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

Simon Harmer - The Best Cricketer of the Week....Again

 

A lot of shifts and changes all over the shop this week. Let's get into it.

Weekly Top 5

1. Simon Harmer - 341 - 2 Cricketers of the Week back to back for Harmer. Interestingly his score this week is his highest of 2024 but not even in his top ten highest scores of all time.

2. James Vince - 159 - Not quite back to his best but certainly back to his most-alright. 88 runs and another 3 catches in the second innings to make him the undisputed king of fielding points. 440 this year puts him 80 more than Phil Salt and 130 above the nearest non-wktkpr

3. Travis Head - 151 - That scorching 59 against England feels like it needs more than the mere 40 Strike Rate points it got but here we are with Head in third place for the week.

4. Babar Azam - 116 - Not really beating the allegations that he can only turn it on when the pressure is off, Azam got his best score in 15 weeks in some friendly knockabout with his mates in the Champions One Day Cup

5. Moeen Ali - 67 - Rather sneaks in to the Top 5 this week. 27 runs at an OK Strike Rate and a wicket against Gloucestershire in the T20 Blast sees him skid onto the Top Table on the week he announced his international retirement.

Overall Top 5

1. Chamari Athapaththu - 3753 - Completes a hat trick of weeks at Number One on our list despite another inactive week. Her lead is now very narrow.

2. James Vince - 3702 - Finished second for the week and burst towards top spot. A huge 715 separate him and third spot.

3. Sam Curran - 2987 - Still in third place despite a slightly ignominious showing in the first T20 against Australia. Plenty more white ball cricket in him yet.

4. Travis Head - 2877 - A second week in fourth for Travis Head who is looking in the very finest of touch.

5. Babar Azam - 2827 - Holds fifth place but will be looking over his shoulder at Simon Harmer who is bursting up the rankings. Only 189 points between him and the born again spinner.

Ones To Watch

Shubman Gill may wish to use the Duleep Trophy to reignite his ailing year. He is currently in 14th but could jump as much as four places with as few as 225 points.

Other Movers

Quite a few incidental scores have seen players move up Overall. Brook, Salt and Hardie all move up a place to 15th, 7th and 20th respectively despite barely scrapping over 50.

Top Three Averages

1. Chamari Athapaththu - 187.65
2. Babar Azam - 141.35 (Down from 142.68)
3. Marnus Labuschagne - 132.44

Harry Brook's poor week sees him down by 4.21 to 103.61 whilst Harmer takes a huge boost of 10.43 up to 114.7 a week.

Highest scorer by Format

Long Form = Simon Harmer = 2065
One Day = Chamari Athapaththu = 946
Short Form = Sam Curran - 2899

Highest scorer by Discipline

* = New Name

Runs - James Vince - 2222
Batting Bonus - Travis Head = 340
Strike Rate - James Vince = 690

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

Fielding – James Vince = 440
Fielding Bonus - James Vince - 40

Weekly Scores In Full

Simon Harmer 341
James Vince 159
Travis Head 151
Babar Azam 116
Moeen Ali 67
Shubman Gill 66
Mitchell Marsh 63
Aaron Hardie 61
Phil Salt 60
Yashasvi Jaiswal 49
Sam Curran 48
Harry Brook 32

Daryl Mitchell dnp
Jos Buttler dnp
Ravindra Jadeja dnp
Marnus Labuschagne dnp
Steve Smith dnp
Rachin Ravindra dnp
Glenn Maxwell dnp
Virat Kohli dnp
Usman Khawaja dnp
Chamari Athapaththu dnp

Overall List In Full

1 Chamari Athapaththu 3753
2 James Vince 3702
3 Sam Curran 2987
4 Travis Head 2877
5 Babar Azam 2827
6 Simon Harmer 2638
7 Phil Salt 2410
8 Yashasvi Jaiswal 2402
9 Marnus Labuschagne 2384
10 Rachin Ravindra 2178
11 Jos Buttler 2104
12 Moeen Ali 2034
13 Glenn Maxwell 1955
14 Shubman Gill 1953
15 Harry Brook 1865
16 Virat Kohli 1837
17 Ravindra Jadeja 1826
18 Daryl Mitchell 1382
19 Mitchell Marsh 1310
20 Aaron Hardie 1158
21 Steve Smith 1098
22 Usman Khawaja 421

Simon Harmer - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Weekly Top 5

1. Simon Harmer = 276 - Harmer is having a lean year and we have not seen those massive scores that he is capable of. This is only his second Cricketer of the Week Award, for a man who has had 24 over the previous 3 years that is nothing. Here he is though.

2. Sam Curran - 142 - Really has switched on his all-rounder mode over the last few weeks. Did it again to take Surrey to T20 Blast Finals Day with 52 and a wicket.

3. Travis Head - 140 - Up until this afternoon was odds on to be Cricketer of the Week having scored 140 points in a blockbuster innings of 80 off 25 balls in the first T20 against Scotland....he then got 0 in the second one.

4. Harry Brook - 111 - Another grinding couple of innings that characterise Brook's role in the England team. He moves up a place in the Overall list to replace Jadeja in 16th place.

5. Mitchell Marsh - 109 - Up until this week was the second longest inactive player on the list; returns with an OK score of 109. This is even more impressive by the fact that he neither batted nor bowled in the 2nd match against Scotland on Friday.

Overall Top 5

1. Chamari Athapaththu - 3753 - Inactive this week. Has a gap of 210 to second place.

2. James Vince - 3543 - A rather limp yield of 15 points for Vince this week means there is no pressure from him on top spot. There is a cushion of 604 points between him and third however so not too much to worry about in the short term.

3. Sam Curran - 2939 - Holds third spot and looks likely to do so for a little while longer with a fair bit of cricket for him to play in the coming weeks and a fair whack of points both above and below him.

4. Travis Head - 2726 - His domineering display against Scotland sees him up a place to 4th. He has never been higher.

5. Babar Azam - 2711 - Just 42 points this week and he drops down a further place into 5th. It is a massive downfall for Azam who has only spent his first week of the year outside the Top 5 and once had twice gave himself a 600+ point gap in first place.

Ones To Watch

The rather unimpressive Aaron Hardie (If selected for some or all of the remaining games in the tour of the UK) might have the ability to overtake Steve Smith, Mitchell Marsh and Daryl Mitchell who he is all within 285 points of.

Top Three Averages

1. Chamari Athapaththu - 187.65
2. Babar Azam - 142.68 (Down from 148.28)
3. Marnus Labuschagne - 132.44

Babar Azam drops the most this week (-5.9) but still holds onto the second highest average overall. Mitchell Marsh's average rises from awful (75.87) to bad (77.94)

Highest scorer by Format

* = New Name

Long Form = Simon Harmer = 1724
One Day = Chamari Athapaththu = 946
Short Form = *Sam Curran - 2851

Highest scorer by Discipline

Runs - James Vince - 2123
Batting Bonus - Travis Head = 320
Strike Rate - James Vince = 690

Wickets - Sam Curran = 980
Wicket Bonus - Simon Harmer = 180
Economy - Simon Harmer - 590

Fielding – James Vince = 410
Fielding Bonus - James Vince - 30