Usman Khawaja - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 This week has been the second lowest score of 2024 with just 237 points shared between 4 players so more of a round up this week than a Top 3 or 5.

Seems a very common occurrence to top score one week and then finish rock bottom the week after, such was the fate of Harry Brook who scored 387 points last week and a mere 25 this. Despite this he moves up 2 places on the overall list past Moeen and Jaiswal into 8th.

Another big scorer last week was Queensland's newest captain Marnus Labuschagne, he sheds 181 points from his score last week and posts 31 in his single One-Day Cup outing this week.

Chamari Athapaththu finishes a hugely disappointing T20 World Cup with her best score of the tournament; 65 in a dead rubber against New Zealand.

Our week is rounded off by Usman Khawaja who is coming into form in as we move closer to the end of the year. Our bottom placed cricketer gets his first cricketer of the Week award this year and third of all time, courtesy of a top score of 76 against Western Australia. He also scores his first Strike Rate points; now only Simon Harmer has none.

Overall List

1. Chamari Athapaththu - 4010 - A hugely disappointing T20 World Cup sees her retake top spot for the fourth time this year, but with just a 40 point lead her chances of finishing the year in top spot are diminishing.

2. James Vince - 3970 - Inactive this week and with seemingly no cricket until the Abu Dhabi T10 at the end of November. He does have a cushion of 424 points on third though.

3. Travis Head - 3546 - Inactive this week but lots of cricket looms on the horizon, especially after signing on with the Adelaide Strikers in the BBL.

4. Sam Curran - 3156 - Inactive again and hard to see where his next cricket comes from before the BBL.

5. Babar Azam - 3106 - Shockingly inactive and will remain so until at least the start of November. One good performance from Marnus Labuschagne below him and he loses his Top 5 berth.

Top Three Averages

1. Chamari Athapaththu - 174.34 (Down from 179.32)
2. Babar Azam - 135.04
3. Jos Buttler - 131.5

Chamari Athapaththu's average drops the most for the second week on the trot whilst Usman Khawaja sees a rare improvement to his average; however his 66.27 points per week is still the very worst.

Highest scorer by Format

Long Form = Simon Harmer = 2235
One Day = Chamari Athapaththu = 946
Short Form = Chamari Athapaththu- 2999

Highest scorer by Discipline

Runs - James Vince - 2390
Batting Bonus - Travis Head = 380
Strike Rate - Travis Head 790

Wickets - Simon Harmer = 1180
Wicket Bonus - Simon Harmer = 240
Economy - Simon Harmer - 680

Fielding – James Vince = 490
Fielding Bonus - James Vince - 50

Weekly Scores In Full

Usman Khawaja 116
Chamari Athapaththu 65
Marnus Labuschagne 31
Harry Brook 25

Jos Buttler dnp
Sam Curran dnp
Yashasvi Jaiswal dnp
Ravindra Jadeja dnp
Simon Harmer dnp
Phil Salt dnp
Glenn Maxwell dnp
James Vince dnp
Virat Kohli dnp
Shubman Gill dnp
Rachin Ravindra dnp
Steve Smith dnp
Aaron Hardie dnp
Daryl Mitchell dnp
Moeen Ali dnp
Mitchell Marsh dnp
Travis Head dnp
Babar Azam dnp

Overall Scores In Full

1 Chamari Athapaththu 4010
2 James Vince 3970
3 Travis Head 3546
4 Sam Curran 3156
5 Babar Azam 3106
6 Marnus Labuschagne 2917
7 Simon Harmer 2808
8 Harry Brook 2749
9 Yashasvi Jaiswal 2731
10 Moeen Ali 2727
11 Phil Salt 2635
12 Rachin Ravindra 2411
13 Ravindra Jadeja 2310
14 Glenn Maxwell 2204
15 Shubman Gill 2187
16 Jos Buttler 2104
17 Virat Kohli 1976
18 Mitchell Marsh 1629
19 Daryl Mitchell 1511
20 Aaron Hardie 1485
21 Steve Smith 1295
22 Usman Khawaja 729

Harry Brook - The Best Cricketer of the Week...again

 

[u]Weekly Top 5[/u]

1. Harry Brook - 387 - No air of mystery around top spot this week. If you score a triple ton in a Test you're going to be top of the pops. He has scored 800 points in the last three weeks and moved from 16th in the Overall list to 10th. 

2. Marnus Labuschagne - 212 - Back playing red ball cricket and now the captain of Queensland. Scored 112 runs and got two wickets this week to give him second place. Also moves up to 6th place on the Overall List.

3. Moeen Ali - 148 - His late call up into the CPL has given Moeen a late season boost up the List. The 595 points he has scored in the last three weeks is more than he got in the last seven active weeks of cricket he had over the English Summer. Up to 9th overall. 

4. Mitchell Marsh - 127 - Could the start of the Australian Summer see Marsh move up our List. His first Sheffield Shield game sees him in fourth for the week, up one overall and all that without bowling. Who knows how high he can go? 

5. Usman Khawaja - 115 - The bottom placed Cricketer on our Overall List rounds off our weekly Top 5. With just 613 points across the year, Khawaja is going to have to put in a Herculean effort to be anywhere other than bottom spot for 2024. 

[u]Overall Top 5[/u]

Despite expectations there is a fourth static week in the top 5. Margins are very narrow between Vince and Athapaththu in first and second and between Azam and a chasing pack below him. 

1 James Vince 3970

2 Chamari Athapaththu 3945

3 Travis Head 3546

4 Sam Curran 3156

5 Babar Azam 3106

[u]Top Three Averages[/u]

1. Chamari Athapaththu - 179.32 (Down from 186.24) 

2. Babar Azam - 135.04 (Down from 139.14)

3. Jos Buttler - 131.5

Chamari Athapaththu's average drops by 6.92 but her weekly average is untouchable still. Brook moves up by a huge 12.53 points. With a weekly average of 123,82, he has the second best of anyone. 

 

[u]Highest scorer by Format[/u]

Long Form = Simon Harmer = 2235

One Day = Chamari Athapaththu = 946

Short Form = Chamari Athapaththu- 2999

[u]Highest scorer by Discipline[/u]

Runs - James Vince - 2390

Batting Bonus - Travis Head = 380

Strike Rate - Travis Head 790

Wickets - Simon Harmer = 1180

Wicket Bonus - Simon Harmer = 240

Economy - Simon Harmer - 680

Fielding – James Vince = 490

Fielding Bonus - James Vince - 50

[u]Weekly List In Full[/u]

Harry Brook 387

Marnus Labuschagne 212

Moeen Ali 148

Mitchell Marsh 127

Usman Khawaja 115

Travis Head 70

Babar Azam 45

Chamari Athapaththu 34

Jos Buttler dnp

Sam Curran dnp

Yashasvi Jaiswal dnp

Ravindra Jadeja dnp

Simon Harmer dnp

Phil Salt dnp

Glenn Maxwell dnp

James Vince dnp

Virat Kohli dnp

Shubman Gill dnp

Rachin Ravindra dnp

Steve Smith dnp

Aaron Hardie dnp

Daryl Mitchell dnp

[u]Overall List In Full[/u]

James Vince 3970

Chamari Athapaththu 3945

Travis Head 3546

Sam Curran 3156

Babar Azam 3106

Marnus Labuschagne 2886

Simon Harmer 2808

Yashasvi Jaiswal 2731

Moeen Ali 2727

Harry Brook 2724

Phil Salt 2635

Rachin Ravindra 2411

Ravindra Jadeja 2310

Glenn Maxwell 2204

Shubman Gill 2187

Jos Buttler 2104

Virat Kohli 1976

Mitchell Marsh 1629

Daryl Mitchell 1511

Aaron Hardie 1485

Steve Smith 1295

Usman Khawaja 613

[u]Headlines[/u]

MIB picks a bad week to get 0. Sussex and RDJ both overtake him knocking him from 5th to 7th. 

[u]Weekly Scores[/u]

Sussex 387

DFM 212

The Prof Sr. 149

RDJ 148

The Professor 127

DD 70

Red Devil 45

MIB 0

Arthur 0

RT 0

GingerPele 0

[u]Overall Scores[/u]

DD 6702

DFM 5696

The Professor 5472

Red Devil 5275

Sussex 5145

RDJ 5033

MIB 4915

The Prof Sr. 4560

RT 4080

Arthur 3930

GingerPele 3088

Harry Brook - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Weekly Top 5

1. Harry Brook - 249 - Has been a fine year for Brook, punctuated by long spells away from the game. It is perhaps surprising that this is his first Cricketer of the Week award of 2024. Fair to say he passed his test as captaincy material though.

2. Travis Head - 225 - Finished his fine tour of Scotland and England with....rather obscurely...a huge performance with the ball. 120 of his 225 points came from bowling this week as he continues to show his white ball cajónes.

3. Yashasvi Jaiswal - 223 - Hasn't really turned it on when it matters most this year but gave us a reminder of his true form with two half centuries in the second Test against Bangladesh. Moves up 2 places overall to 7th.

4. Ravindra Jadeja - 188 - Rather less destructive than in the first Test, but a threefer for Jadeja sees him in the Top 5.

5. Chamari Athapaththu - 158 - Two warm up games that yielded 2 points was followed by an opening game loss to Pakistan that got her 156. A very very big few weeks for the Sri Lankan.

Overall Top 5

A third static week in the Top 5 which still stands at:

1 James Vince 3970
2 Chamari Athapaththu 3911
3 Travis Head 3476
4 Sam Curran 3156
5 Babar Azam 3061

With both Athapaththu and Azam featuring next week it could be all change across the board for our next update.

Other Movers

Two others of our competitors scored modestly but still moved up overall. Marsh scored 58 in his one foray this week and moved up to 19th whilst maxwell's 102 was enough to see him up to 14th.

Top Three Averages

1. Chamari Athapaththu - 186.24 (Down from 187.65)
2. Babar Azam - 139.14 (Down from 145.52)
3. Jos Buttler - 131.5

Marnus Labuschagne's limp end to the ODI series against Scotland and England ees him leak 5.17 points and lose his place in the Top 3 highest averages. Harry Brook improves his average by 6.89 - up to 111.29.

Highest scorer by Format

Long Form = Simon Harmer = 2235
One Day = Chamari Athapaththu = 946
Short Form = *Chamari Athapaththu- 2965

Highest scorer by Discipline

Runs - James Vince - 2390
Batting Bonus - Travis Head = 380
Strike Rate - Travis Head 790

Wickets - Simon Harmer = 1180
Wicket Bonus - Simon Harmer = 240
Economy - Simon Harmer - 680

Fielding – James Vince = 490
Fielding Bonus - James Vince - 50

Weekly List in Full

Harry Brook 249
Travis Head 225
Yashasvi Jaiswal 223
Ravindra Jadeja 188
Chamari Athapaththu 158
Simon Harmer 129
Moeen Ali 107
Phil Salt 107
Glenn Maxwell 102
James Vince 97
Virat Kohli 96
Shubman Gill 75
Mitchell Marsh 58
Rachin Ravindra 42
Steve Smith 41
Aaron Hardie 40
Marnus Labuschagne 24
Daryl Mitchell 14

Jos Buttler dnp
Sam Curran dnp
Usman Khawaja dnp
Babar Azam dnp

Overall List In Full

1 James Vince 3970
2 Chamari Athapaththu 3911
3 Travis Head 3476
4 Sam Curran 3156
5 Babar Azam 3061
6 Simon Harmer 2808
7 Yashasvi Jaiswal 2731
8 Marnus Labuschagne 2674
9 Phil Salt 2635
10 Moeen Ali 2578
11 Rachin Ravindra 2411
12 Harry Brook 2337
13 Ravindra Jadeja 2310
14 Glenn Maxwell 2204
15 Shubman Gill 2187
16 Jos Buttler 2104
17 Virat Kohli 1976
18 Daryl Mitchell 1511
19 Mitchell Marsh 2390
20 Aaron Hardie 1485
21 Steve Smith 1295
22 Usman Khawaja 498

Moeen Ali - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

After some very very lean weeks we have had the third highest score of the year this time out with 2041 points shared between all but 5 players.

Weekly Top 5

1. Moeen Ali - 340 - Retires from international cricket, takes a little break in Guyana and becomes one of the most miserly bowlers in world cricket. Prior to this week he had not scored an economy point in all of 2024. This week he scored 90.

2. Ravindra Jadeja - Another one straight out of the Jadeja playbook. Doesn't play for months on end and then gets just shy of 300 points in one Test. Jumps from 17th to 12th.

3. Aaron Hardie - 207 - Has not been setting even the most flammable parts of the world alight this year but has impressed in the ongoing ODI series against England. Has been in the Top 5 in two of the last three weeks.

4. Rachin Ravindra - 191 - Back in action after a long spell away and a fairly decent showing with 131 points in the loss to Sri Lanka. Could be a late player as cricket shifts into the other hemisphere.

5. Harry Brook - 164 - One very good performance in the ODIs against Australia preceded by a core of just 4. Turning into a decent late Summer for him. Despite this finds himself DOWN a spot overall.

Overall Top 5

1. James Vince - 3873 - Holds top spot for a second week as he plays out his final Hampshire game of the season. Will hope for a bigger gap to see him through to the BBL.

2. Chamari Athapaththu - 3752 - Biding her time before the Women's T20 starts. Is now the second longest inactive player on the List with 4 weeks without a score.

3. Travis Head - 3251 - A 279 point swing this week - with 325 points on the board last week, he got a mere 49 before but paltry scoring from those below him means that there was zero pressure on his bronze medal position.

4. Sam Curran - 3156 - Inactive this week for the first time in 10 weeks. Holds fourth.

5. Babar Azam - 3061 - Only 5 points week ; the lowest of anyone. Yet he still holds fifth spot.

Ones to Watch

Two Aussies have a single point between them in 19th and 20th; who will prevail out of Hardie and Marsh?

Other Movers

Shubman Gill got an impressive 159 this week but that saw him finish sixth. He does move up a spot to 13th though.

Top Three Averages

1. Chamari Athapaththu - 187.65
2. Babar Azam - 139.14 (Down from 145.52)
3. Marnus Labuschagne - 132.5 (Down from 138.47)

Babar Azam's single figure week sees him tumble the most whilst Ravindra Jadeja improves by 10.24 points up to 111.68.

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 Scores In Full

Moeen Ali 340
Ravindra Jadeja 296
Aaron Hardie 207
Rachin Ravindra 191
Harry Brook 164
Shubman Gill 159
Glenn Maxwell 147
Mitchell Marsh 124
Daryl Mitchell 115
Yashasvi Jaiswal 106
Steve Smith 94
Usman Khawaja 77
Travis Head 49
Virat Kohli 43
Phil Salt 22
Marnus Labuschagne 19
Babar Azam 5

Jos Buttler dnp
Chamari Athapaththu dnp
James Vince dnp
Sam Curran dnp
Simon Harmer dnp

Overall Scores In Full

James Vince 3873
Chamari Athapaththu 3753
Travis Head 3251
Sam Curran 3156
Babar Azam 3061
Simon Harmer 2679
Marnus Labuschagne 2631
Phil Salt 2528
Yashasvi Jaiswal 2508
Moeen Ali 2468
Rachin Ravindra 2369
Ravindra Jadeja 2122
Shubman Gill 2112
Jos Buttler 2104
Glenn Maxwell 2102
Harry Brook 2088
Virat Kohli 1880
Daryl Mitchell 1497
Aaron Hardie 1445
Mitchell Marsh 1444
Steve Smith 1254
Usman Khawaja 498