Nat Sciver-Brunt- The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Only 2 of our players, Messrs. Dawson and Walter, have yet to play so far this year....but who is marking their cards early doors?

Weekly Top 5

1. Nat Sciver-Brunt - 339 - Straight into the fray after being inactive last week. Really showing her all round prowess now she is allowing herself to bowl. 139 runs and 5 wickets will do very nicely for a start.

2. Vaibhav Sooryavanashi - 179 - Bit of a week of two halves for Vaibhav. Scored 149 points in the final Warm-Up game against Scotland Under-19s and then scored only 30 points in the first two games in the tournament. Will need a score soon.

3. Quinton De Kock - 177 - Reopened his account with a decent score last week but was disadvantaged by only playing the 1 game. This week he played two and got decent points in both to finish third for the week. Is the second highest T20 point scorer so far.

4. Shubman Gill - 172 - Can't beat him for consistency with 56 in both ODIs against New Zealand - although slightly ruined it by scoring one much much slower than the other. Promising signs after a stuttering domestic start for the Indian captain.

5. Aiden Markram - 171 - Whereas last week he had one poor game and one OK game, this week he had one OK game and a good game to bag his first Top 5 finish. Looking good in that strike rate column.

Overall Top 5

1. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 565 - Disappointing start to the Under 19 World Cup but a impactful warm up game sees him hold top spot for a second week and also boast a 226 point gap on second. For contex, the next largest gap in points is 62.

2. Nat Sciver-Brunt - 339 - Was in and around the Top 3 all year last year and has set her sights on that again this year. Could she be after top spot.

3. Ravindra Jadeja - 329 - Only 41 points for Jadeja in the two first ODIs of the year. Such was his decent performance in those two domestic games, that he sees him only drop one place from second to third.

4. Quinton De Kock - 326 - QDK in the Top 5 is a familiar sight for those who followed this in 2022 and here he is once more. How long can he keep this form up?

5. Aiden Markram - 264 - Makes his bow in the Top 5 managed to pip over Travis Head's score from that final Ashes Test match to claim his spot this week.

Highest Weekly Average

1. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi = 282.5
2. Ravindra Jadeja = 164.5
3. Quinton de Kock = 163

Highest Average Points per Game

Red Ball- n/a
One Day - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi = 94.17
Short Form - Nat Sciver-Brunt = 113

Highest Points by Format

Red Ball- Travis Head - 262
One Day - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 565
Short Form - Nat Sciver-Brunt - 339

Highest Points by Discipline

* = New Name

Runs - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 305
Batting Bonus - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi- 70
Strike rate - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 100

Wickets - Nat Sciver-Brunt = 100
Wicket Bonus - Ravindra Jadeja + Sam Curran - 20
Economy - Saim Ayub, *Ravindra Jadeja, *Michael Bracewell - 30

Fielding - Quinton de Kock = 80
Fielding Bonus - Quinton de Kock + Michael Bracewell = 10

Weekly List in Full

Nat Sciver-Brunt 339
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 179
Quinton de Kock 177
Shubman Gill 172
Aiden Markram 171
Michael Bracewell 126
Sam Curran 91
Marco Jansen 76
Sophie Ecclestone 74
Jos Buttler 55
Nicholas Pooran 51
Ravindra Jadeja 41
Rachin Ravindra 19
Saib Ayub 16
Pathum Nissanka 10
Mehidy Hasan Miraz 0
Simon Harmer 0

Overall List In Full

1 Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 565
2 Nat Sciver-Brunt 339
3 Ravindra Jadeja 329
4 Quinton de Kock 326
5 Aiden Markram 264
6 Travis Head 262
7 Sam Curran 252
8 Jos Buttler 218
9 Shubman Gill 183
10 Harry Brook 176
11 Nicholas Pooran 163
12 Saib Ayub 160
13 Michael Bracewell 126
14 Rachin Ravindra 116
15 Mehidy Hasan Miraz 109
16 Marco Jansen 76
17 Sophie Ecclestone 74
18 Phil Salt 63
19 Simon Harmer 46
20 Pathum Nissanka 32

Sam Curran - The Best Cricketer of the Week....Again

 

Weekly Top 5

1. Sam Curran - 223 - Back to back Cricketers of the Week in two different formats of the game is pretty impressive stuff from the England discard. He has scored 550 points in the last fortnight.

2. Suryakumar Yadav - 147 - Didn't take Mumbai to the final but SKY was the biggest beneficiary of the IPL. His tournament haul of 1347 is more than 100 points more than anyone else scored in that time. In that period he has moved from 17th to 8th overall.

3. Jamie Smith - 134 - bit of a wonky week for Jamie Smith. 0 runs in the 2nd ODI and then all his points in the second. Enough for his highest weekly placing of the year and to see him move into 22nd Overall.

4. Liam Dawson - 129 - Just the solitary game for Dawson this week but he got a fourfer against Essex and sees himself with his third three figure score in the last 4 weeks. Loving the English Summer. Next up, England?

5. Yashasvi Jaiswal - 128 - A change of format for Jaiswal but still keeping his eye in. 88 runs across two innings against the England Lions sees him squeak into the Top 5 for the week.

Overall Top 5

1. Nat Sciver-Brunt - 1976 - Increases her lead in first place to 188 points courtesy of 104 points against West Indies Women. That gap is the second largest after the 293 between Travis Head in 16th and Harry Brook one below him.

2. Ravindra Jadeja - 1788 - Holds on to his second place berth by just 5 points. Could drop as low as 6th with his second inactive week next week.

3. Jos Buttler - 1766 - 101 points this week keeps him in 3rd place and fighting off a bit of a domestic cricket insurgency from below. Only 5 points off him and 4th place.

4. Sam Curran - 1761 - Over half a thousand points in a fortnight has seen Curran surge up the table from 11th to grace the Top 5 for the first time in 9 weeks.

5. Liam Dawson - 1751 - The Hampshire man makes his debut in the Top 5 just before he makes his prospective return to playing for England. Poetic.

Other Movers


Harry Brook's fine English Summer sees him continue to rise, up two to 17th. Meanwhile Kane Williamson and Liam Livingstone are both up a place t0 15th and 20th respectively.

Top 3 Averages

1. Sam Curran - 160.09 (Up from 153.8)
2. Nat Sciver-Brunt – 152 (Down from 156)
3. Chamari Athapaththu -143.6

Jamie Smith moves up by 8.67 this week, making his average 73.38 per active week whilst Bumrah's flacid end to the IPL sees him drop by 6.42 down to 71.33. They have the fifth and sixth worst averages of anyone on the List.

Top Players By Format

Red Ball - Liam Dawson - 1030
One Day - Kane Williamson - 655
Short Form - Nicholas Pooran - 1637

Top Players by Discipline

* = New Name

Runs - Jos Buttler = 936
Batting Bonus - Nat Sciver-Brunt = 180
Strike Rate – *Suryakumar Yadav - 500

Wickets - Wanindu Hasaranga = 740
Wicket Bonus - Ravindra Jadeja & Wanindu Hasaranga - 100
Economy - Liam Dawson = 390

Fielding - Phil Salt - 260
Fielding Bonus -Phil Salt – 30

Weekly List In Full

Sam Curran 223
Suryakumar Yadav 147
Jamie Smith 134
Liam Dawson 129
Yashasvi Jaiwal 128
Harry Brook 123
Saim Ayub 119
Nat Sciver-Brunt 104
Jos Buttler 101
Liam Livingstone 65
Kane Williamson 45
Phil Salt 26
Jasprit Bumrah 20

Annabel Sutherland dnp
Adam Zampa dnp
Chamari Athapaththu dnp
Babar Azam dnp
Pathum Nissanka dnp
Wanindu Hasaranga dnp
Heinrich Klaasen dnp
Rishabh Pant dnp
Travis Head dnp
Ravindra Jadeja dnp
Nicholas Pooran dnp

Overall List In Full

1 Nat Sciver-Brunt 1976
2 Ravindra Jadeja 1788
3 Jos Buttler 1766
4 Sam Curran 1761
5 Liam Dawson 1751
6 Heinrich Klaasen 1640
7 Nicholas Pooran 1637
8 Suryakumar Yadav 1607
9 Phil Salt 1497
10 Chamari Athapaththu 1436
11 Yashasvi Jaiwal 1314
12 Wanindu Hasaranga 1259
13 Babar Azam 1232
14 Annabel Sutherland 1197
15 Kane Williamson 1097
16 Travis Head 1073
17 Harry Brook 780
18 Pathum Nissanka 724
19 Rishabh Pant 678
20 Liam Livingstone 668
21 Jasprit Bumrah 622
22 Jamie Smith 587
23 Adam Zampa 578
24 Saim Ayub 553

Yashasvi Jaiswal - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Normal service has resumed after last week’s stopgap with 1325 points split between 14 people.

Weekly Top 5

1. Yashasvi Jaiswal - 196 - Back with a bit of a bang after the break. All too little and too late for Rajasthan but moves himself up two places to 13th on the Overall List. It his first COTW of the year and second of all time.

2. Nicholas Pooran - 191 - 667 in the first 4 weeks of the IPL, 103 in the next 4 weeks and then back to form when it doesn't matter anymore for Lucknow.

3. Babar Azam - 170 - Must have hit the nets during the T20 franchise hiatus. Back with a huge score of 94 against Kaarachi - by some distance his most impressive score of the year. Up 3 places to 10th.

4. Suryakumar Yadav - 123 - Continues his decent IPL. In only two weeks of the tournament has he registered scores not in three figures. Moves up to 8th overall - his highest position of the year.

=5. Pathum Nissanka - 110 - Has been inactive since his domestic double hundred 6 weeks ago and scored a 50 in 21 balls for some big scoring of a different creed as the Major Clubs T20 Tournament.

=5. Jasprit Bumrah - 110 - Just the one game for the Mumbai man but got a perfect score. 3 wickets (and therefore 20 Wicket Bonus Points) and 30 points for Economy.

Overall Top 5

1. Ravindra Jadeja - 1697 - Should count himself very lucky to have got to his hat trick of weeks at Number 1. Only eleven points scored and only 7 points separating him and second place.

2. Nat Sciver-Brunt - 1690 - Back into action this week with a rather unimpressive score of 40 fieldling points. If she had contributed anything with bat or ball she would have reclaimed her hold on top spot....maybe next week.

3. Nicholas Pooran - 1624 - Finished second in the weekly scores which is enough to see him move up one place to third in the Overall List. Bit of a gap between him and 4th.

4. Jos Buttler - 1583 - A relatively fast 33 saw Jos get 73 points this week and drop back a place to 3rd. Soon to leave India and join up with England for the series against West Indie. Should bolster his scores there...depending which Buttler shows up.

5. Chamari Athapaththu - 1436 - inactive this week and moves down a place to 5th. Has Heinrich Klaasen with two matches left in him for Hyderabad breathing down her next with only 35 points of cushion.

Ones to Watch

Keep your eyes on the cluster just outside the Top 10 with 100 points separating Athapaththu, Klaasen and Liam Dawson in 5th, 6th and 7th.

Top 3 Averages

1. Nat Sciver-Brunt – 153.67 ( Down from 165)
2. Chamari Athapaththu - 143.6
3. Nicholas Pooran – 135.33 (Up from 130.27)

NSB leaked 11.36 off her average this week but still is in top spot. The largest improvement was Yahasvi Jaiswal who moves up 8.82 points to 107.82.

Top Players By Format

Red Ball - Liam Dawson - 862
One Day - Kane Williamson - 655
Short Form - Nicholas Pooran - 1624

Top Players by Discipline

* = New Name

Runs - Jos Buttler = 820
Batting Bonus Nicholas Pooran & Babar Azam = 160
Strike Rate – Nicholas Pooran = 430

Wickets - Wanindu Hasaranga = 740
Wicket Bonus - Ravindra Jadeja & Wanindu Hasaranga - 100
Economy - Liam Dawson = 360

Fielding - Phil Salt - 230
Fielding Bonus -Phil Salt – 30

Weekly List In Full

Yashasvi Jaiwal 196
Nicholas Pooran 191
Babar Azam 170
Suryakumar Yadav 123
Pathum Nissanka 110
Jasprit Bumrah 110
Saim Ayub 95
Heinrich Klaasen 77
Liam Dawson 76
Jos Buttler 73
Nat Sciver-Brunt 40
Rishabh Pant 33
Wanindu Hasaranga 20
Ravindra Jadeja 11

Kane Williamson dnp
Annabel Sutherland dnp
Adam Zampa dnp
Liam Livingstone dnp
Phil Salt dnp
Jamie Smith dnp
Harry Brook dnp
Travis Head dnp
Sam Curran dnp
Chamari Athapaththu dnp

Overall List In Full

1 Ravindra Jadeja 1697
2 Nat Sciver-Brunt 1690
3 Nicholas Pooran 1624
4 Jos Buttler 1583
5 Chamari Athapaththu 1436
6 Heinrich Klaasen 1401
7 Liam Dawson 1399
8 Suryakumar Yadav 1353
9 Wanindu Hasaranga 1259
10 Babar Azam 1232
11 Sam Curran 1211
12 Annabel Sutherland 1197
13 Yashasvi Jaiwal 1186
14 Phil Salt 1163
15 Kane Williamson 1038
16 Travis Head 930
17 Pathum Nissanka 724
18 Liam Livingstone 603
19 Jasprit Bumrah 592
20 Adam Zampa 578
21 Rishabh Pant 500
22 Saim Ayub 434
23 Jamie Smith 372
24 Harry Brook 361