Kane Williamson - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Weekly Top 5

1. Kane Williamson - 283 - Has burst into life at just the right time to help New Zealand to surge into the Champions Trophy final. Despite being in our lists for 5 (non-consecutive) years, this is only the second time he has top-scored for the week.

2. Heinrich Klaasen - 137 - Hampered by injury at the start of the tournament but left his mark on the tournament with a half century against England.

3. Ravindra Jadeja - 118 - Slim pickings for Jadeja again this week, only bolstered by the fact he has played two games.

4. Nat Sciver-Brunt - 115 - Not as prodigious as the last fortnight but still her 4th successive active week of scores in the hundreds.

5. Chamari Athapaththu - 71 - Back in action after a non-starter of a WIPL; the theme continued with a wash out in the first ODI against New Zealand but two wickets see her back on the board once more.

Overall Top 5

1. Nat Sciver-Brunt - 1176 - A second week in top spot for NSB. Her Mumbai team are in good form and that is largely down to her.

2. Kane Williamson - 1027 - Just as last week saw Nat Sciver Brunt surge up the table, Williamson has done the same. He was in 7th last week and has now surged up to second spot. Seems unlikely that he would get the 149 he needs to take top spot in the final....but not impossible

3. Sam Curran - 997 - Curran counting down the days to the start of the IPL. Dropping a position every inactive week.

4. Wanindu Hasaranga - 980 - Inactive again and down to 4th spot, his lowest placing in a month.

5. Ravindra Jadeja - 948 - Down to fifth place despite finishing third for the week. Has a 101 point jump on Annabel Sutherland in 6th; the 4th biggest gap on the List.

Other Movers

Modest performances from our underperforming Aussies, Zampa and Head, sees them move up a place each. The spinner is up to 12th with the batter in 15th,

Top 3 Averages

1. Sam Curran = 199.4
2. Nicholas Pooran - 165.75.
3. Wanindu Hasaranga - 163.33

Kane Williamson's weekly winner sees his average up by 22.09 to 128.38. Chamari Athapaththu loses her top three berth for the first time in 2025, her average is down to 162 per active week.

Top Players By Format

Red Ball - Ravindra Jadeja - 488
One Day - Kane Williamson - 644
Short Form - Sam Curran - 997

Top Players by Discipline

* = New Name

Runs - *Kane Williamson = 647
Batting Bonus - *Kane Williamson = 140
Strike Rate -Sam Curran - 210

Wickets - Wanindu Hasaranga = 500
Wicket Bonus - Ravindra Jadeja - 100
Economy - *Ravindra Jadeja = 220

Fielding - Phil Salt = 170
Fielding Bonus -Phil Salt - 20

Weekly List In Full

Kane Williamson 283
Heinrich Klaasen 137
Ravindra Jadeja 118
Nat Sciver-Brunt 115
Chamari Athapaththu 71
Travis Head 59
Adam Zampa 57
Annabel Sutherland 50
Jos Buttler 21
Harry Brook 19
Liam Livingstone 9
Phil Salt 8
Jamie Smith 0

Jasprit Bumrah dnp
Saim Ayub dnp
Rishabh Pant dnp
Nicholas Pooran dnp
Yashavi Jaiwal dnp
Wanindu Hasaranga dnp
Sam Curran dnp
Liam Dawson dnp
Pathum Nissanka dnp
Suryakumar Yadav dnp
Babar Azam dnp

Overall List in Full

1 Nat Sciver-Brunt 1176
2 Kane Williamson 1027
3 Sam Curran 997
4 Wanindu Hasaranga 980
5 Ravindra Jadeja 948
6 Annabel Sutherland 847
7 Chamari Athapaththu 810
8 Nicholas Pooran 663
9 Phil Salt 654
10 Heinrich Klaasen 653
11 Jos Buttler 570
12 Adam Zampa 538
13 Liam Dawson 537
14 Babar Azam 473
15 Travis Head 419
16 Liam Livingstone 406
17 Harry Brook 288
18 Suryakumar Yadav 250
19 Rishabh Pant 209
20 Pathum Nissanka 199
21 Jasprit Bumrah 112
22 Yashavi Jaiwal 102
23 Jamie Smith 82
24 Saim Ayub 0

Nat Sciver-Brunt - The Best Cricketer of the Week....again

 

Weekly Top 5

1. Nat Sciver-Brunt - 327 - Absolutely stormed the Weekly Top 5 this week with her nearest competitor 216 points below her. Is in such fine from for Mumbai Indians Women; she is the highest run scorer and the fifth highest wicket taker.

2. Jos Buttler - 111- A second place finish for Jos Buttler. What a week England must be having. I can't wait to check out how they've done in the Champions Trophy. 

3. Liam Livingstone - 104 - 67% of his total this week came from the ball rather than the bat....never mind though....all points count and England will need performances all over the scorecard to have success in the Champions Trophy. 

4. Annabel Sutherland - Not aa prolific as her 213 last week but enough to finish fourth on a low scoring week. She was not helped by only featuring in a solitary WIPL game.

5. Harry Brook - 48 - On a low scoring week, a mere 48 points are enough to see you in fifth place. A massive success for a surely resurgent Harry Brook. 

Overall Top 5

1. Nat Sciver Brunt - 1061 - 2 weeks ago, NSB was 542 away from the 1000 point mark and had 10 players between her and first. After two List topping weeks she is now the first player over 100 and up to first.

2. Sam Curran - 997 - Inactive for the second week and down a place to second.

3. Wanindu Hasaranga - 980n - Inactive this week and down to his spiritual home of 3rd spot; he has spent 5 of the last 8 weeks in third.

4. Ravindra Jadeja - 830 - Only 40 points for Jadeja this week and drops down a place to fourth.

5. Annabel Sutherland - 797 - Her 76 points from this week just nudges her into a Top 5 place at the expense of the perennially inactive Chamari Athapaththu.

Top 3 Averages

1. Sam Curran = 199.4
2. Chamari Athapaththu - 189.75
3. Nicholas Pooran - 165.75.

Some big old swings this week, NSB is up 29.24 to 151.57 points an active week whilst Travis Head drops by 28 points to 90.

Top Players By Format

Red Ball - Ravindra Jadeja - 488
One Day - Kane Williamson - 361
Short Form - Sam Curran - 997

Top Players by Discipline

* = New Name

Runs - *Nat Sciver-Brunt = 481
Batting Bonus - *Nat Sciver-Brunt = 100
Strike Rate -Sam Curran - 210

Wickets - Wanindu Hasaranga = 500
Wicket Bonus - Ravindra Jadeja - 100
Economy - Wanindu Hasaranga = 210

Fielding - Phil Salt = 170
Fielding Bonus -Phil Salt - 20

Weekly List In Full

Nat Sciver-Brunt 327
Jos Buttler 111
Liam Livingstone 104
Annabel Sutherland 73
Harry Brook 48
Adam Zampa 40
Ravindra Jadeja 40
Babar Azam 33
Kane Williamson 25
Jamie Smith 24
Phil Salt 22
Travis Head 6

Jasprit Bumrah dnp
Saim Ayub dnp
Rishabh Pant dnp
Chamari Athapaththu dnp
Nicholas Pooran dnp
Yashavi Jaiwal dnp
Wanindu Hasaranga dnp
Sam Curran dnp
Liam Dawson dnp
Pathum Nissanka dnp
Suryakumar Yadav dnp
Heinrich Klaasen dnp

Overall List In Full

1 Nat Sciver-Brunt 1061
2 Sam Curran 997
3 Wanindu Hasaranga 980
4 Ravindra Jadeja 830
5 Annabel Sutherland 797
6 Chamari Athapaththu 759
7 Kane Williamson 744
8 Nicholas Pooran 663
9 Phil Salt 646
10 Jos Buttler 549
11 Liam Dawson 537
12 Heinrich Klaasen 516
13 Adam Zampa 481
14 Babar Azam 473
15 Liam Livingstone 397
16 Travis Head 360
17 Harry Brook 269
18 Suryakumar Yadav 250
19 Rishabh Pant 209
20 Pathum Nissanka 199
21 Jasprit Bumrah 112
22 Yashavi Jaiwal 102
23 Jamie Smith 82
24 Saim Ayub 0

Nat Sciver-Brunt - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Just seven active cricketers this week so only enough for a Top 3.

Weekly Top 3

1. Nat Sciver-Brunt = 277 - Was the stand out performer for insipid England and now she's playing with proper cricketers is shining once more. Only played two games this week but got half centuries in both.

2. Annabel Sutherland - 213 - 5 wickets and 73 runs from 3 WIPL games is decent fair for the Aussie all-rounder. Sees her leap up 6 places in the Overall List to 6th place.

3. Babar Azam - 123 - Criticism continues to swirl around Pakistan's ex-captain however he does enough to get him bronze medal for the week and moves up two places to 13th overall.

Overall Top 5

1. Sam Curran - 997 - Can thank an incredibly static Top 5 for his third consecutive week in top spot.

2. Wanindu Hasaranga - 980 - Parked a long way in front of the other 22 players on the List....but is just that.....parked.

3. Ravindra Jadeja - 790 - Improves his overall score this week by a rather underwhelming 20 points. The gap between himself and second place is still the largest of any gap in the List; standing at 190 points.

4. Chamari Athapaththu - 759 - Surprisingly inactive from the WIPL thus far...and, perhaps as a result of this, as expressed her intention of leaving the tournament early to represent Sri Lanka in their forthcoming tour of New Zealand in just over a week's time.

5. Nat Sciver-Brunt - 734 - Tops the scores for the week and subsequently surges up from 11th to 5th. Athapaththu, herself and Annabel Sutherland form an all-female 4th, 5th, and 6th with only 38 points between them.

Other Movers

Only two players scored fewer than him this week, but Suryakumar Yadav's 53 was enough to see him move up three places to 17th.

Ones To Watch

There is currently a single point between Champions Trophy duo, Babar Azam and Adam Zampa. Will the batter or the bowler do better this week?

Top 3 Averages

1. Sam Curran = 199.4
2. Chamari Athapaththu - 189.75
3. Nicholas Pooran - 165.75.

Ravindra Jadeja's poor score sees him relinquish his top three spot to Nicholas Pooran. He now averages 158 points a week. NSB moves up the most with her average of 123.33 30.93 greater than last week.

Top Players By Format

*=New Name

Red Ball - Ravindra Jadeja - 488
One Day - *Kane Williamson - 336
Short Form - Sam Curran - 997

Top Players by Discipline

Runs - Kane Williamson = 459
Batting Bonus - *Kane Willamson = 90
Strike Rate -Sam Curran - 210

Wickets - Wanindu Hasaranga = 500
Wicket Bonus - Ravindra Jadeja - 100
Economy - Wanindu Hasaranga = 210

Fielding - Phil Salt = 170
Fielding Bonus -Phil Salt - 20

Weekly List in Full

Nat Sciver-Brunt 277
Annabel Sutherland 213
Babar Azam 123
Kane Williamson 75
Suryakumar Yadav 53
Ravindra Jadeja 20
Heinrich Klaasen 0

Jasprit Bumrah dnp
Saim Ayub dnp
Rishabh Pant dnp
Chamari Athapaththu dnp
Jamie Smith dnp
Nicholas Pooran dnp
Yashavi Jaiwal dnp
Wanindu Hasaranga dnp
Sam Curran dnp
Travis Head dnp
Phil Salt dnp
Liam Livingstone dnp
Adam Zampa dnp
Jos Buttler dnp
Harry Brook dnp
Liam Dawson dnp
Pathum Nissanka dnp

Overall List In Full

1 Sam Curran 997
2 Wanindu Hasaranga 980
3 Ravindra Jadeja 790
4 Chamari Athapaththu 759
5 Nat Sciver-Brunt 734
6 Annabel Sutherland 721
7 Kane Williamson 719
8 Nicholas Pooran 663
9 Phil Salt 624
10 Liam Dawson 537
11 Heinrich Klaasen 516
12 Adam Zampa 441
13 Babar Azam 440
14 Jos Buttler 438
15 Travis Head 354
16 Liam Livingstone 293
17 Suryakumar Yadav 250
18 Harry Brook 221
19 Rishabh Pant 209
20 Pathum Nissanka 199
21 Jasprit Bumrah 112
22 Yashavi Jaiwal 102
23 Jamie Smith 58
24 Saim Ayub 0