Sam Curran - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Gone early this week as I'm laid up with flu so thought that I might as well get ahead of it before my immune system collapses.

Weekly Top 5....but also kind of Top 7

1. Sam Curran - 221 - Rather enjoying the ILT20 and is tucking into the bowlers. Known more as a bowling all-rounder than the adverse, he has scored more points with the bat than he has with the ball in this competition. This is his 6th all time Cricketer of the Week.

2. Kane Williamson - 171 - Liberated from semi-retirement from the New Zealand set-up, Williamson is reinventing himself as T20 gun for hire.....and this week he has hit the target with scores of 56 & 45 in the SA20.

3. Adam Zampa - 150 - Without pausing for breath has gone from the BBL to the ILT20 and has bagged a pleasingly increasing amount of wickets. Starting off with 0 wickets in Game 1 vs the Desert Vipers, he then got 1, then 2 and finished the week with a threefer against the Abu Dhabi Knight Riders

=4. Jos Buttler - 139 - Pleasing consistency from Buttler as those around him do not do as well. This is his second three figure score in succession. Moves up to 11th in the Overall list.

=4. Chamari Athapaththu - 139 - No fireworks for the Sri Lankan this week but could have achieved more if not for the wash out at Wellington that took 40 wicket points away from her.

=4. Heinrich Klaasen - 139 - Snapped out of a poor run of form with 66 against MI Cape Town. Moves up to 12th in the Overall List.

5. Wanindu Hasaranga - 130 - Solid performances from Hasaranga this week sees him round off the Top 5. Keeping his eye in with economy points; he has the second best Economy in the ILT20 and the most Economy points of any of the bowlers on the List.

Overall Top 5

1. Chamari Athapaththu - 759 - Finished in the Top 5 of the week again and completes 4 straight weeks at the top of the List.....her lead is now just 80 though.

2. Sam Curran - 679 - Curran lost 2nd place last week, skipping third place and dropping to fourth. This week he reclaims it with a weekly high score, skips third place and narrows the gap to first.

3. Wanindu Hasaranga - 596 - Yet again does just enough to hold third place for the entire month of January. The 108 point gap between him and fourth place is now the largest gap on the List.

4. Ravindra Jadeja - 488 - Inactive this week. Down two places but still holds a Top 5 berth.

5. Nicholas Pooran - 445 - Dropped out of the Overall Top 5 last week but returns, largely courtesy of a rather impressive 70 points from fielding last week.

Ones To Watch

international Team Mates Harry Brook and Jamie Smith are both tied up on 58 points so far.....who will get the most out of the remaining T20 games?

Top 3 Averages

1. Ravindra Jadeja - 244
2. Sam Curran - 226.33 (Down from 229)
3. Chamari Athapaththu - 189.75 (Down from 206.67)

After remembering that he is rather a good cricketer this week, Liam Livingstone's average improves the most up 33 points. Nicholas Pooran's drops the most; -34.67 at 148.33.

Top Players By Format

*=New Name

Red Ball - Ravindra Jadeja - 488
One Day - Nat Sciver-Brunt - 225
Short Form - Chamari Athapaththu - 759

Top Players by Discipline

Runs - * Sam Curran - 239
Batting Bonus - Babar Azam, *Sam Curran, *Nicholas Pooran & *Kane Williamson - 40
Strike Rate - Nicholas Pooran, *Chamari Athapaththu & *Sam Curran - 100

Wickets - *Wanindu Hasaranga & *Adam Zampa = 300
Wicket Bonus - Ravindra Jadeja - 60
Economy - *Wanindu Hasaranga = 110

Fielding - *Nicholas Pooran = 110
Fielding Bonus - Sam Curran & *Nicholas Pooran - 10

Weekly List in Full

Sam Curran 221
Kane Williamson 171
Adam Zampa 150
Jos Buttler 139
Chamari Athapaththu 139
Heinrich Klaasen 139
Wanindu Hasaranga 130
Liam Livingstone 106
Nicholas Pooran 79
Babar Azam 62
Jamie Smith 58
Annabel Sutherland 53
Liam Dawson 40
Phil Salt 39
Harry Brook 31
Yashavi Jaiwal 30
Suryakumar Yadav 26
Nat Sciver-Brunt 11

Jasprit Bumrah dnp
Travis Head dnp
Saim Ayub dnp
Pathum Nissanka dnp
Ravindra Jadeja dnp
Rishabh Pant dnp


Overall List In Full

Chamari Athapaththu 759
Sam Curran 679
Wanindu Hasaranga 596
Ravindra Jadeja 488
Nicholas Pooran 445
Liam Dawson 411
Babar Azam 363
Adam Zampa 363
Kane Williamson 341
Nat Sciver-Brunt 338
Jos Buttler 257
Heinrich Klaasen 243
Annabel Sutherland 235
Rishabh Pant 209
Phil Salt 184
Pathum Nissanka 160
Liam Livingstone 120
Jasprit Bumrah 112
Yashavi Jaiwal 102
Harry Brook 58
Jamie Smith 58
Travis Head 48
Suryakumar Yadav 46
Saim Ayub 0

Rachin Ravindra - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

It has been one of the highest scoring weeks on record. All of the Top Five point scorers of this week have scores of 200+.

Top 5 for the Week

1. Rachin Ravindra - 412 - The Kiwi started the week in last place on the List and finishes it in 6th. This is thanks to the 18th largest score since we started this game. A hugely impressive debut Cricketer of the Week performance.

2. Yashasvi Jaiswal - 276 - Not many weeks you score a double century in a Test and don't end up in top spot but Jaiswal has certainly caught the eye in his first forays in the Indian Test side.

3. James Vince - 231 - Vince is making an absolute killing in the UAE. 231 points from three T20s is impressive form whatever competition you are playing in.

4. Shubman Gill - 218 - Doubled his overall score in one week as Gill shook off his malaise with a century against England. Moves up from 20th to 14th on the Overall list.

5. Jos Buttler - 212 - Finished his SA20 with another two impressive T20 scores. Only Babar Azam has more T20 points than Buttler so far this year.

Overall Top 5

1. Babar Azam - 893 - Two identical scores of 47 at a Strike Rate above 100 but below 150 saw Azam score a moderate 134 for the week. He holds on to his first place spot for the second week.

2. Jos Buttler - 798 - Moves up a spot as he finishes his spell in South Africa. Genuinely hard to see where he plays any cricket until the IPL in late March though.

3. James Vince - 755 - Refuses to be under estimated. Moves up a place and has the second largest gap on the person below him of anyone on the List. Genuinely a force to be reckoned with in amongst our superstars.

4. Yashasvi Jaiswal - 651 - A Test double century against England is quite a classy way to move back into the Top 5. Will be inactive next week before the Third Test.

5. Chamari Athapaththu - 629 - A second inactive week and Chamari is dropping like a stone.

Other Movers

Moeen Ali finished sixth for the week but still manages to move up two places to 12th.

Top 3 Average Points per Active Week

1. Jos Buttler - 199.5 (Up from 195.33)
2. Babar Azam - 178.6 (Down from 189.75)
3. Yashasvi Jaiswal - 162.75 (Up from 125)

Two very differing fates for our two Kiwis. Daryl Mitchell moves down 47 points on his average - and now has 149. Ravindra's mahoosive score sees his average swell from 23 points a week to 152.67. Having started the week with the highest and lowest averages they are now 6th and 7th.

Highest scorer by Format

* = New Name

Long Form = * Yashavi Jaiswal = 509
One Day = Steve Smith = 130
Short Form = Babar Azam = 824

Highest scorer by Discipline

*=New Name

Runs - Babar Azam = 513
Batting Bonus -Babar Azam = 100
Strike Rate - Babar Azam & *Jos Buttler = 190

Wickets - Chamari Athapaththu - 180
Wicket Bonus - Chamari Athapaththu & Simon Harmer & Ravindra Jadeja - 20
Economy - Rachin Ravindra = 60

Fielding - Jos Buttler = 130
Fielding Bonus - Yashasvi Jaiswal & James Vince & Glenn Maxwell & Jos Buttler & Steve Smith & *Babar Azam & *Phil Salt & *Shubman Gill = 10

Full Weekly List

Rachin Ravindra 412
Yashasvi Jaiswal 276
James Vince 231
Shubman Gill 218
Jos Buttler 212
Moeen Ali 146
Babar Azam 134
Daryl Mitchell 55
Aaron Hardie 45
Simon Harmer 40
Phil Salt 37
Marnus Labuschagne 36
Sam Curran 33
Glenn Maxwell 30
Mitchell Marsh 26
Steve Smith 11

Harry Brook dnp
Virat Kohli dnp
Chamari Athapaththu dnp
Ravindra Jadeja dnp
Usman Khawaja dnp
Travis Head dnp

Overall list

Player Points
1 Babar Azam 893
2 Jos Buttler 798
3 James Vince 755
4 Yashasvi Jaiswal 651
5 Chamari Athapaththu 629
6 Rachin Ravindra 458
7 Daryl Mitchell 447
8 Sam Curran 437
9 Aaron Hardie 430
10 Steve Smith 422
11 Glenn Maxwell 415
12 Moeen Ali 409
13 Marnus Labuschagne 382
14 Shubman Gill 350
15 Travis Head 303
16 Ravindra Jadeja 279
17 Phil Salt 276
18 Usman Khawaja 240
19 Simon Harmer 220
20 Mitchell Marsh 206
21 Virat Kohli 147

Steve Smith - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Top 5 Cricketers of the Week

1. Steve Smith = 296 - Was probably the best player in Australia's shock test defeat to the West Indies and was then probably the best player in their victory in the 1st ODI. Shockingly, Smith has never won more than 2 Cricketer of the Weeks in a year so is half there already.

2. Ravindra Jadeja - 279 - Has been sat on 0 points since Week 1 but has given us a taste of his 2023 form this week with points scored with both bat and ball. Leaps from bottom of the pile to 13th. Will slide back down as he is sidelined for the second Test.

3. Babar Azam - 199 - Producing the goods out in Bangladesh. Two T20 games for Babar with scores of 62 and 37 to continue his ever presence in the Weekly Top 5.

4. Yashasvi Jaiswal - 135 - Indians wunderkind is here thanks to his score of 80 in the first innings of their thrilling Test defeat against England. More points on the horizon very soon for this young man.

5. Sam Curran - 132 - Two impactful innings of 20 & 22 for Sam has seen him just edge into the Top 5. He also moves onto the verge of the overall Top 5 with the closing games of the SA20 on the horizon.

Overall Top 5

1. Babar Azam - 759 - Has spent two weeks in second place but has taken advantage of inactivity above him to seize the top spot for the first time since 2021 where he spent the majority of the year in top spot before Labuschagne stole it from him at the very end.

2. Chamari Athapaththu - 629 - Spent the whole of January as the best Cricketer in the World but, as February roles in and she puts her feet up she has been caught lacking and moves into second spot.

3. Jos Buttler - 586 - A quieter week for Jos Buttler as he only managed a single score over 20, however he retains 3rd place. Buttler spent 10 weeks hanging around in bronze position before moving into the top spot in the later part of the year.

4. James Vince - 524 - Despite scoring a mere 59 this week, Vince holds on to fourth spot - mainly due to a lack of challenge from those below him.

5. Steve Smith - 411 - Smith has pulled off a leap that would have Jonathan Edwards salivating as he moves up from 17th position to 5th in one fell swoop. Not bad going for the newly crowned Australian opener.

Other Movers

Usman Khawaja is the only upwardly mobile player not to feature in any Top 5s. He moves up 3 places to 15th.

Top 3 Average Points per Active Week

1. Daryl Mitchell - 196
1. Jos Buttler - 195.33 (Down from 247.5)
3. Babar Azam - 189.75 (Up from 186.67)

Jos Buttler tumbles form his stratospheric heights to a more menial score of a smidge under 200. Steve Smith moves up 22 and a half points thanks to his colossal week; his average is now 137 a week.

Highest scorer by Format

* = New Name

Long Form = Travis Head = 259
One Day = *Steve Smith = 119
Short Form = *Babar Azam = 690

Highest scorer by Discipline

Runs - Babar Azam = 419
Batting Bonus -Babar Azam = 100
Strike Rate - Glenn Maxwell & *Babar Azam = 150

Wickets - Chamari Athapaththu - 180
Wicket Bonus - Chamari Athapaththu & Simon Harmer & *Ravindra Jadeja - 20
Economy - *Travis Head & *Ravindra Jadeja = 50

Fielding - Jos Buttler & *Steve Smith = 100
Fielding Bonus - Yashasvi Jaiswal & James Vince & Glenn Maxwell, Jos Buttler & Steve Smith = 10

Weekly Scores

Steve Smith 296
Ravindra Jadeja 279
Babar Azam 199
Yashasvi Jaiswal 135
Sam Curran 132
Usman Khawaja 125
Jos Buttler 91
James Vince 59
Mitchell Marsh 51
Marnus Labuschagne 48
Travis Head 44
Phil Salt 25
Shubman Gill 23
Simon Harmer 10
Aaron Hardie 10
Moeen Ali 0

Overall Scores

1 Babar Azam 759
2 Chamari Athapaththu 629
3 Jos Buttler 586
4 James Vince 524
5 Steve Smith 411
6 Sam Curran 404
7 Daryl Mitchell 392
8 Glenn Maxwell 385
9 Aaron Hardie 382
10 Yashasvi Jaiswal 375
11 Marnus Labuschagne 346
12 Travis Head 303
13 Ravindra Jadeja 279
14 Moeen Ali 263
15 Usman Khawaja 240
16 Phil Salt 239
17 Simon Harmer 180
18 Mitchell Marsh 180
19 Virat Kohli 147
20 Shubman Gill 132
21 Rachin Ravindra 46