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

Rachin Ravindra - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Despite two more cricketers featuring this week, 107 fewer points were scored in what has been a lean week once more.

Weekly Top 5

1. Rachin Ravindra - 139 - Ravindra becomes the second player, after Jos Buttler, to rack up two Cricketers of the Week in 2024. It is worth noting that 139 marks the ninth lowest weekly high score ever.

2. Babar Azam - 124 - A duck against Islamabad but then a customary trademark half century against Multan sees Azam get enough points for second in a week. Three weeks ago he would have been 7th with the same score.

3. Travis Head - 120 - Is doing what Joe Root used to do and bolstering some slipshod batting with points from Economy and in the field. Only a third of his points came off the bat this week. Moves into 12th Overall

4. Chamari Athapaththu - 118 - A poor score for the Sri Lankan as she seeks to prove the doubters wrong in the WIPL. Her score is rather saved by a brace of wickets in her final match of the week.

5. Mitchell Marsh - 110 - A modest Test against New Zealand. A modest amount of runs at a modest strike rate. One modest wicket with a decent economy. Pips into the top 5 and moves into the Top 10 overall.

Overall Top 5

1. Babar Azam - 1577 - Is facing so little pressure from those below him. His lead on second is already an intimidating 393.

2. James Vince - 1184 - A mere 93 points from three PSL matches this week sees his continued struggle to upgrade from the ILT20 league. Will soon be back in the loving embrace of Hampshire though.

3. Yashasvi Jaiswal - 1085 - A well earned rest for the Indian wunderkind. Will be back in action this week hoping to eat into the 99 point deficit between himself and second.

4. Rachin Ravindra - 934 - Ravindra's year is following a bit of a pattern. After 4 weeks of the year he was 6th, jumped at to 4th, then dropped a place a week to go to 6th again. Once more he has jumped 2 places to 4th. Will he descend straight back down again?

5. Ravindra Jadeja - Inactive this week and back in his beloved position of fifth.

Other Movers

Two modest Test scores saw improvements in the Overall List for two cricketers. Usman Khawaja move dup a place to 19th whilst Daryl Mitchell's 79 was enough for him to move up 4 places to 12th.

Ones To Watch

Both Marnus Labuschagne and Shubman Gill are in Test match action this week and have 1 point between them in 13th and 14th. Could be two very upwardly mobile players this week.

Top 3 Average Points per Active Week

1. Ravindra Jadeja - 209.25 (Down from 210.33)
2. Jos Buttler - 199.5
3. Babar Azam 184.63 (Down from 207.57)

Azam's yo-yo-ing average is on it's bottom most point once more. 188.83 three weeks ago, he improved to 207.57 last week but is now back down to 184.63.Travis Head improves his average the most, up to 102.67.

Highest scorer by Format

Long Form = Yashasvi Jaiswal = 943
One Day = Marnus Labuschagne = 152
Short Form = Babar Azam - 1508

Highest scorer by Discipline

*=New Name

Runs - Babar Azam = 907
Batting Bonus -Babar Azam - 190
Strike Rate - Babar Azam - 340

Wickets - Ravindra Jadeja - 340
Wicket Bonus - Ravindra Jadeja - 70
Economy - *Ravindra Jadeja - 310

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

Weekly List In Full

Rachin Ravindra 139
Babar Azam 124
Travis Head 120
Chamari Athapaththu 118
Mitchell Marsh 110
James Vince 93
Daryl Mitchell 79
Steve Smith 71
Usman Khawaja 61
Moeen Ali 53
Marnus Labuschagne 23

Harry Brook dnp
Virat Kohli dnp
Jos Buttler dnp
Phil Salt dnp
Sam Curran dnp
Simon Harmer dnp
Aaron Hardie dnp
Ravindra Jadeja dnp
Yashasvi Jaiswal dnp
Shubman Gill dnp
Glenn Maxwell dnp

Overall List

1 Babar Azam 1577
2 James Vince 1184
3 Yashasvi Jaiswal 1085
4 Rachin Ravindra 934
5 Ravindra Jadeja 837
6 Jos Buttler 798
7 Glenn Maxwell 788
8 Moeen Ali 786
9 Chamari Athapaththu 747
10 Mitchell Marsh 620
11 Travis Head 615
12 Daryl Mitchell 600
13 Marnus Labuschagne 582
14 Shubman Gill 581
15 Sam Curran 551
16 Aaron Hardie 521
17 Steve Smith 518
18 Phil Salt 443
19 Usman Khawaja 301
20 Simon Harmer 250
21 Virat Kohli 147

Babar Azam - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

This week marks the leanest full week of the year with only 980 points scored by 9 cricketers. Accordingly only a Weekly Top 3 this week.

Weekly Round-Up

1. Babar Azam - 320 - The master of the half century did not score one this week but did score 111 and 48 so I guess it averages out. His first Cricketer of the Week of the year....he got 4 last year and has the 2nd most of anyone over the 6 years we've played this game.

2. Ravindra Jadeja - 206 - Quiet with the bat this time out but made up for it with 5 wickets in the 4th Test against England. Is really easing himself into an untouchable position in terms of his bowling points.

3. Yashasvi Jaiswal - 140 - 'Just' 110 runs for Jaiswal in the 4th Test for India, but finds himself near the top of the tree once more.

Overall Top 5

1. Babar Azam - 1453 - Was already top before he won Cricketer of the Week this week. The 362 points between him and second place is the largest gap on the List. Could be hard to displace during the PSL.

2. James Vince - 1091 - Missed a game thanks to a virus that spread through the Karachi camp. His 65 points from 2 games sees him just about hold off the charge of the Indian test contingent chasing him for second place.

3. Yashasvi Jaiswal - 1085 - Retains third place for a second successive week but has narrowed the gap to just 8 points. There is also a rather chunky 248 points between him and fourth so will be looking up rather than down.

4. Ravindra Jadeja - 837 - Doing exactly what he did last year and moving up the List in fits and starts. Once he got in the Top 5 last year he was very difficult to displace. Skips his favoured fifth place and bursts straight into 4th.

5. Jos Buttler - 798 - Another week of inactivity and hands on to the Top 5 by a thread. Rachin Ravindra is just 3 points adrift and Maxwell a further 10 points away.

Other Movers

Two players scored outside the Top 3 but still moved up. Gill got the only other score of three figures and jumped from 14th to 10th whilst Travis Head's 53 was enough to move him up two places to 15th.

Ones To Watch

Rachin Ravindra is in Test action this week and has just lost his Top 5 spot. He is 3 off 5th, 42 off 4th and, slightly more ambitiously, 290 off third.

Top 3 Average Points per Active Week

1. Ravindra Jadeja - 209.25 (Down from 210.33)
2. Babar Azam - 207.57 (Up from 188.83)
3. Jos Buttler - 199.5

For the second successive week, Steve Smith's average decreases the most. A drop of 14.1 this week means he has leaked 29 points off his average over the last fortnight. Babar Azam's highest scoring week thus far sees his average improve to over 200 per week.

Highest scorer by Format

* = New Name

Long Form = *Yashasvi Jaiswal = 943
One Day = Marnus Labuschagne = 152
Short Form = Babar Azam - 1384

Highest scorer by Discipline

*=New Name

Runs - Babar Azam = 843
Batting Bonus -Babar Azam - 170
Strike Rate - Babar Azam - 310

Wickets - Ravindra Jadeja - 340
Wicket Bonus - Ravindra Jadeja - 70
Economy - *Ravindra Jadeja - 310

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

Babar Azam 320
Ravindra Jadeja 206
Yashasvi Jaiswal 140
Shubman Gill 110
James Vince 65
Glenn Maxwell 60
Travis Head 53
Moeen Ali 22
Steve Smith 4

Harry Brook dnp
Virat Kohli dnp
Chamari Athapaththu dnp
Usman Khawaja dnp
Jos Buttler dnp
Daryl Mitchell dnp
Phil Salt dnp
Sam Curran dnp
Simon Harmer dnp
Mitchell Marsh dnp
Rachin Ravindra dnp
Marnus Labuschagne dnp
Aaron Hardie dnp

Overall List In Full

1 Babar Azam 1453
2 James Vince 1091
3 Yashasvi Jaiswal 1085
4 Ravindra Jadeja 837
5 Jos Buttler 798
6 Rachin Ravindra 795
7 Glenn Maxwell 788
8 Moeen Ali 733
9 Chamari Athapaththu 629
10 Shubman Gill 581
11 Marnus Labuschagne 559
12 Sam Curran 551
13 Aaron Hardie 521
14 Mitchell Marsh 510
15 Travis Head 495
16 Daryl Mitchell 447
17 Steve Smith 447
18 Phil Salt 443
19 Simon Harmer 250
20 Usman Khawaja 240
21 Virat Kohli 147