Showing posts with label West Indies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label West Indies. Show all posts

Friday, 6 February 2026

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

Friday, 17 October 2025

Nat Sciver-Brunt - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 



Many more points scored this week but from the exact same amount of cricketers. The natural break comes after a Top Three so that is what we shall do.


Weekly Top 3

1. Nat Sciver-Brunt- 237 – Had a (admittedly unimpressive) game washed out but still manages to bag top spot courtesy of a century and a couple of wickets against Sri Lanka.

2. Annabel Sutherland – 230 – Became the top wicket taker of the World Cup this week, largely due to the five-fer she bagged against India.

3. Yashasvi Jaiswal – 213 – Been a bit since he registered an impressive score in Tests but certainly got his dues against West Indies. Moves up three places on the Overall List to 11th.

Overall Top 5

1. Sam Curran – 4148 – Inactive this week but is likely to feature in the T20 series that starts Saturday morning against New Zealand.

2. Jos Buttler- 3807- Inactive this week but will hope to be an instrumental figure in the T20 series that starts Saturday morning against New Zealand.

3. Liam Dawson – 3722 - Inactive this week but may just feature in the T20 series that starts Saturday morning against New Zealand.

4. Nat Sciver – Brunt – 3515 – Despite her weekly high score this week, she just finds herself further sandwiched in fourth place. 207 points separate her from third and 257 from 5th.

5. Ravindra Jadeja – 3258 – His form in the West indies series propels Jadeja into the Top 5 at the expense of Nicholas Pooran.

Other Movers

Two Pakistan players finished off the pace but still managed to move on the Overall List. Saim Ayub continues to improve and moves up to 16th whilst Azam jumps up from bottom place to 22nd after his long respite from Cricket.

Top 3 Averages

1. Sam Curran - 159.94
2.Chamari Athapaththu - 148.29 (Down from 157)
3. Annabel Sutherland - 144.95 (Up from 140.22)

Chamari Athapaththu drops the most - down by 8.71 points but still manages to hold second place. Yashasvi Jaiswal does the best this week with his average up by 5.17 to 109.53.

Top Players By Format

*+ New Name

Red Ball -Ravindra Jadeja= 1977
One Day - Nat Sciver Brunt = 1205
Short Form - Sam Curran = 3331

Top Players by Discipline

Runs - Jos Buttler = 1897
Batting Bonus - Pathum Nissanka + Nat Sciver-Brunt = 360
Strike Rate – Jos Buttler = 960

Wickets - Liam Dawson - 1520
Wicket Bonus - Liam Dawson = 170
Economy - Liam Dawson = 710

Fielding - Jos Buttler = 560
Fielding Bonus - Jos Buttler & Phil Salt – 40

Weekly List In Full

Nat Sciver-Brunt 237
Annabel Sutherland 230
Yashasvi Jaiwal 213
Ravindra Jadeja 180
Jasprit Bumrah 140
Saim Ayub 102
Babar Azam 75
Chamari Athapaththu 35

Rishabh Pant dnp
Kane Williamson dnp
Heinrich Klaasen dnp
Jamie Smith dnp
Sam Curran dnp
Harry Brook dnp
Liam Livingstone dnp
Nicholas Pooran dnp
Phil Salt dnp
Jos Buttler dnp
Pathum Nissanka dnp
Liam Dawson dnp
Wanindu Hasaranga dnp
Suryakumar Yadav dnp
Adam Zampa dnp
Travis Head dnp

Overall list in Full

1 Sam Curran 4148
2 Jos Buttler 3807
3 Liam Dawson 3722
4 Nat Sciver-Brunt 3515
5 Ravindra Jadeja 3258
6 Nicholas Pooran 3096
7 Phil Salt 2798
8 Annabel Sutherland 2754
9 Kane Williamson 2525
10 Pathum Nissanka 2435
11 Yashasvi Jaiwal 2301
12 Harry Brook 2294
13 Heinrich Klaasen 2214
14 Jamie Smith 2112
15 Chamari Athapaththu 2076
16 Saim Ayub 2021
17 Wanindu Hasaranga 1973
18 Travis Head 1847
19 Liam Livingstone 1829
20 Suryakumar Yadav 1739
21 Jasprit Bumrah 1581
22 Babar Azam 1383
23 Rishabh Pant 1377
24 Adam Zampa 1346

Friday, 10 October 2025

Ravindra Jadeja- The Best Cricketer of the Week

 


Very lean week in terms of contributions but there is a natural gap between the person that finished fifth and the person in 6th so I will do a Top 5 as normal.

Weekly Top 5

1. Ravindra Jadeja – 274 – Clearly likes a bit of responsibility. His first game as vice captain saw him excel with both bat and ball – something he has not done in a while. Another Test started on Friday so more points in the offing.

2. Saim Ayub – 232 – A struggling batter returning back to their domestic league and completely annihilating is a dance as old as time itself. Ayub scored 142 runs this week – this is more than he bagged in the last 5 weeks combined.

3. Nat Sciver-Brunt – 112 – Hasn’t quite hit her staps like we know she is capable of but still a comfortable three figure score in the second week of the World Cup.

4. Jasprit Bumrah – 110 - Felt like he was a bit out of luck in the first Test against West Indies but managed to bag three late wickets in the first innings to scrape a three figure score.

5. Annabel Sutherland- 91 – Bowled superbly in the match against Pakistan but looked like she might need get her just deserts….but managed to bag three late wickets to finish with a decent score.

Overall Top 5

Not much to report this week with only NSB playing.

The Top 5 remains:

1 Sam Curran 4148
2 Jos Buttler 3807
3 Liam Dawson 3722
4 Nat Sciver-Brunt 3278
5 Nicholas Pooran 3096

Jadeja is only 18 points off 5th so expect changes next week.

Top 3 Averages

1. Sam Curran - 159.94
2.Chamari Athapaththu - 157 (Down from 161.67)
3. Annabel Sutherland - 140.22 (Down from 143.12)

Saim Ayub's return to form sees his average improve by 7.37 point to 106.61. Travis Head's damp squib versus New Zealand sees him drop by 3.5, down to 87.95.

Top Players By Format

*+ New Name

Red Ball -*Ravindra Jadeja= 1797
One Day - Nat Sciver Brunt = 856
Short Form - Sam Curran = 3331

Top Players by Discipline

Runs - Jos Buttler = 1897
Batting Bonus - *Pathum Nissanka + Nat Sciver-Brunt = 360
Strike Rate – Jos Buttler = 960

Wickets - Liam Dawson - 1520
Wicket Bonus - Liam Dawson = 170
Economy - Liam Dawson = 710

Fielding - Jos Buttler = 560
Fielding Bonus - Jos Buttler & Phil Salt – 40

Weekly List In Full

Ravindra Jadeja 274
Saim Ayub 232
Nat Sciver-Brunt 112
Jasprit Bumrah 110
Annabel Sutherland 91
Yashasvi Jaiwal 46
Adam Zampa 20
Travis Head 18

Rishabh Pant dnp
Babar Azam dnp
Kane Williamson dnp
Heinrich Klaasen dnp
Jamie Smith dnp
Sam Curran dnp
Harry Brook dnp
Liam Livingstone dnp
Nicholas Pooran dnp
Phil Salt dnp
Jos Buttler dnp
Pathum Nissanka dnp
Liam Dawson dnp
Chamari Athapaththu dnp
Wanindu Hasaranga dnp
Suryakumar Yadav dnp

Overall Top Score

1 Sam Curran 4148
2 Jos Buttler 3807
3 Liam Dawson 3722
4 Nat Sciver-Brunt 3278
5 Nicholas Pooran 3096
6 Ravindra Jadeja 3078
7 Phil Salt 2798
8 Kane Williamson 2525
9 Annabel Sutherland 2524
10 Pathum Nissanka 2435
11 Harry Brook 2294
12 Heinrich Klaasen 2214
13 Jamie Smith 2112
14 Yashasvi Jaiwal 2088
15 Chamari Athapaththu 2041
16 Wanindu Hasaranga 1973
17 Saim Ayub 1919
18 Travis Head 1847
19 Liam Livingstone 1829
20 Suryakumar Yadav 1739
21 Jasprit Bumrah 1441
22 Rishabh Pant 1377
23 Adam Zampa 1346
24 Babar Azam 1308

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