This week's updates (as well as being filmed in front of a live audience) also does not include any of today's IPL games as I started calculating before it started....not quite realising we had no fewer than 4 players in the morning game.
Weekly Update
1. Glenn Maxwell - 266 - The Big Show's 2019 winning year is the thing of legends - however he has not lived up to that bulling ever since. Last week gave us a little taster of that forgotten form. He moves up to 14th on the overall list.
2. Babar Azam - 191 - Babar dominates the National T20 Cup and is replicating his huge acquisition of points from last year. He is 355 points better off from just 4 games.
3. Virat Kohli - 156 - Looks like he is enjoying himself considerably more in the second leg of IPL 2021. He moves up 2 spots to breach the top 10.
4. Jasprit Bumrah - 145 - 5 wickets in two games would usually see you finish higher up the weekly table however Jasprit will be pleased to see himself in 13th overall; his highest position since March.
5. Kane Williamson - 112 - One does not associate Kane Williamson with T20 but the New Zealander has scored 61% of his points in this discipline this year. His 112 sees him nip into the Top 5 for the week.
Overall Top 5
The Top Three all were inactive this week.
For Harmer and Root this could be a long term thing, however Labuschagne had his return to cricket postponed due to Queensland's cancelled game against Tasmania.
Both Babar Azam and Quinton De Kock played but they remained 4th and 5th respectively.
Babar Azam's exploits in the National T20 Cup will be a concern to Joe Root.
The Summer of Joe had seen him with a 695 point gap on 4th spot - this is now halved in just two weeks.
Another couple of stellar performances from Azam and Root could be down a spot.
Ones to Watch
There is just 415 points between 8th placed Dawid Malan and 15th placed Peter Siddle.
The closest gap can be seen between 14 and 15 where Maxwell leads Siddle by just 18 points.
Another intriguing cluster is 11, 12th and 13th.
12th placed Peter Handscomb is 25 points behind Ben Stokes however 13th placed Jasprit Bumrah is 33 points behind him.
The Aussie and the Indian will both be in action over the coming weeks whilst Stokes will drop further down
Highest Players by Format
Long Form - Joe Root - 3140
50 Over - Simon Harmer - 954
T20 - Babar Azam - 2252
Top 3 Averages
1. Marnus Labuschagne - 191.65
2. Simon Harmer - 190.96
3. Ravichandran Ashwin - 164.92 (Down from 176.36)
Ashwin's average has taken another almighty hit this week as he drops 11.45 points. He is now just 0.65 points above Joe Root. Glenn Maxwell has swung in the reverse direction as he has improved his weekly average by 11.94.
Highest Points by Discipline
Runs - Joe Root - 2074
Batting Bonus - Babar Azam - 450
Strike Rate - Nicholas Pooran - 580
Wickets = Simon Harmer= 1880
Wicket Bonus - Simon Harmer - 330
Economy - Simon Harmer - 1050
Fielding – Quinton De Kock – 640
Fielding Bonus - Quinton De Kock - 100
Longest Inactive
It seems that 20 inactive weeks is all a player can take. David Warner played after his 20th week out, then Steve Smith did the same. This week our least active player is Peter Siddle who has been out the game for...20 weeks.
Weekly List
Glenn Maxwell 266
Babar Azam 191
Virat Kohli 156
Jasprit Bumrah 145
Kane Williamson 112
Quinton De Kock 101
Moeen Ali 79
Steve Smith 69
Ravichandran Ashwin 39
Nicholas Pooran 14
Marnus Labuschagne dnp
Ben Stokes dnp
Peter Handscomb dnp
Peter Siddle dnp
Joe Root dnp
Dawid Malan dnp
Simon Harmer dnp
David Warner dnp
Overall List
Simon Harmer 4392
Marnus Labuschagne 3833
Joe Root 3614
Babar Azam 3274
Quinton De Kock 3036
Moeen Ali 2810
Nicholas Pooran 2395
Dawid Malan 2010
Ravichandran Ashwin 1979
Virat Kohli 1879
Ben Stokes 1765
Peter Handscomb 1740
Jasprit Bumrah 1707
Glenn Maxwell 1595
Peter Siddle 1577
Kane Williamson 1171
Steve Smith 1079
David Warner 844
