Ravindra Jadeja - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Weekly Top 5

1.Ravindra Jadeja - 215 - Last year's highest Red Ball point scorer has that format to thank for his first Cricketer of the Week of 2026. He added 193 in his Ranji Trophy game against Punjab to his measly 22 points from the final ODI against New Zealand to finish in top spot in a low scoring week.

= 2. Aiden Markram - 198 - Manages to finish second despite playing a solitary T20 game this week. 108 at a good lick was not enough to see his Durban team progress but is enough for silver medal spot this week.

=2. Sam Curran - 198 - A very poor England display - in what is becoming an increasingly crowded field- was counterbalanced by a corker of a final game in the BBL with a half century and two wickets for Sydney. Bet he wished he'd stayed.

4. Nat Sciver-Brunt- 180 - Absolutely loves the WPL. Made a killing in that tournament last year and is doing so again in 2026. Another 80 runs in two games and a couple of wickets to boot for her to finish in the Top 5 for her two opening games.

5. Marco Jansen - 153 - Has failed to impress so far in 2026. 0 in Week 1, 76 in Week 2....and now 153 this week.....that kind pf progression will see him odds on for a score of 300+ next week!

Overall Top 5

1.Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 687 - Has scored less and less every week but still has a three figure lead on first spot....he also managed to get his first decent tournament runs of the year under his belt with 72 against Bangladesh Under 19s.

2. Ravindra Jadeja - 544 - Moves up a spot to second place courtesy of his first Cricketer of the Week award of 2026. Was in the Top 5 almost all of last year and is setting himself up well for this year.

3. Nat Sciver-Brunt - 519 - Down a place this week despite finishing in the Top 5. Needs her team to start matching her performances for her to access the knockout stages of the WIPL and score more points.

4. Aiden Markram - 462 - Moves up a place courtesy of that final big century for Durban - it is all very very tight in that Top 6 so will be hard pushed to stick around too long.

5. Quinton De Kock - 451 - Only just keeps his place in the Top 5 as he is only a single point ahead of Sam Curran this week. Has at least one more SAT20 game in the bank though so could challenge for higher honours next week.

Highest Weekly Average

1. Nat Sciver-Brunt = 259. 5
2. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi = 229
3. Ravindra Jadeja = 181.33

Good Week for Marco Jansen; up 38.33 points to 76.33. Bad week for Vaibhav Sooryavanshi down 53.5 to 229.


Highest Average Points per Game

Red Ball- n/a
One Day - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi = 98.14
Short Form - Aiden Markram = 115.5

Highest Points by Format

Red Ball- Travis Head - 262
One Day - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 687
Short Form - Nat Sciver-Brunt - 519

Highest Points by Discipline

* = New Name

Runs - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 377
Batting Bonus - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi- 90
Strike rate - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 120

Wickets - Nat Sciver-Brunt = 140
Wicket Bonus - Ravindra Jadeja + Sam Curran - 20
Economy - Ravindra Jadeja = 80

Fielding - Quinton de Kock = 90
Fielding Bonus - Quinton de Kock + Michael Bracewell = 10

Weekly List In Full

Ravindra Jadeja 215
Aiden Markram 198
Sam Curran 198
Nat Sciver-Brunt 180
Marco Jansen 153
Quinton de Kock 125
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 122
Mehidy Hasan Miraz 108
Sophie Ecclestone 92
Liam Dawson 62
Michael Bracewell 58
Shubman Gill 57
Simon Harmer 50
Nicholas Pooran 29
Pathum Nissanka 21
Harry Brook 16
Rachin Ravindra 11
Jos Buttler 10

Paul Walter dnp
Travis Head dnp
Phil Salt dnp
Saim Ayub dnp

Overall List In Full

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 687
Ravindra Jadeja 544
Nat Sciver-Brunt 519
Aiden Markram 462
Quinton de Kock 451
Sam Curran 450
Travis Head 262
Shubman Gill 240
Marco Jansen 229
Jos Buttler 228
Mehidy Hasan Miraz 217
Harry Brook 192
Nicholas Pooran 192
Michael Bracewell 184
Sophie Ecclestone 166
Saim Ayub 160
Rachin Ravindra 127
Simon Harmer 96
Phil Salt 63
Liam Dawson 62
Pathum Nissanka 57

Yashasvi Jaiswal - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Weekly Top 5

1. Yashasvi Jaiswal - 323 - After his huge score against West Indies in his last active week, Jaiswal went one better for Mumbai in the Ranji Trophy with 223 runs scored over two innings.....and a maiden 20 points for a wicket to boot.

2. Saim Ayub - 293 - Hard to know whether this a decent score or not. 293 is not to be sniffed at but was scored over two T20Is and two ODIs so could have gone huge. Moves him up to 13th - a 3 place improvement on last week.

3. Rishabh Pant - 177 - Has made his return to cricket for the first time since the England Test series as he turns out for a very strong India A outfit. Bagged 107 runs ...very unequally balanced. Doesn't remove him from the foot of the table, however.

4. Babar Azam - 157 - A welcome return to some decent run-scoring for the ex-Pakistan captain. He still lacks the consistency that used to be his hallmark, however. Moves up a place to third from bottom.

5. Suryakumar Yadav - 145 - 45 runs separated across three T20Is isn't any great shakes but both of them came at lightning pace to help boost his score with 80 Strike Rate points.

Overall Top 5

1. Sam Curran - 4266 - 17 runs and two wickets in the final ODI against New Zealand sees him get 67 runs in what has been a disappointing series.

2. Jos Buttler - 3912 - A decent series in New Zealand could have seen him take top spot....lamentably he only got 105 across the series.

3. Nat Sciver-Brunt - 3794 - Inactive this week but should be back in WBBL action before our next update.

4. Liam Dawson - 3762 - Another inactive week but a cushion of 437 protects him from fifth place.

5. Ravindra Jadeja - 3325 - Inactive after his Ranji Trophy cameo last week. Luckily for him the nearest active player to him is 628 points away.

Other Movers

Travis Head only got 64 runs but manages to nudge up to 17th place.

Ones To Watch

The bottom four is remarkably fluid at the moment with only 87 points between Bumrah, Azam, Zampa and Pant.

Top 3 Averages

1.Chamari Athapaththu - 151,53
2. Sam Curran - 147.1 (Down from 149.48)
3. Annabel Sutherland - 145.48

Jamie Smith is our biggest loser for the successive week. He leaked 5.06 points today to add to his 5.18 from last week. Brighter news for Jaiswal whose bumper week sees him up 9.7 points to 119.27 a week.

Top Players By Format

Red Ball -Ravindra Jadeja= 2044
One Day - Nat Sciver Brunt = 1484
Short Form - Sam Curran = 3349

Top Players by Discipline

Runs - Jos Buttler = 1914
Batting Bonus -Nat Sciver-Brunt = 410
Strike Rate – Jos Buttler = 960

Wickets - Liam Dawson - 1560
Wicket Bonus - Annabel Sutherland = 190
Economy - Liam Dawson = 710

Fielding - Jos Buttler = 600
Fielding Bonus - Jos Buttler & Phil Salt – 40

Weekly List In Full

Yashasvi Jaiwal 323
Saim Ayub 293
Rishabh Pant 177
Babar Azam 157
Suryakumar Yadav 145
Adam Zampa 80
Sam Curran 67
Travis Head 64
Jasprit Bumrah 60
Jos Buttler 58
Harry Brook 16
Jamie Smith 5

Heinrich Klaasen dnp
Liam Livingstone dnp
Nicholas Pooran dnp
Pathum Nissanka dnp
Wanindu Hasaranga dnp
Chamari Athapaththu dnp
Phil Salt dnp
Liam Dawson dnp
Nat Sciver-Brunt dnp
Annabel Sutherland dnp
Ravindra Jadeja dnp
Kane Williamson dnp

Overall List in Full

1 Sam Curran 4266
2 Jos Buttler 3912
3 Nat Sciver-Brunt 3794
4 Liam Dawson 3762
5 Ravindra Jadeja 3325
6 Nicholas Pooran 3096
7 Annabel Sutherland 3055
8 Phil Salt 2943
9 Harry Brook 2697
10 Yashasvi Jaiswal 2624
11 Kane Williamson 2566
12 Pathum Nissanka 2435
13 Saim Ayub 2411
14 Chamari Athapaththu 2273
15 Jamie Smith 2232
16 Heinrich Klaasen 2214
17 Travis Head 1996
18 Wanindu Hasaranga 1973
19 Suryakumar Yadav 1884
20 Liam Livingstone 1829
21 Jasprit Bumrah 1641
22 Babar Azam 1626
23 Adam Zampa 1558
24 Rishabh Pant 1554

Harry Brook - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

N.B. Calculations do not include Friday's T20 between Australia and India as I had to press go a little earlier than normal.

Weekly Top 5

1. Harry Brook - 239 - In a week of relatively modest scores (both for England and for our players) Brook blew the roof of with the only 200+ score of the week.

2. Nat Sciver-Brunt - 174 - A disappointing end to her first foray into international captaincy. She has scored 648 points across the tournament though so she has had a decent personal campaign.

3. Saim Ayub - 97 - Another alright-ish performance for Ayub. He has, at least, broken his slump of ducks with 37 runs against South Africa. He backed this up with two wickets.

4. Annabel Sutherland - 73 - A rather ignominious end to the World Cup for the player who has scored the most points over the 5 weeks of the tournament (783)

5. Ravindra Jadeja - 66 - A surprise turnout for Saurashtra saw Jadeja register a satisfactory little 66 against Madhya Pradesh.

Overall Top 5

1. Sam Curran - 4199 - A meagre return for Curran in his return to the ODI side as he scored just 33 runs in the only completed match. His lead on second place remains on 345 points though.

2. Jos Buttler - 3854 - Scored just 33 points for England this week and just about holds on to his second-place berth that might have been threatened should things have panned out differently in the Women's World Cup.

3. Nat Sciver - Brunt - 3794 - The gap between NSB and third place that it took the whole of the World Cup for her to just nip into that position on her final week of action. Now has week off before WBBL action for Hobart.

4. Liam Dawson - 3762 - Inactive this week and down a place to 4th - his lowest position for 18 weeks.

5. Ravindra Jadeja - 3325 - Holds fifth spot with absolutely no pressure below him for at least a fortnight where Sutherland could mount a late WBBL resistance.

Other Movers

Both Adam Zampa and Jamie Smith scored very meagrely this week but managed to move up a spot; Zampa to 22nd and Smith to 14th.

Top 3 Averages

1.Chamari Athapaththu - 151,53
2. Sam Curran - 149.48 (Down from 154.3)
3. Annabel Sutherland - 145.48 (Down from 149.1)

Different fates awaited two of our young Englishmen this week. Brook improved the most (up 5.57 points to 116.57) whilst Smith moved down the most; leaking 5.18 points to 111.35.

Top Players By Format

Red Ball -Ravindra Jadeja= 2044
One Day - Nat Sciver Brunt = 1484
Short Form - Sam Curran = 3349

Top Players by Discipline

Runs - Jos Buttler = 1914
Batting Bonus -Nat Sciver-Brunt = 410
Strike Rate – Jos Buttler = 960

Wickets - Liam Dawson - 1560
Wicket Bonus - *Annabel Sutherland = 190
Economy - Liam Dawson = 710

Fielding - Jos Buttler = 600
Fielding Bonus - Jos Buttler & Phil Salt – 40

Weekly List in Full

Harry Brook 239
Nat Sciver-Brunt 174
Saim Ayub 97
Annabel Sutherland 73
Ravindra Jadeja 66
Travis Head 49
Kane Williamson 41
Sam Curran 33
Jos Buttler 33
Adam Zampa 22
Jamie Smith 13
Babar Azam 0

Rishabh Pant dnp
Heinrich Klaasen dnp
Liam Livingstone dnp
Nicholas Pooran dnp
Pathum Nissanka dnp
Wanindu Hasaranga dnp
Suryakumar Yadav dnp
Yashasvi Jaiwal dnp
Jasprit Bumrah dnp
Chamari Athapaththu dnp
Phil Salt dnp
Liam Dawson dnp

Overall List In Full

1 Sam Curran 4199
2 Jos Buttler 3854
3 Nat Sciver-Brunt 3794
4 Liam Dawson 3762
5 Ravindra Jadeja 3325
6 Nicholas Pooran 3096
7 Annabel Sutherland 3055
8 Phil Salt 2943
9 Harry Brook 2681
10 Kane Williamson 2566
11 Pathum Nissanka 2435
12 Yashasvi Jaiwal 2301
13 Chamari Athapaththu 2273
14 Jamie Smith 2227
15 Heinrich Klaasen 2214
16 Saim Ayub 2118
17 Wanindu Hasaranga 1973
18 Travis Head 1932
19 Liam Livingstone 1829
20 Suryakumar Yadav 1739
21 Jasprit Bumrah 1581
22 Adam Zampa 1478
23 Babar Azam 1469
24 Rishabh Pant 1377