Pathum Nissanka - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

A full compliment of T20 World Cup players this week with nobody featuring outside of that competition.

Weekly Top 5

1. Pathum Nissanka - 282 - Was looking worryingly out of nick up to this point of the year but burst into life with a century and a half century against Australia and Zimbabwe. When he is at his best, there are few better.

2. Aiden Markram - 214 - Continuing his fine spell of form with 114 runs scored over two T20 games....impressively he did better against the Test nation than he did the Associate.

3. Sam Curran - 213 - Not doing anything phenomenal (few English players are) but he is doing just enough with both bat and ball to feature in the weekly Top 5 for the second week in a row.

4. Travis Head - 168 - Something of a case of too little too late for the stand-in Aussie captain as he saved two decent performances for when his team were already on the brink. 27 points in the first two weeks and 168 in the last says it all.

5. Rachin Ravindra- 142 - Nothing like a knock against an Associate side to build confidence. RR is having a torrid time this year but bagged his first half century against Canada to see him pip into the Top 5 for the week.

Overall Top 5

1. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 1302 - Despite the points spraying around in the T20 World Cup, for Vaibhav to still have a 200+ lead is really something special.

2. Quinton De Kock - 1085- A comparatively quiet week for QDK. He is now looking over his shoulder rather than into the distance as he has a lead of just 28 off third.

3. Sam Curran - 1057 - Despite being one of the highest point scorers this week, Curran is unable to move out of bronze medal position. Still games to play for him though.

4. Aiden Markram - 1041 - Despite his big points haul this week, he does not manage to move out of fourth spot. There is a huge gulf between himself and fifth, the largest anywhere on the List.

5. Harry Brook - 764 - A disappointing week does not see Brook lose his fifth placed position. 42 points sperate him from Saim Ayub in 6th.

Highest Weekly Average


1. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi = 260.4
2.Ravindra Jadeja = 181.33
3. Nat Sciver-Brunt = 177.75

Good Week for Pathum Nissanka; up 24.9 points to 102.57. Bad week for Harry Brook; down 17.87 to 127.33.

Highest Average Points per Game

Red Ball- Simon Harmer = 248.5
One Day - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi = 108.5
Short Form - Nat Sciver-Brunt = 101.57

Highest Points by Format

* =New Name

Red Ball- Simon Harmer = 248.5
One Day - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 1302
Short Form - Quinton De Kock = 1085

Highest Points by Discipline

Runs - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 742
Batting Bonus - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi- 170
Strike Rate - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 280

Wickets - Marco Jansen = 360
Wicket Bonus = Sam Curran = 60
Economy - Simon Harmer= 100

Fielding - Quinton de Kock = 190
Fielding Bonus - Marco Jansen, Harry Brook, Quinton de Kock + Michael Bracewell = 10

Weekly List In Full

Pathum Nissanka 282
Aiden Markram 214
Sam Curran 213
Travis Head 168
Rachin Ravindra 142
Saim Ayub 140
Marco Jansen 100
Quinton de Kock 74
Phil Salt 70
Liam Dawson 50
Harry Brook 38
Jos Buttler 36

Overall List In Full

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 1302
Quinton de Kock 1085
Sam Curran 1057
Aiden Markram 1041
Harry Brook 764
Saim Ayub 722
Pathum Nissanka 718
Nat Sciver-Brunt 711
Marco Jansen 676
Jos Buttler 625
Ravindra Jadeja 544
Travis Head 510
Simon Harmer 497
Rachin Ravindra 449
Liam Dawson 397
Phil Salt 291
Shubman Gill 240
Sophie Ecclestone 226
Mehidy Hasan Miraz 218
Nicholas Pooran 192
Michael Bracewell 184

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Weekly Top 5

1. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 433 - What a stunning performance in this tournament for this young man! Culminating, of course, with that destructive innings against England in the final. Vaibhav is the first player to two Cricketers of the Week in 2026.

2.Sam Curran - 229 - The upcoming T20 World Cup could be a very very important one in solidifying the Curran legacy. Certainly he has led into it well with a strong bowling performance in one T20 game against Sri Lanka and a strong batting performance in the other.

3. Simon Harmer - 200 - Well here we are once more. Harmer with red ball in hand with bags of wickets and a full compliment of Economy points. Expect to see much more of this as the year goes on.

4. Saim Ayub - 189 - Seems to have shrugged off his early year slump and has been in the Top 5 for two successive weeks. He moves into the Top 10 and, with a good T20 World Cup, could be right up in the thick of it.

5. Pathum Nissanka - 180 - Managed to rack up the points this week without doing anything too over the top. Three scores between 23 and 34but all at decent licks and it sees him comfortably in the Top 5. He also is 91 points off Marco Jansen in 10th Overall.

Overall Top 5

1.Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 1302 - 37 days into 2026 and Vaibhav has yet to not be our Number 1 Cricketer of the Year. His 433 points this week puts a gap between him and second again as he is our first 'man' past 1000 points.

2. Quinton de Kock - 837 - A quiet final T20 against West Indies....if you can call a 14 ball 28 quiet. He then followed that up with a warm up game against India where he neither batted nor kept wicket. Still enough for a second week at 2.

3.Sam Curran - 749 - His Player of the Tournament performances sees him move from 6th to 3rd this week. Last year's Cricketer of the Year is positioning himself very well again in 2026.

4. Nat Sciver-Brunt- 711 - Was, by some great distance, one of the stand out performers of the WIPL....but was not supported well enough by her team mates and did not make the final rounds. A spell in the wilderness now will see her slip down the List.

5. Aiden Markram - 693 - 38 runs at a 200+ strike rate in a warm up match against India slightly made up for his score of just 2 in the final T20 against West Indies. Moves down a spot to 5th overall with Brook 87 behind him.

Highest Weekly Average


1. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi = 260.4(Up from 217.25)
2.Ravindra Jadeja = 181.33
3. Nat Sciver-Brunt = 177.75 (Down from 229.67)

Good Week for Vaibhav; up 642.15 points. Bad week for Nat Sciver-Brunt down 51.92 - leaking 81,75 in the last fortnight.

Highest Average Points per Game

Red Ball- n/a
One Day - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi = 108.5
Short Form - Nat Sciver-Brunt = 101.57

Highest Points by Format



Red Ball- Travis Head - 262
One Day - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 1302
Short Form - Quinton De Kock = 837

Highest Points by Discipline

* = New Name

Runs - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 742
Batting Bonus - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi- 170
Strike Rate - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 280

Wickets - Marco Jansen = 220
Wicket Bonus = Sam Curran - 40
Economy - * Simon Harmer= 100

Fielding - Quinton de Kock = 140
Fielding Bonus - *Harry Brook, Quinton de Kock + Michael Bracewell = 10

Weekly List In Full

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 433
Sam Curran 229
Simon Harmer 200
Saim Ayub 189
Pathum Nissanka 180
Jos Buttler 151
Harry Brook 116
Liam Dawson 114
Marco Jansen 91
Aiden Markram 80
Quinton de Kock 68
Phil Salt 67
Rachin Ravindra 60
Sophie Ecclestone 60
Nat Sciver-Brunt 22
Travis Head 4
Mehidy Hasan Miraz 1
Michael Bracewell 0

Paul Walter dnp
Ravindra Jadeja dnp
Shubman Gill dnp
Nicholas Pooran dnp

Overall List In Full

1 Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 1302
2 Quinton de Kock 837
3 Sam Curran 749
4 Nat Sciver-Brunt 711
5 Aiden Markram 693
6 Harry Brook 606
7 Ravindra Jadeja 544
8 Jos Buttler 472
9 Saim Ayub 469
10 Marco Jansen 460
11 Pathum Nissanka 369
12 Travis Head 319
13 Liam Dawson 296
14 Simon Harmer 296
15 Rachin Ravindra 287
16 Shubman Gill 240
17 Sophie Ecclestone 226
18 Mehidy Hasan Miraz 218
19 Nicholas Pooran 192
20 Michael Bracewell 184
21 Phil Salt 130

Quinton De Kock - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Weekly Top 5

1. Quinton De Kock – 318 – What a start to the year QDK is having. Finishes the SA20 as the highest run scorer before whacking a century in his first home T20 since his return to the fold.

2. Harry Brook – 298 – Despite the awful end to his 2025, Brook looks to be starting 2026 more positively courtesy of a scorching century in the second ODI against Sri Lanka. Moves up to 7th overall.

3. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi – 182 – Scores of 40 versus New Zealand and 52 against Zimbabwe gives Vaibhav his fourth consecutive week in the Top 5.

4. Nat Sciver-Brunt – 170 – Is the only person in the Weekly Top 5 to have played just one game…but what a game it was; bagging the first century in the WIPL.

5. Aiden Markram – 151- Went from ending the SA20 well to starting the T20I series against West Indies well. 101 runs from the two games sees him nick fifth place away from Marco Jansen who was 11 points behind him.

Overall Top 5

1. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 869 - Has now held the top spot for 4 weeks....but that gap is getting narrower and narrower. Just the 100 points between him and a chasing pack this week.

2. Quinton de Kock - 769 - Moved down a place last week but has now jumped up to silver medal position like a scalded cat. How far can the SA20 MVP go?

3. Nat Sciver-Brunt - 689 - While all around her moved NSB stoically maintained her third placed position for a second week. With the WIPL winding down, however, she needs points while she still can.

4. Aiden Markram - 613 - After debuting in the Top 5 in Week 2, he has been an ever present since. This week he has also claimed the spot as the third highest run scorer behind QDK and Vaibhav.

5. Ravindra Jadeja - 544 - Inactive again this week and down from second to his favourite spot of fifth. Last week 5th spot De Kock was just holding off Curran; it is the same situation this week as Curran is 24 points behind the Indian spinner.

Highest Weekly Average

1. Nat Sciver-Brunt = 229.67 (Down from 259. 5)
2. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi = 217.25 (Down from 229)
3. Quinton de Kock = 192.25 (Up from 150.33)

Good Week for Harry Brook ; up 67.33 points to 163.33. Bad week for Nat Sciver-Brunt down 29.83 to 229.83.


Highest Average Points per Game

Red Ball- n/a
One Day - Harry Brook = 104.67
Short Form - Nat Sciver-Brunt = 114.85

Highest Points by Format

* = New Name

Red Ball- Travis Head - 262
One Day - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 869
Short Form - * Quinton De Kock = 769

Highest Points by Discipline

* = New Name

Runs - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 469
Batting Bonus - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi- 110
Strike rate - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 180

Wickets - *Marco Jansen = 180
Wicket Bonus - Ravindra Jadeja + Sam Curran - 20
Economy - Ravindra Jadeja & *Liam Dawson = 80

Fielding - Quinton de Kock = 140
Fielding Bonus - *Harry Brook, Quinton de Kock + Michael Bracewell = 10

Weekly List In Full

Quinton de Kock 318
Harry Brook 298
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 182
Nat Sciver-Brunt 170
Aiden Markram 151
Marco Jansen 140
Pathum Nissanka 136
Saim Ayub 120
Liam Dawson 120
Rachin Ravindra 100
Jos Buttler 93
Sam Curran 70
Travis Head 53
Sophie Ecclestone 0

Paul Walter dnp
Phil Salt dnp
Ravindra Jadeja dnp
Mehidy Hasan Miraz dnp
Michael Bracewell dnp
Shubman Gill dnp
Simon Harmer dnp
Nicholas Pooran dnp

Overall Points

1 Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 869
2 Quinton de Kock 769
3 Nat Sciver-Brunt 689
4 Aiden Markram 613
5 Ravindra Jadeja 544
6 Sam Curran 520
7 Harry Brook 490
8 Marco Jansen 369
9 Jos Buttler 321
10 Travis Head 315
11 Saim Ayub 280
12 Shubman Gill 240
13 Rachin Ravindra 227
14 Mehidy Hasan Miraz 217
15 Nicholas Pooran 192
16 Pathum Nissanka 189
17 Michael Bracewell 184
18 Liam Dawson 182
19 Sophie Ecclestone 166
20 Simon Harmer 96
21 Phil Salt 63