Chamari Athapaththu - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Weekly Top 5

1. Chamari Athapaththu - 234 - Sri Lanka's improbable Women's Asia Cup win was made increasingly more probable with every superstar performance from their swashbuckling captain. This is her fifth Cricketer of the Week award. Nobody has more this year.

2. Yashasvi Jaiswal - 170 - Had very numerically pleasing scores this week with 40, 30 and 10 runs scored in each T20 against Sri Lanka. Still not back to his best but playing regularly at least. Holds 6th place for a 6th week.

3. Shubman Gill - 143 - Last year Gill never spent a single week out of the Overall Top 5...this year he has never been higher than 6th. two decent scores between 30 and 40 sees him take third place this week and move up two places overall to 14th.

4. Steve Smith - 138 - Looking like being back to his old self...admittedly against MLC bowlers. However 88 in any T20 competition finale is not to be sniffed at.

5. Rachin Ravindra - 111 - Really showed his bowling credentials in the MLC this year and finished with another three wicket haul. He finished as the bowler with the second most wickets and had the best and third best bowling figures across the tournament.

Overall Top 5

1. Chamari Athapaththu - 3138 - The Sri Lankan captain led us out this year with her in pole position for the first 4 weeks of 2024. In the interim she drifted as low as tenth but here, in Week 31, she is back in top spot once more.

2. James Vince - 3008 - Started strongly in the hundred but two ambling scores of 19 and 20 in his next two games have cost him top spot.

3. Babar Azam - 2647 - Inactive this week and should count his lucky stars that he was not usurped this week. Might be a stay of execution though.

4. Travis Head - 2586 - After a fantastic MLC campaign and a mere 80 points between him and third place, Head might have thought he had it made in the shade. He did not.

5. Marnus Labuschagne - 2384 - Inactive this week but should be very concerned about the looming figure of Yashasvi Jaiswal should he feature in the ODIs against Sri Lanka.

Other Movers

Glenn Maxwell is another player who has taken advantage of the MLC and moves up s spot to 11th. Problem is he has been no higher than that in the last 4 months.

One To Watch

Phil Salt could launch an as-salt on the Top 5 if he produces his best in The Hundred. He has 3 games between now and the next update and 14 points between him and Harmer, 139 between him and Buttler and 213 between him and Rachin Ravindra.

Top Three Averages

1. Chamari Athapaththu - 196.13 (Up from 193.6)
2. Babar Azam - 155.71
3. Marnus Labuschagne - 132.44

Steve Smith's ascent gets steeper and Usman Khawaja's descent gets more precipitous. Over the last fortnight Smith has improved by almost 20 points (now 91.5) whilst Khawaja has gone down by almost 15 (now at 52.86)

Highest scorer by Format

Long Form = Simon Harmer = 1409
One Day = Chamari Athapaththu = 706
Short Form = Babar Azam - 2598

Highest scorer by Discipline

Runs - James Vince - 1808
Batting Bonus - Travis Head = 300
Strike Rate - Babar Azam - 610

Wickets - Simon Harmer = 840
Wicket Bonus - Simon Harmer = 140
Economy - Simon Harmer - 510

Fielding – James Vince = 380
Fielding Bonus - James Vince - 30

Weekly List In Full

Chamari Athapaththu 234
Yashasvi Jaiswal 170
Shubman Gill 143
Steve Smith 138
Rachin Ravindra 111
Glenn Maxwell 90
Harry Brook 76
Sam Curran 70
James Vince 49
Aaron Hardie 39
Phil Salt 33
Usman Khawaja 29
Travis Head 19
Moeen Ali 4

Daryl Mitchell dnp
Babar Azam dnp
Jos Buttler dnp
Mitchell Marsh dnp
Ravindra Jadeja dnp
Virat Kohli dnp
Marnus Labuschagne dnp
Simon Harmer dnp

Overall List In Full

1 Chamari Athapaththu 3138
2 James Vince 3008
3 Babar Azam 2647
4 Travis Head 2586
5 Marnus Labuschagne 2384
6 Yashasvi Jaiswal 2353
7 Rachin Ravindra 2178
8 Jos Buttler 2104
9 Simon Harmer 1979
10 Phil Salt 1965
11 Glenn Maxwell 1955
12 Sam Curran 1938
13 Ravindra Jadeja 1826
14 Shubman Gill 1810
15 Virat Kohli 1739
16 Moeen Ali 1712
17 Daryl Mitchell 1382
18 Harry Brook 1362
19 Mitchell Marsh 1138
20 Steve Smith 1098
21 Aaron Hardie 1067
22 Usman Khawaja 370

Travis Head - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

A huge point scoring week this week with the top 6 all scoring more than 200.

Weekly Top 5

1. Travis Head - 346 - His highest score of the year comes courtesy of the bowlers of Major League Cricket. This is, surprisingly , his first Cricketer of the Week accolade; becoming the 16th recipient across the year.

2. Chamari Athapaththu - 330 - Straight back into action and straight back into breaking records. This time courtesy of 119 against Malaysia in the Women's Asia Cup.

3. Glenn Maxwell - 268 - Unlike his other Washington Freedom players, The Big Show only played two Major League Cricket games this week but made massive impacts in both; a three wicket haul against Texas Super Kings and a half century off 23 balls versus the San Francisco Unicorns.

4. Harry Brook - 245 - Continued his imperious start to Test cricket with a century in the second innings of the second Test against the West Indies. Moves up a place on the overall list to 18th.

5. Rachin Ravindra - 240 - Is in the top 5, almost exclusively, for his bowling this week with 2 four-fers in Major League Cricket across his three games this week. He got 20 runs across those three games.

Overall Top 5

1. James Vince - 2959 - Kickstarted his Hundred seasons positively with a half century but is definitely looking over his shoulder.

2. Chamari Athapaththu - 2904 - Her Women's Asia Cup heroics sees her back up to second place - and with a not inconsiderable gap between her and third.

3. Babar Azam - 2647 - Azam's Top 5 aspirations were dealt a bitter blow this week with the PCB blocking his request to turn out in the Global T20 Canada tournament. 384 points separate him from 6th.

4. Travis Head - 2567 - His highest score of the year sees him up a place to fourth this week. He only needs 80 points in the Major League Cricket final would see him move up to third.

5. Marnus Labuschagne - 2384 - Despite his best bowling figures in his final T20 Blast game for Glamorgan, Marnus still moves down a spot. A spell away from cricket awaits him now.

Other Movers

Despite mediocre scores of 164 and 54 respectively, Moeen Ali and Sam Curran both moved up a place this week. Curran moves into 11th with Moeen occupying 15th.

Ones to Watch

It's a straight shoot out between Sam Curran for the Oval Invincibles and Glenn Maxwell for Washington Freedom. They both have one game and have just three points between them.

Top Three Averages

1. Chamari Athapaththu - 193.6 (Up from 183.86)
2. Babar Azam - 155.71
3. Marnus Labuschagne - 132.44 (Up from 131.41)

Steve Smith's average improves the most - up 13.67 - drawing him away from the foot of the table. Meanwhile Usman Khawaja, who was already bottom, is even worse off; down 10.77 to 56.83.

Highest scorer by Format

Long Form = Simon Harmer = 1409
One Day = Chamari Athapaththu = 706
Short Form = Babar Azam - 2598

Highest scorer by Discipline

* = New Name

Runs - James Vince - 1769
Batting Bonus - *Travis Head = 300
Strike Rate - Babar Azam - 610

Wickets - Simon Harmer = 840
Wicket Bonus - Simon Harmer = 140
Economy - Simon Harmer - 510

Fielding – James Vince = 380
Fielding Bonus - James Vince - 30

Weekly List in Full

Travis Head 346
Chamari Athapaththu 330
Glenn Maxwell 268
Harry Brook 245
Rachin Ravindra 240
Steve Smith 224
Moeen Ali 164
Aaron Hardie 149
Marnus Labuschagne 130
James Vince 126
Sam Curran 54
Phil Salt 19
Simon Harmer 15
Usman Khawaja 3

Daryl Mitchell dnp
Babar Azam dnp
Jos Buttler dnp
Mitchell Marsh dnp
Ravindra Jadeja dnp
Virat Kohli dnp
Yashasvi Jaiswal dnp
Shubman Gill dnp

Overall List In Full

1 James Vince 2959
2 Chamari Athapaththu 2904
3 Babar Azam 2647
4 Travis Head 2567
5 Marnus Labuschagne 2384
6 Yashasvi Jaiswal 2183
7 Jos Buttler 2104
8 Rachin Ravindra 2067
9 Simon Harmer 1979
10 Phil Salt 1932
11 Sam Curran 1868
12 Glenn Maxwell 1865
13 Ravindra Jadeja 1826
14 Virat Kohli 1739
15 Moeen Ali 1708
16 Shubman Gill 1667
17 Daryl Mitchell 1382
18 Harry Brook 1286
19 Mitchell Marsh 1138
20 Aaron Hardie 1028
21 Steve Smith 960
22 Usman Khawaja 341

Sam Curran - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Weekly Top 5

1. Sam Curran - 301 - Before this week, Curran's best score of the week was 176, this week he nearly doubled that courtesy of 161 runs in 2 games in the T20 Blast. Becomes the third player to win three Cricketers of the Week across more than one year alongside Head and Handscomb.

2. Travis Head - 208 - Two identical scores in two MLC games this week. He scored 54 at a SR of 150+ scoring 104 points against Los Angeles and then scored 54 at a SR of 150+ scoring 104 points against New York. Consistent.

3. Moeen Ali - 195 - Enjoying his domestic cricket once more...but has very much been helped by the fact he has played three games across the week. His high point was 59 off the bat against Derbyshire.

4. Marnus Labuschagne - 173 - Continues his love affair with the English domestic game with his fourth successive score of 100 or more. Since joining up with Glamorgan he has averaged 171.77 points a week.

5. Yashasvi Jaiswal - 165 - Was lighting up our lists on a week by week basis before his total omission from a majority of the T20 World Cup. Is now back in fine fettle most notably in his score of 93 against Zimbabwe this week.

Overall Top 5

1. James Vince - 2833 - A second week in top spot this week courtesy of his fifth 100+ scoring week since the start of the English Domestic season.

2. Babar Azam - 2647 - Only bottom placed Usman Khawaja has been inactive longer than Babar Azam, he spends another week in second after losing top spot last week.

3. Chamari Athapaththu - 2574 - Inactive again this week but will be back in action in the Women's Asia Cup this week. Will be looking up the table rather than down due to the 73 point gap to 2nd slightly more pressing than the 320 gap below her.

4. Marnus Labuschagne - 2254 - Has inflated his total by 1546 in the ten weeks since the start of the English Domestic season. Jumps up another place to 4th.

5. Travis Head - 2221 - Spent a solitary week out of 5th spot before reclaiming it again this week. He has spent 6 weeks in 5th place this year. Three further weeks and he usurps Jadeja who has spent 9 weeks there.

Other Movers

Rachin Ravindra moves up two places to 10th whilst Phil Salt nudges further back into the Top Ten again; up one to 9th.


Top Three Averages

1. Chamari Athapaththu - 183.86
2. Babar Azam - 155.71
3. Jos Buttler - 131.5

Sam Curran improves his average by 12.15 thanks to his stellar week - after a pretty unstellar year. Aaron Hardie is the only player shoe average goes down - decreasing by 2.7 to 73.25; the second to worst average of anyone.

Highest scorer by Format

Long Form = Simon Harmer = 1409
One Day = Chamari Athapaththu = 706
Short Form = Babar Azam - 2598

Highest scorer by Discipline


Runs - James Vince - 1713
Batting Bonus -Babar Azam - 290
Strike Rate - Babar Azam - 610

Wickets - Simon Harmer = 840
Wicket Bonus - Simon Harmer = 140
Economy - Simon Harmer - 510

Fielding – James Vince = 360
Fielding Bonus - James Vince - 30

Weekly Scores In Full

Sam Curran 301
Travis Head 208
Moeen Ali 195
Marnus Labuschagne 173
Yashasvi Jaiswal 165
Glenn Maxwell 145
James Vince 138
Phil Salt 130
Simon Harmer 124
Shubman Gill 123
Rachin Ravindra 122
Steve Smith 80
Aaron Hardie 44

Usman Khawaja dnp
Daryl Mitchell dnp
Babar Azam dnp
Jos Buttler dnp
Chamari Athapaththu dnp
Mitchell Marsh dnp
Ravindra Jadeja dnp
Virat Kohli dnp
Harry Brook dnp

Overall List In Full

1 James Vince
2 Babar Azam
3 Chamari Athapaththu
4 Marnus Labuschagne
5 Travis Head
6 Yashasvi Jaiswal
7 Jos Buttler
8 Simon Harmer
9 Phil Salt
10 Rachin Ravindra
11 Ravindra Jadeja
12 Sam Curran
13 Virat Kohli
14 Shubman Gill
15 Glenn Maxwell
16 Moeen Ali
17 Daryl Mitchell
18 Mitchell Marsh
19 Harry Brook
20 Aaron Hardie
21 Steve Smith
22 Usman Khawaja