Liam Dawson - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 Weekly Round Up

What a weird week.

After 7 weeks of scores in the thousands, a geopolitical crisis means a week where only two players featured and a mere 187 points are scored.

The largest beneficiary of this is England's Liam Dawson who gets the joint second lowest weekly high score in our history. His 119 is matched only by Usman Khawaja's score in October 2024 and one better than Azam's 55 in March of the same year. He also moves up to 7th Overall.

Also there is Chamari Athapaththu whose score of 71 sees him move up to fourth place in the Overall List - her highest place in 5 weeks. Over the last 3 weeks nobody has scored more points than her as she has moved from 11th to 4th.

Ones to Watch

Liam Dawson's free week puts him a solitary point behind Heinrich Klaasen as the IPL grinds back into action.

Top 3 Averages

1. Nat Sciver-Brunt - 165
2. Chamari Athapaththu - 143.6 (Down from 151.67)
3. Sam Curran = 134.56

Top Players By Format

Red Ball - Liam Dawson - 786
One Day - Kane Williamson - 655
Short Form - Nicholas Pooran - 1433

Top Players by Discipline

* = New Name

Runs - Jos Buttler = 870
Batting Bonus - Nat Sciver-Brunt, Kane Williamson, Nicholas Pooran, Jos Buttler & Babar Azam = 140
Strike Rate - Heinrich Klaasen & Suryakumar Yadav - 370

Wickets - Wanindu Hasaranga = 720
Wicket Bonus - Ravindra Jadeja & Wanindu Hasaranga - 100
Economy - Liam Dawson = 330

Fielding - Phil Salt - 230
Fielding Bonus -Phil Salt - 30

Overall List In Full

1 Ravindra Jadeja 1686
2 Nat Sciver-Brunt 1650
3 Jos Buttler 1510
4 Chamari Athapaththu 1436
5 Nicholas Pooran 1433
6 Heinrich Klaasen 1324
7 Liam Dawson 1323
8 Wanindu Hasaranga 1239
9 Suryakumar Yadav 1220
10 Sam Curran 1211
11 Annabel Sutherland 1197
12 Phil Salt 1163
13 Babar Azam 1062
14 Kane Williamson 1038
15 Yashasvi Jaiwal 990
16 Travis Head 930
17 Pathum Nissanka 614
18 Liam Livingstone 603
19 Adam Zampa 578
20 Jasprit Bumrah 482
21 Rishabh Pant 467
22 Jamie Smith 372
23 Harry Brook 361
24 Saim Ayub 339

Chamari Athapaththu - the Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Back to a high scoring week this week before what is going to be a Geo-Politically very quiet week next week

Weekly Top 5

1. Chamari Athapaththu - 245 - Following the playbook from last year - long periods absent from the game and then some huge haymaking while the sun shines. Only Nat Sciver Brunt has had more Cricketers of the Week this year - this is her third.

2. Liam Dawson - His first big scoring week in the County Championship courtesy of a five-fer and his full compliment of economy points against Durham. Breaks into the Top Ten for the first time since the end of the SA20.

3. Jos Buttler - 194 - 94 runs across two innings gives Buttler third place in a week where he also overtakes Nat Sciver Brunt as the highest run scorer on the List.

4. Ravindra Jadeja - 176 - After a slow start to the tournament, Jadeja has burst into life of late with three back to back 3 figure scoring weeks. Only Buttler and SKY have scored more than him in that time.

5. Babar Azam - 141 - Back to looking like he might have seen a cricket bat at some point in his life in at least one innings this week. 53 versus Islamabad this week sees him ease into the Top 5 for the week despite letting himself down (again) in the game against Multan.

Overall Top 5

1. Ravindra Jadeja - 1686 - Despite being in our Lists for 4 years, Jadeja has never graced top spot until this week. His slow burning IPL campaign has seen him ease into top spot with a 36 point lead.

2. Nat Sciver-Brunt - 1650 - Parenthood is an amazing thing...but it doesn't score you many points. After 7 inactive weeks, NSB loses her 10 week reign at the top of the List.

3. Jos Buttler - 1510 - The fifth highest run scorer in the IPL and the highest run scorer in our List moves up a place to third after yet another half century this week.

4. Nicholas Pooran - 1433 - After scoring 528 points in the first three weeks of the IPL he has now scored 103 in the last three weeks to see him down a place this week to 4th.

5. Chamari Athapaththu - 1365 - Lost her Top 5 place a month ago and slipped as low as 11th last week but a bumper week for the Sri Lanka captain moves her back into 5th spot.

Ones to Watch

With the IPL being suspended for at least a week, it is a chance for Liam Dawson to do some damage on the Top 10. Currently he is tenth but a mere 158 points separate him and Chamari Athapaththu in 5th.

Other Movers

Meagre scores from Mumabi's SKY and Bumrah this week but they both move up a spot. SKY is in 8th with Bumrah up to 20th.

Top 3 Averages

1. Nat Sciver-Brunt - 165
2. Chamari Athapaththu - 151.67 (Up from 140)
3. Sam Curran = 134.56 (Down from 147)

In a rare occurence the two most noteable movers on the average table are in the Top 3. Athapaththu moves back into the Top 3 courtesy of a 11.67 point boost to her average whilst Curran drops 12.44

Top Players By Format

* = New Name

Red Ball - * Liam Dawson - 670
One Day - Kane Williamson - 655
Short Form - Nicholas Pooran - 1433

Top Players by Discipline

* = New Name

Runs - * Jos Buttler = 870
Batting Bonus - Nat Sciver-Brunt, Kane Williamson, Nicholas Pooran, *Jos Buttler & *Babar Azam = 140
Strike Rate - Heinrich Klaasen & Suryakumar Yadav - 370

Wickets - Wanindu Hasaranga = 720
Wicket Bonus - Ravindra Jadeja & Wanindu Hasaranga - 100
Economy - *Liam Dawson = 280

Fielding - Phil Salt - 230
Fielding Bonus -Phil Salt - 30

Weekly List In Full

Chamari Athapaththu 245
Liam Dawson 225
Jos Buttler 194
Ravindra Jadeja 176
Babar Azam 141
Saim Ayub 110
Harry Brook 73
Yashasvi Jaiwal 64
Heinrich Klaasen 63
Jasprit Bumrah 60
Suryakumar Yadav 55
Travis Head 40
Sam Curran 35
Rishabh Pant 18
Nicholas Pooran 16
Wanindu Hasaranga 0

Overall list In Full

1 Ravindra Jadeja 1686
2 Nat Sciver-Brunt 1650
3 Jos Buttler 1510
4 Nicholas Pooran 1433
5 Chamari Athapaththu 1365
6 Heinrich Klaasen 1324
7 Wanindu Hasaranga 1239
8 Suryakumar Yadav 1220
9 Sam Curran 1211
10 Liam Dawson 1207
11 Annabel Sutherland 1197
12 Phil Salt 1163
13 Babar Azam 1062
14 Kane Williamson 1038
15 Yashasvi Jaiwal 990
16 Travis Head 930
17 Pathum Nissanka 614
18 Liam Livingstone 603
19 Adam Zampa 578
20 Jasprit Bumrah 482
21 Rishabh Pant 467
22 Jamie Smith 372
23 Harry Brook 361
24 Saim Ayub 339

Suryakumar Yadav - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

One of those weird weeks where fewer points were scored than normal but there has been a fair bit of movement.

Weekly Top 5

1. Suryakumar Yadav - 222 - Another great week for the Mumbai man. He finished second last week and top this week. Despite Pooran's strong start in the IPL, SKY has now overtaken him as the highest point scorer in this period with 915.

2. Jasprit Bumrah - 190 - 6 wickets this week sees him make his first Top 5 appearance in the List this year. Has to be bridesmaid this time out but will be his time soon.

3. Sam Curran - 157 - An absence of almost a month since his last IPL game did not start auspiciously with a bit of a damp squib against Hyderabad but 88 with the bat against Punjab sees him in third this week and back into the Top 10 overall.

4. Yashasvi Jaiswal - 143 - Another half and half performance for Jaiswal - 70 against Gujarat was followed up by just 13 against Mumbai.

5. Ravindra Jadeja - 118 - Two Ok-ish performances with both bat and ball sees Jadeja in fifth place this week. Has never really combined with all-round prowess like we know he is capable of .

Overall Top 5

1. Nat Sciver- Brunt - 1650 - This is her tenth week in first and her sixth wicket without picking up a bat or ball. She is in imminent danger of being usurped though with a lead of just 140.

2. Ravindra Jadeja - 1510 - Holds on to second place for a second week. His 118 was the highest score of anyone within the Top 5 an puts first within spitting distance...but saying that third can spit on him also.

3. Nicholas Pooran - 1417 - After such a strong start to the IPL, Pooran has rather melted away with just 87 points over his last two weeks. Still holds onto 3rd.

4. Jos Buttler - 1316 - Scored 100 points in his solitary game for Gujarat this week but was enough to see him move up from 6th to make his debut in the Top 5 for 2025.

5. Heinrich Klaasen - 1261 - Only 17 runs from the South African this week sees him drop from 4th to 5th usurping Wanindu Hasaranga and ending his three week stay in fifth place.

Top 3 Averages

1. Nat Sciver-Brunt - 165
2. Sam Curran = 147 (Up from 145.57)
3. Nicholas Pooran = 141.7 (Down from 150)

Jasprit Bumrah, still with only 4 active weeks to his name, improves the most - up 26.4 to 84.4. Chamari Athapaththu's return to cricket sees her leak 10.29 runs and lose her Top 3 status - she now has 140 per active week.

Top Players By Format

Red Ball - Ravindra Jadeja - 488
One Day - Kane Williamson - 655
Short Form - Nicholas Pooran - 1417

Top Players by Discipline

Runs - Nat Sciver-Brunt = 750
Batting Bonus - Nat Sciver-Brunt, Kane Williamson + Nicholas Pooran = 140
Strike Rate - Heinrich Klaasen & *Suryakumar Yadav - 370

Wickets - Wanindu Hasaranga = 720
Wicket Bonus - Ravindra Jadeja & Wanindu Hasaranga - 100
Economy - Ravindra Jadeja = 270

Fielding - Phil Salt - 230
Fielding Bonus -Phil Salt - 30

Weekly List In Full

Suryakumar Yadav 222
Jasprit Bumrah 190
Sam Curran 157
Yashasvi Jaiwal 143
Ravindra Jadeja 118
Jos Buttler 100
Jamie Smith 90
Nicholas Pooran 67
Saim Ayub 65
Chamari Athapaththu 63
Travis Head 19
Heinrich Klaasen 17
Babar Azam 12
Rishabh Pant 4
Wanindu Hasaranga 0

Harry Brook dnp
Kane Williamson dnp
Nat Sciver-Brunt dnp
Annabel Sutherland dnp
Adam Zampa dnp
Pathum Nissanka dnp
Liam Livingstone dnp
Liam Dawson dnp
Phil Salt dnp

Overall List In Full

1 Nat Sciver-Brunt 1650
2 Ravindra Jadeja 1510
3 Nicholas Pooran 1417
4 Jos Buttler 1316
5 Heinrich Klaasen 1261
6 Wanindu Hasaranga 1239
7 Annabel Sutherland 1197
8 Sam Curran 1176
9 Suryakumar Yadav 1165
10 Phil Salt 1163
11 Chamari Athapaththu 1120
12 Kane Williamson 1038
13 Liam Dawson 982
14 Yashasvi Jaiwal 926
15 Babar Azam 921
16 Travis Head 890
17 Pathum Nissanka 614
18 Liam Livingstone 603
19 Adam Zampa 578
20 Rishabh Pant 449
21 Jasprit Bumrah 422
22 Jamie Smith 372
23 Harry Brook 288
24 Saim Ayub 229