Usman Khawaja - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 This week has been the second lowest score of 2024 with just 237 points shared between 4 players so more of a round up this week than a Top 3 or 5.

Seems a very common occurrence to top score one week and then finish rock bottom the week after, such was the fate of Harry Brook who scored 387 points last week and a mere 25 this. Despite this he moves up 2 places on the overall list past Moeen and Jaiswal into 8th.

Another big scorer last week was Queensland's newest captain Marnus Labuschagne, he sheds 181 points from his score last week and posts 31 in his single One-Day Cup outing this week.

Chamari Athapaththu finishes a hugely disappointing T20 World Cup with her best score of the tournament; 65 in a dead rubber against New Zealand.

Our week is rounded off by Usman Khawaja who is coming into form in as we move closer to the end of the year. Our bottom placed cricketer gets his first cricketer of the Week award this year and third of all time, courtesy of a top score of 76 against Western Australia. He also scores his first Strike Rate points; now only Simon Harmer has none.

Overall List

1. Chamari Athapaththu - 4010 - A hugely disappointing T20 World Cup sees her retake top spot for the fourth time this year, but with just a 40 point lead her chances of finishing the year in top spot are diminishing.

2. James Vince - 3970 - Inactive this week and with seemingly no cricket until the Abu Dhabi T10 at the end of November. He does have a cushion of 424 points on third though.

3. Travis Head - 3546 - Inactive this week but lots of cricket looms on the horizon, especially after signing on with the Adelaide Strikers in the BBL.

4. Sam Curran - 3156 - Inactive again and hard to see where his next cricket comes from before the BBL.

5. Babar Azam - 3106 - Shockingly inactive and will remain so until at least the start of November. One good performance from Marnus Labuschagne below him and he loses his Top 5 berth.

Top Three Averages

1. Chamari Athapaththu - 174.34 (Down from 179.32)
2. Babar Azam - 135.04
3. Jos Buttler - 131.5

Chamari Athapaththu's average drops the most for the second week on the trot whilst Usman Khawaja sees a rare improvement to his average; however his 66.27 points per week is still the very worst.

Highest scorer by Format

Long Form = Simon Harmer = 2235
One Day = Chamari Athapaththu = 946
Short Form = Chamari Athapaththu- 2999

Highest scorer by Discipline

Runs - James Vince - 2390
Batting Bonus - Travis Head = 380
Strike Rate - Travis Head 790

Wickets - Simon Harmer = 1180
Wicket Bonus - Simon Harmer = 240
Economy - Simon Harmer - 680

Fielding – James Vince = 490
Fielding Bonus - James Vince - 50

Weekly Scores In Full

Usman Khawaja 116
Chamari Athapaththu 65
Marnus Labuschagne 31
Harry Brook 25

Jos Buttler dnp
Sam Curran dnp
Yashasvi Jaiswal dnp
Ravindra Jadeja dnp
Simon Harmer dnp
Phil Salt dnp
Glenn Maxwell dnp
James Vince dnp
Virat Kohli dnp
Shubman Gill dnp
Rachin Ravindra dnp
Steve Smith dnp
Aaron Hardie dnp
Daryl Mitchell dnp
Moeen Ali dnp
Mitchell Marsh dnp
Travis Head dnp
Babar Azam dnp

Overall Scores In Full

1 Chamari Athapaththu 4010
2 James Vince 3970
3 Travis Head 3546
4 Sam Curran 3156
5 Babar Azam 3106
6 Marnus Labuschagne 2917
7 Simon Harmer 2808
8 Harry Brook 2749
9 Yashasvi Jaiswal 2731
10 Moeen Ali 2727
11 Phil Salt 2635
12 Rachin Ravindra 2411
13 Ravindra Jadeja 2310
14 Glenn Maxwell 2204
15 Shubman Gill 2187
16 Jos Buttler 2104
17 Virat Kohli 1976
18 Mitchell Marsh 1629
19 Daryl Mitchell 1511
20 Aaron Hardie 1485
21 Steve Smith 1295
22 Usman Khawaja 729

Harry Brook - The Best Cricketer of the Week...again

 

[u]Weekly Top 5[/u]

1. Harry Brook - 387 - No air of mystery around top spot this week. If you score a triple ton in a Test you're going to be top of the pops. He has scored 800 points in the last three weeks and moved from 16th in the Overall list to 10th. 

2. Marnus Labuschagne - 212 - Back playing red ball cricket and now the captain of Queensland. Scored 112 runs and got two wickets this week to give him second place. Also moves up to 6th place on the Overall List.

3. Moeen Ali - 148 - His late call up into the CPL has given Moeen a late season boost up the List. The 595 points he has scored in the last three weeks is more than he got in the last seven active weeks of cricket he had over the English Summer. Up to 9th overall. 

4. Mitchell Marsh - 127 - Could the start of the Australian Summer see Marsh move up our List. His first Sheffield Shield game sees him in fourth for the week, up one overall and all that without bowling. Who knows how high he can go? 

5. Usman Khawaja - 115 - The bottom placed Cricketer on our Overall List rounds off our weekly Top 5. With just 613 points across the year, Khawaja is going to have to put in a Herculean effort to be anywhere other than bottom spot for 2024. 

[u]Overall Top 5[/u]

Despite expectations there is a fourth static week in the top 5. Margins are very narrow between Vince and Athapaththu in first and second and between Azam and a chasing pack below him. 

1 James Vince 3970

2 Chamari Athapaththu 3945

3 Travis Head 3546

4 Sam Curran 3156

5 Babar Azam 3106

[u]Top Three Averages[/u]

1. Chamari Athapaththu - 179.32 (Down from 186.24) 

2. Babar Azam - 135.04 (Down from 139.14)

3. Jos Buttler - 131.5

Chamari Athapaththu's average drops by 6.92 but her weekly average is untouchable still. Brook moves up by a huge 12.53 points. With a weekly average of 123,82, he has the second best of anyone. 

 

[u]Highest scorer by Format[/u]

Long Form = Simon Harmer = 2235

One Day = Chamari Athapaththu = 946

Short Form = Chamari Athapaththu- 2999

[u]Highest scorer by Discipline[/u]

Runs - James Vince - 2390

Batting Bonus - Travis Head = 380

Strike Rate - Travis Head 790

Wickets - Simon Harmer = 1180

Wicket Bonus - Simon Harmer = 240

Economy - Simon Harmer - 680

Fielding – James Vince = 490

Fielding Bonus - James Vince - 50

[u]Weekly List In Full[/u]

Harry Brook 387

Marnus Labuschagne 212

Moeen Ali 148

Mitchell Marsh 127

Usman Khawaja 115

Travis Head 70

Babar Azam 45

Chamari Athapaththu 34

Jos Buttler dnp

Sam Curran dnp

Yashasvi Jaiswal dnp

Ravindra Jadeja dnp

Simon Harmer dnp

Phil Salt dnp

Glenn Maxwell dnp

James Vince dnp

Virat Kohli dnp

Shubman Gill dnp

Rachin Ravindra dnp

Steve Smith dnp

Aaron Hardie dnp

Daryl Mitchell dnp

[u]Overall List In Full[/u]

James Vince 3970

Chamari Athapaththu 3945

Travis Head 3546

Sam Curran 3156

Babar Azam 3106

Marnus Labuschagne 2886

Simon Harmer 2808

Yashasvi Jaiswal 2731

Moeen Ali 2727

Harry Brook 2724

Phil Salt 2635

Rachin Ravindra 2411

Ravindra Jadeja 2310

Glenn Maxwell 2204

Shubman Gill 2187

Jos Buttler 2104

Virat Kohli 1976

Mitchell Marsh 1629

Daryl Mitchell 1511

Aaron Hardie 1485

Steve Smith 1295

Usman Khawaja 613

[u]Headlines[/u]

MIB picks a bad week to get 0. Sussex and RDJ both overtake him knocking him from 5th to 7th. 

[u]Weekly Scores[/u]

Sussex 387

DFM 212

The Prof Sr. 149

RDJ 148

The Professor 127

DD 70

Red Devil 45

MIB 0

Arthur 0

RT 0

GingerPele 0

[u]Overall Scores[/u]

DD 6702

DFM 5696

The Professor 5472

Red Devil 5275

Sussex 5145

RDJ 5033

MIB 4915

The Prof Sr. 4560

RT 4080

Arthur 3930

GingerPele 3088

Rachin Ravindra - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Weekly Top 5

1. Rachin Ravindra - 223 - I think it's time we face it up and say we have a bit of a superstar on our hands. Proving his worth in every format. This is his third Cricketer of the Week aware - the same amount as Babar Azam has.

2. Virat Kohli - 188 - Has taken no time at all to get back into the swing of things. Despite being away from action for 2 months, all it takes is one big score and he leaps up out of bottom spot on the Overall List.

3. Sam Curran - 176 - Had failed to impress so far in 2024 but knows what stage he needs to turn it on for. This is his highest score of the year so far, largely courtesy of a half century against Delhi.

4. Travis Head - 122 - Whilst every other IPL contributor's scores have come from two games, Head's comes from that world record game against Mumbai on Wednesday. Should be a mainstay for the rest of the tournament after that.

5. Aaron Hardie - 107 - Finishes the Sheffield Shield season with a score of 100+ - however, after having been withdrawn from his contract with Surrey, this might be his last score for a little while.

Overall List

1. Babar Azam - 1901 - The first of his indeterminate inactive weeks and his lead on second place drops from 717 points to 638.

2. Rachin Ravindra - 1263 - Bursts up the list from 4th to 2nd. Is very much the focal point for the chasing pack of IPL superstars chasing down top spot.

3. Yashasvi Jaiswal - 1254 - An understated start to the IPL season for Indian's latest poster boy. Lots more to play for but he remains third for the sixth week in a row.

4. James Vince - 1184 - Biding his time before the start of the County Championship season. Drops 2 spots to 4th.

5. Ravindra Jadeja - 1014 - Does just enough to keep himself in his beloved 5th spot for a 4th consecutive week. Has a 121 point lead over Mitchell Marsh.

Other Movers

Mitchell Marsh finished in 6th place for the week and moves up one place overall to be just outside the Top 5. Weirdly, Chamari Athapaththu gets the worst score of the week (21) but still moves up a place to 9th.

Ones to Watch

The tale of the IPL flops is playing out between 7th and 8th place. Glenn Maxwell has scored 52 points across his two games whilst buttler has scored 42. There is just one point between them on Friday afternoon.

Top 3 Average Points per Active Week

1. Babar Azam - 190.2
2. Ravindra Jadeja - 169 (Down from 196.4)
3. Jos Buttler - 168 (Down from 199.5)

Jos Buttler drops the most - down 31.5 - but still in our overall Top 3. Virat Kohli improves the most up a huge 38.17 points to 111.67.


Highest scorer by Format

Long Form = Yashasvi Jaiswal = 943
One Day = Marnus Labuschagne = 152
Short Form = Babar Azam - 1563

Highest scorer by Discipline

*=New Name

Runs - Babar Azam = 932
Batting Bonus -Babar Azam - 190
Strike Rate - Babar Azam - 350

Wickets - Ravindra Jadeja - 380
Wicket Bonus - Ravindra Jadeja - 70
Economy - Ravindra Jadeja - 220

Fielding – Babar Azam & *Jos Buttler = 150
Fielding Bonus - Steve Smith - 20

Babar Azam - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Overall points scored this week are back in the 1000+ category - but player points are reasonably modest. For the second week in a row nobody has beaten their personal best score for the year.

Weekly Top 5

1. Babar Azam - 270 - Absolutely loves his home T20 competition. He has 163 more runs than anyone else in the PSL and has accrued 954 points in the 4 weeks of the competition.

2. Mitchell Marsh - 170 - Has had a poor start to the year, but produces one decent innings and finishes in silver medal place for the week - 60 economy points from 9 overs of bowling isn't to be sniffed at either.

3. Shubman Gill - 150 - One final century in a decent series against England. He scored 622 points across the 5 Tests. Now a week off and on to the IPL.

4. Marnus Labuschagne - 126 - Shook off a pretty miserable run of form and struck a score of 90. His 126 is the first score of 100+ he has managed in the last 6 active weeks.

5. Ravindra Jadeja - 106 - Always a banker to score 100+ points whenever he plays. Was a relatively quiet final test for Jadeja but will have plenty in his locker ready for the IPL.

Overall Top 5

1. Babar Azam - 1847 - Has an almost obscene 663 point lead on second place....however his Peshawar Zalmi team are now out of the PSL and is seemingly inactive until mid-April.

2. James Vince - 1184 - Finishes the PSL strongly and will now join up with Hampshire. Will spend a bit of time away from the game whilst the chasing pack will be filling their boots on the IPL circuit. Will be out of the Top 5 by the time the County Championship starts.

3. Yashasvi Jaiswal - 1182 - One last half century for Jaiswal in what has been a landmark series for the young man. Finished a mere 2 points off second place having started the series in 12th place.

4. Rachin Ravindra - 1040 - Continues to perform well with the bat for New Zealand and is the fourth player to breach the thousand point mark. His next challenge is to see if he can corner the market in the IPL. If so then we have a true superstar on our hands.

5. Ravindra Jadeja - 952 - Comfortably 5th place for the second week in a row. The hap between himself and Jos Buttler in 6th is the second biggest of any in the List (154).

Other Mover

Aaron Hardie's 62 points in the Sheffield Shield seems modest but was enough for him to arrest his descent down the list and move into 15th.

Top 3 Average Points per Active Week

1. Babar Azam - 205.22 (Up from 184.63)
2. Jos Buttler - 199.5
3. Ravindra Jadeja - 190.4 (Down from 209.25)

Babar Azam is back up to an average of 200+ after another decent week. Chamari Athapaththu has another poor week and loses 19.9 points and now scores 129.5 points a week

Highest scorer by Format

Long Form = Yashasvi Jaiswal = 1040
One Day = Marnus Labuschagne = 152
Short Form = Babar Azam - 1778

Highest scorer by Discipline

*=New Name

Runs - Babar Azam = 1057
Batting Bonus -Babar Azam - 230
Strike Rate - Babar Azam - 410

Wickets - Ravindra Jadeja - 380
Wicket Bonus - Ravindra Jadeja - 70
Economy - *Ravindra Jadeja - 310

Fielding - James Vince, Steve Smith & *Daryl Mitchell = 140
Fielding Bonus - Steve Smith - 20

Weekly List In Full

Babar Azam 270
Mitchell Marsh 170
Shubman Gill 150
Marnus Labuschagne 126
Ravindra Jadeja 115
Rachin Ravindra 106
Yashasvi Jaiswal 97
James Vince 93
Daryl Mitchell 92
Aaron Hardie 62
Travis Head 59
Usman Khawaja 37
Chamari Athapaththu 30
Steve Smith 20

Harry Brook dnp
Virat Kohli dnp
Jos Buttler dnp
Phil Salt dnp
Sam Curran dnp
Simon Harmer dnp
Glenn Maxwell dnp
Moeen Ali dnp

Full List

1 Babar Azam 1847
2 James Vince 1184
3 Yashasvi Jaiswal 1182
4 Rachin Ravindra 1040
5 Ravindra Jadeja 952
6 Jos Buttler 798
7 Mitchell Marsh 790
8 Glenn Maxwell 788
9 Moeen Ali 786
10 Chamari Athapaththu 777
11 Shubman Gill 731
12 Marnus Labuschagne 708
13 Travis Head 674
14 Daryl Mitchell 618
15 Aaron Hardie 583
16 Sam Curran 551
17 Steve Smith 518
18 Phil Salt 463
19 Usman Khawaja 338
20 Simon Harmer 250
21 Virat Kohli 147