickets - Wanindu Hasaranga = 720
Wicket Bonus - Ravindra Jadeja & Wanindu Hasaranga - 100
Economy - *Liam Dawson = 280

Fielding - Phil Salt - 230
Fielding Bonus -Phil Salt - 30

Weekly List In Full

Chamari Athapaththu 245
Liam Dawson 225
Jos Buttler 194
Ravindra Jadeja 176
Babar Azam 141
Saim Ayub 110
Harry Brook 73
Yashasvi Jaiwal 64
Heinrich Klaasen 63
Jasprit Bumrah 60
Suryakumar Yadav 55
Travis Head 40
Sam Curran 35
Rishabh Pant 18
Nicholas Pooran 16
Wanindu Hasaranga 0

Overall list In Full

1 Ravindra Jadeja 1686
2 Nat Sciver-Brunt 1650
3 Jos Buttler 1510
4 Nicholas Pooran 1433
5 Chamari Athapaththu 1365
6 Heinrich Klaasen 1324
7 Wanindu Hasaranga 1239
8 Suryakumar Yadav 1220
9 Sam Curran 1211
10 Liam Dawson 1207
11 Annabel Sutherland 1197
12 Phil Salt 1163
13 Babar Azam 1062
14 Kane Williamson 1038
15 Yashasvi Jaiwal 990
16 Travis Head 930
17 Pathum Nissanka 614
18 Liam Livingstone 603
19 Adam Zampa 578
20 Jasprit Bumrah 482
21 Rishabh Pant 467
22 Jamie Smith 372
23 Harry Brook 361
24 Saim Ayub 339

Rachin Ravindra - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Despite two more cricketers featuring this week, 107 fewer points were scored in what has been a lean week once more.

Weekly Top 5

1. Rachin Ravindra - 139 - Ravindra becomes the second player, after Jos Buttler, to rack up two Cricketers of the Week in 2024. It is worth noting that 139 marks the ninth lowest weekly high score ever.

2. Babar Azam - 124 - A duck against Islamabad but then a customary trademark half century against Multan sees Azam get enough points for second in a week. Three weeks ago he would have been 7th with the same score.

3. Travis Head - 120 - Is doing what Joe Root used to do and bolstering some slipshod batting with points from Economy and in the field. Only a third of his points came off the bat this week. Moves into 12th Overall

4. Chamari Athapaththu - 118 - A poor score for the Sri Lankan as she seeks to prove the doubters wrong in the WIPL. Her score is rather saved by a brace of wickets in her final match of the week.

5. Mitchell Marsh - 110 - A modest Test against New Zealand. A modest amount of runs at a modest strike rate. One modest wicket with a decent economy. Pips into the top 5 and moves into the Top 10 overall.

Overall Top 5

1. Babar Azam - 1577 - Is facing so little pressure from those below him. His lead on second is already an intimidating 393.

2. James Vince - 1184 - A mere 93 points from three PSL matches this week sees his continued struggle to upgrade from the ILT20 league. Will soon be back in the loving embrace of Hampshire though.

3. Yashasvi Jaiswal - 1085 - A well earned rest for the Indian wunderkind. Will be back in action this week hoping to eat into the 99 point deficit between himself and second.

4. Rachin Ravindra - 934 - Ravindra's year is following a bit of a pattern. After 4 weeks of the year he was 6th, jumped at to 4th, then dropped a place a week to go to 6th again. Once more he has jumped 2 places to 4th. Will he descend straight back down again?

5. Ravindra Jadeja - Inactive this week and back in his beloved position of fifth.

Other Movers

Two modest Test scores saw improvements in the Overall List for two cricketers. Usman Khawaja move dup a place to 19th whilst Daryl Mitchell's 79 was enough for him to move up 4 places to 12th.

Ones To Watch

Both Marnus Labuschagne and Shubman Gill are in Test match action this week and have 1 point between them in 13th and 14th. Could be two very upwardly mobile players this week.

Top 3 Average Points per Active Week

1. Ravindra Jadeja - 209.25 (Down from 210.33)
2. Jos Buttler - 199.5
3. Babar Azam 184.63 (Down from 207.57)

Azam's yo-yo-ing average is on it's bottom most point once more. 188.83 three weeks ago, he improved to 207.57 last week but is now back down to 184.63.Travis Head improves his average the most, up to 102.67.

Highest scorer by Format

Long Form = Yashasvi Jaiswal = 943
One Day = Marnus Labuschagne = 152
Short Form = Babar Azam - 1508

Highest scorer by Discipline

*=New Name

Runs - Babar Azam = 907
Batting Bonus -Babar Azam - 190
Strike Rate - Babar Azam - 340

Wickets - Ravindra Jadeja - 340
Wicket Bonus - Ravindra Jadeja - 70
Economy - *Ravindra Jadeja - 310

Fielding - James Vince & *Steve Smith = 140
Fielding Bonus - Steve Smith - 20

Weekly List In Full

Rachin Ravindra 139
Babar Azam 124
Travis Head 120
Chamari Athapaththu 118
Mitchell Marsh 110
James Vince 93
Daryl Mitchell 79
Steve Smith 71
Usman Khawaja 61
Moeen Ali 53
Marnus Labuschagne 23

Harry Brook dnp
Virat Kohli dnp
Jos Buttler dnp
Phil Salt dnp
Sam Curran dnp
Simon Harmer dnp
Aaron Hardie dnp
Ravindra Jadeja dnp
Yashasvi Jaiswal dnp
Shubman Gill dnp
Glenn Maxwell dnp

Overall List

1 Babar Azam 1577
2 James Vince 1184
3 Yashasvi Jaiswal 1085
4 Rachin Ravindra 934
5 Ravindra Jadeja 837
6 Jos Buttler 798
7 Glenn Maxwell 788
8 Moeen Ali 786
9 Chamari Athapaththu 747
10 Mitchell Marsh 620
11 Travis Head 615
12 Daryl Mitchell 600
13 Marnus Labuschagne 582
14 Shubman Gill 581
15 Sam Curran 551
16 Aaron Hardie 521
17 Steve Smith 518
18 Phil Salt 443
19 Usman Khawaja 301
20 Simon Harmer 250
21 Virat Kohli 147

Mohammad Rizwan - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Weekly Top 3

1. Mohammad Rizwan - 204 - Has been in such strong form during PSL 2020 and has the final still to play. He is the last man standing of our three PSL players and has scored 359 points more than anyone else.

2. Quinton De Kock - 187 - A return to a lower ranked T20 competition will always pad out your scores and QDK has done that with his run to the CSA T20 Challenge final. This is his third successive top 5 finish.

3. Kyle Jamieson - 125 - Two wickets is not a prolific haul for the New Zealander from the first #NZvSA Test - however it is enough to sneak him into the Top 3 in this meagre week.

Overall Top 5

1. Mohammad Rizwan - 962 - Rizwan becomes the sixth person to take first place on our overall list. The last two people (Pant and Moeen) only managed it for a single week; can he double up?

2. Moeen Ali - 944 - Inactive this week and down a place to second.

3. Quinton De Kock - 891 - Three successive weeks of three figure scores has finally seen De Kock up from 5th place to third as the CSA T20 Challenge comes to a close.

4. Glenn Maxwell - 821 - Played in two formats for the first time since 2020 this week, however it was not enough to see him drop down a place to fourth.

5. Risabh Pant - 730 - Was inactive for only the second time this year but has tumbled to his lowest ever position.

Other Mover

Despite the second lowest score of the week, Hasan Ali made the biggest move up the table. His 86 points was enough to overtake our trio of England players and Moeen Ali and move him into 13th.

Ones to Watch

The forthcoming Pak v Aus series has some tantalising battles. Babar Azam is 127 points off the top 5 with Kyle Jamieson, in action against South Africa, 19 points below him. Pat Cummins is 19 points off Simon Harmer in 8th whilst there is yet another 19 point gap between Steve Smith and Hasan Ali. Finally Labuschagne is 11 points off the Top 10.

Top 3 Averages

1. Simon Harmer = 263
2. Mohammad Rizwan= 192.4 (Up from 189.5)
3. Moeen Ali = 188.8

Hasan Ali's poor PSL followed by an all rightish performance versus Peshawar Zalmi sees his average improve by 8.58 - but, at 60.25 he has the second worst average on the list. His fellow countryman Babar Azam showed the biggest decrease in his average. Down 16.15 to 120.6 points a week.

Top Players By Format

*=New Name

Long Form - *Kyle Jamieson = 584
One Day - Rishabh Pant - 396
Short Form - *Mohammad Rizwan = 962

Highest Points by Discipline

*= New Name

Runs - Mohammad Rizwan - 532
Batting Bonus - Mohammad Rizwan = 140
Strike Rate - Moeen Ali = 200

Wickets - Simon Harmer = 300
Wicket Bonus - Simon Harmer = 70
Economy - Kyle Jamieson = 230

Fielding - *Quinton De Kock = 180
Fielding Bonus - Quinton De Kock = 40

Weekly List

Mohammad Rizwan 204
Quinton De Kock 187
Kyle Jamieson 125
Glenn Maxwell 91
Hasan Ali 86
Babar Azam 56

Bhanuka Rajapaksa dnp
Kane Williamson dnp
Matt Critchley dnp
Jonny Bairstow dnp
David Warner dnp
Joe Root dnp
Ben Stokes dnp
Simon Harmer dnp
KL Rahul dnp
Moeen Ali dnp
Risabh Pant dnp
Travis Head dnp
Pat Cummins dnp
Steve Smith dnp
Marnus Labuschagne dnp


Overall List

1 Mohammad Rizwan 962
2 Moeen Ali 944
3 Quinton De Kock 891
4 Glenn Maxwell 821
5 Risabh Pant 730
6 Babar Azam 603
7 Kyle Jamieson 584
8 Simon Harmer 526
9 Pat Cummins 507
10 KL Rahul 305
11 Marnus Labuschagne 294
12 Steve Smith 260
13 Hasan Ali 241
14 Travis Head 238
15 Ben Stokes 205
16 Jonny Bairstow 194
17 Joe Root 189
18 David Warner 43