Chamari Athapaththu - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Well here we are again...and what a busy one it is. 14 players have played already this year with 1331 points accrued; that is 806 than Week 1 of 2024.

Top 5 after Week 1

1. Chamari Athapaththu - 261 - Led the way for 17 weeks of 2024 and, just like last year, opens her tally with a Weekly high courtesy of dominating the Women's Super Smash in New Zealand. Her late addition to the competition cost her last year's top prize; she was just 41 points behind Vince.

2. Babar Azam - 189 - Desperate to put some of the negativity of 2024 behind him, Azam has started 2025 brightly...albeit you cannot say the same for his team. 139 runs across the two innings in their Test loss to South Africa is enough to see him second place.

3. Wanindu Hasaranga - 186 - Our highest scoring debutant on the List for 2025 is one of our new Sri Lankans. Having said that, the allrounder played one T20 and two ODIs so 186 ( 62 points per game) does seem a little on the disappointing side.

4. Rishabh Pant - 181 - Returns to the List after a year today and takes 4th place courtesy of his best performance in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. It was too little too late for India but could it be the start of a big year for Pant?

5. Adam Zampa - 123 - A good start to his time on the List for the enigmatic spinner. Having only got 3 wickets in the BBL to date he added a further 5 in the 3 games he has played since the start of the year. A rapid turnaround in form.

Top Players By Format

Red Ball - Babar Azam - 189
One Day - Wanindu Hasaranga - 146
Short Form - Chamari Athapaththu - 261

Top Players by Discipline

Runs - Babar Azam - 139
Batting Bonus - Babar Azam - 40
Strike Rate - Chamari Athapaththu - 40

Wickets - Chamari Athapaththu & Adam Zampa - 100
Wicket Bonus - Chamari Athapaththu & Adam Zampa - 20
Economy - Wanindu Hasaranga - 40

Fielding - Yashasvi Jaiswal - 40

List In Full

Chamari Athapaththu 261
Babar Azam 189
Wanindu Hasaranga 186
Rishabh Pant 181
Adam Zampa 123
Jasprit Bumrah 112
Yashavi Jaiwal 72
Ravindra Jadeja 49
Travis Head 48
Pathum Nissanka 44
Liam Dawson 26
Suryakumar Yadav 10
Nat Sciver-Brunt 10
Saim Ayub 0

Heinrich Klaasen dnp
Kane Williamson dnp
Jamie Smith dnp
Liam Livingstone dnp
Sam Curran dnp
Jos Buttler dnp
Annabel Sutherland dnp
Phil Salt dnp
Harry Brook dnp
Nicholas Pooran dnp

Jos Buttler - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Very very early to have an almost full compliment of cricketers featuring in a week but only Brook, Gill and Jadeja did not play this week. Let's see our Top 5.

Weekly Top 5

1. Jos Buttler - 273 - Last year's Cricketer of the Year ended 2023 on a bit of a sour note, but is starting to look sweet again in the SA20 and is straight back into action with a weekly top score. Places him 8th Overall after three weeks.

2. Babar Azam - 253 - Pakistan are getting drubbed by New Zealand but Azam is giving it his all. You can always bank on him to get a half century and with two this week he is good value for second spot.

3. Travis Head = 179 - Provided the batting highlight of the first Test against the West Indies and is rewarded with a third place finish for the week as well as a surge up the table overall; from 11th to 9th.

4. Glenn Maxwell - 172 - Ended his BBL 13 season with some typically boisterous hitting and a final feature in the Top 5. Is now going to have a fortnight out the game before the ODIs against the West Indies.

5. Daryl Mitchell - 168 - Featured in three T20s this week and is largely here thanks to 72* in the final one. He has finished in the Top 5 two weeks in a row and will be playing throughout February.

Overall Top 5

1. Chamari Athapaththu - 478 - Becomes the first cricketer to top the overall list for the first three weeks of the year. Scored only 105 and has the pack breathing down her neck but is holding her own.

2. Babar Azam - 439 - Jumped up 4 places to 2nd this week. Only spent two weeks in the Top 5 in 2023. Will be wanting to better that in 2024.

3. Daryl Mitchell - 392 - Up a place from last week. Is rapidly becoming the fulcrum of the team. With New Zealand playing pretty consistently through until March, he could be a mainstay at the very top of our List.

4. Glenn Maxwell - 385 - Up a place for The Big Show. He is really looking on top form after his injury ravaged 2023. Is having a fortnight away from the game but should be back soon enough.

5. Aaron Hardie - 316 - Yo-yos back into the Top 5 against. After finishing third in week one, dropping down to 7th in week two, he now rounds off our weekly Top 5. His continued involvement in BBL 13 will see him continue to be amongst the points for at least one more game.

Other Movers

Two other players moved up this week. Sam Curran moved up 3 spots to finish Week 3 in 12th whilst Virat Kohli is up two to 11th.

Ones To Watch

With the second Test against the West Indies next week, Australia's new opening partnership of Steve Smith and Usman Khawaja are both tied in 15th place with 115 points.

Top 3 Average Points per Active Week

1. Babar Azam - 219.5
2. Daryl Mitchell - 196
3. Chamari Athapaththu - 159.33 (Down from 186.5)

Athapaththu's average declines the most but she still possessess the third highest average overall. Glenn Maxwell's average improves the most. He is up 21.83 points to 128.33.

Highest scorer by Format

* = New Name

Long Form = *Travis Head = 259
One Day = n/a
Short Form = *Daryl Mitchell = 312

Highest scorer by Discipline

Runs - *Babar Azam = 249
Batting Bonus - Daryll Mitchell & *Babar Azam = 60
Strike Rate - Glenn Maxwell = 150

Wickets - Chamari Athapaththu - 140
Wicket Bonus - Chamari Athapaththu - 20
Economy - Glenn Maxwell, *Travis Head, *Marnus Labuschagne and *Mitchell Marsh - 30

Fielding - *Glenn Maxwell & * Jos Buttler = 60
Fielding Bonus - Yashasvi Jaiswal & James Vince & *Daryl Mitchell & *Jos Buttler = 10

Weekly List in Full

Jos Buttler 273
Babar Azam 253
Travis Head 179
Glenn Maxwell 172
Daryl Mitchell 168
Yashasvi Jaiswal 142
Aaron Hardie 141
Moeen Ali 125
Phil Salt 112
Chamari Athapaththu 105
Sam Curran 90
Virat Kohli 79
Usman Khawaja 54
Steve Smith 43
James Vince 42
Marnus Labuschagne 31
Simon Harmer 14
Mitchell Marsh 5
Rachin Ravindra 3

Harry Brook dnp
Shubman Gill dnp
Ravindra Jadeja dnp


Overall List

1 Chamari Athapaththu 478
2 Babar Azam 439
3 Daryl Mitchell 392
4 Glenn Maxwell 385
5 Aaron Hardie 316
6 Marnus Labuschagne 298
7 James Vince 277
8 Jos Buttler 273
9 Travis Head 259
10 Yashasvi Jaiswal 240
11 Virat Kohli 147
12 Sam Curran 136
13 Mitchell Marsh 129
14 Moeen Ali 125
15 Steve Smith 115
16 Usman Khawaja 115
17 Phil Salt 112
18 Shubman Gill 109
19 Simon Harmer 14
20 Rachin Ravindra 3
21 Ravindra Jadeja 0

Kyle Jamieson - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 A bit thin on the ground in terms of completed Cricket this week, thusly we can do a complete rundown of the entire list for the week (and therefore) the year.

1. Kyle Jamieson - 106 - Being first in the fist week of January is a good start, but this time last year it was Jamieson's New Zealand captain Kane Williamson who led us out. Williamson ended up finishing third from bottom. The third lowest top score we've had.

2. KL Rahul - 78 - A half century in the loss to South Africa was not enough to see his India team to victory but is enough to see him finish second for the week.

3. Rishabh Pant - 67 - Never before have I seen a man criticised for a solitary shot in the way that Pant has this week. He finishes only 11 points behind second spot.

4. Glenn Maxwell - 11 - Not the greatest start to 2022. After scoring only 11 points in 2 BBL games he then went down with Covid.

Top Players by Format

Long Form - Kyle Jamieson = 106
One Day - n/a
T20 - Glenn Maxwell = 11

Top Players by Discipline

Runs - KL Rahul - 58
Batting Bonus - KL Rahul - 20
Strike Rate - n/a

Wickets - Kyle Jamieson = 40
Wicket Bonus - n/a
Economy - Kyle Jamieson = 60

Fielding - Rishabh Pant = 40
Fielding Bonus - Rishabh Pant = 10

Shubman Gill - The Best Cricketer of the Week

Weekly Top 5

1. Shubman Gill - 158 - Many felt that Gill's 43 & 65 for the Indians v Australia A would give him a Test berth. This did not come to pass but he wins Cricketer of the Week for the 3rd time this year. It's worth noting that Gill has 2 of the lowest scoring weeks of Weekly winners

2. Jason Holder - 140 - Another example of a losing captain doing very well for themselves. This is his highest score since the end of the IPL.

3. Virat Kohli - 118 - The starkest example of an individual player's success standing in contrast to their team's failings. Kohli ends his year with a third spot for the week. He is in tenth spot overall. Will he hold it for the last 11 days?

4. Keshav Maharaj - 110 - A month in the wilderness has not dented Maharaj's impact. A 3-fer in a rain effected game for the Dolphins sees him take 4th spot for the week. How different his year may have been without Covid.

5. Aaron Finch - 77 - Takes 5th place from one average performance and one poor one in the BBL. His average has dropped to 108.27 per week's active.

Other Movers

Glenn Maxwell - Maxwell has had a bit of a late burst of performances this year. He only scored 59 this week but moved up two places to 7th. This is his highest position on the overall table since January.

Overall Top Five

1. Babar Azam - 3082 - Questions over whether Babar plays again this year but is now looking a cert to join Simon Harmer and Glenn Maxwell in the pantheon of Cricketers of the Year.

2. Ben Stokes - 2955 - No further cricket this year for Big Ben. Second place is his. Would very likely have forced his way to the top of the South Africa series had gone ahead.

3. Joe Root - 2512 - Has Holder coming up behind him but has probably done enough to hold third spot for the year. This would reflect his highest ever year end position after being 10th in 2018 and 5th last year.

4. Jason Holder - 2444 - The only upwards mover in the top 5 this week. Despite two humiliating losses to New Zealand, Holder has cemented his place in the Top Five for the Year.

5. Aaron Finch - 2382 - Some distinctly averages BBL performance sees Finch drop a place to 5th.

Week

Shubman Gill - 158
Jason Holder- 140
Virat Kohli - 118
Keshav Maharaj- 110
Aaron Finch - 77
Marnus Labuschagne-73
Glenn Maxwell - 59
Peter Handscomb - 52
Martin Guptill - 17
Travis Head - 17
Mohammad Nabi - 14
Steve Smith - 2

Kyle Abbott - dnp
Colin Ackermann- dnp
Babar Azam - dnp
Tom Banton - dnp
Lewis Gregory - dnp
Simon Harmer - dnp
Joe Root- dnp
Rohit Sharma - dnp
Ben Stokes- dnp

Overall

Babar Azam - 3082
Ben Stokes - 2955
Joe Root - 2512
Jason Holder- 2444
Aaron Finch - 2382
David Warner - 2290
Glenn Maxwell - 2265
Lewis Gregory - 2248
Steve Smith - 2211
Virat Kohli - 2141
Marnus Labuschagne - 2057
Simon Harmer - 1922
Shubman Gill - 1782
Martin Guptill - 1731
Keshav Maharaj - 1687
Travis Head - 1663
Mohammad Nabi - 1472
Colin Ackermann - 1435
Tom Banton - 1093
Rohit Sharma - 1035
Peter Handscomb - 715
Kyle Abbott - 14