Harry Brook- The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Overall Top 5

1. Harry Brook - 392 - Brook scores the 5th largest score of the year thanks to a decent showing in the final Test against Pakistan and then a monumental T20 innings against Sri Lanka.

2. Michael Bracewell -373 - A big old score from a man who has not been over-flowing with those this year. Is really using the European T20 Premier League to his advantage. Moved up to a yearly high of 15th Overall.

3. Marco Jansen - 307 - His first red ball game of the year was a very very good one. 37 runs and 7 wickets against the Dolphins bodes well for a good South African Summer. Another good CSA 4-Day Series game could see him challenging Jadeja's red ball average of 203.25.

4. Jos Buttler - 200 - Reached a milestone of 15,000 T20 runs today and also got points back on the board for us. Was only the second most impressive Englishman but still a very solid output for the highest scoring T20 cricketer on our List this year.

5. Quinton de Kock - 198 - Continuing to make hay in the Caribbean sunshine. 88 runs this week but also a huge 70 fielding points - a discipline who was dominating this year before his long absence from the game.

Overall Top 5

1. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 3840 - Had a front row seat to Abhiseikh Sharma's destructive century that edged his inclusion into a T20 XI even less likely in the short term. Inactive and a lead of 203.

2. Simon Harmer - 3637 - Back playing white ball cricket un South Africa and another score of 100+. Is zoning in on first. The gap is now 203....his average red ball output is 179.86.

3. Jos Buttler - 3458 - Narrowed the gap on second place but had the gap on fourth place narrowed for him. Still quite comfortable though.

4. Harry Brook- 3248 - His huge score this week only serves to make a massive gap between him and 5th. The 516 points between him and 5th is the largest on our List.

5.Sam Curran - 2732 - Another inactive week and now has only a 40 point cushion before losing his place in the Top 5 he has been for 20 of the last 37 weeks.

Highest Weekly Average

1. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi = 166.96
2.Harry Brook - 141.22 (Up from 129.82)
3. Simon Harmer = 139.88 (Down from 141.24)


Some monumental changes - but none more so than Bracewell - up 15.57 to 108.22. Travis Head already had the worst average but leaked 4.37 points to 78.22

Highest Average Points per Game

Red Ball- Ravindra Jadeja = 203.25
One Day - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi = 105.81
Short Form - Nat Sciver-Brunt = 83.95

Highest Points by Format

Red Ball- Simon Harmer = 2518
One Day - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 1693
Short Form - Jos Buttler = 3203

Highest Points by Discipline

Runs - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 2110
Batting Bonus - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi- 380
Strike Rate - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi- 1030

Wickets - Simon Harmer = 1280
Wicket Bonus = Simon Harmer = 230
Economy - Simon Harmer= 810

Fielding - Jos Buttler = 650
Fielding Bonus - Jos Buttler = 70

Weekly List In Full

Harry Brook 392
Michael Bracewell 373
Marco Jansen 307
Jos Buttler 200
Quinton de Kock 198
Mehidy Hasan Miraz 170
Paul Walter 146
Liam Dawson 140
Pathum Nissanka 126
Simon Harmer 106
Saim Ayub 53
Travis Head 4
Nicholas Pooran 0

Aiden Markram dnp
Sam Curran dnp
Phil Salt dnp
Rachin Ravindra dnp
Sophie Ecclestone dnp
Nat Sciver-Brunt dnp
Ravindra Jadeja dnp
Shubman Gill dnp
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi dnp

Overall Points in Full

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 3840
Simon Harmer 3637
Jos Buttler 3458
Harry Brook 3248
Sam Curran 2732
Quinton de Kock 2692
Shubman Gill 2562
Mehidy Hasan Miraz 2548
Nicholas Pooran 2411
Liam Dawson 2281
Rachin Ravindra 2174
Paul Walter 2074
Saim Ayub 2059
Marco Jansen 2031
Michael Bracewell 1948
Aiden Markram 1907
Ravindra Jadeja 1810
Nat Sciver-Brunt 1757
Pathum Nissanka 1704
Sophie Ecclestone 1558
Phil Salt 1508
Travis Head 1408

Simon Harmer - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Weekly Top 5

1. Simon Harmer- 201 - Here is a sight we haven't seen for a while! Simon Harmer claims his 46th Cricketer of the Week award after a year away from the List. Again, wasn't one of his vintage hauls but sees him. What money his 50th this year?

2. Quinton De Kock - 174 - Averaging a very pleasing 77.77 points per T20 game. Coming back off the SA20 and straight into dominating the World Cup. If you are playing South Africa you need to get him away ASAP or risk the game.

3. Aiden Markram - 134 - One decent performance against Canada and a less impressive one in that super-sized game against Afghanistan. Third straight week in the Top 5 though.

4. Saim Ayub - 133 - Not hit a great knock with the bat yet but has had some impactful cameos and also bagged two streaky wickets against the Netherlands. One of those deceptive weeks where you sneak into the Top 5 unknown.

5. Harry Brook - 120 - Is playing well even if his captaincy is leaving quite a bit to be desired. Has featured in the Weekly Top 5 for 3 of the 5 weeks he has played.

Overall Top 5

1.Vabhav Sooryavanshi - 1302 - After his Under 19 World Cup success, the young man has gone back to school to earn grades rather than points. His lead is 291 points off second.

2. Quinton De Kock - 1011 - His third successive week in second and with a decent week could overleap into the Gold position. Still a truckload of games to come.

3. Sam Curran - 844 - One of the better performing players in an under-performing England team. Finished the week with 95 points and managed to secure 3rd for a second week.

4. Aiden Markram- 827 - In spectacular form this year and moves back up into the fourth place spot that he lost last week.

5. Harry Brook - 726 - Despite the maelstrom of negativity that swirls around him, Brook makes his Top 5 debut. Never before has he flown so high, nor been so maligned.

Highest Weekly Average


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

Good Week for Simon Harmer; up 25.4 points to 99.4. Bad week for Travis Head down 20.83 to 85.5.

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 = 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 & *Simon Harmer - 40
Economy - Simon Harmer= 100

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

Weekly List In Full

Simon Harmer 201
Quinton de Kock 174
Aiden Markram 134
Saim Ayub 133
Harry Brook 120
Jos Buttler 117
Marco Jansen 116
Sam Curran 95
Phil Salt 91
Pathum Nissanka 67
Liam Dawson 51
Travis Head 23
Rachin Ravindra 20
Mehidy Hasan Miraz 0

Paul Walter dnp
Ravindra Jadeja dnp
Shubman Gill dnp
Nicholas Pooran dnp
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi dnp
Sophie Ecclestone dnp
Nat Sciver-Brunt dnp
Michael Bracewell dnp

Overall List in Full

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 1302
Quinton de Kock 1011
Sam Curran 844
Aiden Markram 827
Harry Brook 726
Nat Sciver-Brunt 711
Jos Buttler 589
Saim Ayub 582
Marco Jansen 576
Ravindra Jadeja 544
Simon Harmer 497
Pathum Nissanka 436
Liam Dawson 347
Travis Head 342
Rachin Ravindra 307
Shubman Gill 240
Sophie Ecclestone 226
Phil Salt 221
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