Ravindra Jadeja- The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Very lean week in terms of contributions but there is a natural gap between the person that finished fifth and the person in 6th so I will do a Top 5 as normal.

Weekly Top 5

1. Ravindra Jadeja – 274 – Clearly likes a bit of responsibility. His first game as vice captain saw him excel with both bat and ball – something he has not done in a while. Another Test started on Friday so more points in the offing.

2. Saim Ayub – 232 – A struggling batter returning back to their domestic league and completely annihilating is a dance as old as time itself. Ayub scored 142 runs this week – this is more than he bagged in the last 5 weeks combined.

3. Nat Sciver-Brunt – 112 – Hasn’t quite hit her staps like we know she is capable of but still a comfortable three figure score in the second week of the World Cup.

4. Jasprit Bumrah – 110 - Felt like he was a bit out of luck in the first Test against West Indies but managed to bag three late wickets in the first innings to scrape a three figure score.

5. Annabel Sutherland- 91 – Bowled superbly in the match against Pakistan but looked like she might need get her just deserts….but managed to bag three late wickets to finish with a decent score.

Overall Top 5

Not much to report this week with only NSB playing.

The Top 5 remains:

1 Sam Curran 4148
2 Jos Buttler 3807
3 Liam Dawson 3722
4 Nat Sciver-Brunt 3278
5 Nicholas Pooran 3096

Jadeja is only 18 points off 5th so expect changes next week.

Top 3 Averages

1. Sam Curran - 159.94
2.Chamari Athapaththu - 157 (Down from 161.67)
3. Annabel Sutherland - 140.22 (Down from 143.12)

Saim Ayub's return to form sees his average improve by 7.37 point to 106.61. Travis Head's damp squib versus New Zealand sees him drop by 3.5, down to 87.95.

Top Players By Format

*+ New Name

Red Ball -*Ravindra Jadeja= 1797
One Day - Nat Sciver Brunt = 856
Short Form - Sam Curran = 3331

Top Players by Discipline

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

Ravindra Jadeja 274
Saim Ayub 232
Nat Sciver-Brunt 112
Jasprit Bumrah 110
Annabel Sutherland 91
Yashasvi Jaiwal 46
Adam Zampa 20
Travis Head 18

Rishabh Pant dnp
Babar Azam dnp
Kane Williamson dnp
Heinrich Klaasen dnp
Jamie Smith dnp
Sam Curran dnp
Harry Brook dnp
Liam Livingstone dnp
Nicholas Pooran dnp
Phil Salt dnp
Jos Buttler dnp
Pathum Nissanka dnp
Liam Dawson dnp
Chamari Athapaththu dnp
Wanindu Hasaranga dnp
Suryakumar Yadav dnp

Overall Top Score

1 Sam Curran 4148
2 Jos Buttler 3807
3 Liam Dawson 3722
4 Nat Sciver-Brunt 3278
5 Nicholas Pooran 3096
6 Ravindra Jadeja 3078
7 Phil Salt 2798
8 Kane Williamson 2525
9 Annabel Sutherland 2524
10 Pathum Nissanka 2435
11 Harry Brook 2294
12 Heinrich Klaasen 2214
13 Jamie Smith 2112
14 Yashasvi Jaiwal 2088
15 Chamari Athapaththu 2041
16 Wanindu Hasaranga 1973
17 Saim Ayub 1919
18 Travis Head 1847
19 Liam Livingstone 1829
20 Suryakumar Yadav 1739
21 Jasprit Bumrah 1441
22 Rishabh Pant 1377
23 Adam Zampa 1346
24 Babar Azam 1308

Harry Brook - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Weekly Top 5

1. Harry Brook - 249 - Has been a fine year for Brook, punctuated by long spells away from the game. It is perhaps surprising that this is his first Cricketer of the Week award of 2024. Fair to say he passed his test as captaincy material though.

2. Travis Head - 225 - Finished his fine tour of Scotland and England with....rather obscurely...a huge performance with the ball. 120 of his 225 points came from bowling this week as he continues to show his white ball cajónes.

3. Yashasvi Jaiswal - 223 - Hasn't really turned it on when it matters most this year but gave us a reminder of his true form with two half centuries in the second Test against Bangladesh. Moves up 2 places overall to 7th.

4. Ravindra Jadeja - 188 - Rather less destructive than in the first Test, but a threefer for Jadeja sees him in the Top 5.

5. Chamari Athapaththu - 158 - Two warm up games that yielded 2 points was followed by an opening game loss to Pakistan that got her 156. A very very big few weeks for the Sri Lankan.

Overall Top 5

A third static week in the Top 5 which still stands at:

1 James Vince 3970
2 Chamari Athapaththu 3911
3 Travis Head 3476
4 Sam Curran 3156
5 Babar Azam 3061

With both Athapaththu and Azam featuring next week it could be all change across the board for our next update.

Other Movers

Two others of our competitors scored modestly but still moved up overall. Marsh scored 58 in his one foray this week and moved up to 19th whilst maxwell's 102 was enough to see him up to 14th.

Top Three Averages

1. Chamari Athapaththu - 186.24 (Down from 187.65)
2. Babar Azam - 139.14 (Down from 145.52)
3. Jos Buttler - 131.5

Marnus Labuschagne's limp end to the ODI series against Scotland and England ees him leak 5.17 points and lose his place in the Top 3 highest averages. Harry Brook improves his average by 6.89 - up to 111.29.

Highest scorer by Format

Long Form = Simon Harmer = 2235
One Day = Chamari Athapaththu = 946
Short Form = *Chamari Athapaththu- 2965

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 List in Full

Harry Brook 249
Travis Head 225
Yashasvi Jaiswal 223
Ravindra Jadeja 188
Chamari Athapaththu 158
Simon Harmer 129
Moeen Ali 107
Phil Salt 107
Glenn Maxwell 102
James Vince 97
Virat Kohli 96
Shubman Gill 75
Mitchell Marsh 58
Rachin Ravindra 42
Steve Smith 41
Aaron Hardie 40
Marnus Labuschagne 24
Daryl Mitchell 14

Jos Buttler dnp
Sam Curran dnp
Usman Khawaja dnp
Babar Azam dnp

Overall List In Full

1 James Vince 3970
2 Chamari Athapaththu 3911
3 Travis Head 3476
4 Sam Curran 3156
5 Babar Azam 3061
6 Simon Harmer 2808
7 Yashasvi Jaiswal 2731
8 Marnus Labuschagne 2674
9 Phil Salt 2635
10 Moeen Ali 2578
11 Rachin Ravindra 2411
12 Harry Brook 2337
13 Ravindra Jadeja 2310
14 Glenn Maxwell 2204
15 Shubman Gill 2187
16 Jos Buttler 2104
17 Virat Kohli 1976
18 Daryl Mitchell 1511
19 Mitchell Marsh 2390
20 Aaron Hardie 1485
21 Steve Smith 1295
22 Usman Khawaja 498