Harry Brook - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Weekly Top 5

1. Harry Brook - 241 - The man of the moment is the man of the week with yet another ton. Surprisingly this is only his this Cricketer of the Week from his 26 active weeks in 2024. You would imagine we will be seeing more of him going into our 2025 Lists.

2. Moeen Ali - 173 - Last played for Guyana almost 2 months ago and then clocks back in for the same unit in the Global T20 League. 4 games in a week will always give you a bit of a boost. Moeen is the ultimate yo-yo-er and is back up to 11th on the Overall List.

3. Daryl Mitchell - 123 - Making hay in the antipodean sun whilst he has been scrabbling around in the dirt for most of the year. This is his second successive active week in the Top 5.

4. James Vince - 116 - Finishes his jolly up in Abu Dhabi having scored 484 in three weeks. Now onto the BBL; starting next weekend.

5. Shubman Gill - 80 - Hard to read much from this. Retired 50* in a two day Test warm-up game that was reduced to one day and was played the week after the First Test was over. Still enough for him to move up to 15th Overall.

Overall Top 5

1. Chamari Athapaththu - 4681 - I could be wrong (it has been known) but I think that this might be Athapaththu's final total. I cannot see anymore cricket on the horizon for her in 2024. It doesn't feel enough for our first female cricketer to finish first.

2. James Vince - 4454 - Vince will finish second of first this year. 768 points sperate him to third and he has 4 BBL games between now and New Years Eve to overthrow the 227 point gap on first. He averages 80.25 per T20 game.

3. Travis Head - 3686 - Another week's rest (if that's the right word for a father of a month old baby. Back in action next week.

4. Phil Salt - 3569 - Did not end the Abu Dhabi T10 competition with the pyrotechnics we saw throughout the rest of the tournament but keeps his fourth place spot.

5. Sam Curran - 3460 - Inactive again...you feel he may finish 2024 outside the Top 5. Jaiswal is 233 points away from him, Labuschagne 253, Jadeja 348 and Brook 360.

Other Mover

45 points in the 'warm-up' game against an Australian Prime Minister's XI was enough to see him overtake Labuschagne into 8th.

Top Three Averages

1. Chamari Athapaththu - 167.18
2. Jos Buttler - 140.05 (Down from 143.26)
3. Ravindra Jadeja - 129.67 (Down from 132.39)

Seems cruel, if not also very funny, that Kohli not batting or fielding gets him 0 points in a warm up game and sees his average drop by a smidge over 4 points to 93.92. Harry Brook's goes up the most, +4.87 to 119.23.

Highest scorer by Format

Long Form = Simon Harmer = 2235
One Day = Chamari Athapaththu = 946
Short Form = Chamari Athapaththu- 3745

Highest scorer by Discipline

*=New Name

Runs - James Vince - 2604
Batting Bonus - Travis Head = 400
Strike Rate - James Vince = 910

Wickets - Chamari Athapaththu = 1200
Wicket Bonus - Ravindra Jadeja = 250
Economy - Simon Harmer - 680

Fielding – Phil Salt - 550
Fielding Bonus - James Vince - 50

Weekly List in Full

Harry Brook 241
Moeen Ali 173
Daryl Mitchell 123
James Vince 116
Shubman Gill 80
Jos Buttler 79
Ravindra Jadeja 67
Rachin Ravindra 58
Yashasvi Jaiswal 45
Phil Salt 24
Virat Kohli 0

Simon Harmer dnp
Aaron Hardie dnp
Babar Azam dnp
Sam Curran dnp
Glenn Maxwell dnp
Mitchell Marsh dnp
Travis Head dnp
Chamari Athapaththu dnp
Steve Smith dnp
Marnus Labuschagne dnp
Usman Khawaja dnp

Overall List In Full

Chamari Athapaththu 4681
James Vince 4454
Travis Head 3686
Phil Salt 3569
Sam Curran 3460
Babar Azam 3303
Yashasvi Jaiswal 3227
Marnus Labuschagne 3207
Ravindra Jadeja 3112
Harry Brook 3100
Moeen Ali 2893
Rachin Ravindra 2872
Simon Harmer 2808
Jos Buttler 2801
Shubman Gill 2441
Glenn Maxwell 2424
Virat Kohli 2254
Daryl Mitchell 2060
Mitchell Marsh 1837
Aaron Hardie 1774
Steve Smith 1550
Usman Khawaja 980

James Vince - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Weekly Top 5

1. James Vince - 311 - Doing big things in the Abu Dhabi T10 tournament. Is the ninth highest scorer with 148 runs with an average strike rate of 187.34. Basically whenever he plays you're guaranteed at least 50 points. Is guaranteed at least one more game and might have a further 4.

2. Yashasvi Jaiswal - 201 - Got the feeling that his score of 161 was a defining innings in his burgeoning career. Despite that it is only worth silver medal this week. He does move up a place to 8th this week, over-taking his inactive Indian team mate Ravindra Jadeja.

3. Phil Salt - 196 - Registers his fourth three figure score in a row. Has got 892 points in the last month across his 20 over and 10 over commitments with England and Team Abu Dhabi. Started the year slowly but sure is finishing it strongly.

4. Virat Kohli - 155 - A century sees Kohli back in the Top 5 for the first time since July. Such has been his poor form that this is his highest score since May's Yearly Best 244.

5. Mitchell Marsh - 155 - It is telling how bad a 2024 Marsh has had when this is his third highest score of the year. 53 runs and 3 wickets in the loss to India was just enough to keep Jos Buttler in 6th place. He moves up a place on the Overall list to 19th.

Overall Top 5

1. Chamari Athapaththu - 4681 - Registering decent, if not spectacular numbers in the WBBL. Holds top spot for a seventh week. Only Azam's 20 weeks in first place have been longer.

2. James Vince - 4338 - Despite registering the 16th highest score of the year, Vince stays in second place and can only slash the gap on first to 343. More impressively the gap to third place stands at 652.

3. Travis Head - 3686 - Followed up his 6 week absence for cricket with a decent, if not rather underwhelming, 140. Lot of cricket in him yet this year though.

4. Phil Salt - 892 points in a month has seen him go from 13th to 4th. Quite the jump for a guy who took 5 months to break in the Top 10.

5. Sam Curran - Inactive this week and down a place to 5th; his lowest position for 15 weeks. Things could get even worse as he is just 121 points ahead of the next active player Marnus Labuschagne in 7th.

Other Movers

Despite Harry Brook's fairly anodyne 79 against a New Zealand Prime Minister's XI, he still manages to move up 2 places; overtaking the inactive Rachin Ravindra and Simon Harmer,

Top Three Averages

1. Chamari Athapaththu - 167.18 (Down from 168.44)
2. Jos Buttler -143.26 (Up from 142.83)
3. Ravindra Jadeja - 132.39.

James Vince average improves the most up by an impressive 5.44 to 1205, whilst Marnus' poor start to the BGT sees his average decrease to the tune of 3.53. He currently stands at 123.35 a week.

Highest scorer by Format

Long Form = Simon Harmer = 2235
One Day = Chamari Athapaththu = 946
Short Form = Chamari Athapaththu- 3745

Highest scorer by Discipline

*=New Name

Runs - James Vince - 2538
Batting Bonus - Travis Head = 400
Strike Rate - Phil Salt & *James Vince = 860

Wickets - *Chamari Athapaththu = 1200
Wicket Bonus - Ravindra Jadeja = 250
Economy - Simon Harmer - 680

Fielding – Phil Salt & *James Vince - 540
Fielding Bonus - James Vince - 50

Weekly Scores In Full

James Vince 311
Yashasvi Jaiswal 201
Phil Salt 196
Virat Kohli 155
Mitchell Marsh 153
Jos Buttler 151
Travis Head 140
Chamari Athapaththu 133
Harry Brook 79
Steve Smith 47
Marnus Labuschagne 35
Usman Khawaja 32

Simon Harmer dnp
Moeen Ali dnp
Ravindra Jadeja dnp
Shubman Gill dnp
Daryl Mitchell dnp
Rachin Ravindra dnp
Aaron Hardie dnp
Babar Azam dnp
Sam Curran dnp
Glenn Maxwell dnp

Overall List in Full

Chamari Athapaththu 4681
James Vince 4338
Travis Head 3686
Phil Salt 3545
Sam Curran 3460
Babar Azam 3303
Marnus Labuschagne 3207
Yashasvi Jaiswal 3182
Ravindra Jadeja 3045
Harry Brook 2859
Rachin Ravindra 2814
Simon Harmer 2808
Moeen Ali 2727
Jos Buttler 2722
Glenn Maxwell 2424
Shubman Gill 2361
Virat Kohli 2254
Daryl Mitchell 1937
Mitchell Marsh 1837
Aaron Hardie 1774
Steve Smith 1550
Usman Khawaja 980

Jos Buttler - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Overall Top 5

1. Jos Buttler - 310 - An astonishing week for Buttler who followed up a fairly decent return to International colours with two absolutely stonking T10 innings for Deccan Gladiators; 64 from 24 and 60 from 22. This is his highest weekly score of the year.

2. Phil Salt - 296 - Finished his tour of West Indies well (55 runs) then started the Abu Dhabi T10 well (53 runs). He also managed 70 points from Strike Rate to take him clear of Travis Head as the highest point scorer on that attribute.

3. Aaron Hardie - 138 - Had a pretty solid white ball series against Pakistan and seems a fairly solid member of the Australia team now. Showed his all round acumen with a decent 28 in the penultimate ODI and then a three-fer in the final outing. Moves up a place to 19th in the Overall List.

4. Chamari Athapaththu - 88 - Still failing to impress with the bat but doing decent work with the ball and is up amongst the highest wicket takers in the WBBL.

5. Babar Azam - 64 - Ends the tour of Australia with one decent innings of 41 to just sneak in a rather underwhelming total for a fifth place weekly finish.

Overall Top 5

1. Chamari Athapaththu - 4548 - With one more week of WBBL action, Athapaththu did the only thing she has to do and outscored second place by 31 points. The gap is now 521. Will it be enough?

2. James Vince - 4077 - Returns from his longest spell of inactivity to get 57 in a single game for Delhi in the Abu Dhabi T10. Still plenty to go and then the BBL. He has 481 points to third; so it looks like he will finish on the podium this year.

3. Travis Head - 3546 - Currently featuring in a cracking Test against India. His points will update next week.

4. Sam Curran - 3460 - Was solid rather than explosive during the tour of the West Indies. 71 to round it off and he holds 4th for the 10th week.

5. Phil Salt - 3349 - A month ago he was 13th but now has rocketed into his highest position this year just as we approach the final straight. There is a lot of T10 cricket on the schedule for him and the has 111 points between him and 4th and 197 between him and third. Anything is possible.

Top Three Averages

1. Chamari Athapaththu - 168.44 (Down from 171.54)
2. Jos Buttler - 142.83 (Up from 133)
3. Ravindra Jadeja - 132.39.

A narrowing at the top this week as first placed Athapaththu's average drops the most (-3.1) whilst Buttler's improves the most (+9.83).

Highest scorer by Format

Long Form = Simon Harmer = 2235
One Day = Chamari Athapaththu = 946
Short Form = Chamari Athapaththu- 3602

Highest scorer by Discipline

*=New Name

Runs - James Vince - 2417
Batting Bonus - Travis Head = 380
Strike Rate - T Phil Salt = 860

Wickets - Simon Harmer = 1180
Wicket Bonus - Ravindra Jadeja = 250
Economy - Simon Harmer - 680

Fielding – *Phil Salt - 500
Fielding Bonus - James Vince - 50

Weekly List In Full

Jos Buttler 310
Phil Salt 296
Aaron Hardie 138
Chamari Athapaththu 88
Babar Azam 64
James Vince 57
Sam Curran 54
Glenn Maxwell 41

Simon Harmer dnp
Moeen Ali dnp
Travis Head dnp
Mitchell Marsh dnp
Harry Brook dnp
Ravindra Jadeja dnp
Shubman Gill dnp
Steve Smith dnp
Usman Khawaja dnp
Marnus Labuschagne dnp
Yashasvi Jaiswal dnp
Virat Kohli dnp
Daryl Mitchell dnp
Rachin Ravindra dnp

Overall List In Full

1 Chamari Athapaththu 4548
2 James Vince 4027
3 Travis Head 3546
4 Sam Curran 3460
5 Phil Salt 3349
6 Babar Azam 3303
7 Marnus Labuschagne 3172
8 Ravindra Jadeja 3045
9 Yashasvi Jaiswal 2981
10 Rachin Ravindra 2814
11 Simon Harmer 2808
12 Harry Brook 2780
13 Moeen Ali 2727
14 Jos Buttler 2571
15 Glenn Maxwell 2424
16 Shubman Gill 2361
17 Virat Kohli 2099
18 Daryl Mitchell 1937
19 Aaron Hardie 1774
20 Mitchell Marsh 1685
21 Steve Smith 1503
22 Usman Khawaja 998