Ravindra Jadeja - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Only Jamie Smith remains inactive thus far in 2025 - an unprecedented feat. Who was cream of the crop this week?

Weekly Top 5

1. Ravindra Jadeja - 419 - Nothing like a returning Test player absolutely creaming points on the domestic circle and Jadeja's 12 wicket haul in the Ranji Trophy was just that. Scored points across the board and has registered a catastrophic total for the week.

2. Liam Dawson - 371 - Multiple T20 games in a week doesn't always correlate to big points, but Dawson made sure it did this week. 7 wickets from his three SAT20 games coupled with a 11 ball 25 sees a huge total for the Eastern Cape player.

3. Wanindu Hasaranga - 193 - 5 wickets for the Sri Lankan in the ILT20 competition. Seems to have got back into his rhythm for the Desert Vipers. In so doing, he became only the second Sri Lankan to get 300 T20 wickets....and plenty more to come.

4. Sam Curran - 168 - Put in a decent shift for the Desert Vipers this week. 2 wickets seems disappointing but backed it up with 38 runs and decent economies.

5. Jos Buttler - 118 - 2023's highest point scorer had an injury beleaguered 2024.....but debuts this week inside the weekly Top 5. Probably best not to talk about the form of the other ten blokes around him though.

Overall Top 5

1. Chamari Athapaththu - 620 - Just 56 points from Athapaththu's single Super Smash game this wee. That being said the 132 point gap between her and second is the greatest on the list.

2. Ravindra Jadeja - 488 - Catapults up the table courtesy of his Ranji Trophy form. Has spent the last two years in and around the Top 5 and this week puts him right back in the mix once more.

3. Wanindu Hasaranga - 466 - Does just enough every week to hold onto bronze position. Once of only two players to have held the same spot for the last 3 weeks and one of only 3 players to have retained their position from last week. Odds on him being there next week?

4. Sam Curran - 458 - Despite finishing fourth in the weekly totals he still manages to drop two spots down to third.

5. Liam Dawson - 371 - Comes from absolutely nowhere to gatecrash the Top 5 this week. Can't rest on his laurels as Pooran is just 5 points below him and Nat Sciver Brunt another 39 behind that.

Top 3 Averages

1. Ravindra Jadeja - 244
2. Sam Curran - 229
3. Chamari Athapaththu - 206.67 (Down from 282)

Some huge swings, as is only natural for week 3. Athapaththu drops the most whilst Dawson moves his average up from 10 to 123.67.

Top Players By Format

*=New Name

Red Ball - *Ravindra Jadeja - 488
One Day - Nat Sciver-Brunt - 225
Short Form - Chamari Athapaththu - 620

Top Players by Discipline

Runs - Chamari Athapaththhu - 180
Batting Bonus - Babar Azam - 40
Strike Rate - *Nicholas Pooran - 100

Wickets - *Ravindra Jadeja - 240
Wicket Bonus - *Ravindra Jadeja - 60
Economy - *Ravindra Jadeja - 90

Fielding - Sam Curran - 70
Fielding Bonus - Sam Curran - 10

Weekly List In Full

Ravindra Jadeja 419
Liam Dawson 371
Wanindu Hasaranga 193
Sam Curran 168
Jos Buttler 118
Nicholas Pooran 109
Nat Sciver-Brunt 92
Annabel Sutherland 91
Kane Williamson 60
Chamari Athapaththu 56
Adam Zampa 40
Rishabh Pant 38
Harry Brook 27
Heinrich Klaasen 25
Babar Azam 13
Phil Salt 12
Suryakumar Yadav 10
Liam Livingstone 0

Jamie Smith dnp
Jasprit Bumrah dnp
Yashavi Jaiwal dnp
Travis Head dnp
Saim Ayub dnp
Pathum Nissanka dnp

Overall List In Full

1 Chamari Athapaththu 620
2 Ravindra Jadeja 488
3 Wanindu Hasaranga 466
4 Sam Curran 458
5 Liam Dawson 371
6 Nicholas Pooran 366
7 Nat Sciver-Brunt 327
8 Rishabh Pant 209
9 Babar Azam 202
10 Annabel Sutherland 182
11 Adam Zampa 173
12 Kane Williamson 170
13 Pathum Nissanka 160
14 Phil Salt 145
15 Jos Buttler 118
16 Jasprit Bumrah 112
17 Heinrich Klaasen 104
18 Yashavi Jaiwal 72
19 Travis Head 48
20 Harry Brook 27
21 Suryakumar Yadav 20
22 Liam Livingstone 14
23 Saim Ayub 0

Chamari Athapaththu - The Best Cricketer of the Week....again

 

Another incredibly busy week. Only 4 players of our 24 have yet to play cricket in 2025....but who impressed this week?

Weekly Top 5

1. Chamari Athapaththu - 303 - Nobody has ever had back-to-back Cricketers of the Week in the first two weeks of the year...but nobody has seized the competition by the scruff of the neck like Athapaththu. Will be right up there again this year.

2. Sam Curran - 290 - Looking to put last year's malaise behind him, Curran has hit the ground running in the ILT20 with 120 runs scored in three games this week.

3. Nicholas Pooran - Two scorching performances for MI Emirates in the ILT20 was followed by a rather pedestrian one....still enough for the West Indian powerhouse his way into the Top 3 for the week.

4. Nat Sciver-Brunt - 225 - Posting number such as this you must assume that England are playing an absolute blinder in The Ashes.....instead you wonder just how much bother they would be in without her services.

5. Phil Salt - 133 - Bloody loves a short sharp T20 competition and looked in dominant form for Abu Dhabi Knight Riders with 71 off 49....followed that up with a rather tame score of 2. Debuts on the Overall List at 10th.

Overall Top 5

1. Chamari Athapaththu - 564 - Another week in top spot for the Sri Lankan. Such is her dominance in this opening fortnight that she has now opened up a 274 point gap. Only one other player has scored more than that in the 17 days of 2025.

2. Sam Curran - 290 - Goes from being active last week straight into silver medal position this week. A great start for the man who never got higher than third last year.

3. Wanindu Hasaranga - 273 - Had one ODI left for Sri Lanka which was rather a damp squib and then has had a rather lowkey start to his time in the ILT20 with 2 wickets and 2 runs in 2 games. His score of 87 was enough to see him be one of only two people to retain their positions in the List.

4. Nicholas Pooran - 257 - Debuts in fourth place courtesy of his heavy hitting performances in ILT20. Plays so much cricket that you wouldn't bet on him being a sticker in the higher echelons.

5. Nat Sciver-Brunt - 235 - Her side are being put to the sword by Australia but her individual performances see two women in the Top 5 for the first time in recorded history.

Top 3 Averages


1. Chamari Athapaththu - 282
2. Wanindu Hasaranga - 136.5
3. Nat Sciver-Brunt - 117.5

Top Players By Format

*=New Name

Red Ball - Babar Azam - 189
One Day - * Nat Sciver-Brunt - 225
Short Form - Chamari Athapaththu - 564

Top Players by Discipline

Runs - *Chamari Athapaththhu - 164
Batting Bonus - Babar Azam - 40
Strike Rate - Chamari Athapaththu - 80

Wickets - Chamari Athapaththu - 200
Wicket Bonus - Chamari Athapaththu - 40
Economy - *Chamari Athapaththu - 60

Fielding - Yashasvi Jaiswal & * Sam Curran - 40
Fielding Bonus - Sam Curran - 10

Weewkl List In Full

Chamari Athapaththu 303
Sam Curran 290
Nicholas Pooran 257
Nat Sciver-Brunt 225
Phil Salt 133
Pathum Nissanka 116
Kane Williamson 110
Annabel Sutherland 91
Wanindu Hasaranga 87
Heinrich Klaasen 79
Adam Zampa 50
Liam Livingstone 14
Liam Dawson 0

Jamie Smith dnp
Jos Buttler dnp
Harry Brook dnp
Babar Azam dnp
Rishabh Pant dnp
Jasprit Bumrah dnp
Yashavi Jaiwal dnp
Ravindra Jadeja dnp
Travis Head dnp
Suryakumar Yadav dnp
Saim Ayub dnp

Overall list In Full

Chamari Athapaththu 564
Sam Curran 290
Wanindu Hasaranga 273
Nicholas Pooran 257
Nat Sciver-Brunt 235
Babar Azam 189
Rishabh Pant 181
Adam Zampa 173
Pathum Nissanka 160
Phil Salt 133
Jasprit Bumrah 112
Kane Williamson 110
Annabel Sutherland 91
Heinrich Klaasen 79
Yashavi Jaiwal 72
Ravindra Jadeja 69
Travis Head 48
Liam Dawson 26
Liam Livingstone 14
Suryakumar Yadav 10
Saim Ayub 0

Chamari Athapaththu - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Well here we are again...and what a busy one it is. 14 players have played already this year with 1331 points accrued; that is 806 than Week 1 of 2024.

Top 5 after Week 1

1. Chamari Athapaththu - 261 - Led the way for 17 weeks of 2024 and, just like last year, opens her tally with a Weekly high courtesy of dominating the Women's Super Smash in New Zealand. Her late addition to the competition cost her last year's top prize; she was just 41 points behind Vince.

2. Babar Azam - 189 - Desperate to put some of the negativity of 2024 behind him, Azam has started 2025 brightly...albeit you cannot say the same for his team. 139 runs across the two innings in their Test loss to South Africa is enough to see him second place.

3. Wanindu Hasaranga - 186 - Our highest scoring debutant on the List for 2025 is one of our new Sri Lankans. Having said that, the allrounder played one T20 and two ODIs so 186 ( 62 points per game) does seem a little on the disappointing side.

4. Rishabh Pant - 181 - Returns to the List after a year today and takes 4th place courtesy of his best performance in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. It was too little too late for India but could it be the start of a big year for Pant?

5. Adam Zampa - 123 - A good start to his time on the List for the enigmatic spinner. Having only got 3 wickets in the BBL to date he added a further 5 in the 3 games he has played since the start of the year. A rapid turnaround in form.

Top Players By Format

Red Ball - Babar Azam - 189
One Day - Wanindu Hasaranga - 146
Short Form - Chamari Athapaththu - 261

Top Players by Discipline

Runs - Babar Azam - 139
Batting Bonus - Babar Azam - 40
Strike Rate - Chamari Athapaththu - 40

Wickets - Chamari Athapaththu & Adam Zampa - 100
Wicket Bonus - Chamari Athapaththu & Adam Zampa - 20
Economy - Wanindu Hasaranga - 40

Fielding - Yashasvi Jaiswal - 40

List In Full

Chamari Athapaththu 261
Babar Azam 189
Wanindu Hasaranga 186
Rishabh Pant 181
Adam Zampa 123
Jasprit Bumrah 112
Yashavi Jaiwal 72
Ravindra Jadeja 49
Travis Head 48
Pathum Nissanka 44
Liam Dawson 26
Suryakumar Yadav 10
Nat Sciver-Brunt 10
Saim Ayub 0

Heinrich Klaasen dnp
Kane Williamson dnp
Jamie Smith dnp
Liam Livingstone dnp
Sam Curran dnp
Jos Buttler dnp
Annabel Sutherland dnp
Phil Salt dnp
Harry Brook dnp
Nicholas Pooran dnp

Jos Buttler - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Weekly Top 5

1. Jos Buttler - 222 - It took Buttler until Week 6 for him to the first player to win back-to-back Cricketer of the Week accolades; this year it took him two weeks fewer. Is really getting himself back into good form in the SA20.

2. James Vince - 188 - Had a very Buttler-lite style week this week. Where Jos got 46, 54 and 11, Vince got 45, 52 and 1. Continues to impress on the T20 circuit and needs to cash in before the long haul to the start of the Country Championship.

3. Simon Harmer - 156 - Look whose cropped up prematurely early.....no, not the words of my fertility consultant but instead an early showing for Simon Harmer courtesy of a four-fer against Durban in the SA20.

4. Chamari Athapaththu - 153 - One good game with the bat and one good game with the ball sees Athapaththu in the Top 5 for the fourth consecutive week. Making hay whilst the New Zealand sun shines.

5. Moeen Ali - 153 - Is having a much more fruitful time in franchise cricket than he is in international cricket. Is largely here thanks to a couple of impactful T20 innings in the SA 20.

Overall Top 5

1. Chamari Athapaththu - 629 - 4 weeks at the top of the table for Athapaththu. Nobody has done the first 5 weeks on the trot. Can the Sri Lanakan break records?

2. Babar Azam - 560 - Finished his international commitments with an underwhelming 13 before joining up with the IT20 and getting a trademark half century at 100+ SR. You feel he may cash in in this Tier 3 T20 tournament.

3. Jos Buttler - 495 - Has leapt into the Top 5 in just two weeks. Is averaging 82.5 points per T20 game in the SA 20 and there are at least 4 more of them in the tournament - with the possibility of another 7.

4. James Vince - 465 - Is yo-yo-ing his way up and down the table in the first month. Debuted in seventh, moved up to 3rd, dropped back to 7th and now is in fourth. His gap of 73 from the player below him is the second largest on the List.

5. Daryl Mitchell - 392 - Inactive this week but he manages to hold onto his Top 5 position by the skin of his teeth. His nearest active player before next week will be Aaron Hardie in 7th who is 19 points away from him.

Other Movers

Phil Salt was the most upwardly mobile player to not feature in either of our Top 5s this week. He scored 102 points but moved up four places to 13. Sam Curran also moved up this week and is now in 9th place.

Top 3 Average Points per Active Week

1. Jos Buttler - 247.5
2. Daryl Mitchell - 196
3. Babar Azam - 186.67 (Down from 219.15)

Azam started the week with the highest average but dropped 32.83 and ended third. James Vince's average improved the most; up 23.92 to 116.25.

Highest scorer by Format

* = New Name

Long Form = Travis Head = 259
One Day = n/a
Short Form = Chamari Athapaththu - 629

Highest scorer by Discipline

Runs - Babar Azam = 320
Batting Bonus -Babar Azam = 80
Strike Rate - Glenn Maxwell = 150

Wickets - Chamari Athapaththu - 180
Wicket Bonus - Chamari Athapaththu & *Simon Harmer - 20
Economy - Chamari Athapaththu & *Simon Harmer = 40

Fielding - Jos Buttler & *James Vince = 60
Fielding Bonus - Yashasvi Jaiswal & James Vince & Glenn Maxwell & Jos Buttler = 10

Full List for the Week

Jos Buttler 222
James Vince 188
Simon Harmer 156
Chamari Athapaththu 153
Moeen Ali 138
Sam Curran 136
Babar Azam 121
Phil Salt 102
Aaron Hardie 56
Rachin Ravindra 43

Harry Brook dnp
Shubman Gill dnp
Ravindra Jadeja dnp
Travis Head dnp
Glenn Maxwell dnp
Daryl Mitchell dnp
Yashasvi Jaiswal dnp
Virat Kohli dnp
Usman Khawaja dnp
Steve Smith dnp
Marnus Labuschagne dnp
Mitchell Marsh dnp

Harry Brook dnp
Shubman Gill dnp
Ravindra Jadeja dnp
Travis Head dnp
Glenn Maxwell dnp
Daryl Mitchell dnp
Yashasvi Jaiswal dnp
Virat Kohli dnp
Usman Khawaja dnp
Steve Smith dnp
Marnus Labuschagne dnp
Mitchell Marsh dnp

Overall List In Full

1 Chamari Athapaththu 629
2 Babar Azam 560
3 Jos Buttler 495
4 James Vince 465
5 Daryl Mitchell 392
6 Glenn Maxwell 385
7 Aaron Hardie 372
8 Marnus Labuschagne 298
9 Sam Curran 272
10 Moeen Ali 263
11 Travis Head 259
12 Yashasvi Jaiswal 240
13 Phil Salt 214
14 Simon Harmer 170
15 Virat Kohli 147
16 Mitchell Marsh 129
17 Steve Smith 115
18 Usman Khawaja 115
19 Shubman Gill 109
20 Rachin Ravindra 46
21 Ravindra Jadeja 0