Pathum Nissanka-The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Calculations were concluded before the end of the England match so NSB's score will role over to next week.

Weekly Top 5

1. Pathum Nissanka - 167 - Finished an impressive few weeks with a stonking score of 107 against India. It was an eye-catching knock that, many people say, might get him an IPL contract next year. He also did it in one T20 game compared to the rest of the Top 5 this week who needed two ODIs or a Four Day game to do less well than him.

2. Annabel Sutherland - 161 - Did not score well in her final warm-up game but came on for a devastating spell to finish New Zealand off in her first World Cup game.

3. Liam Dawson - 109- The leading red ball point scorer added another 109 to his balance in the final County Championship game of the season. Will count himself very lucky that it wasn't the last in Division One.

4. Chamari Athapaththu - 101 - A smidge under a half century in the opening loss to India points to the fact this could be another big tournament for the Lankan. Moves up a place to 15th Overall.

5. Travis Head - 71 - A lean week for point scoring sees a score of less than 100 get you into the Top 5. Could have been more if rain had not interrupted this morning.

Overall Top 5

1. Sam Curran - 4148 - A well earnt rest for a very busy man over the English summer. Seems to be out of action until the beginning of the BBL....but I could be wrong.

2.Jos Buttler - 3807 - A period of time in the wilderness looms for Buttler. I think his next action will be for Durban in the SA20.

3. Liam Dawson- 3722 - A man who is going to have a well earned rest for a bit; potentially all the way up until the SA20.

4.Nat Sciver-Brunt - 3166 - The only member of our Top 5 who is going to be very active over the coming weeks. She has a huge gulf to eat into to move up as there is 556 - the largest gap of any point in the List - between her and third place.

5. Nicholas Pooran - 3096- Inactive this week but also has a very active Ravindra Jadeja 292 points behind him.

Other Movers

Only 50 points this week but is enough to not only see Bumrah off bottom place but up above both Azam and Zampa into 22nd.

Top 3 Averages

1. Sam Curran - 159.94
2.Chamari Athapaththu - 157 (Down from 161.67)
3. Annabel Sutherland - 143.12 (Up from 142)

Sciver-Brunt loses her top three place due to a 5.55 drop down to 137.65. Pathum Nissanka's big week sees him move up to 128.16; an improvement of 2.16.

Top Players By Format

Red Ball - Liam Dawson - 1761
One Day - Nat Sciver Brunt = 856
Short Form - Sam Curran = 3331

Top Players by Discipline

* = New Name

Runs - Jos Buttler = 1897
Batting Bonus - *Pathum Nissanka + Nat Sciver-Brunt = 360
Strike Rate – Jos Buttler = 960

Wickets - Liam Dawson - 1520
Wicket Bonus - Liam Dawson = 170
Economy - Liam Dawson = 710

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

Weekly List In Full

Pathum Nissanka 167
Annabel Sutherland 161
Liam Dawson 109
Chamari Athapaththu 101
Travis Head 71
Jasprit Bumrah 50
Saim Ayub 24
Nat Sciver-Brunt 20
Wanindu Hasaranga 20
Suryakumar Yadav 13
Adam Zampa 0

Rishabh Pant dnp
Ravindra Jadeja dnp
Babar Azam dnp
Kane Williamson dnp
Heinrich Klaasen dnp
Yashasvi Jaiwal dnp
Jamie Smith dnp
Sam Curran dnp
Harry Brook dnp
Liam Livingstone dnp
Nicholas Pooran dnp
Phil Salt dnp
Jos Buttler dnp

Overall List In Full

1 Sam Curran 4148
2 Jos Buttler 3807
3 Liam Dawson 3722
4 Nat Sciver-Brunt 3166
5 Nicholas Pooran 3096
6 Ravindra Jadeja 2804
7 Phil Salt 2798
8 Kane Williamson 2525
9 Pathum Nissanka 2435
10 Annabel Sutherland 2433
11 Harry Brook 2294
12 Heinrich Klaasen 2214
13 Jamie Smith 2112
14 Yashasvi Jaiwal 2042
15 Chamari Athapaththu 2041
16 Wanindu Hasaranga 1973
17 Liam Livingstone 1829
18 Travis Head 1829
19 Suryakumar Yadav 1739
20 Saim Ayub 1687
21 Rishabh Pant 1377
22 Jasprit Bumrah 1331
23 Adam Zampa 1326
24 Babar Azam 1308

Nicholas Pooran - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 IPL means that we start with some crazy periods of point-scoring

Weekly Top 5

1. Nicholas Pooran - 295 - An outstanding start for the West Indian with two 70+ scores in the IPL for Lucknow. He is currently the top run-scorer in that tournament and only bettered by Nat Sciver-Brunt and Kane Williamson for us.

2. Annabel Sutherland - 284 - An exceptional last two T20 games against New Zealand saw Sutherland get back to back 4 wicket hauls and get her highest score of the year. It is the third time she has scored 200+ points in a week.

3. Travis Head - 204 - Has been almost anonymous for the first 11 weeks of 2025 but hits his stride in the orange of Hyderabad with 114 runs across two games.

4. Heinrich Klaasen - 140 - Scored 50% of his points from Strike Rate points this week after scoring 34 off 14 balls against Rajasthan and 26 off 17 against Lucknow.

5. Phil Salt - 106 - Strips off the England shirt and dons the Bengaluru one....and then immediately remembers how to play cricket again. 56 runs at a decent lick against Kolkata sees him edge into the Top 5.

Overall Top 5

1. Nat Sciver-Brunt - 1650 - Her first inactive week of what may be quite a few. Holds first place with the lead she has on second place down to 453.

2. Annabel Sutherland - 1197 - Her score of 284 this week sess her up from 7th place into second. Hard to see where he next cricket is coming from though.

3. Chamari Athapaththu - 1052 - Inactive this week and down a place to third.

4. Kane Williamson - 1038 - Finds himself talking about the IPL this week rather than playing in it....no points for that and down a place to 4th.

5. Ravindra Jadeja - 1034 - Only 27 points in his first match of the IPL for Chennai - sees him drop down to 5th. 30 points separates him from Wanindu Hasaranga.

Ones to Watch

The bottom of the Top 5 will be very fluid over the coming week. 33 points separate the bowling all-rounders of Jadeja, Hasaranga and Curran.

Other Movers

Slim scores from the Indian trio of SKY, Pant and Jaiswal in their first IPL digs...but they do each move up a place to 17th, 19th and 21st respectively.


Top 3 Averages

1. Nicholas Pooran = 191.6 (Up from 165.75)
2. 166.83 (Down from Sam Curran = 199.4)
3. Nat Sciver-Brunt - 165

Both the largest increase and decrease come from our Top 3 this week. Pooran moved up 25.85 pointd and Curran dropped by an eye-watering 32.57.

Top Players By Format

Red Ball - Ravindra Jadeja - 488
One Day - Kane Williamson - 655
Short Form - Nat Sciver-Brunt = 1306

Top Players by Discipline

* = New name

Runs - Nat Sciver-Brunt = 750
Batting Bonus - Nat Sciver-Brunt + Kane Williamson = 140
Strike Rate - Nat Sciver-Brunt = 300

Wickets - Wanindu Hasaranga = 520
Wicket Bonus - Ravindra Jadeja - 100
Economy - Ravindra Jadeja = 250

Fielding - Phil Salt & *Nicholas Pooran = 170
Fielding Bonus -Phil Salt - 20

Weekly List In Full

Nicholas Pooran 295
Annabel Sutherland 284
Travis Head 204
Heinrich Klaasen 140
Phil Salt 106
Jos Buttler 104
Yashavi Jaiwal 70
Rishabh Pant 65
Suryakumar Yadav 49
Adam Zampa 40
Ravindra Jadeja 27
Wanindu Hasaranga 24
Pathum Nissanka 18
Liam Livingstone 15
Sam Curran 4

Jasprit Bumrah dnp
Saim Ayub dnp
Liam Dawson dnp
Harry Brook dnp
Jamie Smith dnp
Kane Williamson dnp
Nat Sciver-Brunt dnp
Babar Azam dnp
Chamari Athapaththu dnp

Overall List in Full

1 Nat Sciver-Brunt 1650
2 Annabel Sutherland 1197
3 Chamari Athapaththu 1052
4 Kane Williamson 1038
5 Ravindra Jadeja 1034
6 Wanindu Hasaranga 1004
7 Sam Curran 1001
8 Nicholas Pooran 958
9 Heinrich Klaasen 793
10 Phil Salt 760
11 Jos Buttler 674
12 Travis Head 623
13 Adam Zampa 578
14 Liam Dawson 537
15 Babar Azam 515
16 Liam Livingstone 421
17 Suryakumar Yadav 299
18 Harry Brook 288
19 Rishabh Pant 274
20 Pathum Nissanka 250
21 Yashavi Jaiwal 194
22 Jasprit Bumrah 112
23 Jamie Smith 82
24 Saim Ayub 0

Nat Sciver-Brunt - The Best Cricketer of the Week....again

 

The calm before the storm as only 241 points were split between 5 players before the IPL starts next week. More of a round-up than a list this week.

Weekly Top 5

1. Nat Sciver- Brunt - 130 - NSB has top scored in 4 of the 11 weeks of 2025 so far. This week she enters the Top 10 for most Cricketers of the Week alongside the likes of Steve Smith and Pat Cummins who took 3 and two years respectively to reach that number.

=2. Babar Azam - Scored 22 at a sufficient enough lick to get Strike Rate point this week for Lahore Blues vs Karachi Whites in an All-Pakistan Knockabout

=2. Annabel Sutherland - 42 - Had a bit of a inverse Sciver-Brunt in the WIPL. Had a great Ashes series and a then a tepid time in India. Just the one wicket and 2 runs in her final outing before getting 0 in a T20 against New Zealand on Friday morning.

4. Chamari Athapaththu - 23 - Just 23 runs and then a washout for Athapaththu to end the series in New Zealand. Quite the downfall from 219 points last week.

5. Pathum Nissanka - 4 - Not often that 4 points gets you in the Top 5 for the week but here we are. The Sri Lankan is having a categorical stinker after such a profligate 2025.

Overall Top 5

1. Nat Sciver-Brunt - 1650 - Swells her lead to 598 but is going to have to sit out for a little while now until the start of the English County games start up.

2. Chamari Athapaththu - 1052 - Only 23 points this week but it served enough to see her move up a place to second. Hard to see where her next cricket comes from, however.

3. Kane Williamson - 1038 - Inactive this week and down to third. Would usually be gearing up for IPL action but is now having to wait until mid April to make his PSL bow for Karachi.

4. Ravindra Jadeja - 1007 - Inactive this week and holds fourth. Is about to join back up with Chennai where he could be the first ever player to score 3000 runs and get 150 wickets in the IPL.

5. Sam Curran - 997 - Inactive again this week. He has made no secret of the fact that he wants to make a big impression for Chennai to force his way back into the England team....potentially as captain???

Top 3 Averages

1. Sam Curran = 199.4
2. Nicholas Pooran = 165.75
3. Nat Sciver-Brunt - 165 (Down from 168.89)

In a week where all 5 players' averages dropped, Athapaththu's descent by 21.21 was the most eye-watering.

Top Players By Format

Red Ball - Ravindra Jadeja - 488
One Day - Kane Williamson - 655
Short Form - Nat Sciver-Brunt = 1306

Top Players by Discipline


Runs - Nat Sciver-Brunt = 750
Batting Bonus - Nat Sciver-Brunt + Kane Williamson = 140
Strike Rate - Nat Sciver-Brunt = 300

Wickets - Wanindu Hasaranga = 500
Wicket Bonus - Ravindra Jadeja - 100
Economy - Ravindra Jadeja = 250

Fielding - Phil Salt = 170
Fielding Bonus -Phil Salt - 20

Weekly List In Full

Nat Sciver-Brunt 130
Babar Azam 42
Annabel Sutherland 42
Chamari Athapaththu 23
Pathum Nissanka 4

Jasprit Bumrah dnp
Saim Ayub dnp
Rishabh Pant dnp
Nicholas Pooran dnp
Yashavi Jaiwal dnp
Wanindu Hasaranga dnp
Sam Curran dnp
Liam Dawson dnp
Suryakumar Yadav dnp
Heinrich Klaasen dnp
Travis Head dnp
Adam Zampa dnp
Jos Buttler dnp
Harry Brook dnp
Liam Livingstone dnp
Phil Salt dnp
Jamie Smith dnp
Ravindra Jadeja dnp
Kane Williamson dnp

Overall List In Full

Nat Sciver-Brunt 1650
Chamari Athapaththu 1052
Kane Williamson 1038
Ravindra Jadeja 1007
Sam Curran 997
Wanindu Hasaranga 980
Annabel Sutherland 913
Nicholas Pooran 663
Phil Salt 654
Heinrich Klaasen 653
Jos Buttler 570
Adam Zampa 538
Liam Dawson 537
Babar Azam 515
Travis Head 419
Liam Livingstone 406
Harry Brook 288
Suryakumar Yadav 250
Pathum Nissanka 232
Rishabh Pant 209
Jasprit Bumrah 112
Yashavi Jaiwal 102
Jamie Smith 82
Saim Ayub 0