Rachin Ravindra - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Weekly Top 5

1. Rachin Ravindra - 243 - Reminded everyone of his Test acumen with his second century in 11 matches and against India no less.

2. Marnus Labuschagne - 213 - His third 200+ score in 6 weeks and plenty more Cricket in the bank for the Aussie.

3. Ravindra Jadeja - 155 - Of course Jadeja ends up in the Top 5 in a week where he plays a test match. it's just what happens.

4. Usman Khawaja - 141 - Such has been his poor year that 141 is his highest score of 2024. He has scored 372 points in the last 3 weeks, which is more then he scored between the end of January and the start of October.

5. Steve Smith - 119 - Disappointed in the Sheffield Shield (23 points; 20 points in the field) but bolstered his score with 56 runs in the One-Day Cup.

Overall Top 5

1. Chamari Athapaththu - 4010 - Will be chomping at the bit to start playing for the Sydney Thunder in the WBBL on Monday. Will she be able to dominate a franchise tournament in a way that she has failed to do previously and continue her reign at the top of the table.

2. James Vince - 3970 - Inactive for 3 successive weeks for only the second time this year. He does have a considerable amount of cricket on the horizon though. The inaugural Global Super League finishes a week before the BBL starts, so the Hampshire skipper should be available.

3. Travis Head - 3546 - Has a 390 point lead but has jeopardised his place as he will miss the upcoming white-ball series against Pakistan to spend time with his family ahead of the high-stakes five-Test series against India, starting November 22 in Perth.

4. Sam Curran - 3156 - His fifth inactive week. He will not see a fifth as the White Ball series against West Indies starts on Thursday.

5. Marnus Labuschagne - 3130 - Has breached a Top 5 that has had the same five figures in it for the last 11 weeks. He regains the 5th place spot he lost nearly 3 months ago.

Other Movers

A meagre score of 58 was the fourth lowest of the week but still sess Jaiswal move up to the 8th place that Brook dumped him out of last week.

Ones To Watch

Jaiswal has the smallest gap of anyone on the List (19 away from Harmer) and is currently in action against New Zealand.

Top Three Averages

1. Chamari Athapaththu - 174.34
2. Babar Azam - 135.04
3. Jos Buttler - 131.5

Usman Khawaja's average improves the most for the second week in a row; up 11.2 in the last fortnight. Daryl Mitchell's already meagre average depreciates the most - down to 80.47 - only Hardie, Marsh and Khawaja have worse.

Highest scorer by Format

Long Form = Simon Harmer = 2235
One Day = Chamari Athapaththu = 946
Short Form = Chamari Athapaththu- 2999

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 Scores In Full

Rachin Ravindra 243
Marnus Labuschagne 213
Ravindra Jadeja 155
Usman Khawaja 141
Steve Smith 119
Virat Kohli 90
Aaron Hardie 85
Yashasvi Jaiswal 58
Mitchell Marsh 55
Glenn Maxwell 41
Daryl Mitchell 18

Jos Buttler dnp
Sam Curran dnp
Simon Harmer dnp
Phil Salt dnp
James Vince dnp
Shubman Gill dnp
Moeen Ali dnp
Travis Head dnp
Babar Azam dnp
Chamari Athapaththu dnp
Harry Brook dnp

Overall Scores In Full

1 Chamari Athapaththu 4010
2 James Vince 3970
3 Travis Head 3546
4 Sam Curran 3156
5 Marnus Labuschagne 3130
6 Babar Azam 3106
7 Simon Harmer 2808
8 Yashasvi Jaiswal 2789
9 Harry Brook 2749
10 Moeen Ali 2727
11 Rachin Ravindra 2654
12 Phil Salt 2635
13 Ravindra Jadeja 2465
14 Glenn Maxwell 2245
15 Shubman Gill 2187
16 Jos Buttler 2104
17 Virat Kohli 2066
18 Mitchell Marsh 1685
19 Aaron Hardie 1570
20 Daryl Mitchell 1529
21 Steve Smith 1414
22 Usman Khawaja 870

Harry Brook - The Best Cricketer of the Week...again

 

[u]Weekly Top 5[/u]

1. Harry Brook - 387 - No air of mystery around top spot this week. If you score a triple ton in a Test you're going to be top of the pops. He has scored 800 points in the last three weeks and moved from 16th in the Overall list to 10th. 

2. Marnus Labuschagne - 212 - Back playing red ball cricket and now the captain of Queensland. Scored 112 runs and got two wickets this week to give him second place. Also moves up to 6th place on the Overall List.

3. Moeen Ali - 148 - His late call up into the CPL has given Moeen a late season boost up the List. The 595 points he has scored in the last three weeks is more than he got in the last seven active weeks of cricket he had over the English Summer. Up to 9th overall. 

4. Mitchell Marsh - 127 - Could the start of the Australian Summer see Marsh move up our List. His first Sheffield Shield game sees him in fourth for the week, up one overall and all that without bowling. Who knows how high he can go? 

5. Usman Khawaja - 115 - The bottom placed Cricketer on our Overall List rounds off our weekly Top 5. With just 613 points across the year, Khawaja is going to have to put in a Herculean effort to be anywhere other than bottom spot for 2024. 

[u]Overall Top 5[/u]

Despite expectations there is a fourth static week in the top 5. Margins are very narrow between Vince and Athapaththu in first and second and between Azam and a chasing pack below him. 

1 James Vince 3970

2 Chamari Athapaththu 3945

3 Travis Head 3546

4 Sam Curran 3156

5 Babar Azam 3106

[u]Top Three Averages[/u]

1. Chamari Athapaththu - 179.32 (Down from 186.24) 

2. Babar Azam - 135.04 (Down from 139.14)

3. Jos Buttler - 131.5

Chamari Athapaththu's average drops by 6.92 but her weekly average is untouchable still. Brook moves up by a huge 12.53 points. With a weekly average of 123,82, he has the second best of anyone. 

 

[u]Highest scorer by Format[/u]

Long Form = Simon Harmer = 2235

One Day = Chamari Athapaththu = 946

Short Form = Chamari Athapaththu- 2999

[u]Highest scorer by Discipline[/u]

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

[u]Weekly List In Full[/u]

Harry Brook 387

Marnus Labuschagne 212

Moeen Ali 148

Mitchell Marsh 127

Usman Khawaja 115

Travis Head 70

Babar Azam 45

Chamari Athapaththu 34

Jos Buttler dnp

Sam Curran dnp

Yashasvi Jaiswal dnp

Ravindra Jadeja dnp

Simon Harmer dnp

Phil Salt dnp

Glenn Maxwell dnp

James Vince dnp

Virat Kohli dnp

Shubman Gill dnp

Rachin Ravindra dnp

Steve Smith dnp

Aaron Hardie dnp

Daryl Mitchell dnp

[u]Overall List In Full[/u]

James Vince 3970

Chamari Athapaththu 3945

Travis Head 3546

Sam Curran 3156

Babar Azam 3106

Marnus Labuschagne 2886

Simon Harmer 2808

Yashasvi Jaiswal 2731

Moeen Ali 2727

Harry Brook 2724

Phil Salt 2635

Rachin Ravindra 2411

Ravindra Jadeja 2310

Glenn Maxwell 2204

Shubman Gill 2187

Jos Buttler 2104

Virat Kohli 1976

Mitchell Marsh 1629

Daryl Mitchell 1511

Aaron Hardie 1485

Steve Smith 1295

Usman Khawaja 613

[u]Headlines[/u]

MIB picks a bad week to get 0. Sussex and RDJ both overtake him knocking him from 5th to 7th. 

[u]Weekly Scores[/u]

Sussex 387

DFM 212

The Prof Sr. 149

RDJ 148

The Professor 127

DD 70

Red Devil 45

MIB 0

Arthur 0

RT 0

GingerPele 0

[u]Overall Scores[/u]

DD 6702

DFM 5696

The Professor 5472

Red Devil 5275

Sussex 5145

RDJ 5033

MIB 4915

The Prof Sr. 4560

RT 4080

Arthur 3930

GingerPele 3088

Rachin Ravindra - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Weekly Top 5

1. Rachin Ravindra - 223 - I think it's time we face it up and say we have a bit of a superstar on our hands. Proving his worth in every format. This is his third Cricketer of the Week aware - the same amount as Babar Azam has.

2. Virat Kohli - 188 - Has taken no time at all to get back into the swing of things. Despite being away from action for 2 months, all it takes is one big score and he leaps up out of bottom spot on the Overall List.

3. Sam Curran - 176 - Had failed to impress so far in 2024 but knows what stage he needs to turn it on for. This is his highest score of the year so far, largely courtesy of a half century against Delhi.

4. Travis Head - 122 - Whilst every other IPL contributor's scores have come from two games, Head's comes from that world record game against Mumbai on Wednesday. Should be a mainstay for the rest of the tournament after that.

5. Aaron Hardie - 107 - Finishes the Sheffield Shield season with a score of 100+ - however, after having been withdrawn from his contract with Surrey, this might be his last score for a little while.

Overall List

1. Babar Azam - 1901 - The first of his indeterminate inactive weeks and his lead on second place drops from 717 points to 638.

2. Rachin Ravindra - 1263 - Bursts up the list from 4th to 2nd. Is very much the focal point for the chasing pack of IPL superstars chasing down top spot.

3. Yashasvi Jaiswal - 1254 - An understated start to the IPL season for Indian's latest poster boy. Lots more to play for but he remains third for the sixth week in a row.

4. James Vince - 1184 - Biding his time before the start of the County Championship season. Drops 2 spots to 4th.

5. Ravindra Jadeja - 1014 - Does just enough to keep himself in his beloved 5th spot for a 4th consecutive week. Has a 121 point lead over Mitchell Marsh.

Other Movers

Mitchell Marsh finished in 6th place for the week and moves up one place overall to be just outside the Top 5. Weirdly, Chamari Athapaththu gets the worst score of the week (21) but still moves up a place to 9th.

Ones to Watch

The tale of the IPL flops is playing out between 7th and 8th place. Glenn Maxwell has scored 52 points across his two games whilst buttler has scored 42. There is just one point between them on Friday afternoon.

Top 3 Average Points per Active Week

1. Babar Azam - 190.2
2. Ravindra Jadeja - 169 (Down from 196.4)
3. Jos Buttler - 168 (Down from 199.5)

Jos Buttler drops the most - down 31.5 - but still in our overall Top 3. Virat Kohli improves the most up a huge 38.17 points to 111.67.


Highest scorer by Format

Long Form = Yashasvi Jaiswal = 943
One Day = Marnus Labuschagne = 152
Short Form = Babar Azam - 1563

Highest scorer by Discipline

*=New Name

Runs - Babar Azam = 932
Batting Bonus -Babar Azam - 190
Strike Rate - Babar Azam - 350

Wickets - Ravindra Jadeja - 380
Wicket Bonus - Ravindra Jadeja - 70
Economy - Ravindra Jadeja - 220

Fielding – Babar Azam & *Jos Buttler = 150
Fielding Bonus - Steve Smith - 20

Babar Azam - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Overall points scored this week are back in the 1000+ category - but player points are reasonably modest. For the second week in a row nobody has beaten their personal best score for the year.

Weekly Top 5

1. Babar Azam - 270 - Absolutely loves his home T20 competition. He has 163 more runs than anyone else in the PSL and has accrued 954 points in the 4 weeks of the competition.

2. Mitchell Marsh - 170 - Has had a poor start to the year, but produces one decent innings and finishes in silver medal place for the week - 60 economy points from 9 overs of bowling isn't to be sniffed at either.

3. Shubman Gill - 150 - One final century in a decent series against England. He scored 622 points across the 5 Tests. Now a week off and on to the IPL.

4. Marnus Labuschagne - 126 - Shook off a pretty miserable run of form and struck a score of 90. His 126 is the first score of 100+ he has managed in the last 6 active weeks.

5. Ravindra Jadeja - 106 - Always a banker to score 100+ points whenever he plays. Was a relatively quiet final test for Jadeja but will have plenty in his locker ready for the IPL.

Overall Top 5

1. Babar Azam - 1847 - Has an almost obscene 663 point lead on second place....however his Peshawar Zalmi team are now out of the PSL and is seemingly inactive until mid-April.

2. James Vince - 1184 - Finishes the PSL strongly and will now join up with Hampshire. Will spend a bit of time away from the game whilst the chasing pack will be filling their boots on the IPL circuit. Will be out of the Top 5 by the time the County Championship starts.

3. Yashasvi Jaiswal - 1182 - One last half century for Jaiswal in what has been a landmark series for the young man. Finished a mere 2 points off second place having started the series in 12th place.

4. Rachin Ravindra - 1040 - Continues to perform well with the bat for New Zealand and is the fourth player to breach the thousand point mark. His next challenge is to see if he can corner the market in the IPL. If so then we have a true superstar on our hands.

5. Ravindra Jadeja - 952 - Comfortably 5th place for the second week in a row. The hap between himself and Jos Buttler in 6th is the second biggest of any in the List (154).

Other Mover

Aaron Hardie's 62 points in the Sheffield Shield seems modest but was enough for him to arrest his descent down the list and move into 15th.

Top 3 Average Points per Active Week

1. Babar Azam - 205.22 (Up from 184.63)
2. Jos Buttler - 199.5
3. Ravindra Jadeja - 190.4 (Down from 209.25)

Babar Azam is back up to an average of 200+ after another decent week. Chamari Athapaththu has another poor week and loses 19.9 points and now scores 129.5 points a week

Highest scorer by Format

Long Form = Yashasvi Jaiswal = 1040
One Day = Marnus Labuschagne = 152
Short Form = Babar Azam - 1778

Highest scorer by Discipline

*=New Name

Runs - Babar Azam = 1057
Batting Bonus -Babar Azam - 230
Strike Rate - Babar Azam - 410

Wickets - Ravindra Jadeja - 380
Wicket Bonus - Ravindra Jadeja - 70
Economy - *Ravindra Jadeja - 310

Fielding - James Vince, Steve Smith & *Daryl Mitchell = 140
Fielding Bonus - Steve Smith - 20

Weekly List In Full

Babar Azam 270
Mitchell Marsh 170
Shubman Gill 150
Marnus Labuschagne 126
Ravindra Jadeja 115
Rachin Ravindra 106
Yashasvi Jaiswal 97
James Vince 93
Daryl Mitchell 92
Aaron Hardie 62
Travis Head 59
Usman Khawaja 37
Chamari Athapaththu 30
Steve Smith 20

Harry Brook dnp
Virat Kohli dnp
Jos Buttler dnp
Phil Salt dnp
Sam Curran dnp
Simon Harmer dnp
Glenn Maxwell dnp
Moeen Ali dnp

Full List

1 Babar Azam 1847
2 James Vince 1184
3 Yashasvi Jaiswal 1182
4 Rachin Ravindra 1040
5 Ravindra Jadeja 952
6 Jos Buttler 798
7 Mitchell Marsh 790
8 Glenn Maxwell 788
9 Moeen Ali 786
10 Chamari Athapaththu 777
11 Shubman Gill 731
12 Marnus Labuschagne 708
13 Travis Head 674
14 Daryl Mitchell 618
15 Aaron Hardie 583
16 Sam Curran 551
17 Steve Smith 518
18 Phil Salt 463
19 Usman Khawaja 338
20 Simon Harmer 250
21 Virat Kohli 147