Jos Buttler - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Weekly Top 5

1. Jos Buttler - 227 - Excelled in two short England games this week; one short because of ineptitude and one because of the weather, however he showed impactful batting in both. This is his 6th Cricketer of the Week; two more than anyone else on the List.

2. Chamari Athapaththu - 203 - Has been challenging last year's maxim that she plays huge when she does play but doesn't play very much. This is only her 11th wicket of cricket but gets 203 courtesy of an incredible bowling performance against Trinbago

3. Liam Livingstone - 195 - Returned to the Lancashire side for a rare outing to rocket propel them into T20 Finals day with a match winning 85 against Kent.

4. Yashasvi Jaiswal - 138 - A return to cricket after the England Test series with a losing appearance for West Zone in the Duleep Trophy. Scored just 4 in the first innings but followed it up with a half century in the second dig.

5. Jamie Smith - 102 - Is going to be rested for the rest of the White Ball Summer but made the most of his final foray with a 62 against South Africa in the final ODI.

Overall Top 5

1. Sam Curran - 4051 - A literal damp squib for Curran's return to the England set up as he garners only 30 points from the shambolic first T20i against South Africa. More to come.

2. Jos Buttler - His top scoring week moves him back up a place to second.

3. Liam Dawson - 3503 - Bit parts in two games this week but only 21 points and down a place to third. There is, however, a huge gap between him and fourth place - 537 points is the largest gap of any point in the List.

4. Nat Sciver-Brunt - Inactive again this week and lucky that so many just below her were wither inactive too or having stinkers.

5. Ravindra Jadeja - 2804 - Inactive again and Pooran's score of just 13 in the CPL means that his lead on sixth place is still 47 points.

Ones To Watch

Saim Ayub only got 47 points this week but the long time bottom spot player is on the up and up. he is 7 points from 19th and only 400 separate him from 15th.

Top 3 Averages

1. Sam Curran - 162.04 (Down from 167.54)
2. Chamari Athapaththu - 149 ( Up from 143.6)
3. Nat Sciver-Brunt – 141.24

Athapaththu moves up the most this week whilst Jasprit Bumrah's swing from red ball to white ball cricket sees him drop by 5.84 points to 15th.

Top Players By Format

Red Ball - Liam Dawson - 1652
One Day - Nat Sciver Brunt = 656
Short Form - Sam Curran = 3194

Top Players by Discipline

* = New Name

Runs - Jos Buttler = 1786
Batting Bonus - Nat Sciver-Brunt = 330
Strike Rate – Jos Buttler = 880

Wickets - Liam Dawson - 1400
Wicket Bonus - Liam Dawson = 170
Economy - Liam Dawson = 650

Fielding - Jos Buttler = 530
Fielding Bonus - *Jos Buttler & Phil Salt – 40

Weekly List in Full

Jos Buttler 227
Chamari Athapaththu 203
Liam Livingstone 195
Yashasvi Jaiwal 138
Jamie Smith 102
Saim Ayub 47
Sam Curran 30
Harry Brook 23
Liam Dawson 21
Jasprit Bumrah 20
Suryakumar Yadav 17
Phil Salt 13
Nicholas Pooran 13

Wanindu Hasaranga dnp
Rishabh Pant dnp
Ravindra Jadeja dnp
Babar Azam dnp
Travis Head dnp
Kane Williamson dnp
Nat Sciver-Brunt dnp
Heinrich Klaasen dnp
Pathum Nissanka dnp
Annabel Sutherland dnp
Adam Zampa dnp

Overall List In Full

1 Sam Curran 4051
2 Jos Buttler 3556
3 Liam Dawson 3503
4 Nat Sciver-Brunt 2966
5 Ravindra Jadeja 2804
6 Nicholas Pooran 2757
7 Kane Williamson 2525
8 Phil Salt 2389
9 Harry Brook 2223
10 Heinrich Klaasen 2214
11 Jamie Smith 2112
12 Annabel Sutherland 2053
13 Yashasvi Jaiwal 2042
14 Pathum Nissanka 1994
15 Liam Livingstone 1770
16 Travis Head 1758
17 Wanindu Hasaranga 1696
18 Chamari Athapaththu 1639
19 Suryakumar Yadav 1624
20 Rishabh Pant 1377
21 Saim Ayub 1370
22 Babar Azam 1308
23 Adam Zampa 1272
24 Jasprit Bumrah 1171

Marnus Labuschagne - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

This week marks the start of the T20 World Cup....not that you would know it. The average points scored by all active players per week is 1324. This week only 459 points were scored.

We will only do a Top 3 this week because if we did a top 5 we would have to include Jadeja and Mitch Marsh who scored 14 points.

Weekly Top 3

1. Marnus Labuschagne - 198 - Our underwhelming list this week is topped by Labuschagne who has had an underwhelming year. Even his score of 198 seems tainted by the fact that he played 3 T20 Blast games and flopped in 2 of them.

2. Babar Azam - 64 - Pulled a Kohli this week; impressing individually whilst being in a trainwreck of a team. 44 runs with 20 Strike Rate points will not make up for a loss to America in the World Cup.

3. James Vince - 55 - Vince started the year with some stellar showings in the BBL and the ILT20....but can't reproduce that in the T20 Blast. 35 runs with 20 Strike Rate Points against Kent sees him finish third for the week.

Overall Top 5

1. Babar Azam - 2521 - Finished second for the week and edges his lead over half a thousand points again. This is his 16th week in first place.

2. Chamari Athapaththu - 1989 - Inactive for a month but still manages to keep a hold of the second place berth she has now been in for 5 weeks.

3. Yashasvi Jaiswal - 1962 - Unselected in India's victory over Ireland and unused in their warm-up game against Bangladesh. Still keeps hold of 3rd place for a 5th Week.

4. James Vince - 1787 - Continues to impress this year despite modest scores since his return to England. This is his second week in 4th spot.

5. Ravindra Jadeja - 14 - Just 14 points in India's opening victory against Ireland but no score board pressure from below him. Buttler is 103 below him.

Ones To Watch

The narrowest gap is between Daryl Mitchell and Simon Harmer in 13th and 14th. Just 12 points between two players competing in two very different T20 competitions.

Weekly Scores in Full

Marnus Labuschagne 198
Babar Azam 64
James Vince 55
Simon Harmer 26
Ravindra Jadeja 14
Mitchell Marsh 14
Travis Head 12
Virat Kohli 11
Glenn Maxwell 10
Yashasvi Jaiswal 0

Usman Khawaja dnp
Steve Smith dnp
Aaron Hardie dnp
Chamari Athapaththu dnp
Shubman Gill dnp
Sam Curran dnp
Daryl Mitchell dnp
Jos Buttler dnp
Phil Salt dnp
Moeen Ali dnp
Harry Brook dnp
Rachin Ravindra dnp

Overall Scores in Full

1 Babar Azam 2521
2 Chamari Athapaththu 1989
3 Yashasvi Jaiswal 1962
4 James Vince 1787
5 Ravindra Jadeja 1723
6 Jos Buttler 1620
7 Travis Head 1579
8 Rachin Ravindra 1542
9 Virat Kohli 1499
10 Phil Salt 1445
11 Sam Curran 1421
12 Shubman Gill 1387
13 Daryl Mitchell 1296
14 Simon Harmer 1284
15 Marnus Labuschagne 1149
16 Moeen Ali 1128
17 Glenn Maxwell 1030
18 Mitchell Marsh 967
19 Aaron Hardie 690
20 Harry Brook 616
21 Steve Smith 538
22 Usman Khawaja 338


Top Three Averages

1. Babar Azam - 168.07 (Down from 173.5)
2. Chamari Athapaththu - 165.75
3. Virat Kohli - 124.92 (Down from 135.27)

Virat Kohli's poor score sees his average drop the most, down 10.35. Marnus' winning week sees him up by 9.35 - he is the only player to improve his average this week.

Highest scorer by Format

Long Form = Yashasvi Jaiswal = 943
One Day = Chamari Athapaththu = 366
Short Form = Babar Azam - 2472

Highest scorer by Discipline

Runs - Babar Azam = 1451
Batting Bonus -Babar Azam - 290
Strike Rate - Babar Azam - 580

Wickets - Ravindra Jadeja - 540
Wicket Bonus - Ravindra Jadeja - 110
Economy - *Simon Harmer - 350

Fielding – Phil Salt = 250
Fielding Bonus - Jos Buttler, Steve Smith & Phil Salt- 20

Simon Harmer - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 Weekly Top 5

1. Simon Harmer - 307 - Like the twinkling of an ice cream man's chimes lilting across a meadow on a warm afternoon, Harmer registering a huge score means the Summer has really started. Took longer than we thought but is back in the top spot once more.

2. Marnus Labuschagne - 174 - Back from 10 (!!!) weeks in the wilderness but straight in at second place courtesy of a century in his second innings century against Middlesex.

3. Virat Kohli - 150 - Two games for Kohli this week, the last of which led to Bengaluru's elimination from the competition. He has scored 1341 points across the IPL season. To put that into comparison the second highest point scorer was Phil Salt with 426 fewer.

4. Rachin Ravindra - 111 - Looked like he was going to take the IPL by storm with 223 points in his first week....however this score is his second highest in that time. In the intervening weeks he averaged just 24.

5. James Vince - 92 - Has yet to convert his white ball prowess back into red ball form, however his 36 & 6 against Nottinghamshire somehow sees him nab 5th place this week.

Overall Top 5

1. Babar Azam - 2359 - Only inactive this week courtesy of the Birmingham rain. Will be undoubtably back in the points next week.

2. Chamari Athapaththu - 1989 - Continues her inactive spell. Has almost seen off the threat of the IPL boys behind her. How long can she keep her spot?

3. Yashasvi Jaiswal - 1878 - A decent score of 45 at a decent lick sees Jaiswal hold third place for a third week. A decent run in could see him up to second by next week.

4. Ravindra Jadeja - 1709 - Finished the IPL strongly with a final score of 72 against Bengaluru. Wasn't enough to see them progress in the competition though.

5. James Vince - 1611 - Vince has Travis Head's abandonment of form to thank for his return into the Top 5. 0 from two games from the Aussie was trumped by the Hampshire man's score of 92 this week.

Ones To Watch

A back in form Simon Harmer is in action versus Kent this week whilst Moeen will be back in international colours this week. Just 7 points separate them in 13th and 14th.

Top 3 Average Points per Active Week

1. Babar Azam -181.46 (Up from 176.42)
2. Chamari Athapaththu - 165.75
3. Virat Kohli - 135.27 (Up from 133.8)

Obviously Travis Head's score of 0 has seen him descent the most, to the tune of -7.46. Meanwhile Harmer remembering how to bowl again improves his average by 21.05 - up to 96.45.

Highest scorer by Format

Long Form = Yashasvi Jaiswal = 943
One Day = Chamari Athapaththu = 366
Short Form = Babar Azam - 2290

Highest scorer by Discipline

Runs - Babar Azam = 1339
Batting Bonus -Babar Azam - 290
Strike Rate - Babar Azam - 530

Wickets - Ravindra Jadeja - 540
Wicket Bonus - Ravindra Jadeja - 110
Economy - Ravindra Jadeja - 270

Fielding – Phil Salt = 230
Fielding Bonus - Steve Smith & Phil Salt- 20

Ravindra Jadeja - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Weekly Top 5

1. Ravindra Jadeja - 217 - Jadeja snaffled a double tonne of points without really breaking sweat in India's comprehensive First Test victory over West Indies to end his month long inactive spell.

2. Devon Conway - 154 - Conway more than made up for his 0 point game against Washington with 77 from 55 and three contributions with the gloves in the game against New York.

3. Marco Jansen - 122 - is back scoring points again after a break of 2 months....but this score represents his total from 3 games of MLC cricket so is on the more disappointing end of the spectrum.

4. Rashid Khan- 79 - I can comfortably say that few players in the history of cricket have played a match in Sylhet and a match in Dallas in the same week but that just typifies modern cricket and Rashid Khan's life. Expect more pyrotechnics in coming weeks of the MLC from Rashid

5. Shakib Al Hasan - 78 - A much more meagre return from Shakib this week but still just tips into the Top 5. Is about to join up with the Montreal Tigers in the Global T20 Canada League...you would suspect he will do some real damage there.

Weekly Update

1. Shubman Gill - 3037 - The 36 points he scored in the First Test against the West Indies were disapointing but allows him to hold onto first place. His lead is just 30 now.

2. Shakib Al Hasan - 3007 - It took Shakib just two weeks from his return to cricket to surge from 6th place back up to 2nd. With the....perhaps....slightly less rigorous standard of the Global T20 Canada competition, he may well be back up to top next week.

3. Jos Buttler - Inactive this week and down a spot to third. The Hundred is next for him. 

4. Simon Harmer - 2950 - Could not polish off Kent soon enough to be included in this week's update so remains in fourth with the 71 points he got in his two outings on T20 Blast Finals Day.

5. Sam Curran - 2870 - Only 25 points in a disappointing T20 Finals Day for Surrey and their captain. Has Rashid Khan breathing down his neck.

Ones to Watch

The Top 5 is in a massive state of flux at the moment. There are only 247 points between 1st and 7th and everyone in that mix will play over the next week with the exception of Buttler and Curran.

Top 3 Averages

1. Shakib Al Hasan - 176.88 (Down from 183.06)
2. Ravindra Jadeja - 164.12 (Up from 160.81)
3. Pat Cummins - 161.43

Shubman Gill's average takes the biggest tumble - down 6.88 to 159.84 - and he moves out of the overall Top 3. Jadeja's average improves the most - up 3.31 points to 164.12 - and he replaces Gill in second place.

Points By Format

Long Form - Simon Harmer = 2083
One Day - Shakib Al Hasan = 1248
Short Form = Rashid Khan = 2692

Points By Discipline

Runs - Shubman Gill = 1917
Batting Bonus - Shubman Gill = 360
Strike Rate - Jos Buttler = 600

Wickets - Rashid Khan = 1380
Wicket Bonus - Simon Harmer & *Ravindra Jadeja = 210
Economy - Simon Harmer = 580

Fielding - Jos Buttler = 450
Fielding Bonus - Jonny Bairstow = 60

Weekly List In Full

Ravindra Jadeja 217
Devon Conway 154
Marco Jansen 122
Rashid Khan 79
Shakib Al Hasan 78
Babar Azam 77
Simon Harmer 71
Suryakumar Yadav 42
Shubman Gill 36
Sam Curran 25

Rishabh Pant dnp
Hardik Pandya dnp
Cam Green dnp
Pat Cummins dnp
Harry Brook dnp
Moeen Ali dnp
Jos Buttler dnp
Jonny Bairstow dnp
Usman Khawaja dnp
David Warner dnp

Overall List

Rank Player Points
1 Shubman Gill 3037
2 Shakib Al Hasan 3007
3 Jos Buttler 2976
4 Simon Harmer 2950
5 Sam Curran 2870
6 Rashid Khan 2850
7 Ravindra Jadeja 2790
8 Devon Conway 2526
9 Suryakumar Yadav 1920
10 Babar Azam 1894
11 Hardik Pandya 1795
12 Marco Jansen 1684
13 Moeen Ali 1640
14 Cam Green 1574
15 Usman Khawaja 1510
16 Harry Brook 1461
17 David Warner 1409
18 Pat Cummins 1130
19 Jonny Bairstow 581