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

Chamari Athapaththu - the Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Back to a high scoring week this week before what is going to be a Geo-Politically very quiet week next week

Weekly Top 5

1. Chamari Athapaththu - 245 - Following the playbook from last year - long periods absent from the game and then some huge haymaking while the sun shines. Only Nat Sciver Brunt has had more Cricketers of the Week this year - this is her third.

2. Liam Dawson - His first big scoring week in the County Championship courtesy of a five-fer and his full compliment of economy points against Durham. Breaks into the Top Ten for the first time since the end of the SA20.

3. Jos Buttler - 194 - 94 runs across two innings gives Buttler third place in a week where he also overtakes Nat Sciver Brunt as the highest run scorer on the List.

4. Ravindra Jadeja - 176 - After a slow start to the tournament, Jadeja has burst into life of late with three back to back 3 figure scoring weeks. Only Buttler and SKY have scored more than him in that time.

5. Babar Azam - 141 - Back to looking like he might have seen a cricket bat at some point in his life in at least one innings this week. 53 versus Islamabad this week sees him ease into the Top 5 for the week despite letting himself down (again) in the game against Multan.

Overall Top 5

1. Ravindra Jadeja - 1686 - Despite being in our Lists for 4 years, Jadeja has never graced top spot until this week. His slow burning IPL campaign has seen him ease into top spot with a 36 point lead.

2. Nat Sciver-Brunt - 1650 - Parenthood is an amazing thing...but it doesn't score you many points. After 7 inactive weeks, NSB loses her 10 week reign at the top of the List.

3. Jos Buttler - 1510 - The fifth highest run scorer in the IPL and the highest run scorer in our List moves up a place to third after yet another half century this week.

4. Nicholas Pooran - 1433 - After scoring 528 points in the first three weeks of the IPL he has now scored 103 in the last three weeks to see him down a place this week to 4th.

5. Chamari Athapaththu - 1365 - Lost her Top 5 place a month ago and slipped as low as 11th last week but a bumper week for the Sri Lanka captain moves her back into 5th spot.

Ones to Watch

With the IPL being suspended for at least a week, it is a chance for Liam Dawson to do some damage on the Top 10. Currently he is tenth but a mere 158 points separate him and Chamari Athapaththu in 5th.

Other Movers

Meagre scores from Mumabi's SKY and Bumrah this week but they both move up a spot. SKY is in 8th with Bumrah up to 20th.

Top 3 Averages

1. Nat Sciver-Brunt - 165
2. Chamari Athapaththu - 151.67 (Up from 140)
3. Sam Curran = 134.56 (Down from 147)

In a rare occurence the two most noteable movers on the average table are in the Top 3. Athapaththu moves back into the Top 3 courtesy of a 11.67 point boost to her average whilst Curran drops 12.44

Top Players By Format

* = New Name

Red Ball - * Liam Dawson - 670
One Day - Kane Williamson - 655
Short Form - Nicholas Pooran - 1433

Top Players by Discipline

* = New Name

Runs - * Jos Buttler = 870
Batting Bonus - Nat Sciver-Brunt, Kane Williamson, Nicholas Pooran, *Jos Buttler & *Babar Azam = 140
Strike Rate - Heinrich Klaasen & Suryakumar Yadav - 370

Wickets - Wanindu Hasaranga = 720
Wicket Bonus - Ravindra Jadeja & Wanindu Hasaranga - 100
Economy - *Liam Dawson = 280

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

Weekly List In Full

Chamari Athapaththu 245
Liam Dawson 225
Jos Buttler 194
Ravindra Jadeja 176
Babar Azam 141
Saim Ayub 110
Harry Brook 73
Yashasvi Jaiwal 64
Heinrich Klaasen 63
Jasprit Bumrah 60
Suryakumar Yadav 55
Travis Head 40
Sam Curran 35
Rishabh Pant 18
Nicholas Pooran 16
Wanindu Hasaranga 0

Overall list In Full

1 Ravindra Jadeja 1686
2 Nat Sciver-Brunt 1650
3 Jos Buttler 1510
4 Nicholas Pooran 1433
5 Chamari Athapaththu 1365
6 Heinrich Klaasen 1324
7 Wanindu Hasaranga 1239
8 Suryakumar Yadav 1220
9 Sam Curran 1211
10 Liam Dawson 1207
11 Annabel Sutherland 1197
12 Phil Salt 1163
13 Babar Azam 1062
14 Kane Williamson 1038
15 Yashasvi Jaiwal 990
16 Travis Head 930
17 Pathum Nissanka 614
18 Liam Livingstone 603
19 Adam Zampa 578
20 Jasprit Bumrah 482
21 Rishabh Pant 467
22 Jamie Smith 372
23 Harry Brook 361
24 Saim Ayub 339

Jos Buttler - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Weekly Top 5

1. Jos Buttler - 202 - Fair to say that Buttler hasn't had the greatest year, however this is his 12th Cricketer of the Week award in his five years on the List. Only Harmer (45), Azam (19), Labuschagne, Stokes (both on 14) and Maxwell (13) have more.

2. Heinrich Klaasen - 165 - Hyderabad are not having the greatest of times but Klaasen has put in two impactful knocks in the 30s with Strike Rates between 150 and 200 to bag second place for the week.

3. Liam Livingstone - 154 - A half century against Gujarat gives him the bulk of his points for the week. Such has been the average-ness of his 2025, this is highest score thus far.

4. Suryakumar Yadav - 145 - Has taken a long time to get going but looked more like a professional cricketer this week. This is only the second time in 8 active weeks that he has scored over 100 points.

5. Ravindra Jadeja - 127 - After a slow start to the IPL he contributed to proceedings with some decent runs this week - however is still underperforming with the ball with just 20 runs from bowling this week.

Overall Top 5

1. Nat Sciver-Brunt - 1650 - Is now a first time Mum as well as our first placed player. No points for that, however.

2. Annabel Sutherland - 1197 - Inactive this week and holds on to second place by a mere 36 points. Should be overthrown next week.

3. Ravindra Jadeja - 1161 - Moves up to 3rd spot; a place he lost 5 weeks ago. Has a lead of 139 points between him and the nearest active player.

4. Chamari Athapaththu - 1052 - Inactive this week and down a place to 4th.

5. Kane Williamson - 1038 - Inactive again this week. Will have one more inactive week before starting up in the PSL. Seems likely he will start comfortably outside the Top 5.

Ones to Match

Two very narrow battles at different ends of the table. Just outside the Top 5 we yet again have Pooran and Curran with 3 points between them, whilst further down their is the same gap between Adam Zampa and Liam Livingstone.

Other Movers

3 players scored meagrely but all managed to move up two places. Nicholas Pooran, Babar Azam and Pathum Nissanka are all outside our Top 5 but managed to move up to 6th, 13th and 18th respectively.

Top 3 Averages

1. Nicholas Pooran = 170.33 (Down from 191.6)
2. Nat Sciver-Brunt - 165
3. Chamari Athapaththu - 150.29

Jos Buttler's weekly high sees his average improve by 13.32 - the most of anyone. Rishabh Pant leaks 22.33 points and is down to 69 points a week.

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 = 600
Wicket Bonus - Ravindra Jadeja & *Wanindu Hasaranga - 100
Economy - Ravindra Jadeja = 250

Fielding - Phil Salt - 200
Fielding Bonus -Phil Salt - 30

Weekly Scores in Full

Jos Buttler 202
Heinrich Klaasen 165
Liam Livingstone 154
Suryakumar Yadav 145
Ravindra Jadeja 127
Phil Salt 126
Babar Azam 119
Pathum Nissanka 105
Wanindu Hasaranga 104
Nicholas Pooran 64
Travis Head 56
Sam Curran 18
Yashavi Jaiwal 14
Rishabh Pant 2

Jasprit Bumrah dnp
Saim Ayub dnp
Liam Dawson dnp
Harry Brook dnp
Jamie Smith dnp
Kane Williamson dnp
Nat Sciver-Brunt dnp
Chamari Athapaththu dnp
Annabel Sutherland dnp
Adam Zampa dnp

Overall List In Full

1 Nat Sciver-Brunt 1650
2 Annabel Sutherland 1197
3 Ravindra Jadeja 1161
4 Chamari Athapaththu 1052
5 Kane Williamson 1038
6 Nicholas Pooran 1022
7 Sam Curran 1019
8 Wanindu Hasaranga 1004
9 Heinrich Klaasen 958
10 Phil Salt 886
11 Jos Buttler 876
12 Travis Head 679
13 Babar Azam 634
14 Adam Zampa 578
15 Liam Livingstone 575
16 Liam Dawson 537
17 Suryakumar Yadav 444
18 Pathum Nissanka 355
19 Harry Brook 288
20 Rishabh Pant 276
21 Yashavi Jaiwal 194
22 Jasprit Bumrah 112
23 Jamie Smith 82
24 Saim Ayub 0