Moeen Ali - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Weekly Top 5

1. Moeen Ali - 253 - There's been a lot of chat about the T20 Franchise carousel this week and Moeen Ali is certain one of the horses that benefits the most from it. Straight from the SA20 to BPL 2024 and right back in the thick of the points.

2. Glenn Maxwell - 242 - Brought back echoes of his huge World Cup knock this week with a scorching 55 ball 120 in the 2nd T20 versus West Indies. His highest score of 2024 sees him move up to 6th in the Overall List...and 10 points off 4th.

3. Rachin Ravindra - 209 - Fresh off his huge score in the first Test, RR doubles up with a very different but similarly eye-catching performance in the second. This time it was with the ball that he most impressed - picking up three quarters of his points with ball in hand.

4. James Vince - 208 - Refuses to stop scoring runs. Played 3 T20 games this week and got 50s in two of them (admittedly slightly blotted his copy book with a duck in the other one). He is now straight on the plane to Karachi to continue his world tour in PSL 2024.

5. Phil Salt - 146 - The step down from a second tier T20 competition (SA20) to a fourth tier one (ILT20) sees Phil Salt score his highest score to date. The fact that is only in the mid hundreds tells a tale of it's own - however he moves up the Overall List to 14th.

Overall Top 5

1. James Vince - 963 - The top run scorer from the ILT20 league also takes control of the Overall List this week. Is ,perhaps, a surprise candidate to be our first player to tick over to a thousand points but here we are. Now onto the PSL.

2. Babar Azam - 893 - Inactive this week but Babar has made an absolute killing in the PSL in previous years. Just 70 points separates him from top spot so he could be back on the top of the tree very shortly.

3. Jos Buttler - 798 - Inactive this week and, from what I can see, for many more weeks to come. How far will Buttler fall?

4. Rachin Ravindra - 667 - Was in bottom spot a fortnight ago and in two great leaps is now up there at the top table. Can he now perform in the T20 series against Australia to really mark his card as an all format cricketer?

5. Moeen Ali - 662 - Top scores for the week and moves up 7(!!) places to make his debut in the Top 5....however it is very close with Glenn Maxwell just 5 points below him and Jaiswal another 6 points below that.

Other Movers

Two Aussies, in the form of Labuschagne & Marsh, score two similarly modest scores (94 & 86) but both move up 3 places to 17th and 10th respectively.

Top 3 Average Points per Active Week

1. Jos Buttler - 199.5
2. Babar Azam - 178.6
3. Rachin Ravindra - 166.75 (Up from 152.67)

Moeen Ali's average went from being OK (102.25) to very good (132.4) largely thanks to his one performance against Chattogram. Aaron Hardie's post-BBL malaise continues as he drops 5.1 points and is down to 66.57 a week - the third worst average of anyone.

Highest scorer by Format

* = New Name

Long Form = *Rachin Ravindra = 621
One Day = *Marnus Labuschagne = 152
Short Form = *James Vince = 963

Highest scorer by Discipline

*=New Name

Runs - Babar Azam = 513
Batting Bonus -*James Vince = 120
Strike Rate - *James Vince = 200

Wickets - *Moeen Ali = 220
Wicket Bonus - Chamari Athapaththu & Simon Harmer & Ravindra Jadeja & *Moeen Ali & *Rachin Ravindra - 20
Economy - Rachin Ravindra = 120

Fielding - *James Vince = 140
Fielding Bonus - Yashasvi Jaiswal & James Vince & Glenn Maxwell & Jos Buttler & Steve Smith & *Babar Azam & *Phil Salt & *Shubman Gill = 10

Weekly Scores in Full

Moeen Ali 253
Glenn Maxwell 242
Rachin Ravindra 209
James Vince 208
Phil Salt 146
Sam Curran 114
Marnus Labuschagne 94
Mitchell Marsh 86
Aaron Hardie 36
Simon Harmer 30

Harry Brook dnp
Virat Kohli dnp
Chamari Athapaththu dnp
Ravindra Jadeja dnp
Usman Khawaja dnp
Travis Head dnp
Yashasvi Jaiswal dnp
Shubman Gill dnp
Jos Buttler dnp
Babar Azam dnp
Daryl Mitchell dnp
Steve Smith dnp


Overall Scores

Player Points
1 James Vince 963
2 Babar Azam 893
3 Jos Buttler 798
4 Rachin Ravindra 667
5 Moeen Ali 662
6 Glenn Maxwell 657
7 Yashasvi Jaiswal 651
8 Chamari Athapaththu 629
9 Sam Curran 551
10 Marnus Labuschagne 476
11 Aaron Hardie 466
12 Daryl Mitchell 447
13 Steve Smith 422
14 Phil Salt 422
15 Shubman Gill 350
16 Travis Head 303
17 Mitchell Marsh 292
18 Ravindra Jadeja 279
19 Simon Harmer 250
20 Usman Khawaja 240
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

Ravichandran Ashwin - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Weekly Update

Only enough cricket this week for a top 3.

1. Ravichandaran Ashwin - 290 - A return to test cricket for Ashwin is a return to big hauls of points. Moves up to 7th in the Overall List.

2. Simon Harmer - 128 - Rain hampered Harmer from getting any more than 128 points this week. The Harmer train continues to rumble on though.

3. Moeen Ali - 118 - Despite Moeen's best efforts, his Northern Warriors side was knocked out of the Abu Dhabi T10 league prematurely meaning his points are down on last weeks table topping performance.

Overall Top 5

1. Simon Harmer - 5201 - 6 weeks ago Harmer had a 2 point lead at the top of the table, his 4-Day Franchise campaign has seen that up to 279 with only 4 more updates left until the end of the year.

2. Marnus Labuschagne - 4922 - Only 41 points this week from a Marsh Cup game. It is safe to say that Marnus will either finish first or second as he now holds a 809 point gap on third place.

3. Babar Azam - 4113 - test playing Babar is nowhere near white ball Babar in terms of impact. Azam has only scored 11.18% of his points in the longest form this year. Just 23 points for him this week but he remains third.

4. Moeen Ali - 3953 - Frowned upon by many but Moeen can credit the Abu Dhabi T10 league as the main reason why he has moved into 4th place. He has picked up 519 points across the 12 games and improved his SR points to the tune of 210.

5. Joe Root - 3614 - patiently waiting his turn but may find things a bit difficult. Is 339 points behind 4th and 499 behind third. Needs a big Ashes.

Ones to Watch

Virat Kohli is not doing hugely well in the ongoing Test but has just 3 points to overtake Peter Handscomb in 11th however both Handscomb and Maxwell are in BBL action this week.

Highest Players by Format

Long Form - Simon Harmer - 3326
50 Over - Simon Harmer - 954
T20 - Babar Azam - 3068

Top 3 Averages

1. Simon Harmer - 185.75 (Down from 187.89)
2. Marnus Labuschagne - 182.3 (Down from 187.73)
3. Joe Root - 157.13

Marnus' poor week has seen him fall away from Harmer as we reach the end. Ravichandran Ashwin's return to Test has reversed his rapidly descending average to the tune of 8.01 to the good.

Highest Points by Discipline

Runs - Marnus Labuschagne - 2542
Batting Bonus - Babar Azam - 570
Strike Rate - Moeen Ali - 890

Wickets = Simon Harmer= 2320
Wicket Bonus - Simon Harmer - 440
Economy - Simon Harmer - 1220

Fielding – Quinton De Kock – 660
Fielding Bonus - Quinton De Kock - 100

Weekly

Ravichandran Ashwin 290
Simon Harmer 128
Moeen Ali 118
Kane Williamson 42
Marnus Labuschagne 41
Babar Azam 23


Dawid Malan dnp
Jasprit Bumrah dnp
Quinton De Kock dnp
Nicholas Pooran dnp
Virat Kohli dnp
David Warner dnp
Glenn Maxwell dnp
Steve Smith dnp
Peter Siddle dnp
Peter Handscomb dnp
Joe Root dnp
Ben Stokes dnp

Overall

Simon Harmer 5201
Marnus Labuschagne 4922
Babar Azam 4113
Moeen Ali 3953
Joe Root 3614
Quinton De Kock 3177
Ravichandran Ashwin 2771
Nicholas Pooran 2639
Peter Siddle 2410
Dawid Malan 2235
Peter Handscomb 2169
Virat Kohli 2121
Glenn Maxwell 2118
Jasprit Bumrah 2093
Ben Stokes 1765
Kane Williamson 1763
Steve Smith 1449
David Warner 1354