Phil Salt-The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

One hell of a shake up all over the shop this week as 2317 points are scored - the highest in 9 weeks.

Weekly Top 5

1. Phil Salt - 360 - No surprise that Salt is top of the pile courtesy of those two massively impressive scores against South Africa and Ireland. Who knows how many he would have got if Friday's game hadn't been rained off. Moves up a place overall to 7th.

2. Chamari Athapaththu - 301 - Has been a machine in the WCPL with both bat and ball, registering 504 points in the two-week competition. She finished the highest run scorer, the third highest wicket taker and moves up from 19th to 15th. Now the Women's World Cup.

3. Jos Buttler - 241 - Another cracking week for Jos Buttler with a further 111 runs. He now has the highest points for runs, Batting Bonus and Strike Rate.

4. Annabel Sutherland - 219 - Has taken the form she showed to lead Northern Superchargers to The Hundred title and has carried it through to international colours. 99 runs at a decent lick sees her 4th for the week and back into the Top Ten overall.

5. Nicholas Pooran - 215 - The leanest of lean weeks last week was dispelled by a profligate 135 runs across two CPL games for Trinbago. He is the third highest run scorer in the tournament and is also the second highest on our list with only Buttler ahead of him.

Overall Top 5

1. Sam Curran - 4148 - Suffering from a touch of the Liam Dawsons this week. Just as his international colleague, his incredible point scoring run has been rather broken by representing his country. He still has a 351 point command on second.

2. Jos Buttler - 3797 - Huge amounts of runs sees him open up a decent gap on second place. 224 separate him from bronze position.

3. Liam Dawson - 3573 - Only 70 points from the Englishman this week, however with over half a thousand points between himself and fourth he will have nothing to fear in the short term.

4. Nicholas Pooran - 2972 - A new inclusion in our Top 5 this week. Skips the indignity of fifth place and eases straight into fourth. With a maximum of two games of the CPL left he will want to make that 6 point gap on 5th a little more comfortable over coming days.

5. Nat Sciver-Brunt - 2966 - A month of inactivity sees her drop to fifth. Her latest concern is the superlative Phil Salt who is hitting form towards the end of 2025, just as he did last year. He is two places away from NSB but that is just 217 points.

Ones To Watch

Pathum Nissanka is in great form. Having already moved up two places this week, only 86 points separate him from 9th.

Other Movers

Nissanka moves up two places having fallen one point short of the weekly Top5.Hasaranga, Ayub and Zampa also score meagrely but manage to move up one place to 16th, 20th and 22nd respectively.

Top 3 Averages

1.Chamari Athapaththu - 161.67 (Up from 149)
2. Sam Curran - 159.94 ( Downfrom 162.04)
3. Annabel Sutherland - 142 (Up from 136.87)

Athapaththu's Carribean exploits move her over Sam Curran into the overall highest averagewhilst Harry Brook's solo outing against South Africa sees himdrop the most this week; down 4.77 to 106.38.

Top Players By Format

Red Ball - Liam Dawson - 1652
One Day - Nat Sciver Brunt = 656
Short Form - Sam Curran = 3331

Top Players by Discipline

* = New Name

Runs - Jos Buttler = 1897
Batting Bonus - *Jos Buttler =340
Strike Rate – Jos Buttler = 960

Wickets - Liam Dawson - 1460
Wicket Bonus - Liam Dawson = 170
Economy - Liam Dawson = 650

Fielding - Jos Buttler = 560
Fielding Bonus - *Jos Buttler & Phil Salt – 40

Weekly List In Full

Phil Salt 360
Chamari Athapaththu 301
Jos Buttler 241
Annabel Sutherland 219
Nicholas Pooran 215
Pathum Nissanka 214
Saim Ayub 160
Wanindu Hasaranga 140
Sam Curran 97
Harry Brook 71
Liam Dawson 70
Suryakumar Yadav 67
Liam Livingstone 59
Adam Zampa 53
Jasprit Bumrah 50

Rishabh Pant dnp
Ravindra Jadeja dnp
Babar Azam dnp
Travis Head dnp
Kane Williamson dnp
Nat Sciver-Brunt dnp
Heinrich Klaasen dnp
Yashasvi Jaiwal dnp
Jamie Smith dnp
Suryakumar Yadav dnp

Overall List In Full

1 Sam Curran 4148
2 Jos Buttler 3797
3 Liam Dawson 3573
4 Nicholas Pooran 2972
5 Nat Sciver-Brunt 2966
6 Ravindra Jadeja 2804
7 Phil Salt 2749
8 Kane Williamson 2525
9 Harry Brook 2294
10 Annabel Sutherland 2272
11 Heinrich Klaasen 2214
12 Pathum Nissanka 2208
13 Jamie Smith 2112
14 Yashasvi Jaiwal 2042
15 Chamari Athapaththu 1940
16 Wanindu Hasaranga 1836
17 Liam Livingstone 1829
18 Travis Head 1758
19 Suryakumar Yadav 1624
20 Saim Ayub 1530
21 Rishabh Pant 1377
22 Adam Zampa 1326
23 Babar Azam 1308
24 Jasprit Bumrah 1221

Rachin Ravindra - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Weekly Top 5

1. Rachin Ravindra - 243 - Reminded everyone of his Test acumen with his second century in 11 matches and against India no less.

2. Marnus Labuschagne - 213 - His third 200+ score in 6 weeks and plenty more Cricket in the bank for the Aussie.

3. Ravindra Jadeja - 155 - Of course Jadeja ends up in the Top 5 in a week where he plays a test match. it's just what happens.

4. Usman Khawaja - 141 - Such has been his poor year that 141 is his highest score of 2024. He has scored 372 points in the last 3 weeks, which is more then he scored between the end of January and the start of October.

5. Steve Smith - 119 - Disappointed in the Sheffield Shield (23 points; 20 points in the field) but bolstered his score with 56 runs in the One-Day Cup.

Overall Top 5

1. Chamari Athapaththu - 4010 - Will be chomping at the bit to start playing for the Sydney Thunder in the WBBL on Monday. Will she be able to dominate a franchise tournament in a way that she has failed to do previously and continue her reign at the top of the table.

2. James Vince - 3970 - Inactive for 3 successive weeks for only the second time this year. He does have a considerable amount of cricket on the horizon though. The inaugural Global Super League finishes a week before the BBL starts, so the Hampshire skipper should be available.

3. Travis Head - 3546 - Has a 390 point lead but has jeopardised his place as he will miss the upcoming white-ball series against Pakistan to spend time with his family ahead of the high-stakes five-Test series against India, starting November 22 in Perth.

4. Sam Curran - 3156 - His fifth inactive week. He will not see a fifth as the White Ball series against West Indies starts on Thursday.

5. Marnus Labuschagne - 3130 - Has breached a Top 5 that has had the same five figures in it for the last 11 weeks. He regains the 5th place spot he lost nearly 3 months ago.

Other Movers

A meagre score of 58 was the fourth lowest of the week but still sess Jaiswal move up to the 8th place that Brook dumped him out of last week.

Ones To Watch

Jaiswal has the smallest gap of anyone on the List (19 away from Harmer) and is currently in action against New Zealand.

Top Three Averages

1. Chamari Athapaththu - 174.34
2. Babar Azam - 135.04
3. Jos Buttler - 131.5

Usman Khawaja's average improves the most for the second week in a row; up 11.2 in the last fortnight. Daryl Mitchell's already meagre average depreciates the most - down to 80.47 - only Hardie, Marsh and Khawaja have worse.

Highest scorer by Format

Long Form = Simon Harmer = 2235
One Day = Chamari Athapaththu = 946
Short Form = Chamari Athapaththu- 2999

Highest scorer by Discipline

Runs - James Vince - 2390
Batting Bonus - Travis Head = 380
Strike Rate - Travis Head 790

Wickets - Simon Harmer = 1180
Wicket Bonus - Simon Harmer = 240
Economy - Simon Harmer - 680

Fielding – James Vince = 490
Fielding Bonus - James Vince - 50

Weekly Scores In Full

Rachin Ravindra 243
Marnus Labuschagne 213
Ravindra Jadeja 155
Usman Khawaja 141
Steve Smith 119
Virat Kohli 90
Aaron Hardie 85
Yashasvi Jaiswal 58
Mitchell Marsh 55
Glenn Maxwell 41
Daryl Mitchell 18

Jos Buttler dnp
Sam Curran dnp
Simon Harmer dnp
Phil Salt dnp
James Vince dnp
Shubman Gill dnp
Moeen Ali dnp
Travis Head dnp
Babar Azam dnp
Chamari Athapaththu dnp
Harry Brook dnp

Overall Scores In Full

1 Chamari Athapaththu 4010
2 James Vince 3970
3 Travis Head 3546
4 Sam Curran 3156
5 Marnus Labuschagne 3130
6 Babar Azam 3106
7 Simon Harmer 2808
8 Yashasvi Jaiswal 2789
9 Harry Brook 2749
10 Moeen Ali 2727
11 Rachin Ravindra 2654
12 Phil Salt 2635
13 Ravindra Jadeja 2465
14 Glenn Maxwell 2245
15 Shubman Gill 2187
16 Jos Buttler 2104
17 Virat Kohli 2066
18 Mitchell Marsh 1685
19 Aaron Hardie 1570
20 Daryl Mitchell 1529
21 Steve Smith 1414
22 Usman Khawaja 870

Marnus Labuschagne - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Weekly Top 5

1. Marnus Labuschagne - 356 - Marnus' 7th Cricketer of the Week accolade takes him joint level with Harmer for the year. Tellingly this score isn't in his top 3 highest for the year. When he plays....he scores big.

2. Babar Azam - 248 - Undoubtedly the star man of the T20 World Cup thus far. He has scored over a hundred points more than anyone else on our List and finishes in the Top 5 yet again. His 2756 T20 points for the year is also over 500 points more than anyone else.

3. Peter Handscomb - 180 - It has been a long time coming but Handscomb is back playing & back playing well. It looked ominous when he got just 15 runs in the first dig against New South Wales, but a century in the second innings sees him in the Top 5. Up 2 places to 13th overall

4. David Warner - 125 - Woefully out of form, the Aussie is rooted to the bottom of The overall List and is still 399 points adrift but a sparkling performance against Sri Lanka proved that there is still hope.

5. Virat Kohli - 97 - The captain's performance was one of the very few highlights for an Indian support in their defeat to Pakistan. Squeaks into the Top 5 and moves up a place overall to 9th.

Overall Top 5

1. Simon Harmer - 4452 - Another inactive week for Harmer and his lead is just 2 points.... but he is back in action on the South African domestic season so this tussle could go right down to the wire. 

2. Marnus Labuschagne - 4450 - Has been the top scorer on the List for two of the last three weeks since his return to Australian domestic cricket. His eyes are very much now on the prize.

3. Babar Azam - 3778 - Mr T20 has spent 28 of the last 29 weeks in 4th place and he could wait no longer. Is up a spot to 3rd.

4. Joe Root - 3614 - That cancelled tour to Pakistan and the non-inclusion in the T20 World Cup squad has hurt Root. He has lost his Top 3 spot which he has held since the 3rd week of January. Needs a big Ashes tournament.

5. Moeen Ali - 3195 - Had absolutely zero pressure on him this week thanks to Quinton De Kock's....personal feelings. Only scored 50 for the week so is not exactly comfortable.

Ones to Watch

Other than the very narrow gap at the top, the narrowest gaps are in the middle and at the bottom. Virat Kohli has a 13 point lead on Dawid Malan for 9th position whilst Kane Williamson leads Steve Smith by just 17.

Highest Players by Format

Long Form - Joe Root - 3140
50 Over - Simon Harmer - 954
T20 - Babar Azam - 2756

Top 3 Averages

1. Marnus Labuschagne - 193.38 (Up from 186.09)
1. Simon Harmer - 186.5
3. Joe Root - 164.27

Marnus was already the player with the highest average points per week but then added 7.39 to that with his big score this week. Glenn Maxwell's score of just 5 for the week sees him fall by 7.07 points to 125.19.

Highest Points by Discipline

Runs - Marnus Labuschagne - 2310
Batting Bonus - Babar Azam - 530
Strike Rate - Moeen Ali - 640

Wickets = Simon Harmer= 1920
Wicket Bonus - Simon Harmer - 330
Economy - Simon Harmer - 1060

Fielding – Quinton De Kock – 640
Fielding Bonus - Quinton De Kock - 100

Least Active

Ben Stokes (12 Weeks)

Weekly List

Marnus Labuschagne 356
Babar Azam 248
Peter Handscomb 180
David Warner 125
Virat Kohli 97
Nicholas Pooran 82
Steve Smith 68
Moeen Ali 50
Dawid Malan 48
Kane Williamson 35
Glenn Maxwell 5
Jasprit Bumrah 0

Ben Stokes dnp
Joe Root dnp
Peter Siddle dnp
Simon Harmer dnp
Ravichandran Ashwin dnp
Quinton De Kock dnp

Overall List

Simon Harmer 4452
Marnus Labuschagne 4450
Babar Azam 3778
Joe Root 3614
Moeen Ali 3195
Quinton De Kock 3075
Nicholas Pooran 2559
Ravichandran Ashwin 2191
Virat Kohli 2110
Dawid Malan 2097
Glenn Maxwell 2008
Peter Siddle 1949
Peter Handscomb 1920
Jasprit Bumrah 1883
Ben Stokes 1765
Kane Williamson 1410
Steve Smith 1393
David Warner 994