Sophie Ecclestone - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Weekly Top 5

1. Sophie Ecclestone - 219 - 100 wickets in two games for Ecclestone as she becomes the 80th individual winner of Cricketer of the Week. Move sup to 16th place overall.

2. Jos Buttler - 218 - Came within just one point of back-to-back Cricketer of the Week awards. Since the start of The Hundred three weeks ago, nobody has scored more than his 578 points.

3. Nicholas Pooran - 203 - Is using The Hundred to string together back-to-back decent performances for the first time in any competition in 2026. Is up to a yearly high position of 12th overall.

4. Phil Salt - 198 - Was at an advantage this week as he played three games compared to 2 from everyone else but still managed 98 runs and a huge 60 fielding points.

5. Harry Brook- 181 - Another dramatic week in the Harry Brook soap opera saw him equal the record for fastest 50 in The Hundred in 15 balls against London Spirit.

Overall Top 5

1. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 3458 - Inactive this week and that lead is starting to look a little more tentative. Only 367 points between him and second now.

2. Jos Buttler - 3091 - Half a thousand points in three week holds Buttler in second position for a second week.

3. Simon Harmer - 2913 - Pootling along in the One Day Cup and also pootling along in third. 178 points aboved him and 343 below him.

4. Sam Curran - 2570 - In a week where the powers that be have suggested he could be back in the Test team, Curran got his fourth 100+ score in 5 weeks to keep him in 4th spot.

5. Harry Brook- 2455 - Brook's explosive hit against London Spirit propels him back into the Top 5 after two weeks away.

Highest Weekly Average

1. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi = 172.9
2. Simon Harmer = 138.71 (Down from 141.1)
3. Harry Brook = 136.39 (Up from 133.76)

Differing fortunes for two Manchester players as Ecclestone improves the most (up 7.8 to 86.33) with Dawson going the other way (down 3.27 to 90.59)

Highest Average Points per Game

Red Ball- Mehidy Hasan Miraz = 208.5
One Day - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi = 105.81
Short Form - Nat Sciver-Brunt = 87

Highest Points by Format

Red Ball- Simon Harmer = 1988
One Day - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 1693
Short Form - Jos Buttler = 2836

Highest Points by Discipline

Runs - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 1918
Batting Bonus - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi- 360
Strike Rate - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi- 980

Wickets - Simon Harmer = 1060
Wicket Bonus = Simon Harmer = 190
Economy - Simon Harmer= 600

Fielding - Jos Buttler = 600
Fielding Bonus - Jos Buttler = 60

Weekly List In Full

Sophie Ecclestone 219
Jos Buttler 218
Nicholas Pooran 203
Phil Salt 198
Harry Brook 181
Aiden Markram 158
Sam Curran 136
Nat Sciver-Brunt 107
Paul Walter 97
Rachin Ravindra 91
Simon Harmer 91
Marco Jansen 85
Liam Dawson 22

Saim Ayub dnp
Ravindra Jadeja dnp
Travis Head dnp
Pathum Nissanka dnp
Quinton de Kock dnp
Shubman Gill dnp
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi dnp
Michael Bracewell dnp
Mehidy Hasan Miraz dnp

Overall List in Full

1 Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 3458
2 Jos Buttler 3091
3 Simon Harmer 2913
4 Sam Curran 2570
5 Harry Brook 2455
6 Shubman Gill 2384
7 Rachin Ravindra 2133
8 Liam Dawson 1993
9 Quinton de Kock 1940
10 Aiden Markram 1907
11 Mehidy Hasan Miraz 1745
12 Nicholas Pooran 1731
13 Marco Jansen 1652
14 Saim Ayub 1591
15 Nat Sciver-Brunt 1554
16 Sophie Ecclestone 1554
17 Pathum Nissanka 1520
18 Phil Salt 1439
19 Michael Bracewell 1332
20 Travis Head 1323
21 Paul Walter 1322
22 Ravindra Jadeja 1190

Liam Dawson - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Overall Top 5

1. Liam Dawson - 385 - Has awoken from his post international malaise and top scored with his first 50 over runs of the year. His 142 against Yorkshire is his highest score of his career.

2. Pathum Nissanka - 383 - Played three games for Sri Lanka this week and got at least a half century in each. His high point was 122 in the second ODI against Zimbabwe. Moves up 3 places to 13th overall.

3. Nicholas Pooran - 277 - Gets a very large score....but also gets it from four T20 game which makes it slightly less impressive. Moves into 6th place and just 60 runs away from an Overall Top 5 assault.

4. Saim Ayub - 244 - Has had a horrid year but certainly looked in good touch this week. He has spent the whole year in 23rd or 24th position...this week he moves up to 21st.

5. Anabel Sutherland - 173 - Finished The Hundred as the highest point scorer on the List and with the trophy in her hands. She ends the tournament only 41 points off Sam Curran's points haul of 897 in the competition.

Overall

1. Sam Curran - 4021 - Straight out of The Hundred and straight into The Blast (admittedly straight out of it too but that's not the point.) The man doesn't rest. His lead is now above half a thousand points once more.

2. Liam Dawson - 3492 - Regains second place and puts 153 points between himself and 3rd courtesy of those two good One Day Cup games.

3. Jos Buttler - 3329 - Surprisingly lost second place despite an average score....not the only disappointment the England man has had this week after his side's insipid showings against South Africa.

4. Nat Sciver-Brunt - 2966 - Inactive this week and retains fourth.

5. Ravindra Jadeja - 2894 - Completes a month of inactivity and has Nicholas Pooran - in fine fettle in the CPL - breathing down his collar. Should be usurped next week.

Other Movers

Only Adam Zampa scored less than Harry Brook this week, however the Englishman's 55 sees him move above Heinrich Klaasen into 9th.

Top 3 Averages

1. Sam Curran - 167.54 (Down from 169)
2. Chamari Athapaththu -143.6
3. Nat Sciver-Brunt – 141.24 (Down from 141.3)

Pathum Nissanka moves up a monumental 17.23 pointsto 124.63. Adam Zampa's round the world trip yields a decrease to his average of 3.43.H enow has 74.88 points a week.

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 = 1699
Batting Bonus - Nat Sciver-Brunt = 330
Strike Rate – Jos Buttler = 810

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

Fielding - Jos Buttler = 490
Fielding Bonus -Phil Salt – 40

Weekly List In Full

Liam Dawson 385
Pathum Nissanka 383
Nicholas Pooran 277
Saim Ayub 244
Annabel Sutherland 173
Jos Buttler 136
Sam Curran 134
Jamie Smith 104
Harry Brook 55
Adam Zampa 20

Chamari Athapaththu dnp
Suryakumar Yadav dnp
Wanindu Hasaranga dnp
Jasprit Bumrah dnp
Rishabh Pant dnp
Yashasvi Jaiwal dnp
Ravindra Jadeja dnp
Babar Azam dnp
Travis Head dnp
Kane Williamson dnp
Liam Livingstone dnp
Nat Sciver-Brunt dnp
Phil Salt dnp
Heinrich Klaasen dnp

Overall list In Full

1 Sam Curran 4021
2 Liam Dawson 3482
3 Jos Buttler 3329
4 Nat Sciver-Brunt 2966
5 Ravindra Jadeja 2804
6 Nicholas Pooran 2744
7 Kane Williamson 2525
8 Phil Salt 2376
9 Harry Brook 2200
10 Heinrich Klaasen 2183
11 Jamie Smith 2112
12 Annabel Sutherland 2053
13 Pathum Nissanka 1994
14 Yashasvi Jaiwal 1904
15 Travis Head 1758
16 Wanindu Hasaranga 1696
17 Suryakumar Yadav 1607
18 Liam Livingstone 1575
19 Chamari Athapaththu 1436
20 Rishabh Pant 1377
21 Saim Ayub 1323
22 Babar Azam 1308
23 Adam Zampa 1272
24 Jasprit Bumrah 1151

Sam Curran - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 Weekly Top 5

1. Sam Curran - 230 - Showed his all round credentials in The Hundred this week with decent efforts with both bat and ball across his three fixtures. This is his second Cricketer of the Week of 2023.

2. Shakib Al Hasan - 221 - Played 4 matches in the LPL this week, and got a wicket in each...yet did not score above 20 in any. Despite finishing with the second highest points of the week, this total does seem a little underwhelming.

3. Simon Harmer - 151 - One wicket in all three Metro Bank One Day Cup games for Harmer, however his batting has let him down with a mere 11 runs across the games.

4. Devon Conway - 149 - Decent batting performances plus 60 points with the gloves sees Conway push into the Top 5.

5. Shubman Gill - 146 - Found his T20 Batting form for one game before promptly forgetting it again for the final T20 vs the West Indies. His score of 70 is enough to edge him into the Top 5.

Overall Top 5

1. Shakib Al Hasan - 3820 - Scored 70 points more than Simon Harmer this week to extend his lead to 88 points, however the LPL is at an end now and the Asia Cup doesn't start for a fortnight so he will struggle to hold on to top spot until then.

2. Simon Harmer - 3732 - Pootling along in his least favoured format. Within touching distance of first and a country mile away from 3rd. Mounting his charge, perhaps.

3. Shubman Gill - 3424 - Third once more - and you feel that may be his station for a little while. He is 308 points below second and 212 points above 4th.

4. Sam Curran - 3212 - His impressive week in The Hundred sees him move up into the Top 5 after he lost his place a month ago.

5. Jos Buttler - 3206 - A poor week for Buttler in The Hundred and he drops down to fifth. There is no real pressure from anyone below him so will be looking up rather than down.

Other Movers

Harry Brook is not doing terribly well in The Hundred but he manages to overtake the long-time inactive Marco Jansen into 13th place this week.

Ones To Watch

Two international team mates who are captaining different Hundred franchises have 6 points between them. Sam Curran's Oval Invincibles are doing much better than Jos Buttler's Manchester Originals...but they are both capable of big scores.

Top 3 Averages

1. Shakib Al Hasan - 181.9 (Up from 179.95_
2. Simon Harmer - 169.63 (Down from 170.52)
3. Ravindra Jadeja - 165

Sam Curran's top scoring week sees his average improve by 4.27 points to 118.96. Bairstow's ignominious return to The Hundred, coupled with his lack of active weeks means his average divebombs by ten and a half points to 97.5

Points By Format

Long Form - Simon Harmer = 2616
One Day - Shakib Al Hasan = 1248
Short Form = Rashid Khan = 2936

Points By Discipline

*=New Name

Runs - Shubman Gill = 2184
Batting Bonus - Shubman Gill = 400
Strike Rate - Jos Buttler = 670

Wickets - Rashid Khan & *Simon Harmer = 1520
Wicket Bonus - Simon Harmer = 250
Economy - Simon Harmer = 710

Fielding - Jos Buttler = 490
Fielding Bonus - Jonny Bairstow = 90

Full Weekly List

Sam Curran 230
Shakib Al Hasan 221
Simon Harmer 151
Devon Conway 149
Shubman Gill 146
Suryakumar Yadav 111
Moeen Ali 94
Jos Buttler 53
Babar Azam 46
Harry Brook 44
Hardik Pandya 24
David Warner 3

Rishabh Pant dnp
Marco Jansen dnp
Cam Green dnp
Jonny Bairstow dnp
Usman Khawaja dnp
Rashid Khan dnp
Pat Cummins dnp
Ravindra Jadeja dnp

Overall List

1 Shakib Al Hasan 3820
2 Simon Harmer 3732
3 Shubman Gill 3424
4 Sam Curran 3212
5 Jos Buttler 3206
6 Ravindra Jadeja 3135
7 Rashid Khan 3094
8 Devon Conway 2868
9 Babar Azam 2384
10 Suryakumar Yadav 2344
11 Hardik Pandya 2234
12 Moeen Ali 2139
13 Harry Brook 1881
14 Marco Jansen 1859
15 Usman Khawaja 1690
16 Cam Green 1653
17 David Warner 1583
18 Pat Cummins 1286
19 Jonny Bairstow 975