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

Nicholas Pooran - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Final Full Weekly Top 5

1. Nicholas Pooran - 221 - We are very much in the midst of franchise cricket mania with competitions in Australia, Bangladesh, Dubai and South Africa. Pooran played four times in two of these competitions. Still 141 is a good haul for his fourth Cricketer of the Week of the year.

2. Travis Head - 220 - One point behind this week's 'best' cricketer courtesy of another huge score in another huge Ashes success. Moves up from 17th to 15th in what has otherwise been an underwhelming year.

3. Sam Curran - 166 - Just on his usual T20 grind. 66 runs and a wicket in three games in the ILT20 sees him in the Top 5 once more.

4. Kane Williamson - 161 - Finished off a Test match before kicking off a T20 tournament in South Africa ...and did pretty well in both. 91 points from the red ball game and 70 from the white ball one.

5. Jamie Smith - 152 - Probably his least disappointing disappointment across The Ashes. 82 runs and 4 contributions in the field.

Overall Top 5 with 5 days Left of the Year

1. Sam Curran -4951 - 657 point lead on second place. All but wrapped up that Curran will join Buttler as the second Englishman to win our Cricketer of the Year.

2. Nat Sciver-Brunt - 4294 - Inactive but very comfortable for a second place finish this year. The second year in a row a female cricketer has taken the silver medal.

3. Liam Dawson - 4061 - Got the indignity of a zero point week this week....but is one of the players who will be in action this week so it least he won't round of his year with a blob. Provides a slight symmetry though as his second weekly score was a zero to go along with his second to last.

4. Jos Buttler- 3972 - Had been inactive for 6 weeks and dropped from 2nd to 5th but just 60 points non Friday for Durban sees him back up a spot to 4th....89 off a bronze medal.

5.Ravindra Jadeja - 3966 - Was not part of the Indian gang that joined up to play domestic cricket in the Vijay Hazare Trophy and thus drops down a place.

Ones To Watch

Only 161 points separate Jamie Smith, Chamari Athapaththu, Travis Head, Liam Livingstone and Henrich Klaasen. All will be active over the next 5 days so all to play for,

Other Movers

Babar Azam's mini-Renaissance continues as he rises up to 15th place.

Top 3 Averages

1. Sam Curran - 150.03 (Up from 149.53)
2. Ravindra Jadeja = 136.76
3. Nat Sciver-Brunt = 136.1

Travis Head's big score sees his average improve by 4.8 ....but at 90.21 he has the fourth worst of anyone. Phil Salt's bad week sees him drop 3.4 and move down to 115.28.

Top Players By Format

Red Ball -Ravindra Jadeja= 2529
One Day - Nat Sciver Brunt = 1484
Short Form - Sam Curran 4034

Top Players by Discipline

* = New Name

Runs - Yashasvi Jaiswal = 2060
Batting Bonus - Passum Nissanka = 440
Strike Rate – Nicholas Pooran = 1010

Wickets - Liam Dawson - 1640
Wicket Bonus - Ravindra Jadeja = 200
Economy - Ravindra Jadeja = 750

Fielding - Jos Buttler = 630
Fielding Bonus - Jamie Smith, Jos Buttler & Phil Salt – 40

Weekly List In Full

Nicholas Pooran 221
Travis Head 220
Sam Curran 166
Kane Williamson 161
Jamie Smith 152
Rishabh Pant 125
Harry Brook 125
Babar Azam 110
Jasprit Bumrah 70
Chamari Athapaththu 69
Jos Buttler 60
Saim Ayub 58
Heinrich Klaasen 53
Liam Livingstone 21
Adam Zampa 18
Phil Salt 10
Suryakumar Yadav 5
Liam Dawson 0

Wanindu Hasaranga dnp
Annabel Sutherland dnp
Ravindra Jadeja dnp
Yashasvi Jaiwal dnp
Nat Sciver-Brunt dnp
Pathum Nissanka dnp

Overall Scores In Full

1 Sam Curran 4951
2 Nat Sciver-Brunt 4294
3 Liam Dawson 4061
4 Jos Buttler 3972
5 Ravindra Jadeja 3966
6 Nicholas Pooran 3848
7 Phil Salt 3689
8 Annabel Sutherland 3460
9 Yashasvi Jaiwal 3218
10 Pathum Nissanka 3109
11 Harry Brook 3021
12 Kane Williamson 2911
13 Saim Ayub 2846
14 Jamie Smith 2630
15 Babar Azam 2549
16 Chamari Athapaththu 2532
17 Travis Head 2526
18 Liam Livingstone 2496
19 Heinrich Klaasen 2487
20 Wanindu Hasaranga 2463
21 Suryakumar Yadav 2263
22 Jasprit Bumrah 2078
23 Rishabh Pant 1977
24 Adam Zampa 1576

The Cricket list 2024 Final Standings

 

Weekly Top 5

 

1.     1. James Vince – 214 – Ends his year in style, largely thanks to a record breaking score of 101 against the Melbourne Stars. Always dependable in a T20 competition.

 

2.      2. Steve Smith – 213 – Has been rooted to the bottom of the table for most of the year but ends it with a reminder of what once was after belting 140 in the fourth Test against Australia.

 

3.      3. Yashasvi Jaiswal – 206 – Finished the year with two near identical scores of 82 and 84. Was the most consistent performer for India across both digs and has been rewarded accordingly.

 

4.      4. Marnus Labuschagne – 182 – Put his poor form behind him for two anchoring knocks of 72 and 70 to start Australia’s innings well in the Fourth Test.

 

5.      5. Ravindra Jadeja – 179 – Has failed to perform at his All Round bet of late and either oscillates between a decent bowling performance or a decent batting one. This week he did well with ball in hand, bagging 4 wickets.

 

Final Rankings

 

1.      1. James Vince - 4728

Cricketers of the Week – 4

Most common position on list over the year – 23 weeks in 2^nd place

By some distance out least glamorous winner of Cricketer of the Year but you have to admire the hard graft from Vince. From Sydney to Hampshire via Abu Dhabi, he’s played everywhere and delivered in each continent.

Key Stat – No player played as many active weeks of cricket as Vince did….and it wasn’t even particularly close. Vince’s 39 active weeks is 6 more than Travis Head in second and over double the 16 weeks Usman Khawaja managed.

 

2.    2.  Chamari Athapaththu – 4681

Cricketers of the Week – 7

Most common position on list over the year – 18 weeks in 1^st.  

Just like last year, the cricketer who spent the most weeks in 1^st over the year ends up in 2^nd overall. Pipped just at the very end due to an inactive month of December.  

Key Stat – With 7 Cricketers of the Week, Athapaththu claims the most for the year and also the joint third COTW in a calendar year.

 

3.     3. Travis Head - 4216

 

Cricketers of the Week – 3

Most common position on list over the year – 15 weeks in 3^rd. 

Has been marooned in third pace for so long, his bronze medal finish has been inevitable since the end of October. Been a revelation in all formats for Australia and Hyderabad.

Key Stat – For many a long moon it has been Babar Azam to lead the way on Batting Bonus points, however Head’s 470 is 50 more than Harry Brook in second. Azam is in 4^th with Vince in 3^rd.

 

4.   4.    Babar Azam – 3646

 

Cricketers of the Week – 4

Most common position on list over the year – 22 weeks in 1st. 

Such has been the rhetoric with Azam this year, that you would be forgiven thinking that he should be outside the Top 10 let alone the Top 5 but here he is. Might not be on the up and up as he once was….but certainly isn’t down and out.

Key Stat – Has been a Jekyll and Hyde year for Azam, he spent 22 weeks in 1^st position, the longest that anyone spent in any position on our Lists….but then fell off over the middle third….before seeking back into decent form in the South Africa series.  

 

5.      5. Phil Salt – 3569

 

Cricketers of the Week – 2

Most common position on list over the year – 9 weeks in 8th. 

Purists will not admire his route into the Top 5 in his inaugural year in our Lists. Did not even get into the Top Ten until Week 20 and only made the Top Five after a spell in the Abi Dhabi T10. All points count though and here he is.  

Key Stat – Before December, Salt averaged 241.18 points per calendar month. In the last month of the year he almost quadrupled that with 892 representing England and Team Abu Dhabi.

 

6.      Marnus Labuschagne - 3496

 

Cricketers of the Week – 3

Most common position on list over the year – 11 weeks in 6^th.

 

6^th seems high for a player whose form has noticeably dipped in 2024…but the points don’t lie and he has moved back into his most common place for the final reckoning.

Key Stat – Marnus was emphatically third in the list of the best fielders in the competition. There were 13 more catches between him and Salt and 15 between him and first placed Vince. That being said he had 6 more catches than Brook in fourth. 

 

7.      Yashasvi Jaiswal

Cricketers of the Week – 1

 

Most common position on list over the year – 11 weeks in 3^rd.

 

Was flying high in the first third of the year, disappeared a bit in the middle third and then pulled it back with some decent showings in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.

 

Key Stat – Jaiswal was one of the key batters in World Cricket this year. With 2295 there were only two batters with more runs on the board in 2024. He also had the joint second highest Batting Bonus points – tied with Harry Brook.

 

8.      Sam Curran - 3460

 

Cricketers of the Week – 3

Most common position on list over the year – 10 weeks in 8th. 

An interesting year for Curran. Used to be a white ball lock and a potential for Test inclusion….but now appears to be rather in the wilderness. 8th best out of 22 isn’t to be sniffed at though.  

Key Stat – In a lean year for our bowling contingent, Curran finished third for most wickets. It is surprising to see him just one wicket behind Jadeja.

 

9.      Ravindra Jadeja – 3408

Cricketers of the Week – 1

Most common position on list over the year = 8 weeks in 5^th.

Spent 33 weeks in the Top 5 last year and 14 weeks there this week but fell away…mainly due to lack of Cricket played. When he played, he played well but this is his lowest position on the List to date.

Key Stat – Has been in and amongst the highest averages all year. He ends up trailing Chamari Athapaththu (161.18 per active week) and Jos Buttler (140.05) with 131.08.

 

10.   Harry Brook – 3389

Cricketers of the Week – 4

10^th seems low for a player that has been something of a revelation in 2024 – perhaps he has been happened by his break from cricket due to bereavement. Will be a big point scorer for many years to come?

 

Key Stat – Was just pipped as the highest Red Ball point scorer by Ravindra Jadeja in the last two Tests of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Plenty more in store next year for England’s captain in waiting.

 

Rest of the List.

 

11	Rachin Ravindra	2962
12	Moeen Ali	2893
13	Simon Harmer	2808
14	Jos Buttler	2801
15	Glenn Maxwell	2537
16	Shubman Gill	2511
17	Virat Kohli	2366
18	Daryl Mitchell	2362
19	Mitchell Marsh	1977
20	Steve Smith	1930
21	Aaron Hardie	1776
22	Usman Khawaja	1179

 

Full List of Average Points Per Active Week

 

Chamari Athapaththu	161.18
Jos Buttler	140.05
Ravindra Jadeja	131.08
Babar Azam	125.72
Travis Head	124
James Vince	121.23
Harry Brook	121.04
Marnus Labuschagne	120.55
Sam Curran	115.33
Simon Harmer	112.32
Yashasvi Jaiswal	108.59
Phil Salt	108.15
Moeen Ali	96.43
Rachin Ravindra	95.55
Shubman Gill	93
Steve Smith	91.9
Daryl Mitchell	90.85
Virat Kohli	87.63
Glenn Maxwell	84.57
Mitchell Marsh  Aaron Haride	76.04 74
Usman Khawaja	69.35

 

Top Three Players in Each Format

Long Form

Ravindra Jadeja	2534
Harry Brook	2268
Simon Harmer	2235

 

One Day

 

Chamari Athapaththu	946
Babar Azam	658
Marnus Labuschagne	606

 

Shortest Form

Chamari Athapaththu	3735
James Vince	3252
Phil Salt	3220

 

Top Three Players in each discipline

Runs

James Vince	2768
Travis Head	2356
Yashasvi Jaiswal	2295

 

Batting Bonus

 

Travis Head	470
Yashasvi Jaiswal	420
Harry Brook	420

 

Strike Rate

James Vince	930
Phil Salt	860
Travis Head	820

 

Wickets

Chamari Athapaththu	1200
Simon Harmer	1200
Ravindra Jadeja	1140

 

Wicket Bonus

Ravindra Jadeja	270
Simon Harmer	240
Chamari Athapaththu	120

 

Economy

Simon Harmer	680
Ravindra Jadeja	660
Chamari Athapaththu	470

 

Fielding

James Vince	570
Phil Salt	550
Marnus Labuschagne	420

 

Fielding Bonus

James Vince	50
Daryl Mitchell	40
Phil Salt	30
Marnus Labuschagne	30