Simon Harmer - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 Weekly Top 5

1.Simon Harmer - 320 - Now he's back. 100 wicket points plus 100 points with the bat plus the usual 60 Economy points. Prime Harmer-ism.

2.Mehidy Hasan Miraz - 254 - Back on the red ball grind and back scoring big. 6 wickets at a decent economy in Bangladesh's victory over Pakistan. Moves up to 15th Overall.

3. Shubman Gill - 159 - Continues his patter of one decent innings with one underhwleming one. His 84 against Rajasthan is enough for Top 3 this week. Up to 12th Overall.

4. Harry Brook -126 - Back in action after nine weeks away from the game. 66 runs and a random 30 for Economy sees him gatecrash the Top 5.

5. Liam Dawson - 119 - Dawson finishes fifth with, what appears to be, his last ever Red Ball game after his shock long form retirement this week.

Overall Top 5

1.Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 2113 - 77 points this week and the wee man increases his lead on second by 74. With 37% of the year, is it possible he could lead wire to wire?

2. Aiden Markram - 1680 - Really pushing his luck now. Got just 6 runs against Chennai but still second. Just 35 points split him and 3rd though.

3.Jos Buttler - 1626 - His 90 points were enough to see him take back the third place position he lost last week. A huge 70 points came from the field this week.

4.Saim Ayub - 1591 - His first inactive week after the PSL and he slips back down to 4th.

5.Quinton De Kock - 1470 - Still out of the Mumabi side. Still just about fifth. 21 points between himself and Simon Harmer in 6th.

Highest Weekly Average

1. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi = 176.08 (Down from 185.09)
2. Nat Sciver-Brunt = 163.6
3. Simon Harmer- 144.9 (Up from 125.44)

Harmer is up the most this week with his Essex team mate Paul Walter dropping the most in the other direction; down 10.35 to 74.4.

Highest Average Points per Game

Red Ball- Simon Harmer = 208.43
One Day - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi = 108.5
Short Form - Nat Sciver-Brunt = 101.57

Highest Points by Format

Red Ball- Simon Harmer = 1459
One Day - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 1302
Short Form - Aiden Markram = 1680

Highest Points by Discipline

* = New Name

Runs - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 1183
Batting Bonus - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi- 240
Strike Rate - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi- 580

Wickets - Marco Jansen = 580
Wicket Bonus = Simon Harmer = 100
Economy - Simon Harmer= 370

Fielding - Jos Buttler = 320
Fielding Bonus - Quinton De Kock & *Jos Buttler = 20

Weekly List In Full

Simon Harmer 320
Mehidy Hasan Miraz 254
Shubman Gill 159
Harry Brook 126
Liam Dawson 119
Pathum Nissanka 100
Jos Buttler 90
Ravindra Jadeja 88
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 77
Paul Walter 33
Marco Jansen 32
Aiden Markram 6
Nicholas Pooran 1
Travis Head 0

Sam Curran dnp
Rachin Ravindra dnp
Phil Salt dnp
Sophie Ecclestone dnp
Quinton de Kock dnp
Nat Sciver-Brunt dnp
Saim Ayub dnp
Michael Bracewell dnp
Sam Curran dnp
Rachin Ravindra dnp
Phil Salt dnp
Sophie Ecclestone dnp
Quinton de Kock dnp
Nat Sciver-Brunt dnp
Saim Ayub dnp
Michael Bracewell dnp

Overall List in Full

1 Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 2113
2 Aiden Markram 1680
3 Jos Buttler 1626
4 Saim Ayub 1591
5 Quinton de Kock 1470
6 Simon Harmer 1449
7 Pathum Nissanka 1325
8 Travis Head 1224
9 Marco Jansen 1194
10 Sam Curran 1156
11 Harry Brook 1137
12 Shubman Gill 1097
13 Ravindra Jadeja 1054
14 Liam Dawson 1006
15 Mehidy Hasan Miraz 993
16 Phil Salt 822
17 Nat Sciver-Brunt 818
18 Rachin Ravindra 806
19 Michael Bracewell 690
20 Nicholas Pooran 526
21 Sophie Ecclestone 413
22 Paul Walter 372

Mehidy Hasan Miraz - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

The calm before the IPL storm has reached an almost comical level this year with only two players featuring this week.

Mehidy Hasan Miraz gets a very hollow looking first Cricketer of the Week award this week. With 131 points in two ODI games against Pakistan, MHM has the 13th lowest weekly high totals in the 8 years of our game. He does, however, move up two places over-taking Simon Harmer and Phil Salt into 15th.

Pathum Nissanka made his red ball debut for 2026 before dropping over to join up with Delhi for the IPL. He scored a decent 77 at a SR over 80 for Nondescripts against Police Sports Club. He overtakes Rachin Ravindra into 8th place.

Overall Top 5

For the third week in a row the Top 5 looks like this:

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 1302
Quinton de Kock 1248
Aiden Markram 1239
Sam Curran 1156
Harry Brook 1011

All five players were inactive this week.

Highest Weekly Average

1. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi = 260.4
2.Ravindra Jadeja = 181.33
3. Nat Sciver-Brunt = 177.75

Both active players moved up this week with MHM up by 8.97 and Nissanka up by 3.59.

Highest Average Points per Game

Red Ball- Simon Harmer = 248.5
One Day - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi = 108.5
Short Form - Nat Sciver-Brunt = 101.57

Highest Points by Format

Red Ball- Simon Harmer = 248.5
One Day - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 1302
Short Form - Quinton De Kock = 1238

Highest Points by Discipline

Runs - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 742
Batting Bonus - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi- 170
Strike Rate - Aiden Markram - 300

Wickets - Marco Jansen = 440
Wicket Bonus = Sam Curran = 60
Economy - Simon Harmer= 100

Fielding - Quinton de Kock = 250
Fielding Bonus - Quinton De Kock = 20

Weekly List In Full

Mehidy Hasan Miraz 131
Pathum Nissanka 117

Paul Walter dnp
Ravindra Jadeja dnp
Shubman Gill dnp
Nicholas Pooran dnp
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi dnp
Sophie Ecclestone dnp
Nat Sciver-Brunt dnp
Michael Bracewell dnp
Simon Harmer dnp
Marco Jansen dnp
Jos Buttler dnp
Harry Brook dnp
Sam Curran dnp
Aiden Markram dnp
Phil Salt dnp
Liam Dawson dnp
Quinton de Kock dnp
Saim Ayub dnp
Travis Head dnp
Rachin Ravindra dnp

Overall list In Full

1 Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 1302
2 Quinton de Kock 1248
3 Aiden Markram 1239
4 Sam Curran 1156
5 Harry Brook 1011
6 Saim Ayub 975
7 Marco Jansen 893
8 Pathum Nissanka 847
9 Rachin Ravindra 806
10 Jos Buttler 729
11 Nat Sciver-Brunt 711
12 Travis Head 613
13 Liam Dawson 574
14 Ravindra Jadeja 544
15 Mehidy Hasan Miraz 533
16 Simon Harmer 497
17 Phil Salt 430
18 Shubman Gill 240
19 Sophie Ecclestone 226
20 Nicholas Pooran 192
21 Michael Bracewell 184

Harry Brook -The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Weekly Top 5

1. Harry Brook - 184 - Just as we have seen over the course of the World Cup, one stonking showing will put you in top spot - and Brook had that stonker against Pakistan. Is putting his dismal time towards the end of 2025 behind him.

2. Aiden Markram - 166 - Keeps getting better and better. This is his third successive score of 100+ and no player has scored within a 100 of his 514 points during the World Cup.

3.Rachin Ravindra - 162 - Can't really get his act together with the bat so went huge with the ball this wicket. Impressively he manages to get into the Top 3 this week despite playing only one game. Moves up 3 places on the Overall List

4. Liam Dawson - 157- Finally justifying his place in the England XI with 5 wickets in two games. Takes a huge leap up in the Overall table moving up 3 places to 12th.

5. Quinton De Kock - 153 - Rounds off our Top 5 with 53 runs but also 70 points from field.

Overall Top 5

1. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 1302 - Third week inactive and likely to be his final week in top spot. The average weekly scores stands at 112 and both second and third are within that bracket below him.

2. Quinton De Kock - 1238 - Shuttles towards first place but also has the gap to third place narrowed. All to play for as the Proteas rumble on.

3. Aiden Markram - 1207 - Rewarded for his fine T20 World Cup with a gradual slide up the Top 5. One week in 5th, two in 4th, now up to third.

4. Sam Curran - 1094 - After 213 points from last week's two games, 37 from this week seems rather underwhelming. Has been punished for it by a drop to 4th.

5. Harry Brook - 948 - Despite his big score this week he stays in 5th. Even more annoyingly, Jansen is still chasing him quite closely with the gap at 160.

Highest Weekly Average

1. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi = 260.4
2.Ravindra Jadeja = 181.33
3. Nat Sciver-Brunt = 177.75

Good Week for Liam Dawson; up 12.93 points to 92.33. Bad week for Saim Ayub; down 16.19 to 104.14.

Highest Average Points per Game

Red Ball- Simon Harmer = 248.5
One Day - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi = 108.5
Short Form - Nat Sciver-Brunt = 101.57

Highest Points by Format

Red Ball- Simon Harmer = 248.5
One Day - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 1302
Short Form - Quinton De Kock = 1238

Highest Points by Discipline

* + New Name

Runs - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 742
Batting Bonus - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi- 170
Strike Rate - *Aiden Markram - 300

Wickets - Marco Jansen = 440
Wicket Bonus = Sam Curran = 60
Economy - Simon Harmer= 100

Fielding - Quinton de Kock = 250
Fielding Bonus - Quinton De Kock = 20

Weekly List In Full

Harry Brook 184
Aiden Markram 166
Rachin Ravindra 162
Liam Dawson 157
Quinton de Kock 153
Marco Jansen 112
Phil Salt 112
Sam Curran 37
Jos Buttler 19
Pathum Nissanka 9
Saim Ayub 7
Mehidy Hasan Miraz 0

Paul Walter dnp
Ravindra Jadeja dnp
Shubman Gill dnp
Nicholas Pooran dnp
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi dnp
Sophie Ecclestone dnp
Nat Sciver-Brunt dnp
Michael Bracewell dnp
Simon Harmer dnp
Travis Head dnp

Overall List In Full

1 Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 1302
2 Quinton de Kock 1238
3 Aiden Markram 1207
4 Sam Curran 1094
5 Harry Brook 948
6 Marco Jansen 788
7 Saim Ayub 729
8 Pathum Nissanka 727
9 Nat Sciver-Brunt 711
10 Jos Buttler 644
11 Rachin Ravindra 611
12 Liam Dawson 554
13 Ravindra Jadeja 544
14 Travis Head 510
15 Simon Harmer 497
16 Phil Salt 403
17 Shubman Gill 240
18 Sophie Ecclestone 226
19 Mehidy Hasan Miraz 218
20 Nicholas Pooran 192
21 Michael Bracewell 184