Liam Livingstone - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Weekly Top 5

1. Liam Livingstone - 221 - The Lancashire man is ploughing the franchise furrow very well this winter, taking in his second franchise tournament of (I believe) four he will play before next Summer. This marks his first ever Cricketer of the Week.

2. Nat Sciver-Brunt - 212- Is proving the lynchpin to Hobart's very successful WBBL. Could have got even more if it were not for Friday's wash out against Adelaide.

3. Suryakumar Yadav - 163 - A decent score for SKY this week but he might have hoped for more seeming as he played three matches against quite mixed bowling attacks in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.

4. Phil Salt - 149 - 256 runs across the competition has really helped Phil Salt's figures this year.....just as it did last time out. He moves into 6th place overall.

5. Pathum Nissanka - 142 - A disappointing score in the final of the T20 tri-series against Pakistan was soon dispelled with a match winning knock of 81 for the Gulf in his first game of the ILT20.

Overall Top 5

1. Sam Curran - 4303 - Not the most electric return to action for our top player as he bagged 37 points in his first game of the ILT20. He needs a performance soon as the gap is now less than 100 between him and second.

2. Nat Sciver-Brunt - 4219 - Zoning in on top spot but you feel like there might not be enough games for her left this year to claim that place in 26 days.

3. Ravindra Jadeja - 3926 - After spending 6 weeks in 5th, he has decided to skip 4th entirely and instead launch himself into the Top 3 courtesy of two OK performances against South Africa.

4. Jos Buttler- 3912 - Not much to report except inactive and down to 4th.

5. Liam Dawson - 3887 - A disappointing Abu Dhabi T10 has merged into a similarly insipid start to the ILT20 for Dawson......however he keeps on turning out. No player has featured more in 2025.

Other Movers

In one of those weird quirks, just 45 runs sees Athapaththu move up 3 places; over-taking the inactive Jamie Smith and Heinrich Klaasen and joining fellow Sri Lankan Hasaranga on 2462.

Top 3 Averages

1. Sam Curran - 143.43 (Down from 147.1)
2. Ravindra Jadeja = 140.3 (Down from 141.11)
3. Annabel Sutherland - 138.4 (Up from 138.38)

For the second week in a row Athapaththu leaks the most points. She has now shaved 12.61 off her average over the last two weeks and currently has 129.63 per week.Liam Livingstone is up the most - +5.53 to 91.92.

Top Players By Format

* = New Name

Red Ball -Ravindra Jadeja= 2529
One Day - Nat Sciver Brunt = 1484
Short Form - *Nicholas Pooran = 3432

Top Players by Discipline

* = New Name

Runs - * Nat Sciver-Brunt = 1989
Batting Bonus - Nat Sciver-Brunt = 430
Strike Rate – Jos Buttler = 960

Wickets - Liam Dawson - 1620
Wicket Bonus - Ravindra Jadeja = 200
Economy - Ravindra Jadeja = 740

Fielding - Jos Buttler = 600
Fielding Bonus - Jos Buttler & Phil Salt – 40

Weekly List In Full

Liam Livingstone 221
Nat Sciver-Brunt 212
Suryakumar Yadav 163
Phil Salt 149
Pathum Nissanka 142
Annabel Sutherland 139
Nicholas Pooran 135
Ravindra Jadeja 116
Babar Azam 97
Saim Ayub 96
Yashasvi Jaiwal 50
Chamari Athapaththu 45
Liam Dawson 40
Sam Curran 37
Wanindu Hasaranga 25
Kane Williamson 20

Adam Zampa dnp
Jos Buttler dnp
Travis Head dnp
Heinrich Klaasen dnp
Jasprit Bumrah dnp
Harry Brook dnp
Jamie Smith dnp
Rishabh Pant dnp

Overall List In Full

1 Sam Curran 4303
2 Nat Sciver-Brunt 4219
3 Ravindra Jadeja 3926
4 Jos Buttler 3912
5 Liam Dawson 3887
6 Phil Salt 3469
7 Annabel Sutherland 3460
8 Nicholas Pooran 3432
9 Pathum Nissanka 2837
10 Harry Brook 2830
11 Yashasvi Jaiwal 2817
12 Saim Ayub 2788
13 Kane Williamson 2586
14 Wanindu Hasaranga 2463
14 Chamari Athapaththu 2463
16 Heinrich Klaasen 2434
17 Jamie Smith 2433
18 Liam Livingstone 2298
19 Travis Head 2231
20 Suryakumar Yadav 2209
21 Babar Azam 2148
22 Jasprit Bumrah 1958
23 Rishabh Pant 1852
24 Adam Zampa 1558

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

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