Yashasvi Jaiswal - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

A great week for our players with no fewer than 10 players all getting three figure scores.

Weekly Top 5

1. Yashasvi Jaiswal - 236 - Warmed up last week with a score of 133 and then bettered that with 236 this week - doubling his total T20 points scored for the rest of the year in just 2 games. This is his second Cricketer of the Week in the two years on the List.

2. Travis Head - 184 - After some pretty mediocre performances, Head sprung into life with 66 against Punjab and 28 against Mumbai. When he plays well, Hyderabad win. He moves up 2 places to 12th overall.

3. Rishabh Pant - 144 - Hard to be overly judgmental to Pant after what he has been through but his 79 points across the first 3 weeks of the IPL would have been a disappointment to him. This week he scored just under double that. And long may it continue.

4. Nicholas Pooran - 139 - No player can hold a candle to Pooran in the IPL window. His 139 is his 3rd 3 figure score over the last 4 weeks and counts towards his 667 points accrued in that time.

5. Jamie Smith - 133 - Smith makes his bow in the Top 5 courtesy of 93 runs in the County Championship game against Hampshire. Is being rested for the ongoing game against Sussex and it is unclear how involved he will be with Surrey before the Zimbabwe Test in 4 weeks.

Overall Top 5

1. Nat Sciver-Brunt - 1650 - 2 months in first place despite 1 month of that being inactive. Is likely to play in the Metro Bank One Day Cup Women on Thursday.

2. Nicholas Pooran - 1330 - Don't score over half a thousand points in a month and not reap the rewards on the overall Liat. Very tight below him but 320 points above him to first. Already our highest ranked ever West Indian; with Shai Hope never getting about 14th.

3. Ravindra Jadeja - 1269 - Scores are decreasing rapidly. 127 a fortnight ago, 61 last week, 47 this week. He loses a place.

4. Annabel Sutherland - 1197 - Inactive again this week....and genuinely unsure as to where he next cricket comes from.

5. Wanindu Hasaranga - 1178 - Really not doing awfully well for Rajasthan but has done just enough to hold onto 5th place for a second week. He holds off Heinrich Klaasen by 55 points.

Ones to Watch

Two players in very different form in two T20 compeitions are both locked on 735 points. Suryakumar Yadav is in the ascendancy, moving up 4 places over the last month, whilst Azam can't break the Top Ten.

Other Movers

In a very busy week some modest scores have seen players move up. Phil Salt moves up three places to 7th, Heinrich Klaasen is up two to 6th and SKY moves up a single place for the third week in a row to 15th.

Top 3 Averages

1. Nicholas Pooran = 166.25 (Down from 170.14)
2. Nat Sciver-Brunt - 165
3. Chamari Athapaththu - 150.29

As usual, Jaiswal's weekly high score sees him with the largest swing - up 19.15 to 82.43. Meanwhile Hasaranga's meagre week sees him drop to 117.8 points per active week - a decrease of 9.76.

Top Players By Format

Red Ball - Ravindra Jadeja - 488
One Day - Kane Williamson - 655
Short Form - *Nicholas Pooran - 1330

Top Players by Discipline

* = New name

Runs - Nat Sciver-Brunt = 750
Batting Bonus - Nat Sciver-Brunt, Kane Williamson + *Nicholas Pooran = 140
Strike Rate - *Heinrich Klaasen - 340

Wickets - Wanindu Hasaranga = 6460
Wicket Bonus - Ravindra Jadeja & Wanindu Hasaranga - 100
Economy - Ravindra Jadeja = 260

Fielding - Phil Salt - 220
Fielding Bonus -Phil Salt - 30

Weekly Scores in Full

Yashasvi Jaiwal 236
Travis Head 184
Rishabh Pant 144
Nicholas Pooran 139
Jamie Smith 133
Liam Dawson 131
Phil Salt 129
Saim Ayub 126
Suryakumar Yadav 126
Heinrich Klaasen 108
Jasprit Bumrah 50
Ravindra Jadeja 47
Wanindu Hasaranga 30
Jos Buttler 16
Babar Azam 11
Liam Livingstone 4

Harry Brook dnp
Kane Williamson dnp
Nat Sciver-Brunt dnp
Chamari Athapaththu dnp
Annabel Sutherland dnp
Adam Zampa dnp
Sam Curran dnp
Pathum Nissanka dnp

Overall Scores In Full

1 Nat Sciver-Brunt 1650
2 Nicholas Pooran 1330
3 Ravindra Jadeja 1269
4 Annabel Sutherland 1197
5 Wanindu Hasaranga 1178
6 Heinrich Klaasen 1123
7 Phil Salt 1106
8 Chamari Athapaththu 1052
9 Kane Williamson 1038
10 Sam Curran 1019
11 Jos Buttler 958
12 Travis Head 871
13 Liam Dawson 860
14 Babar Azam 735
15 Suryakumar Yadav 735
16 Pathum Nissanka 614
17 Liam Livingstone 603
18 Adam Zampa 578
19 Yashasvi Jaiwal 577
20 Rishabh Pant 432
21 Harry Brook 288
22 Jamie Smith 282
23 Jasprit Bumrah 172
24 Saim Ayub 126

Pathum Nissanka - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Weekly Top 5

1. Pathum Nissanka - 259 - Has been in abysmal form all year but burst into life with 203 for Kandy against Dambulla this week. To put this into context his entire run tally before this match was 225.

2. Liam Dawson - 192 - A perfectly adequate start to the County Championship for Dawson after his spell away from cricket, 42 run, 3 wickets and 60 points from economy sees him take second place for the week.

3. Nicholas Pooran - 169 - Continues his great run of form in the IPL with another Top 5 score. Since the IPL started he has scored 528. The second highest in that time is Nissanka with 392 with Buttler in third with 372.

4. Suryakumar Yadav - 165 - Another decent week after an underwhelming campaign in 2025. 95 runs across two games for Mumbai sees SKY up to 16th place; his second week of moving up a place in the Overall List.

5. Yashasvi Jaiswal - 133 - Has been performing so badly this year that I have only just realised there has been a misspelling of his name in my master spreadsheet. 67 against Punjab moves him up two places to 19th on the Overall List.

Overall List

1. Nat Sciver-Brunt - 428 - Into her third inactive week in succession and still holds a 428 point lead on those squabbling below her.

2.Ravindra Jadeja- 1222 - Isn't really doing much for Chennai but has managed to chip his way up the Top 5 to move into a second place berth he held for 1 week 2 and a half months ago.

3. Annabel Sutherland - 1197- Inactive again and starts her descent down the List. There is only 255 points between her and tenth so she is likely to be in a bit of a freefall over coming weeks.

4. Nicholas Pooran - 1191 - Continues his assault on the List. After spending 6 weeks in 8th he has jumped up two places each week for the last fortnight. Not impossible he could do the same again in the form he is in.

5. Wanindu Hasaranga - 1148 - Not tearing up trees in the IPL but has done just enough to replace the outgoing Chamari Athapaththu and Kane Williamson in the Top 5.

Other Movers

Jamie Smith has not impressed yet for England or Surrey but his 67 points this week saw him overtake the returning Jasprit Bumrah to third from bottom.

Top 3 Averages

1. Nicholas Pooran = 170.14 (Down from 170.33)
2. Nat Sciver-Brunt - 165
3. Chamari Athapaththu - 150.29

For the second successive week, Rishabh Pant's average decreases the most. A fortnight ago he averaged 91.33 per active week - he now averages 57.6. Nissanka's average improves the most - up 26.04 to 76.75.

Top Players By Format

Red Ball - Ravindra Jadeja - 488
One Day - Kane Williamson - 655
Short Form - Nat Sciver-Brunt = 1306

Top Players by Discipline

* = New name

Runs - Nat Sciver-Brunt = 750
Batting Bonus - Nat Sciver-Brunt + Kane Williamson = 140
Strike Rate - Nat Sciver-Brunt & *Nicholas Pooran = 300

Wickets - Wanindu Hasaranga = 640
Wicket Bonus - Ravindra Jadeja & Wanindu Hasaranga - 100
Economy - Ravindra Jadeja = 260

Fielding - Phil Salt - 210
Fielding Bonus -Phil Salt - 30

Weekly List In Full

Pathum Nissanka 259
Liam Dawson 192
Nicholas Pooran 169
Suryakumar Yadav 165
Yashasvi Jaiwal 133
Phil Salt 91
Babar Azam 90
Jamie Smith 67
Jos Buttler 66
Ravindra Jadeja 61
Heinrich Klaasen 57
Wanindu Hasaranga 40
Liam Livingstone 24
Rishabh Pant 12
Jasprit Bumrah 10
Travis Head 8

Saim Ayub dnp
Harry Brook dnp
Kane Williamson dnp
Nat Sciver-Brunt dnp
Chamari Athapaththu dnp
Annabel Sutherland dnp
Adam Zampa dnp
Sam Curran dnp

Overall List In Full

1 Nat Sciver-Brunt 1650
2 Ravindra Jadeja 1222
3 Annabel Sutherland 1197
4 Nicholas Pooran 1191
5 Wanindu Hasaranga 1148
6 Chamari Athapaththu 1052
7 Kane Williamson 1038
8 Sam Curran 1019
9 Heinrich Klaasen 1015
10 Phil Salt 977
11 Jos Buttler 942
12 Liam Dawson 729
13 Babar Azam 724
14 Travis Head 687
15 Pathum Nissanka 614
16 Suryakumar Yadav 609
17 Liam Livingstone 599
18 Adam Zampa 578
19 Yashasvi Jaiwal 341
20 Harry Brook 288
21 Rishabh Pant 288
22 Jamie Smith 149
23 Jasprit Bumrah 122
24 Saim Ayub 0

Jos Buttler - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Weekly Top 5

1. Jos Buttler - 202 - Fair to say that Buttler hasn't had the greatest year, however this is his 12th Cricketer of the Week award in his five years on the List. Only Harmer (45), Azam (19), Labuschagne, Stokes (both on 14) and Maxwell (13) have more.

2. Heinrich Klaasen - 165 - Hyderabad are not having the greatest of times but Klaasen has put in two impactful knocks in the 30s with Strike Rates between 150 and 200 to bag second place for the week.

3. Liam Livingstone - 154 - A half century against Gujarat gives him the bulk of his points for the week. Such has been the average-ness of his 2025, this is highest score thus far.

4. Suryakumar Yadav - 145 - Has taken a long time to get going but looked more like a professional cricketer this week. This is only the second time in 8 active weeks that he has scored over 100 points.

5. Ravindra Jadeja - 127 - After a slow start to the IPL he contributed to proceedings with some decent runs this week - however is still underperforming with the ball with just 20 runs from bowling this week.

Overall Top 5

1. Nat Sciver-Brunt - 1650 - Is now a first time Mum as well as our first placed player. No points for that, however.

2. Annabel Sutherland - 1197 - Inactive this week and holds on to second place by a mere 36 points. Should be overthrown next week.

3. Ravindra Jadeja - 1161 - Moves up to 3rd spot; a place he lost 5 weeks ago. Has a lead of 139 points between him and the nearest active player.

4. Chamari Athapaththu - 1052 - Inactive this week and down a place to 4th.

5. Kane Williamson - 1038 - Inactive again this week. Will have one more inactive week before starting up in the PSL. Seems likely he will start comfortably outside the Top 5.

Ones to Match

Two very narrow battles at different ends of the table. Just outside the Top 5 we yet again have Pooran and Curran with 3 points between them, whilst further down their is the same gap between Adam Zampa and Liam Livingstone.

Other Movers

3 players scored meagrely but all managed to move up two places. Nicholas Pooran, Babar Azam and Pathum Nissanka are all outside our Top 5 but managed to move up to 6th, 13th and 18th respectively.

Top 3 Averages

1. Nicholas Pooran = 170.33 (Down from 191.6)
2. Nat Sciver-Brunt - 165
3. Chamari Athapaththu - 150.29

Jos Buttler's weekly high sees his average improve by 13.32 - the most of anyone. Rishabh Pant leaks 22.33 points and is down to 69 points a week.

Top Players By Format

Red Ball - Ravindra Jadeja - 488
One Day - Kane Williamson - 655
Short Form - Nat Sciver-Brunt = 1306

Top Players by Discipline

* = New name

Runs - Nat Sciver-Brunt = 750
Batting Bonus - Nat Sciver-Brunt + Kane Williamson = 140
Strike Rate - Nat Sciver-Brunt = 300

Wickets - Wanindu Hasaranga = 600
Wicket Bonus - Ravindra Jadeja & *Wanindu Hasaranga - 100
Economy - Ravindra Jadeja = 250

Fielding - Phil Salt - 200
Fielding Bonus -Phil Salt - 30

Weekly Scores in Full

Jos Buttler 202
Heinrich Klaasen 165
Liam Livingstone 154
Suryakumar Yadav 145
Ravindra Jadeja 127
Phil Salt 126
Babar Azam 119
Pathum Nissanka 105
Wanindu Hasaranga 104
Nicholas Pooran 64
Travis Head 56
Sam Curran 18
Yashavi Jaiwal 14
Rishabh Pant 2

Jasprit Bumrah dnp
Saim Ayub dnp
Liam Dawson dnp
Harry Brook dnp
Jamie Smith dnp
Kane Williamson dnp
Nat Sciver-Brunt dnp
Chamari Athapaththu dnp
Annabel Sutherland dnp
Adam Zampa dnp

Overall List In Full

1 Nat Sciver-Brunt 1650
2 Annabel Sutherland 1197
3 Ravindra Jadeja 1161
4 Chamari Athapaththu 1052
5 Kane Williamson 1038
6 Nicholas Pooran 1022
7 Sam Curran 1019
8 Wanindu Hasaranga 1004
9 Heinrich Klaasen 958
10 Phil Salt 886
11 Jos Buttler 876
12 Travis Head 679
13 Babar Azam 634
14 Adam Zampa 578
15 Liam Livingstone 575
16 Liam Dawson 537
17 Suryakumar Yadav 444
18 Pathum Nissanka 355
19 Harry Brook 288
20 Rishabh Pant 276
21 Yashavi Jaiwal 194
22 Jasprit Bumrah 112
23 Jamie Smith 82
24 Saim Ayub 0