Nicholas Pooran - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Weekly Top 5

1. Nicholas Pooran - 278 - Never really caught fire since the opening salvos of the IPL but has turned it back on with a half century and a century in the MLC this week.

2. Sam Curran - 218 - Scored a century and was not even in the top 3 highest scores in that mammoth Surrey innings this week. Continues his very very strong English summer.

3. Pathum Nissanka - 198 - Another Test match century....followed up by an ODI duck. Has improved his overall score by 459 in the last fortnight.

4. Wanindu Hasaranga - 172 - Has had a torrid last month or two but turned it back on for an ODI against Bangladesh this week with a fourfer and a score of 22 at a decent lick.

5. Liam Dawson - 167 - Overperformed with the bat and underperformed with the ball against Worcestershire this week. 87 runs and a single wicket sees him in the Top 5 once more though.

Overall Top 5

1. Liam Dawson - 2506 - Holds onto first place for a second week. Has reduced his lead on second from 165 to 114 however.

2. Sam Curran - 2392 - His County Championship 100 sees him hold second place for a second week. He has increased his lead on third from 40 to 109.

3. Nat Sciver-Brunt - 2283 - One decent performance and one disappointing one against India this week sees her hold third place. The gap between her and fourth stands at 202; the third largest of any gap on the List. Is now out for, at least, the next game with injury.

4. Jos Buttler - 2081 - Inactive this week and holds on to fourth place by a mere 10 points.

5. Nicholas Pooran - 2071 - His weekly high score sees him move back into the top 5 for the first time in a month. He has an 177 point gap on the inactive Ravindra Jadeja below him.

Other Movers

Fell out of the weekly Top 5 this week but Travis Head's 160 saw him move up two places to 14th.

Top 3 Averages

1. Sam Curran - 159.47 (Up from 155.29)
2. Chamari Athapaththu -143.6
3. Nat Sciver-Brunt – 142.69 (Up from 142.27)

Nicholas Pooran's weekly high score sees him move up by 9.91 points to 129.44 . Heinrich Klaasen's 0.14 drop is the only negative movement this week and sees him down to 98.47.

Top Players By Format

Red Ball - Liam Dawson - 1546
One Day - Kane Williamson - 655
Short Form - *Nicholas Pooran - 2071

Top Players by Discipline

* = New Name

Runs - Jos Buttler = 1101
Batting Bonus - Nat Sciver-Brunt = 290
Strike Rate – *Heinrich Klaasen - 570

Wickets - Liam Dawson - 920
Wicket Bonus - Liam Dawson - 130
Economy - Liam Dawson = 520

Fielding - Nicholas Pooran - 290
Fielding Bonus -Phil Salt – 30

Weekly List In Full

Nicholas Pooran 278
Sam Curran 218
Pathum Nissanka 198
Wanindu Hasaranga 172
Liam Dawson 167
Travis Head 160
Nat Sciver-Brunt 149
Heinrich Klaasen 96

Annabel Sutherland dnp
Adam Zampa dnp
Chamari Athapaththu dnp
Babar Azam dnp
Suryakumar Yadav dnp
Saim Ayub dnp
Phil Salt dnp
Jos Buttler dnp
Rishabh Pant dnp
Jasprit Bumrah dnp
Harry Brook dnp
Yashasvi Jaiwal dnp
Jamie Smith dnp
Ravindra Jadeja dnp
Liam Livingstone dnp
Kane Williamson dnp


Overall List In Full

1 Liam Dawson 2506
2 Sam Curran 2392
3 Nat Sciver-Brunt 2283
4 Jos Buttler 2081
5 Nicholas Pooran 2071
6 Ravindra Jadeja 1894
7 Heinrich Klaasen 1871
8 Suryakumar Yadav 1607
9 Wanindu Hasaranga 1525
10 Phil Salt 1497
11 Yashasvi Jaiwal 1471
12 Kane Williamson 1438
13 Chamari Athapaththu 1436
14 Travis Head 1273
15 Babar Azam 1232
16 Annabel Sutherland 1197
17 Pathum Nissanka 1183
18 Harry Brook 1064
19 Rishabh Pant 1030
20 Jamie Smith 923
21 Liam Livingstone 900
22 Jasprit Bumrah 832
23 Adam Zampa 578
24 Saim Ayub 553

Travis Head - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

After a few lean weeks, normal service has been resumed in a massive way with some gigantic hauls from our players.

Weekly Top 5

1. Travis Head - 325 - Two very impactful innings this week. His 154 in the first ODI grabbed the headlines but did big things in the second T20I with a 14 ball 31.

2. Marnus Labuschagne - 247 - Was not definitely going to be included in the first ODI against England before illness struck down a number of the squad......certainly made mark with 77 runs and three wickets.

3. Babar Azam - 229 - Two more massive innings from Babar in the Champions One Day Cup. Won't be worth much to the critics but is his highest score for 18 weeks.

4. James Vince - 171 - Is ending his County Championship season in very decent form; this week scoring 101 runs against Worcestershire. One more game and a little break away from the game before some BBL cricket as his 2024 swansong.

5. Sam Curran - 169 - Decides that he likes a bit of red ball cricket these days. Turns out for Surrey as they lift the County Championship for the third year on the bounce. Will be disappointed with his performance with the bat but got 5 wickets in the match to see him in fifth.

Overall Top 5

1. James Vince - 3873 - Back into first place after three weeks away. Has one more County Championship game to open up a big lead on those below him but is certainly the odds on favourite to be a surprise Cricketer of the Year for 2024.

2. Chamari Athapaththu - 3753 - Three weeks inactive was too much for the Sri Lankan to hope to hold onto the crown for. Two more weeks until the Women's T20 World Cup though.

3. Travis Head - 3203 - The Autralian's week topping score sees him up a place into third. Third is his highest position of the year.

4. Sam Curran - 3156 - Despite finishing in the Top 5 this week, Curran still moves down a spot to fourth.

5. Babar Azam - 3056 - Handy points in the Champions One Day Cup sees him open up 377 points on 6th place Simon Harmer. Only three gaps are bigger on our List.

Ones to Watch

With India in the midst of Test match against Bangladesh there is a little gap window between Gill in 14th and Jadeja in 17th with just 127 points in it. The players in between them are brook and Kohli who will also be in action.

Other Movers

Moeen Ali has a funny little habit of performing averagely and still moving up a place. This week he scored just 94 yet still moves up to 11th.

Top Three Averages

1. Chamari Athapaththu - 187.65
2. Babar Azam - 145.52 (Up from 141.35)
3. Marnus Labuschagne - 138.47 (Up from 132.44)

Mitch Marsh already had the third lowest score of anyone on the list and leaked a further 3.73 points this week to move down to 73.33. Travis Head moves up 7.94 points to 118.59.

Highest scorer by Format

Long Form = Simon Harmer = 2106
One Day = Chamari Athapaththu = 946
Short Form = Sam Curran - 2920

Highest scorer by Discipline

* = New Name

Runs - James Vince - 2323
Batting Bonus - Travis Head = 380
Strike Rate - *Travis Head 430

Wickets - Simon Harmer = 1120
Wicket Bonus - Simon Harmer = 220
Economy - Simon Harmer - 650

Fielding – James Vince = 480
Fielding Bonus - James Vince - 50

Weekly Points In Full

Travis Head 325
Marnus Labuschagne 247
Babar Azam 229
James Vince 171
Sam Curran 169
Yashasvi Jaiswal 96
Moeen Ali 94
Aaron Hardie 80
Steve Smith 62
Harry Brook 59
Simon Harmer 41
Mitchell Marsh 10

Daryl Mitchell dnp
Jos Buttler dnp
Ravindra Jadeja dnp
Rachin Ravindra dnp
Glenn Maxwell dnp
Virat Kohli dnp
Usman Khawaja dnp
Chamari Athapaththu dnp
Shubman Gill dnp
Phil Salt dnp

Overall List In Full

1 James Vince 3873
2 Chamari Athapaththu 3753
3 Travis Head 3202
4 Sam Curran 3156
5 Babar Azam 3056
6 Simon Harmer 2679
7 Marnus Labuschagne 2631
8 Phil Salt 2506
9 Yashasvi Jaiswal 2402
10 Rachin Ravindra 2178
11 Moeen Ali 2128
12 Jos Buttler 2104
13 Glenn Maxwell 1955
14 Shubman Gill 1953
15 Harry Brook 1924
16 Virat Kohli 1837
17 Ravindra Jadeja 1826
18 Daryl Mitchell 1382
19 Mitchell Marsh 1320
20 Aaron Hardie 1238
21 Steve Smith 1160
22 Usman Khawaja 421

Sam Curran - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Weekly

1. Sam Curran - 297 - One great performance usually sees you good for Cricketer of the Week but you needed two this week - and Curran duly delivered with a 5-fer against Somerset and then a 22 ball 59 against Glamorgan. This is his first time topping the Weekly List.

2. Usman Khawaja - 256 - Usman's place on this list was going to live or die on whether he could make good in England....and early signs show that he is making good in England. He faced more balls in the first Ashes Test than he did in his last 7 innings combined in this country.

3. Pat Cummins - 232 - Great to see Pat doing what he does best after his long spell away. His bowling points have him the lion's share of his 232 but this week will be best remembered for his batting.

4. Jos Buttler - 225 - A barn storming innings against Worcestershire propels his week from Good into Top 5 status.

5. Jonny Bairstow - 178 - Criticised for his keeping (although 50 points came from the gloves) he manages to make his Top 5 debut for the year.

Overall

1. Shubman Gill - 3001 - Inactive this week and with a much more mortal looking gap between him and second place. His time is running out.

2. Jos Buttler - 2730 - Arrested his descent down the table to move back up to second; his highest position for six weeks.

3. Rashid Khan - 2613 - Inactive this week and back down to third. Unsure where his next match is coming from but could be anywhere, in any continent, at any given time.

4. Shakib Al Hasan - 2601 - Still out injured and now down to 4th spot; his lowest berth since the start of February.

5. Ravindra Jadeja - 2573 - Guess whose back....back again....Ravi's back....tell your friends.....He loves fifth...He loves fifth....He loves fifth.....

Other Movers

Simon Harmer continues to mount the table. He moves up another place this week to finish 7th; still trailing Sam Curran.

Top 3 Averages

1. Shakib Al Hasan - 185.79
2. Shubman Gill - 166.72
3. Ravindra Jadeja = 160.81

One big mover upwards and a tiny one downwards this week. Bairstow has still only played a handful of weeks so his decent outing in the first Ashes Test moves him up 22.2 to 89.6. David Warner moves down the most this week - leaking 2.22 points to 78.31.

Points By Format

Long Form - Simon Harmer = 1628
One Day - Shakib Al Hasan = 969
Short Form = Rashid Khan = 2600

Points By Discipline

Runs - Shubman Gill = 1911
Batting Bonus - Shubman Gill = 360
Strike Rate - Shubman Gill = 550

Wickets - Rashid Khan = 1280
Wicket Bonus - Ravindra Jadeja = 190
Economy - *Ravindra Jadeja = 550

Fielding - Jos Buttler = 420
Fielding Bonus - Jos Buttler = 50

Weekly List In Full

Sam Curran 297
Usman Khawaja 256
Pat Cummins 232
Jos Buttler 225
Jonny Bairstow 178
Simon Harmer 143
Moeen Ali 137
Harry Brook 128
Cam Green 116
David Warner 65

Rishabh Pant dnp
Babar Azam dnp
Marco Jansen dnp
Shakib Al Hasan dnp
Hardik Pandya dnp
Suryakumar Yadav dnp
Devon Conway dnp
Rashid Khan dnp
Ravindra Jadeja dnp
Shubman Gill dnp

Overall

1 Shubman Gill 3001
2 Jos Buttler 2730
3 Rashid Khan 2612
4 Shakib Al Hasan 2601
5 Ravindra Jadeja 2573
6 Sam Curran 2454
7 Simon Harmer 2290
8 Devon Conway 2257
9 Hardik Pandya 1795
10 Suryakumar Yadav 1779
11 Babar Azam 1718
12 Marco Jansen 1562
13 Moeen Ali 1524
14 Cam Green 1476
15 Usman Khawaja 1346
16 David Warner 1253
17 Harry Brook 1249
18 Pat Cummins 716
19 Jonny Bairstow 448