Moeen Ali - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Weekly Top 5

1. Moeen Ali - 253 - There's been a lot of chat about the T20 Franchise carousel this week and Moeen Ali is certain one of the horses that benefits the most from it. Straight from the SA20 to BPL 2024 and right back in the thick of the points.

2. Glenn Maxwell - 242 - Brought back echoes of his huge World Cup knock this week with a scorching 55 ball 120 in the 2nd T20 versus West Indies. His highest score of 2024 sees him move up to 6th in the Overall List...and 10 points off 4th.

3. Rachin Ravindra - 209 - Fresh off his huge score in the first Test, RR doubles up with a very different but similarly eye-catching performance in the second. This time it was with the ball that he most impressed - picking up three quarters of his points with ball in hand.

4. James Vince - 208 - Refuses to stop scoring runs. Played 3 T20 games this week and got 50s in two of them (admittedly slightly blotted his copy book with a duck in the other one). He is now straight on the plane to Karachi to continue his world tour in PSL 2024.

5. Phil Salt - 146 - The step down from a second tier T20 competition (SA20) to a fourth tier one (ILT20) sees Phil Salt score his highest score to date. The fact that is only in the mid hundreds tells a tale of it's own - however he moves up the Overall List to 14th.

Overall Top 5

1. James Vince - 963 - The top run scorer from the ILT20 league also takes control of the Overall List this week. Is ,perhaps, a surprise candidate to be our first player to tick over to a thousand points but here we are. Now onto the PSL.

2. Babar Azam - 893 - Inactive this week but Babar has made an absolute killing in the PSL in previous years. Just 70 points separates him from top spot so he could be back on the top of the tree very shortly.

3. Jos Buttler - 798 - Inactive this week and, from what I can see, for many more weeks to come. How far will Buttler fall?

4. Rachin Ravindra - 667 - Was in bottom spot a fortnight ago and in two great leaps is now up there at the top table. Can he now perform in the T20 series against Australia to really mark his card as an all format cricketer?

5. Moeen Ali - 662 - Top scores for the week and moves up 7(!!) places to make his debut in the Top 5....however it is very close with Glenn Maxwell just 5 points below him and Jaiswal another 6 points below that.

Other Movers

Two Aussies, in the form of Labuschagne & Marsh, score two similarly modest scores (94 & 86) but both move up 3 places to 17th and 10th respectively.

Top 3 Average Points per Active Week

1. Jos Buttler - 199.5
2. Babar Azam - 178.6
3. Rachin Ravindra - 166.75 (Up from 152.67)

Moeen Ali's average went from being OK (102.25) to very good (132.4) largely thanks to his one performance against Chattogram. Aaron Hardie's post-BBL malaise continues as he drops 5.1 points and is down to 66.57 a week - the third worst average of anyone.

Highest scorer by Format

* = New Name

Long Form = *Rachin Ravindra = 621
One Day = *Marnus Labuschagne = 152
Short Form = *James Vince = 963

Highest scorer by Discipline

*=New Name

Runs - Babar Azam = 513
Batting Bonus -*James Vince = 120
Strike Rate - *James Vince = 200

Wickets - *Moeen Ali = 220
Wicket Bonus - Chamari Athapaththu & Simon Harmer & Ravindra Jadeja & *Moeen Ali & *Rachin Ravindra - 20
Economy - Rachin Ravindra = 120

Fielding - *James Vince = 140
Fielding Bonus - Yashasvi Jaiswal & James Vince & Glenn Maxwell & Jos Buttler & Steve Smith & *Babar Azam & *Phil Salt & *Shubman Gill = 10

Weekly Scores in Full

Moeen Ali 253
Glenn Maxwell 242
Rachin Ravindra 209
James Vince 208
Phil Salt 146
Sam Curran 114
Marnus Labuschagne 94
Mitchell Marsh 86
Aaron Hardie 36
Simon Harmer 30

Harry Brook dnp
Virat Kohli dnp
Chamari Athapaththu dnp
Ravindra Jadeja dnp
Usman Khawaja dnp
Travis Head dnp
Yashasvi Jaiswal dnp
Shubman Gill dnp
Jos Buttler dnp
Babar Azam dnp
Daryl Mitchell dnp
Steve Smith dnp


Overall Scores

Player Points
1 James Vince 963
2 Babar Azam 893
3 Jos Buttler 798
4 Rachin Ravindra 667
5 Moeen Ali 662
6 Glenn Maxwell 657
7 Yashasvi Jaiswal 651
8 Chamari Athapaththu 629
9 Sam Curran 551
10 Marnus Labuschagne 476
11 Aaron Hardie 466
12 Daryl Mitchell 447
13 Steve Smith 422
14 Phil Salt 422
15 Shubman Gill 350
16 Travis Head 303
17 Mitchell Marsh 292
18 Ravindra Jadeja 279
19 Simon Harmer 250
20 Usman Khawaja 240
21 Virat Kohli 147

Rachin Ravindra - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

It has been one of the highest scoring weeks on record. All of the Top Five point scorers of this week have scores of 200+.

Top 5 for the Week

1. Rachin Ravindra - 412 - The Kiwi started the week in last place on the List and finishes it in 6th. This is thanks to the 18th largest score since we started this game. A hugely impressive debut Cricketer of the Week performance.

2. Yashasvi Jaiswal - 276 - Not many weeks you score a double century in a Test and don't end up in top spot but Jaiswal has certainly caught the eye in his first forays in the Indian Test side.

3. James Vince - 231 - Vince is making an absolute killing in the UAE. 231 points from three T20s is impressive form whatever competition you are playing in.

4. Shubman Gill - 218 - Doubled his overall score in one week as Gill shook off his malaise with a century against England. Moves up from 20th to 14th on the Overall list.

5. Jos Buttler - 212 - Finished his SA20 with another two impressive T20 scores. Only Babar Azam has more T20 points than Buttler so far this year.

Overall Top 5

1. Babar Azam - 893 - Two identical scores of 47 at a Strike Rate above 100 but below 150 saw Azam score a moderate 134 for the week. He holds on to his first place spot for the second week.

2. Jos Buttler - 798 - Moves up a spot as he finishes his spell in South Africa. Genuinely hard to see where he plays any cricket until the IPL in late March though.

3. James Vince - 755 - Refuses to be under estimated. Moves up a place and has the second largest gap on the person below him of anyone on the List. Genuinely a force to be reckoned with in amongst our superstars.

4. Yashasvi Jaiswal - 651 - A Test double century against England is quite a classy way to move back into the Top 5. Will be inactive next week before the Third Test.

5. Chamari Athapaththu - 629 - A second inactive week and Chamari is dropping like a stone.

Other Movers

Moeen Ali finished sixth for the week but still manages to move up two places to 12th.

Top 3 Average Points per Active Week

1. Jos Buttler - 199.5 (Up from 195.33)
2. Babar Azam - 178.6 (Down from 189.75)
3. Yashasvi Jaiswal - 162.75 (Up from 125)

Two very differing fates for our two Kiwis. Daryl Mitchell moves down 47 points on his average - and now has 149. Ravindra's mahoosive score sees his average swell from 23 points a week to 152.67. Having started the week with the highest and lowest averages they are now 6th and 7th.

Highest scorer by Format

* = New Name

Long Form = * Yashavi Jaiswal = 509
One Day = Steve Smith = 130
Short Form = Babar Azam = 824

Highest scorer by Discipline

*=New Name

Runs - Babar Azam = 513
Batting Bonus -Babar Azam = 100
Strike Rate - Babar Azam & *Jos Buttler = 190

Wickets - Chamari Athapaththu - 180
Wicket Bonus - Chamari Athapaththu & Simon Harmer & Ravindra Jadeja - 20
Economy - Rachin Ravindra = 60

Fielding - Jos Buttler = 130
Fielding Bonus - Yashasvi Jaiswal & James Vince & Glenn Maxwell & Jos Buttler & Steve Smith & *Babar Azam & *Phil Salt & *Shubman Gill = 10

Full Weekly List

Rachin Ravindra 412
Yashasvi Jaiswal 276
James Vince 231
Shubman Gill 218
Jos Buttler 212
Moeen Ali 146
Babar Azam 134
Daryl Mitchell 55
Aaron Hardie 45
Simon Harmer 40
Phil Salt 37
Marnus Labuschagne 36
Sam Curran 33
Glenn Maxwell 30
Mitchell Marsh 26
Steve Smith 11

Harry Brook dnp
Virat Kohli dnp
Chamari Athapaththu dnp
Ravindra Jadeja dnp
Usman Khawaja dnp
Travis Head dnp

Overall list

Player Points
1 Babar Azam 893
2 Jos Buttler 798
3 James Vince 755
4 Yashasvi Jaiswal 651
5 Chamari Athapaththu 629
6 Rachin Ravindra 458
7 Daryl Mitchell 447
8 Sam Curran 437
9 Aaron Hardie 430
10 Steve Smith 422
11 Glenn Maxwell 415
12 Moeen Ali 409
13 Marnus Labuschagne 382
14 Shubman Gill 350
15 Travis Head 303
16 Ravindra Jadeja 279
17 Phil Salt 276
18 Usman Khawaja 240
19 Simon Harmer 220
20 Mitchell Marsh 206
21 Virat Kohli 147

Steve Smith - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Top 5 Cricketers of the Week

1. Steve Smith = 296 - Was probably the best player in Australia's shock test defeat to the West Indies and was then probably the best player in their victory in the 1st ODI. Shockingly, Smith has never won more than 2 Cricketer of the Weeks in a year so is half there already.

2. Ravindra Jadeja - 279 - Has been sat on 0 points since Week 1 but has given us a taste of his 2023 form this week with points scored with both bat and ball. Leaps from bottom of the pile to 13th. Will slide back down as he is sidelined for the second Test.

3. Babar Azam - 199 - Producing the goods out in Bangladesh. Two T20 games for Babar with scores of 62 and 37 to continue his ever presence in the Weekly Top 5.

4. Yashasvi Jaiswal - 135 - Indians wunderkind is here thanks to his score of 80 in the first innings of their thrilling Test defeat against England. More points on the horizon very soon for this young man.

5. Sam Curran - 132 - Two impactful innings of 20 & 22 for Sam has seen him just edge into the Top 5. He also moves onto the verge of the overall Top 5 with the closing games of the SA20 on the horizon.

Overall Top 5

1. Babar Azam - 759 - Has spent two weeks in second place but has taken advantage of inactivity above him to seize the top spot for the first time since 2021 where he spent the majority of the year in top spot before Labuschagne stole it from him at the very end.

2. Chamari Athapaththu - 629 - Spent the whole of January as the best Cricketer in the World but, as February roles in and she puts her feet up she has been caught lacking and moves into second spot.

3. Jos Buttler - 586 - A quieter week for Jos Buttler as he only managed a single score over 20, however he retains 3rd place. Buttler spent 10 weeks hanging around in bronze position before moving into the top spot in the later part of the year.

4. James Vince - 524 - Despite scoring a mere 59 this week, Vince holds on to fourth spot - mainly due to a lack of challenge from those below him.

5. Steve Smith - 411 - Smith has pulled off a leap that would have Jonathan Edwards salivating as he moves up from 17th position to 5th in one fell swoop. Not bad going for the newly crowned Australian opener.

Other Movers

Usman Khawaja is the only upwardly mobile player not to feature in any Top 5s. He moves up 3 places to 15th.

Top 3 Average Points per Active Week

1. Daryl Mitchell - 196
1. Jos Buttler - 195.33 (Down from 247.5)
3. Babar Azam - 189.75 (Up from 186.67)

Jos Buttler tumbles form his stratospheric heights to a more menial score of a smidge under 200. Steve Smith moves up 22 and a half points thanks to his colossal week; his average is now 137 a week.

Highest scorer by Format

* = New Name

Long Form = Travis Head = 259
One Day = *Steve Smith = 119
Short Form = *Babar Azam = 690

Highest scorer by Discipline

Runs - Babar Azam = 419
Batting Bonus -Babar Azam = 100
Strike Rate - Glenn Maxwell & *Babar Azam = 150

Wickets - Chamari Athapaththu - 180
Wicket Bonus - Chamari Athapaththu & Simon Harmer & *Ravindra Jadeja - 20
Economy - *Travis Head & *Ravindra Jadeja = 50

Fielding - Jos Buttler & *Steve Smith = 100
Fielding Bonus - Yashasvi Jaiswal & James Vince & Glenn Maxwell, Jos Buttler & Steve Smith = 10

Weekly Scores

Steve Smith 296
Ravindra Jadeja 279
Babar Azam 199
Yashasvi Jaiswal 135
Sam Curran 132
Usman Khawaja 125
Jos Buttler 91
James Vince 59
Mitchell Marsh 51
Marnus Labuschagne 48
Travis Head 44
Phil Salt 25
Shubman Gill 23
Simon Harmer 10
Aaron Hardie 10
Moeen Ali 0

Overall Scores

1 Babar Azam 759
2 Chamari Athapaththu 629
3 Jos Buttler 586
4 James Vince 524
5 Steve Smith 411
6 Sam Curran 404
7 Daryl Mitchell 392
8 Glenn Maxwell 385
9 Aaron Hardie 382
10 Yashasvi Jaiswal 375
11 Marnus Labuschagne 346
12 Travis Head 303
13 Ravindra Jadeja 279
14 Moeen Ali 263
15 Usman Khawaja 240
16 Phil Salt 239
17 Simon Harmer 180
18 Mitchell Marsh 180
19 Virat Kohli 147
20 Shubman Gill 132
21 Rachin Ravindra 46