Babar Azam - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Weekly Top 5

1. Babar Azam - 291 - A big score against Afghanistan and a huge score against Nepal sees Azam get his fourth Cricketer of the Week award. He is now in second place of all time COTWs with 15 in his 4 years on the List.

2. Jos Buttler - 203 - Started the week incredibly strongly....and got incrementally lower scores as the week went on. Still a very decent weekly score.

3. Devon Conway - 94 - Got a decent score in the unsuccessful Eliminator of The Hundred and then failed to show up in the first T20I against England. A very low third place score this week.

4. Harry Brook - 94 - Started his T20I series against New Zealand well with a score of 43* at a decent lick. Has three more bites of that particular cherry before next week's update.

5. Shakib Al Hasan - 75 - A quiet Asia Cup debut for the (kinda) new Bangladesh captain. just pops head into Top 5 in a week where a modest score saw you finish in the Top half of the Weekly List.

Overall Top 5

1. Shakib Al Hasan - 3942 - Is scoring modestly over the last few weeks ( 67, 221, 47, 75) but is taking advantage of Harmer's inactivity to open a lead on second. He now has 210 points between him and the silver medal.

2. Simon Harmer - 3732 - His final week of inactivity before he returns to his beloved County Championship action. A good week will see him back into first place.

3. Jos Buttler - 3639 - despite a 200+ score he just narrows the gap to 2nd place. It is now a mere 93 points with two T20Is vs New Zealand for Buttler to get his teeth in to.

4. Shubman Gill - 3424 - His two weeks off has only seen him drop from 3rd to 4th. He should have played at least 2 Asia Cup games between now and next week's update but 214 points to 3rd place is a big leap.

5. Sam Curran - 3310 - S. Curran was so impressive in the middle patch of The Hundred (but then tailed away at the business end with scores of 48 last week and 50 this week - including the first T20I against New Zealand. Has a gap of 68 on Rashid Khan in 6th.

Top 3 Averages

1. Shakib Al Hasan - 171.39 (Down from 175.77)
2. Simon Harmer - 169.63
3. Ravindra Jadeja - 165

Babar Azam's highest scoring week sees his average up to the most - up 8.1 points 145.16. Jonny Bairstow's fluctuating form sees his average tumble back down to 91.92 - a decrease of 7.99.

Points By Format

*=New Name

Long Form - Simon Harmer = 2616
One Day - Shakib Al Hasan = 1323
Short Form = *Jos Buttler = 2943

Jos Buttler breaks Rashid Khan's 24 week tenure as the highest Short Format point scorer.

Points By Discipline

* = New Name

Runs - Shubman Gill = 2184
Batting Bonus - *Babar Azam = 420
Strike Rate - Jos Buttler = 750

Wickets - Rashid Khan = 1580
Wicket Bonus - Simon Harmer = 250
Economy - Simon Harmer = 710

Fielding - Jos Buttler = 570
Fielding Bonus - Jonny Bairstow = 90

Weekly List in Full

Babar Azam 291
Jos Buttler 203
Devon Conway 94
Harry Brook 83
Shakib Al Hasan 75
Marco Jansen 70
Rashid Khan 56
Sam Curran 50
Moeen Ali 20
Jonny Bairstow 4

Rishabh Pant dnp
Cam Green dnp
Usman Khawaja dnp
Pat Cummins dnp
Ravindra Jadeja dnp
Simon Harmer dnp
Shubman Gill dnp
Suryakumar Yadav dnp
Hardik Pandya dnp
David Warner dnp


Overall list in Full

1 Shakib Al Hasan 3942
2 Simon Harmer 3732
3 Jos Buttler 3639
4 Shubman Gill 3424
5 Sam Curran 3310
6 Rashid Khan 3242
7 Ravindra Jadeja 3135
8 Devon Conway 3082
9 Babar Azam 2758
10 Suryakumar Yadav 2344
11 Moeen Ali 2275
12 Hardik Pandya 2234
13 Harry Brook 2151
14 Marco Jansen 1929
15 Usman Khawaja 1690
16 Cam Green 1653
17 David Warner 1583
18 Pat Cummins 1286
19 Jonny Bairstow 1103

Jos Buttler - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Top 5 for the Week

1. Jos Buttler - 230 - His points had been gradually declining throughout The Hundred but was back in a big way this week; with 120 runs across two games. This is his third Cricketer of the Week performance making 2023 the best of his three years on our Lists.

2. Harry Brook - 187 - Scored his obligatory century in each Short Format franchise competition he plays in and gets second place. If it wasn't for the flop against Manchester he could have bagged his first Cricketer of the Week.

3. Jonny Bairstow - 124 - Had two awful games last week and scored 3 points. This week he performed 4100% better and finished third.

4. Devon Conway - 120 - Is rather enjoying his time at The Rose Bowl. He has scored triple figure point scores in back to back weeks this week and finishes fourth once more.

5. Moeen Ali - 116 - Back in the points again and, inexplicably, still creeping up the Overall Table. Despite having the second worst average points per active week (86.73) He is now up to 11th place. Having only missed 8 weeks of cricket also helps.

Overall Top 5

1. Shakib Al Hasan - 3867 - Despite scoring the lowest score of any active player this week (47) Shakib manages to extend his lead in first to 135. He has one Asia Cup game against Sri Lanka before next week's deadline to extend that lead.

2. Simon Harmer - 3732 - Inactive this week and will be inactive next week due to Essex's elimination from the Metro Bank One Day Cup. He has a 296 point lead on third place; will that be enough?

3. Jos Buttler - 3436 - His weekly high score sees him to his highest Overall placement in a month. Is guaranteed at least 1 (maybe 2 games) over the next week.

4. Shubman Gill - 3424 - Down one place to fourth. Inactive this week and will also be inactive next week before having two games the week after. With just 164 points off him and 5th spot he may descend further down the overall list.

5. Sam Curran - 3260 - Such are the ups and downs of cricket that Sam Curran scored the highest weekly total last week and then got the lowest one this week. It sees him drop a place overall to 5th.

Other Mover

Rashid Khan finished 6th this week and also moved up to 6th overall courtesy of the two lost ODIs to Pakistan.

Top 3 Averages

1. Shakib Al Hasan - 175.77 (Down from 181.9)
2. Simon Harmer - 169.63
3. Ravindra Jadeja - 165

Shakib Al Hasan's average topples by 6.13 but he still remains comfortably first for the year. Harry Brook's average gets a 4.43 boost thanks to that century vs the Welsh Fire.

Points By Format

Long Form - Simon Harmer = 2616
One Day - Shakib Al Hasan = 1248
Short Form = Rashid Khan = 2936

Points By Discipline

Runs - Shubman Gill = 2184
Batting Bonus - Shubman Gill = 400
Strike Rate - Jos Buttler = 720

Wickets - Rashid Khan = 1560
Wicket Bonus - Simon Harmer = 250
Economy - Simon Harmer = 710

Fielding - Jos Buttler = 520
Fielding Bonus - Jonny Bairstow = 90

Full Weekly List

Jos Buttler 230
Harry Brook 187
Jonny Bairstow 124
Devon Conway 120
Moeen Ali 116
Rashid Khan 92
Babar Azam 83
Sam Curran 48
Shakib Al Hasan 47

Rishabh Pant dnp
Marco Jansen dnp
Cam Green dnp
Usman Khawaja dnp
Pat Cummins dnp
Ravindra Jadeja dnp
Simon Harmer dnp
Shubman Gill dnp
Suryakumar Yadav dnp
Hardik Pandya dnp
David Warner dnp

Overall List

1 Shakib Al Hasan 3867
2 Simon Harmer 3732
3 Jos Buttler 3436
4 Shubman Gill 3424
5 Sam Curran 3260
6 Rashid Khan 3186
7 Ravindra Jadeja 3135
8 Devon Conway 2988
9 Babar Azam 2467
10 Suryakumar Yadav 2344
11 Moeen Ali 2255
12 Hardik Pandya 2234
13 Harry Brook 2068
14 Marco Jansen 1859
15 Usman Khawaja 1690
16 Cam Green 1653
17 David Warner 1583
18 Pat Cummins 1286
19 Jonny Bairstow 1099

Sam Curran - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 Weekly Top 5

1. Sam Curran - 230 - Showed his all round credentials in The Hundred this week with decent efforts with both bat and ball across his three fixtures. This is his second Cricketer of the Week of 2023.

2. Shakib Al Hasan - 221 - Played 4 matches in the LPL this week, and got a wicket in each...yet did not score above 20 in any. Despite finishing with the second highest points of the week, this total does seem a little underwhelming.

3. Simon Harmer - 151 - One wicket in all three Metro Bank One Day Cup games for Harmer, however his batting has let him down with a mere 11 runs across the games.

4. Devon Conway - 149 - Decent batting performances plus 60 points with the gloves sees Conway push into the Top 5.

5. Shubman Gill - 146 - Found his T20 Batting form for one game before promptly forgetting it again for the final T20 vs the West Indies. His score of 70 is enough to edge him into the Top 5.

Overall Top 5

1. Shakib Al Hasan - 3820 - Scored 70 points more than Simon Harmer this week to extend his lead to 88 points, however the LPL is at an end now and the Asia Cup doesn't start for a fortnight so he will struggle to hold on to top spot until then.

2. Simon Harmer - 3732 - Pootling along in his least favoured format. Within touching distance of first and a country mile away from 3rd. Mounting his charge, perhaps.

3. Shubman Gill - 3424 - Third once more - and you feel that may be his station for a little while. He is 308 points below second and 212 points above 4th.

4. Sam Curran - 3212 - His impressive week in The Hundred sees him move up into the Top 5 after he lost his place a month ago.

5. Jos Buttler - 3206 - A poor week for Buttler in The Hundred and he drops down to fifth. There is no real pressure from anyone below him so will be looking up rather than down.

Other Movers

Harry Brook is not doing terribly well in The Hundred but he manages to overtake the long-time inactive Marco Jansen into 13th place this week.

Ones To Watch

Two international team mates who are captaining different Hundred franchises have 6 points between them. Sam Curran's Oval Invincibles are doing much better than Jos Buttler's Manchester Originals...but they are both capable of big scores.

Top 3 Averages

1. Shakib Al Hasan - 181.9 (Up from 179.95_
2. Simon Harmer - 169.63 (Down from 170.52)
3. Ravindra Jadeja - 165

Sam Curran's top scoring week sees his average improve by 4.27 points to 118.96. Bairstow's ignominious return to The Hundred, coupled with his lack of active weeks means his average divebombs by ten and a half points to 97.5

Points By Format

Long Form - Simon Harmer = 2616
One Day - Shakib Al Hasan = 1248
Short Form = Rashid Khan = 2936

Points By Discipline

*=New Name

Runs - Shubman Gill = 2184
Batting Bonus - Shubman Gill = 400
Strike Rate - Jos Buttler = 670

Wickets - Rashid Khan & *Simon Harmer = 1520
Wicket Bonus - Simon Harmer = 250
Economy - Simon Harmer = 710

Fielding - Jos Buttler = 490
Fielding Bonus - Jonny Bairstow = 90

Full Weekly List

Sam Curran 230
Shakib Al Hasan 221
Simon Harmer 151
Devon Conway 149
Shubman Gill 146
Suryakumar Yadav 111
Moeen Ali 94
Jos Buttler 53
Babar Azam 46
Harry Brook 44
Hardik Pandya 24
David Warner 3

Rishabh Pant dnp
Marco Jansen dnp
Cam Green dnp
Jonny Bairstow dnp
Usman Khawaja dnp
Rashid Khan dnp
Pat Cummins dnp
Ravindra Jadeja dnp

Overall List

1 Shakib Al Hasan 3820
2 Simon Harmer 3732
3 Shubman Gill 3424
4 Sam Curran 3212
5 Jos Buttler 3206
6 Ravindra Jadeja 3135
7 Rashid Khan 3094
8 Devon Conway 2868
9 Babar Azam 2384
10 Suryakumar Yadav 2344
11 Hardik Pandya 2234
12 Moeen Ali 2139
13 Harry Brook 1881
14 Marco Jansen 1859
15 Usman Khawaja 1690
16 Cam Green 1653
17 David Warner 1583
18 Pat Cummins 1286
19 Jonny Bairstow 975