Nat Sciver-Brunt - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Many more points scored this week but from the exact same amount of cricketers. The natural break comes after a Top Three so that is what we shall do.

Weekly Top 3

1. Nat Sciver-Brunt- 237 – Had a (admittedly unimpressive) game washed out but still manages to bag top spot courtesy of a century and a couple of wickets against Sri Lanka.

2. Annabel Sutherland – 230 – Became the top wicket taker of the World Cup this week, largely due to the five-fer she bagged against India.

3. Yashasvi Jaiswal – 213 – Been a bit since he registered an impressive score in Tests but certainly got his dues against West Indies. Moves up three places on the Overall List to 11th.

Overall Top 5

1. Sam Curran – 4148 – Inactive this week but is likely to feature in the T20 series that starts Saturday morning against New Zealand.

2. Jos Buttler- 3807- Inactive this week but will hope to be an instrumental figure in the T20 series that starts Saturday morning against New Zealand.

3. Liam Dawson – 3722 - Inactive this week but may just feature in the T20 series that starts Saturday morning against New Zealand.

4. Nat Sciver – Brunt – 3515 – Despite her weekly high score this week, she just finds herself further sandwiched in fourth place. 207 points separate her from third and 257 from 5th.

5. Ravindra Jadeja – 3258 – His form in the West indies series propels Jadeja into the Top 5 at the expense of Nicholas Pooran.

Other Movers

Two Pakistan players finished off the pace but still managed to move on the Overall List. Saim Ayub continues to improve and moves up to 16th whilst Azam jumps up from bottom place to 22nd after his long respite from Cricket.

Top 3 Averages

1. Sam Curran - 159.94
2.Chamari Athapaththu - 148.29 (Down from 157)
3. Annabel Sutherland - 144.95 (Up from 140.22)

Chamari Athapaththu drops the most - down by 8.71 points but still manages to hold second place. Yashasvi Jaiswal does the best this week with his average up by 5.17 to 109.53.

Top Players By Format

*+ New Name

Red Ball -Ravindra Jadeja= 1977
One Day - Nat Sciver Brunt = 1205
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

Nat Sciver-Brunt 237
Annabel Sutherland 230
Yashasvi Jaiwal 213
Ravindra Jadeja 180
Jasprit Bumrah 140
Saim Ayub 102
Babar Azam 75
Chamari Athapaththu 35

Rishabh Pant 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
Wanindu Hasaranga dnp
Suryakumar Yadav dnp
Adam Zampa dnp
Travis Head dnp

Overall list in Full

1 Sam Curran 4148
2 Jos Buttler 3807
3 Liam Dawson 3722
4 Nat Sciver-Brunt 3515
5 Ravindra Jadeja 3258
6 Nicholas Pooran 3096
7 Phil Salt 2798
8 Annabel Sutherland 2754
9 Kane Williamson 2525
10 Pathum Nissanka 2435
11 Yashasvi Jaiwal 2301
12 Harry Brook 2294
13 Heinrich Klaasen 2214
14 Jamie Smith 2112
15 Chamari Athapaththu 2076
16 Saim Ayub 2021
17 Wanindu Hasaranga 1973
18 Travis Head 1847
19 Liam Livingstone 1829
20 Suryakumar Yadav 1739
21 Jasprit Bumrah 1581
22 Babar Azam 1383
23 Rishabh Pant 1377
24 Adam Zampa 1346

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

Travis Head - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

A lot of movement this week after a long period of rigidity....who has done well?

Weekly

1. Travis Head - 231 - The rebirth of Travis Head gives him his second Cricketer of the Week Award for 2022 and his third of all time. Really does look in fine form as an opener and had a record-breaking week alongside David Warner.

=2. Kane Williamson = 225 = Seems to be awakening from his malaise towards the end of the year. Two matches in two different disciplines with two half century scores sees him joint second for the week. Up a place to 20th overall.

=2. Simon Harmer = 225 - Back in the wickets in long from cricket, just as God intended. A fourfer against Knights was the highlight of his week.

4. David Warner - 172 - His second week in the Top 5 in a row. Loving life at the moment and moves up two places to 12th courtesy of a century stand in the final ODI against England.

5. Steve Smith - 165 - Nearly 300 points from three games is not to be sniffed at....especially considering Smith's form so far this year. His last innings let him down a bit and he just squeaks into the Top 5 this week.

Overall

1. Simon Harmer - 5418 - You would think Cricketer of the Year would have to be his this year. His lead is now back up to 798 - the highest it has been in 2 months.

2. Mohammad Rizwan - 4620 - Inactive this week as he girds his loins for the Test series against England.

3. Babar Azam - 3768 - Bit of danger from below for the inactive Pakistan captain but he manages to hold onto third place for the fourth week.

4. Moeen Ali – 3719 – Manages just 79 points across three games in two continents. Is crawling towards third place rather than sprinting.

5. Quinton De Kock – 3493 – Inactive for a month now but has zero pressure from below so holds 5th for the 7th week.

Other Movers

Hasan Ali moves up two places to 10th; his highest spot for the year.

Rishabh Pant takes advantage of Glenn Maxwell’s misfortune to move up to 6th despite 92 points this week.

Top Three Averages

1. Simon Harmer = 186.83 (Up from 185.46)
2. Ben Stokes = 124.86
3. Babar Azam = 129.93

Joe Root used to go to town in warm up matches....but only managed 9 this week to see his average fall by 5.33 points to 120.77 a week. Kane Williamon swells his average by 7.48 to 75.33.

Top Players By Format


Long Form - Simon Harmer = 4348
One Day - Travis Head = 1236
Short Form - Moeen Ali = 3255

Highest Points by Discipline

* = New Name


Runs - Mohammad Rizwan - 2660
Batting Bonus - Babar Azam = 530
Strike Rate - Moeen Ali = 770

Wickets - Simon Harmer = 2560
Wicket Bonus - Simon Harmer = 430
Economy - Simon Harmer = 1190

Fielding - *Rishabh Pant = 730
Fielding Bonus - Rishabh Pant = 110`

Weekly

Travis Head 231
Kane Williamson 225
Simon Harmer 225
David Warner 172
Steve Smith 165
Hasan Ali 148
Marnus Labuschagne 116
Risabh Pant 92
Moeen Ali 79
Pat Cummins 70
Joe Root 9

Kyle Jamieson dnp
Jonny Bairstow dnp
Matt Critchley dnp
Glenn Maxwell dnp
KL Rahul dnp
Bhanuka Rajapaksa dnp
Quinton De Kock dnp
Ben Stokes dnp
Babar Azam dnp
Mohammad Rizwan dnp

Overall

1 Simon Harmer 5418
2 Mohammad Rizwan 4620
3 Babar Azam 3768
4 Moeen Ali 3719
5 Quinton De Kock 3493
6 Rishabh Pant 3327
7 Glenn Maxwell 3248
8 Ben Stokes 3234
9 Marnus Labuschagne 2917
10 Hasan Ali 2696
11 Joe Root 2657
12 David Warner 2630
13 Jonny Bairstow 2593
14 Matt Critchley 2473
15 KL Rahul 2460
16 Pat Cummins 2374
17 Travis Head 2019
18 Steve Smith 1829
19 Kane Williamson 1582
20 Kyle Jamieson 1547
21 Bhanuka Rajapaksa 1308