Yashasvi Jaiswal - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Normal service has resumed after last week’s stopgap with 1325 points split between 14 people.

Weekly Top 5

1. Yashasvi Jaiswal - 196 - Back with a bit of a bang after the break. All too little and too late for Rajasthan but moves himself up two places to 13th on the Overall List. It his first COTW of the year and second of all time.

2. Nicholas Pooran - 191 - 667 in the first 4 weeks of the IPL, 103 in the next 4 weeks and then back to form when it doesn't matter anymore for Lucknow.

3. Babar Azam - 170 - Must have hit the nets during the T20 franchise hiatus. Back with a huge score of 94 against Kaarachi - by some distance his most impressive score of the year. Up 3 places to 10th.

4. Suryakumar Yadav - 123 - Continues his decent IPL. In only two weeks of the tournament has he registered scores not in three figures. Moves up to 8th overall - his highest position of the year.

=5. Pathum Nissanka - 110 - Has been inactive since his domestic double hundred 6 weeks ago and scored a 50 in 21 balls for some big scoring of a different creed as the Major Clubs T20 Tournament.

=5. Jasprit Bumrah - 110 - Just the one game for the Mumbai man but got a perfect score. 3 wickets (and therefore 20 Wicket Bonus Points) and 30 points for Economy.

Overall Top 5

1. Ravindra Jadeja - 1697 - Should count himself very lucky to have got to his hat trick of weeks at Number 1. Only eleven points scored and only 7 points separating him and second place.

2. Nat Sciver-Brunt - 1690 - Back into action this week with a rather unimpressive score of 40 fieldling points. If she had contributed anything with bat or ball she would have reclaimed her hold on top spot....maybe next week.

3. Nicholas Pooran - 1624 - Finished second in the weekly scores which is enough to see him move up one place to third in the Overall List. Bit of a gap between him and 4th.

4. Jos Buttler - 1583 - A relatively fast 33 saw Jos get 73 points this week and drop back a place to 3rd. Soon to leave India and join up with England for the series against West Indie. Should bolster his scores there...depending which Buttler shows up.

5. Chamari Athapaththu - 1436 - inactive this week and moves down a place to 5th. Has Heinrich Klaasen with two matches left in him for Hyderabad breathing down her next with only 35 points of cushion.

Ones to Watch

Keep your eyes on the cluster just outside the Top 10 with 100 points separating Athapaththu, Klaasen and Liam Dawson in 5th, 6th and 7th.

Top 3 Averages

1. Nat Sciver-Brunt – 153.67 ( Down from 165)
2. Chamari Athapaththu - 143.6
3. Nicholas Pooran – 135.33 (Up from 130.27)

NSB leaked 11.36 off her average this week but still is in top spot. The largest improvement was Yahasvi Jaiswal who moves up 8.82 points to 107.82.

Top Players By Format

Red Ball - Liam Dawson - 862
One Day - Kane Williamson - 655
Short Form - Nicholas Pooran - 1624

Top Players by Discipline

* = New Name

Runs - Jos Buttler = 820
Batting Bonus Nicholas Pooran & Babar Azam = 160
Strike Rate – Nicholas Pooran = 430

Wickets - Wanindu Hasaranga = 740
Wicket Bonus - Ravindra Jadeja & Wanindu Hasaranga - 100
Economy - Liam Dawson = 360

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

Weekly List In Full

Yashasvi Jaiwal 196
Nicholas Pooran 191
Babar Azam 170
Suryakumar Yadav 123
Pathum Nissanka 110
Jasprit Bumrah 110
Saim Ayub 95
Heinrich Klaasen 77
Liam Dawson 76
Jos Buttler 73
Nat Sciver-Brunt 40
Rishabh Pant 33
Wanindu Hasaranga 20
Ravindra Jadeja 11

Kane Williamson dnp
Annabel Sutherland dnp
Adam Zampa dnp
Liam Livingstone dnp
Phil Salt dnp
Jamie Smith dnp
Harry Brook dnp
Travis Head dnp
Sam Curran dnp
Chamari Athapaththu dnp

Overall List In Full

1 Ravindra Jadeja 1697
2 Nat Sciver-Brunt 1690
3 Nicholas Pooran 1624
4 Jos Buttler 1583
5 Chamari Athapaththu 1436
6 Heinrich Klaasen 1401
7 Liam Dawson 1399
8 Suryakumar Yadav 1353
9 Wanindu Hasaranga 1259
10 Babar Azam 1232
11 Sam Curran 1211
12 Annabel Sutherland 1197
13 Yashasvi Jaiwal 1186
14 Phil Salt 1163
15 Kane Williamson 1038
16 Travis Head 930
17 Pathum Nissanka 724
18 Liam Livingstone 603
19 Jasprit Bumrah 592
20 Adam Zampa 578
21 Rishabh Pant 500
22 Saim Ayub 434
23 Jamie Smith 372
24 Harry Brook 361

Nat Sciver-Brunt - The Best Cricketer of the Week....again

 

The calm before the storm as only 241 points were split between 5 players before the IPL starts next week. More of a round-up than a list this week.

Weekly Top 5

1. Nat Sciver- Brunt - 130 - NSB has top scored in 4 of the 11 weeks of 2025 so far. This week she enters the Top 10 for most Cricketers of the Week alongside the likes of Steve Smith and Pat Cummins who took 3 and two years respectively to reach that number.

=2. Babar Azam - Scored 22 at a sufficient enough lick to get Strike Rate point this week for Lahore Blues vs Karachi Whites in an All-Pakistan Knockabout

=2. Annabel Sutherland - 42 - Had a bit of a inverse Sciver-Brunt in the WIPL. Had a great Ashes series and a then a tepid time in India. Just the one wicket and 2 runs in her final outing before getting 0 in a T20 against New Zealand on Friday morning.

4. Chamari Athapaththu - 23 - Just 23 runs and then a washout for Athapaththu to end the series in New Zealand. Quite the downfall from 219 points last week.

5. Pathum Nissanka - 4 - Not often that 4 points gets you in the Top 5 for the week but here we are. The Sri Lankan is having a categorical stinker after such a profligate 2025.

Overall Top 5

1. Nat Sciver-Brunt - 1650 - Swells her lead to 598 but is going to have to sit out for a little while now until the start of the English County games start up.

2. Chamari Athapaththu - 1052 - Only 23 points this week but it served enough to see her move up a place to second. Hard to see where her next cricket comes from, however.

3. Kane Williamson - 1038 - Inactive this week and down to third. Would usually be gearing up for IPL action but is now having to wait until mid April to make his PSL bow for Karachi.

4. Ravindra Jadeja - 1007 - Inactive this week and holds fourth. Is about to join back up with Chennai where he could be the first ever player to score 3000 runs and get 150 wickets in the IPL.

5. Sam Curran - 997 - Inactive again this week. He has made no secret of the fact that he wants to make a big impression for Chennai to force his way back into the England team....potentially as captain???

Top 3 Averages

1. Sam Curran = 199.4
2. Nicholas Pooran = 165.75
3. Nat Sciver-Brunt - 165 (Down from 168.89)

In a week where all 5 players' averages dropped, Athapaththu's descent by 21.21 was the most eye-watering.

Top Players By Format

Red Ball - Ravindra Jadeja - 488
One Day - Kane Williamson - 655
Short Form - Nat Sciver-Brunt = 1306

Top Players by Discipline


Runs - Nat Sciver-Brunt = 750
Batting Bonus - Nat Sciver-Brunt + Kane Williamson = 140
Strike Rate - Nat Sciver-Brunt = 300

Wickets - Wanindu Hasaranga = 500
Wicket Bonus - Ravindra Jadeja - 100
Economy - Ravindra Jadeja = 250

Fielding - Phil Salt = 170
Fielding Bonus -Phil Salt - 20

Weekly List In Full

Nat Sciver-Brunt 130
Babar Azam 42
Annabel Sutherland 42
Chamari Athapaththu 23
Pathum Nissanka 4

Jasprit Bumrah dnp
Saim Ayub dnp
Rishabh Pant dnp
Nicholas Pooran dnp
Yashavi Jaiwal dnp
Wanindu Hasaranga dnp
Sam Curran dnp
Liam Dawson dnp
Suryakumar Yadav dnp
Heinrich Klaasen dnp
Travis Head dnp
Adam Zampa dnp
Jos Buttler dnp
Harry Brook dnp
Liam Livingstone dnp
Phil Salt dnp
Jamie Smith dnp
Ravindra Jadeja dnp
Kane Williamson dnp

Overall List In Full

Nat Sciver-Brunt 1650
Chamari Athapaththu 1052
Kane Williamson 1038
Ravindra Jadeja 1007
Sam Curran 997
Wanindu Hasaranga 980
Annabel Sutherland 913
Nicholas Pooran 663
Phil Salt 654
Heinrich Klaasen 653
Jos Buttler 570
Adam Zampa 538
Liam Dawson 537
Babar Azam 515
Travis Head 419
Liam Livingstone 406
Harry Brook 288
Suryakumar Yadav 250
Pathum Nissanka 232
Rishabh Pant 209
Jasprit Bumrah 112
Yashavi Jaiwal 102
Jamie Smith 82
Saim Ayub 0

Babar Azam - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Overall points scored this week are back in the 1000+ category - but player points are reasonably modest. For the second week in a row nobody has beaten their personal best score for the year.

Weekly Top 5

1. Babar Azam - 270 - Absolutely loves his home T20 competition. He has 163 more runs than anyone else in the PSL and has accrued 954 points in the 4 weeks of the competition.

2. Mitchell Marsh - 170 - Has had a poor start to the year, but produces one decent innings and finishes in silver medal place for the week - 60 economy points from 9 overs of bowling isn't to be sniffed at either.

3. Shubman Gill - 150 - One final century in a decent series against England. He scored 622 points across the 5 Tests. Now a week off and on to the IPL.

4. Marnus Labuschagne - 126 - Shook off a pretty miserable run of form and struck a score of 90. His 126 is the first score of 100+ he has managed in the last 6 active weeks.

5. Ravindra Jadeja - 106 - Always a banker to score 100+ points whenever he plays. Was a relatively quiet final test for Jadeja but will have plenty in his locker ready for the IPL.

Overall Top 5

1. Babar Azam - 1847 - Has an almost obscene 663 point lead on second place....however his Peshawar Zalmi team are now out of the PSL and is seemingly inactive until mid-April.

2. James Vince - 1184 - Finishes the PSL strongly and will now join up with Hampshire. Will spend a bit of time away from the game whilst the chasing pack will be filling their boots on the IPL circuit. Will be out of the Top 5 by the time the County Championship starts.

3. Yashasvi Jaiswal - 1182 - One last half century for Jaiswal in what has been a landmark series for the young man. Finished a mere 2 points off second place having started the series in 12th place.

4. Rachin Ravindra - 1040 - Continues to perform well with the bat for New Zealand and is the fourth player to breach the thousand point mark. His next challenge is to see if he can corner the market in the IPL. If so then we have a true superstar on our hands.

5. Ravindra Jadeja - 952 - Comfortably 5th place for the second week in a row. The hap between himself and Jos Buttler in 6th is the second biggest of any in the List (154).

Other Mover

Aaron Hardie's 62 points in the Sheffield Shield seems modest but was enough for him to arrest his descent down the list and move into 15th.

Top 3 Average Points per Active Week

1. Babar Azam - 205.22 (Up from 184.63)
2. Jos Buttler - 199.5
3. Ravindra Jadeja - 190.4 (Down from 209.25)

Babar Azam is back up to an average of 200+ after another decent week. Chamari Athapaththu has another poor week and loses 19.9 points and now scores 129.5 points a week

Highest scorer by Format

Long Form = Yashasvi Jaiswal = 1040
One Day = Marnus Labuschagne = 152
Short Form = Babar Azam - 1778

Highest scorer by Discipline

*=New Name

Runs - Babar Azam = 1057
Batting Bonus -Babar Azam - 230
Strike Rate - Babar Azam - 410

Wickets - Ravindra Jadeja - 380
Wicket Bonus - Ravindra Jadeja - 70
Economy - *Ravindra Jadeja - 310

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

Weekly List In Full

Babar Azam 270
Mitchell Marsh 170
Shubman Gill 150
Marnus Labuschagne 126
Ravindra Jadeja 115
Rachin Ravindra 106
Yashasvi Jaiswal 97
James Vince 93
Daryl Mitchell 92
Aaron Hardie 62
Travis Head 59
Usman Khawaja 37
Chamari Athapaththu 30
Steve Smith 20

Harry Brook dnp
Virat Kohli dnp
Jos Buttler dnp
Phil Salt dnp
Sam Curran dnp
Simon Harmer dnp
Glenn Maxwell dnp
Moeen Ali dnp

Full List

1 Babar Azam 1847
2 James Vince 1184
3 Yashasvi Jaiswal 1182
4 Rachin Ravindra 1040
5 Ravindra Jadeja 952
6 Jos Buttler 798
7 Mitchell Marsh 790
8 Glenn Maxwell 788
9 Moeen Ali 786
10 Chamari Athapaththu 777
11 Shubman Gill 731
12 Marnus Labuschagne 708
13 Travis Head 674
14 Daryl Mitchell 618
15 Aaron Hardie 583
16 Sam Curran 551
17 Steve Smith 518
18 Phil Salt 463
19 Usman Khawaja 338
20 Simon Harmer 250
21 Virat Kohli 147