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

Jos Buttler - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Weekly Top 5

1. Jos Buttler - 222 - It took Buttler until Week 6 for him to the first player to win back-to-back Cricketer of the Week accolades; this year it took him two weeks fewer. Is really getting himself back into good form in the SA20.

2. James Vince - 188 - Had a very Buttler-lite style week this week. Where Jos got 46, 54 and 11, Vince got 45, 52 and 1. Continues to impress on the T20 circuit and needs to cash in before the long haul to the start of the Country Championship.

3. Simon Harmer - 156 - Look whose cropped up prematurely early.....no, not the words of my fertility consultant but instead an early showing for Simon Harmer courtesy of a four-fer against Durban in the SA20.

4. Chamari Athapaththu - 153 - One good game with the bat and one good game with the ball sees Athapaththu in the Top 5 for the fourth consecutive week. Making hay whilst the New Zealand sun shines.

5. Moeen Ali - 153 - Is having a much more fruitful time in franchise cricket than he is in international cricket. Is largely here thanks to a couple of impactful T20 innings in the SA 20.

Overall Top 5

1. Chamari Athapaththu - 629 - 4 weeks at the top of the table for Athapaththu. Nobody has done the first 5 weeks on the trot. Can the Sri Lanakan break records?

2. Babar Azam - 560 - Finished his international commitments with an underwhelming 13 before joining up with the IT20 and getting a trademark half century at 100+ SR. You feel he may cash in in this Tier 3 T20 tournament.

3. Jos Buttler - 495 - Has leapt into the Top 5 in just two weeks. Is averaging 82.5 points per T20 game in the SA 20 and there are at least 4 more of them in the tournament - with the possibility of another 7.

4. James Vince - 465 - Is yo-yo-ing his way up and down the table in the first month. Debuted in seventh, moved up to 3rd, dropped back to 7th and now is in fourth. His gap of 73 from the player below him is the second largest on the List.

5. Daryl Mitchell - 392 - Inactive this week but he manages to hold onto his Top 5 position by the skin of his teeth. His nearest active player before next week will be Aaron Hardie in 7th who is 19 points away from him.

Other Movers

Phil Salt was the most upwardly mobile player to not feature in either of our Top 5s this week. He scored 102 points but moved up four places to 13. Sam Curran also moved up this week and is now in 9th place.

Top 3 Average Points per Active Week

1. Jos Buttler - 247.5
2. Daryl Mitchell - 196
3. Babar Azam - 186.67 (Down from 219.15)

Azam started the week with the highest average but dropped 32.83 and ended third. James Vince's average improved the most; up 23.92 to 116.25.

Highest scorer by Format

* = New Name

Long Form = Travis Head = 259
One Day = n/a
Short Form = Chamari Athapaththu - 629

Highest scorer by Discipline

Runs - Babar Azam = 320
Batting Bonus -Babar Azam = 80
Strike Rate - Glenn Maxwell = 150

Wickets - Chamari Athapaththu - 180
Wicket Bonus - Chamari Athapaththu & *Simon Harmer - 20
Economy - Chamari Athapaththu & *Simon Harmer = 40

Fielding - Jos Buttler & *James Vince = 60
Fielding Bonus - Yashasvi Jaiswal & James Vince & Glenn Maxwell & Jos Buttler = 10

Full List for the Week

Jos Buttler 222
James Vince 188
Simon Harmer 156
Chamari Athapaththu 153
Moeen Ali 138
Sam Curran 136
Babar Azam 121
Phil Salt 102
Aaron Hardie 56
Rachin Ravindra 43

Harry Brook dnp
Shubman Gill dnp
Ravindra Jadeja dnp
Travis Head dnp
Glenn Maxwell dnp
Daryl Mitchell dnp
Yashasvi Jaiswal dnp
Virat Kohli dnp
Usman Khawaja dnp
Steve Smith dnp
Marnus Labuschagne dnp
Mitchell Marsh dnp

Harry Brook dnp
Shubman Gill dnp
Ravindra Jadeja dnp
Travis Head dnp
Glenn Maxwell dnp
Daryl Mitchell dnp
Yashasvi Jaiswal dnp
Virat Kohli dnp
Usman Khawaja dnp
Steve Smith dnp
Marnus Labuschagne dnp
Mitchell Marsh dnp

Overall List In Full

1 Chamari Athapaththu 629
2 Babar Azam 560
3 Jos Buttler 495
4 James Vince 465
5 Daryl Mitchell 392
6 Glenn Maxwell 385
7 Aaron Hardie 372
8 Marnus Labuschagne 298
9 Sam Curran 272
10 Moeen Ali 263
11 Travis Head 259
12 Yashasvi Jaiswal 240
13 Phil Salt 214
14 Simon Harmer 170
15 Virat Kohli 147
16 Mitchell Marsh 129
17 Steve Smith 115
18 Usman Khawaja 115
19 Shubman Gill 109
20 Rachin Ravindra 46
21 Ravindra Jadeja 0