Quinton De Kock - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Weekly

1. Quinton De Kock - 305 - It's very well known what comes after a famine and QDK has certainly tucked in this week. This represents his second highest ever score in his three years on our list and a return to form after he scored 21 and 0 over the last fortnight.

2. Hasan Ali - 206 - Of his 2037 points, 1620 have been scored in the longest form of the game. It is therefore no surprise that now he is back playing the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy that he is back in the points. He also retakes 15th place overall after a solitary week away.

3. David Warner - 149 - Loves a big tournament and is working his way back into form just in time for the T20WC ....although weirdly Australia are warming up for that with an ODI series. He regains 13th place off Pat Cummins who overtook him last week.

4. Mohammad Rizwan - 139 - Another great innings for Rizwan, this time against Bangladesh. He really is becoming quite the white ball menace.

5. KL Rahul - 117 - For the third week in a row, KLR takes fifth spot for the week. Stood up to the critics of his strike rate with a blistering 28 ball 57.

Overall

1. Simon Harmer - 4668 - The first of an unknown number of inactive weeks for Harmer...but his 20 week reign of terror continues.

2. Mohammad Rizwan - 4082 - Rizwan continues to put huge amounts of points between him and the chasing pack. He is now 633 points ahead of third place with the only larger gap being the 696 between him and first. Seems likely that places one and two might be locked in.

3. Moeen Ali - 3499 - A blank from Moeen this week - but he still holds on to third spot for a 6th consecutive week.

4. Quinton De Kock - 3295 - De Kock has been sliding in and out of the Top 5 all year - but this time he has gone deep. 6th last week, he has bypassed 5th and leapt straight up to 4th spot. This is his highest position for 15 weeks,

5. Babar Azam - 3274 - Down a place to 5th and only a narrow gap between him and Rishabh Pant in 6th place as we continue to gear up for the T20WC

Ones to Watch

3 very different players are all very close to each other as we move into Week 41. David Warner and Pat Cummins are fighting the same battle together but have just 53 points between them. Meanwhile a resurgent Hasan Ali is back to his economical ways in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy. Who can mount a challenge for the Top 10?

Top Three Averages

1. Simon Harmer = 207.74
2. Ben Stokes = 151.33
3. Babar Azam = 142.35 (Down from 147.18)

Quinton De Kock's great week sees him up 6.62 points and takes his average above 100 again. Meanwhile Glenn Maxwell tanks thanks to his solitary point this week. He now scores just 109.19 per active week,

Top Players By Format


Long Form - Simon Harmer = 4063
One Day - Babar Azam = 1002
Short Form - Moeen Ali = 3053

Highest Points by Discipline

*=New Name

Runs - Mohammad Rizwan - 2362
Batting Bonus - Mohammad Rizwan = 490
Strike Rate - Moeen Ali = 700

Wickets - Simon Harmer = 2280
Wicket Bonus - Simon Harmer = 410
Economy - Simon Harmer = 1020

Fielding - Rishabh Pant = 660
Fielding Bonus - Rishabh Pant & *Quinton De Kock = 110

Weekly List

Quinton De Kock 305
Hasan Ali 206
David Warner 149
Mohammad Rizwan 139
KL Rahul 117
Pat Cummins 95
Risabh Pant 67
Babar Azam 36
Steve Smith 17
Glenn Maxwell 1
Moeen Ali 0

Kyle Jamieson dnp
Jonny Bairstow dnp
Ben Stokes dnp
Bhanuka Rajapaksa dnp
Joe Root dnp
Kane Williamson dnp
Simon Harmer dnp
Travis Head dnp
Matt Critchley dnp
Marnus Labuschagne dnp

Overall

1 Simon Harmer 4778
2 Mohammad Rizwan 4082
3 Moeen Ali 3449
4 Quinton De Kock 3295
5 Babar Azam 3274
6 Rishabh Pant 3198
7 Glenn Maxwell 2839
8 Ben Stokes 2724
9 Joe Root 2648
10 Jonny Bairstow 2593
11 Marnus Labuschagne 2534
12 Matt Critchley 2473
13 David Warner 2091
14 Pat Cummins 2038
15 Hasan Ali 2037
16 KL Rahul 1981
17 Kyle Jamieson 1547
18 Steve Smith 1512
19 Travis Head 1398
20 Bhanuka Rajapaksa 1056
21 Kane Williamson 780

Simon Harmer - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 Weekly

1. Simon Harmer - 257 - Harmer ends his County Championship season with his eight Cricketer of the Week award. He has never won more. Has had a quieter season (by comparison) but still is the man to beat.

2. Mohammad Rizwan - 231 - His impressive form has been so impressive that he can miss out a T20 game and still finish second courtesy of two half centuries. Has been a great start to the last third of the year for the Pakistan wicket keeper.

3. Babar Azam - 192 - More inconsistent than he would like but always provides one big score to boost him up into the Top 5. This week it was the 87* out in the 6th T20 against England.

4. Moeen Ali - 160 - Another week where he features in the Top 5....but that is rather through weight of games played than any huge amount of excellence from the England stand-in captain. His half century in the 5th T20 is his high point.

5. KL Rahul - Sneaks into the Top 5 this week with a long gap between him and fourth place. Second time he's made 5th spot in a row though.

Overall

1. Simon Harmer - 4778 -No news if he is going to play domestically in South Africa yet and his lead is 'just' 835 with the T20 World Cup on the horizon. All this being said, 19 weeks in first position is mightily impressive.

2. Mohammad Rizwan - 3943 - Keeps scoring big and putting pressure on first place - now has a huge gap of 494 points on third spot.

3, Moeen Ali - 3449 - Retains third spot for the 5th week on the trot. Quietly grinding away 100+ scores week after week after week.

4. Babar Azam - 3238 - Up a place to 4th - his highest position for 20 weeks. Can he continue to push his agenda in amongst a cluster of players who will all be featuring in the T20 World Cup?

5. Rishabh Pant - 3131 - Had a sub-par Asia Cup and then has struggled ever since. The last 4 weeks has seen him inactive once, scoring 0 twice and a mere 10 points this week sees him drop down to 5th; his lowest position in 3 months.

Other Movers

Just the 20 points for Pat Cummins this week...but he was 19 points behind David Warner and is subsequently up a spot to 13th.

Top Three Averages

1. Simon Harmer = 207.74 (Up from 205.5)
2. Ben Stokes = 151.33
3. Babar Azam = 147.18 (Up from 145.05)

Mohammad Rizwan's good form sees his stock continue to rise. He now has the fourth best points per week of any of our players - 131.43. Steve Smith's meagre week sees his averagr frop by 6.23 points - down to 93.44.

Top Players By Format


Long Form - Simon Harmer = 4063
One Day - Babar Azam = 1002
Short Form - Moeen Ali = 3053

Highest Points by Discipline

* = New Name

Runs - Mohammad Rizwan - 2283
Batting Bonus - Babar Azam & *Mohammad Rizwan = 470
Strike Rate - Moeen Ali = 700

Wickets - Simon Harmer = 2280
Wicket Bonus - Simon Harmer = 410
Economy - Simon Harmer = 1020

Fielding - Rishabh Pant = 650
Fielding Bonus - Rishabh Pant = 110

Weekly List

Simon Harmer 257
Mohammad Rizwan 231
Babar Azam 192
Moeen Ali 160
KL Rahul 93
Travis Head 84
Hasan Ali 44
Matt Critchley 32
Quinton De Kock 21
Pat Cummins 20
Risabh Pant 10
Marnus Labuschagne 10

Kyle Jamieson dnp
Jonny Bairstow dnp
David Warner dnp
Ben Stokes dnp
Bhanuka Rajapaksa dnp
Joe Root dnp
Kane Williamson dnp

Overall

1 Simon Harmer 4778
2 Mohammad Rizwan 3943
3 Moeen Ali 3449
4 Babar Azam 3238
5 Rishabh Pant 3131
6 Quinton De Kock 2990
7 Glenn Maxwell 2838
8 Ben Stokes 2724
9 Joe Root 2648
10 Jonny Bairstow 2593
11 Marnus Labuschagne 2534
12 Matt Critchley 2473
13 Pat Cummins 1943
14 David Warner 1942
15 KL Rahul 1864
16 Hasan Ali 1831
17 Kyle Jamieson 1547
18 Steve Smith 1495
19 Travis Head 1398
20 Bhanuka Rajapaksa 1056
21 Kane Williamson 780

Mohammad Rizwan - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Lots of cricket this week so quite a healthy weekly list from all over the globe.

Weekly

1. Mohammad Rizwan - 254 - Only at the start of this month, the naysayers were saying nay about Rizwan's position in this team.... he has since pulled off a series of blinders. His first two T20 innings against England have been exceptional.

2. Babar Azam - 239 - His three T20s this week have gone OK, phenomenal and crap in that order.... that T20 century sees him finish in second for the week.

3. Simon Harmer - 218 - Not often Harmer gets a five-fer and doesn't get Cricketer of the Week...in fact it's not often the Harmer plays and doesn't get Cricketer of the Week. Yet here we are.... just a third-place spot for his penultimate County Championship game of the season.

4. Moeen Ali - 152 - I'll say it before and I'll say it again. Give Moeen a run of T20 games and he will always end up in the Top 5. Will make hay during the T20 World Cup. His 25 ball 55 yesterday will largely be forgotten but was a thing of beauty.

5. KL Rahul - 115 - Seems like forever ago that Rahul was tearing up the points totals in the IPL. Has stuttered dramatically since then but pops up to say hello in this week's Top 5. '

Overall

1. Simon Harmer - 4521 - Harmers 21st week in top spot BUT despite being active this week and finishing in the Top 3 for most points his lead on second place decreased again. With only one more County Championship game left is a lead of 809 points likely to be enough?

2. Mohammad Rizwan - 3712 - Another great week for the Pakistan batter. His lead on 3rd place is now up to 423 points - only two gaps are bigger (809 between him and first place & 499 between Matt Critchley in 12th and David Warer in 13th)

3.Moeen Ali - Now has spent a month in third place and has outperformed fourth place in all four of those weeks. Despite this his 168 point lead still looks meagre.

4. Rishabh Pant - 3121 - A poor Asia Cup and then an invisible start to the India vs Australia series sees him hold onto 4th place....but needs to look over his shoulder.

5. Babar Azam - 3046 - Back to claim the 5th place position he lost three weeks ago. The difference is that this week he is closer to 4th than he is 6th. Could form an assault up the table.

Ones To Watch

Pat Cummins has drifted out of the Top 10 and down to 13th. Can he push his way back up? He is just 19 points behind David Warner to move into 13th.

Top Three Averages

1. Simon Harmer = 205.5 (Up from 204.91)
2. Ben Stokes = 151.33
3. Babar Azam = 145.05 (Up from 140.35)

Despite three weeks of a shrinking average, Babar has seen his average improve the most this week - up 4.7. Matt Critchley's feast or famine year has hit the famine stage and his average decreased by 6.86 to 128.47 per active week.

Top Players By Format


Long Form - Simon Harmer = 3806
One Day - Babar Azam = 1002
Short Form - Moeen Ali = 2893

Highest Points by Discipline

Runs - Mohammad Rizwan - 2122
Batting Bonus - Babar Azam = 430
Strike Rate - Moeen Ali = 680

Wickets - Simon Harmer = 2140
Wicket Bonus - Simon Harmer = 380
Economy - Simon Harmer = 960

Fielding - Rishabh Pant = 640
Fielding Bonus - Rishabh Pant = 110

Weekly List

Mohammad Rizwan 254
Babar Azam 239
Simon Harmer 218
Moeen Ali 152
KL Rahul 115
Hasan Ali 96
Steve Smith 63
Pat Cummins 24
Matt Critchley 5
Glenn Maxwell 1
Quinton De Kock 0

Kyle Jamieson dnp
Travis Head dnp
Jonny Bairstow dnp
David Warner dnp
Risabh Pant dnp
Ben Stokes dnp
Bhanuka Rajapaksa dnp
Marnus Labuschagne dnp
Joe Root dnp
Kane Williamson dnp

Overall

1 Simon Harmer 4521
2 Mohammad Rizwan 3712
3 Moeen Ali 3289
4 Rishabh Pant 3121
5 Babar Azam 3046
6 Quinton De Kock 2969
7 Glenn Maxwell 2832
8 Ben Stokes 2724
9 Joe Root 2648
10 Jonny Bairstow 2593
11 Marnus Labuschagne 2524
12 Matt Critchley 2441
13 David Warner 1942
14 Pat Cummins 1923
15 Hasan Ali 1787
16 KL Rahul 1771
17 Kyle Jamieson 1547
18 Steve Smith 1486
19 Travis Head 1314
20 Bhanuka Rajapaksa 1056
21 Kane Williamson 780