2026 All Year Fantasy Competition

[The Professor]

Weekly Top 5

1. Shubman Gill - 269 - Bit of a blockbuster week for the Gujarat captain as he scores 149 runs in two games to grab his first Cricketer of the Week in almost two years. He is now joint 6th on the All Time List alongside Moeen Ali and Joe Root with 11.

2. Jos Buttler - 244 - Identical scores of 57 across his two IPL fixtures this week sees Buttler with his biggest score of the year. Really has used the IPL to dispel his World Cup Critics. Nobody has scored more than his 1141 points since the IPL began.

3. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 239 - The Vaib Train rumbles on after two weeks of lower scores he is back on the 200+ trail with some fierce batting over his two IPL games.

4.Mehidy Hasan Miraz - 163 - Down on last week's score but was still an instrumental cog in Bangladesh's fifth consecutive Test win. He also is now the highest averaging Red Ball Cricketer on our List with 208 and a half points per Test.

5. Harry Brook - 157 - A rather astonishing turn of events where Brook has scored 4% of his weekly score with the bat and 86% of his total with the ball in hand. All points count....despite how unlikely.

Overall Top 5

1. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 2352 - Still keeps his lead close to half a thousand points despite significant movement below him. Shows no sign of allowing anybody else so much as a look in,

2. Jos Buttler - 1870 - Moves up to his highest position so far. Could the 2024 Cricketer of the Year be mounting a return to the top of the tree?

3. Aiden Markram - 1690 - Those poor scores really have caught up with him. Since the start of the IPL he averages just 56.38 points - about the same as Nicholas Pooran (52.75.) Down to 3rd.

4. Saim Ayub - 1591 - Inactive again this week but holds on to 4th.

5. Simon Harmer - 1524 - Rounds off the first block of County Championship game with his most unimpressive score - 75 - but still manages to move into the Top 5 at the expense of the injured De Kock.

Highest Weekly Average

1. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi = 180.92 (Up from 176.08)
2. Nat Sciver-Brunt = 163.6
3. Simon Harmer- 138.55 (Down from 144.9)

Gll's big score sees hm up 14.48 points to 124.18. For the second week in a row Paul Walter's average drops the most - this week down 11.07 to 63.33.

Highest Average Points per Game

* = New Name

Red Ball- *Mehidy Hasan Miiraz = 208.5
One Day - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi = 108.5
Short Form - Nat Sciver-Brunt = 101.57

Highest Points by Format

Red Ball- Simon Harmer = 1534
One Day - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 1302
Short Form - *Jos Buttler = 1768

Highest Points by Discipline

Runs - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 1322
Batting Bonus - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi- 260
Strike Rate - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi- 660

Wickets - Marco Jansen = 580
Wicket Bonus = Simon Harmer = 100
Economy - Simon Harmer= 400

Fielding - Jos Buttler = 380
Fielding Bonus - Quinton De Kock & Jos Buttler = 20

Weekly Scores in Full

Shubman Gill 269
Jos Buttler 244
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 239
Mehidy Hasan Miraz 163
Harry Brook 157
Nicholas Pooran 88
Simon Harmer 75
Liam Dawson 39
Sophie Ecclestone 27
Aiden Markram 10
Paul Walter 8
Travis Head 6

Sam Curran dnp
Rachin Ravindra dnp
Phil Salt dnp
Quinton de Kock dnp
Nat Sciver-Brunt dnp
Saim Ayub dnp
Michael Bracewell dnp
Pathum Nissanka dnp
Ravindra Jadeja dnp
Marco Jansen dnp

Overall List

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 2352
Jos Buttler 1870
Aiden Markram 1690
Saim Ayub 1591
Simon Harmer 1524
Quinton de Kock 1470
Shubman Gill 1366
Pathum Nissanka 1325
Harry Brook 1294
Travis Head 1230
Marco Jansen 1194
Sam Curran 1156
Mehidy Hasan Miraz 1156
Ravindra Jadeja 1054
Liam Dawson 1045
Phil Salt 822
Nat Sciver-Brunt 818
Rachin Ravindra 806
Michael Bracewell 690
Nicholas Pooran 614
Sophie Ecclestone 440
Paul Walter 380

Headlines

Gill's big score sees The Professor up 2 places this week
Ginger looks in the most trouble with both of his players not featuring and on the slide.

Weekly Points

The Professor 269
RT 250
Red Devil 239
The Prof Sr. 163
MIB 157
DFM 114
Sussex 88
RDJ 27
Andy 18
GingerPele 0
Arthur 0

Overall Points

1 Red Devil 3508
2 RT 3100
3 MIB 2876
4 The Professor 2691
5 The Prof Sr. 2628
6 DFM 2569
7 Andy 2070
8 GingerPele 1962
9 Arthur 1572
10 RDJ 1494
11 Sussex 1420

[Arthur Crabtree]

Weird how English players disappear in the English summer.

[The Professor]

The final full week of the IPL sees the most points scored since February.

Weekly Top 5

1. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 337 - Running out of things to say now. Has 5 Cricketer of the Week awards in 5 months. For perspective Kane Williamson spent 5 years in our Lists, Steve Smith and Phil Salt have had 3, Pat Cummins have had 2 ....all have won less times.

2. Sam Curran - 213 - Back with a bang in the Blast. Second place just through batting as he eases himself back into full fitness. Frightening scores for someone performing below his full ability.

3. Paul Walter - 199 - Tall Paul started the week in bottom position but has hauled himself into 21st place courtesy of a week where he scored 109 runs across two Blast games. He even took the ball....admittedly earning nothing from it.

4. Shubman Gill - 186 - Was a massive let down on a poor night for Gujarat in the Qualifier. More than made up for it with a century against Rajasthan. Moves up to 6th spot.

5. Simon Harmer- 176 - Basically got this from 2 games having contributed with neither bat nor ball in Friday's game. T20 isn;t his natural format so a Top 5 finish will do very nicely.

Overall Top 5

1. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 2689 - A huge 712 point lead on second now but......the imminent future looks unclear now he is out of the IPL. He has played 14 weeks of cricket this year - the 5th most of anyone. Where and when will he next play as regularly?

2. Jos Buttler - 1977 - 2 games this week and a 100+ score but not the impactful one he needed to force his agenda. Has put a nice little gap on third place though.

3. Simon Harmer - 1700 - Continues his meteoric rise. He only broke into the Top 5 last week and manages to overleap fourth and move into Bronze medal position.

4. Aiden Markram - 1690 - Sat out the end of the IPL and moves down to fourth.

5. Saim Ayub - 1552 - Approaching a month since his last cricket. If Gill scores 39 points in the IPL final he overtakes his rival.

Highest Weekly Average

1. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi = 192.07 (Up from 180.92)
2. Nat Sciver-Brunt = 163.6
3. Simon Harmer- 141.67 - (Up from 138.55)

Having spent two weeks as the biggest loser, Paul Walter moves back to basically the same spot by improving his average by 19.38 this week. Liam Dawson moves down by 4,54 to 82.54.

Highest Average Points per Game

Red Ball- Mehidy Hasan Miiraz = 208.5
One Day - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi = 108.5
Short Form - Nat Sciver-Brunt = 101.57

Highest Points by Format

Red Ball- Simon Harmer = 1534
One Day - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 1302
Short Form - Jos Buttler = 1875

Highest Points by Discipline

Runs - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 1519
Batting Bonus - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi- 300
Strike Rate - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi- 740

Wickets - Marco Jansen = 620
Wicket Bonus = Simon Harmer = 100
Economy - Simon Harmer= 430

Fielding - Jos Buttler = 410
Fielding Bonus - Quinton De Kock & Jos Buttler = 20

Weekly List In Full

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 337
Sam Curran 213
Paul Walter 199
Shubman Gill 186
Simon Harmer 176
Rachin Ravindra 151
Ravindra Jadeja 136
Jos Buttler 107
Travis Head 93
Sophie Ecclestone 73
Marco Jansen 50
Liam Dawson 28
Nicholas Pooran 2

Phil Salt dnp
Quinton de Kock dnp
Nat Sciver-Brunt dnp
Saim Ayub dnp
Michael Bracewell dnp
Pathum Nissanka dnp
Mehidy Hasan Miraz dnp
Harry Brook dnp
Aiden Markram dnp

Overall List In Full

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 2689
Jos Buttler 1977
Simon Harmer 1700
Aiden Markram 1690
Saim Ayub 1591
Shubman Gill 1552
Quinton de Kock 1470
Sam Curran 1369
Pathum Nissanka 1325
Travis Head 1323
Harry Brook 1294
Marco Jansen 1244
Ravindra Jadeja 1190
Mehidy Hasan Miraz 1156
Liam Dawson 1073
Rachin Ravindra 957
Phil Salt 822
Nat Sciver-Brunt 818
Michael Bracewell 690
Nicholas Pooran 616
Paul Walter 579
Sophie Ecclestone 513

Headlines

RD has the best week and is closing in on a 1000 point lead
MIB and TPS has nothing to crow about with all of their players losing positions as they also drop a place each.

Weekly Scores

Red Devil 550
RDJ 209
DFM 204
RT 200
Andy 199
The Professor 186
Sussex 153
GingerPele 50
The Prof Sr. 0
MIB 0
Arthur 0

Overall Scores

Red Devil 4058
RT 3300
The Professor 2877
MIB 2876
DFM 2773
The Prof Sr. 2628
Andy 2269
GingerPele 2012
RDJ 1703
Sussex 1573
Arthur 1572

[The Professor]

Bit of a lull in points after the IPL but still enough action for a Weekly Top 5

Weekly Top 5

1. Liam Dawson - 408 - In the 14 T20 games that Dawson has played up until this week he has scored 459 points - this week he scored 408 in three. What is more he also moves up an insane 8 places in the Overall List to 7th.

=2. Pathum Nissanka - 99 - Announced he was giving up the LPL to undergo surgery but was fit enough in his half century in Sri Lanka's ODI win over West Indies.

=2. Sam Curran = 99 - After coming out of the block all guns blazing last week he had a more sanguine week this week with one short of a hundred in 3 games.

4. Paul Walter - 81 - Just the single game for Essex this week but another decent score sees him into fourth. He has the 7th most points of anybody since the start of the County Championship.

5. Mehidy Hasan Miraz - 51 - Two wickets and a contribution in the field is enough to get you in the Top 5 in this lean scoring week.

Overall Top 5

1. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 2689 - After a very busy 21 weeks, Vaibhav can rest on his 683 point laurels a little bit.

2. Jos Buttler - 2006 - Just 29 points in an underwhelming IPL final for Buttler.....will be back in action over the English summer to continue to put pressure on that top spot.

3. Simon Harmer - 1744 - 44 points in a more characteristic T20 Blast week for Harmer. Zero immediate pressure below him though so no sweat.

4.Aiden Markram - 1591 - Inactive this week but holds 4th place.

5. Saim Ayub - 1591 - Is very thankful that Gill had such a poor IPL final. Holds his place in the top 5 by just 29 points.

Ones To Watch

Curran has so much cricket to play over this Summer and is 2 points away from 8th, 12 away from 7th, 92 from 6th and (more aspirationally) 320 from 3rd.

Highest Weekly Average

1. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi = 192.07 (Up from 180.92)
2. Nat Sciver-Brunt = 163.6
3. Simon Harmer- 134.15 (Down from 141.67)

Liam Dawson dropped the most last week but has mroe than made up for it with a bump of 23.17 to 105.71. Gill is down the most - minus 9.18 to 120.15.

Highest Average Points per Game

Red Ball- Mehidy Hasan Miiraz = 208.5
One Day - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi = 108.5
Short Form - Nat Sciver-Brunt = 101.57

Highest Points by Format

Red Ball- Simon Harmer = 1534
One Day - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 1302
Short Form - Jos Buttler = 1904

Highest Points by Discipline

* = New Name

Runs - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 1519
Batting Bonus - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi- 300
Strike Rate - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi- 740

Wickets - *Liam Dawson = 640
Wicket Bonus = Simon Harmer = 100
Economy - Simon Harmer= 430

Fielding - Jos Buttler = 410
Fielding Bonus - Quinton De Kock & Jos Buttler = 20

Headlines

Inarguably DFM is the star of the week with his Dawson related surge.
Myself and MIB drop a place accordingly.

Weekly Scores

DFM 452
The Professor 109
Red Devil 99
Andy 81
The Prof Sr. 51
RDJ 50
RT 29
Sussex 0
GingerPele 0
MIB 0
Arthur 0

Overall Scores

Red Devil 4157
RT 3329
DFM 3225
The Professor 2986
MIB 2876
The Prof Sr. 2679
Andy 2350
GingerPele 2012
RDJ 1753
Sussex 1573
Arthur 1572

[Durhamfootman]

excellent points for Dawson..... and he absolutely does bloody owe me

hunting down the Red twins, but still miles and miles behind Red. Hopefully the boy wonder will go back to sleep for a few months. He's probably got exams and proms coming up, so he'll need to keep himself fresh for all those other things

cheers Prof

[Arthur Crabtree]

Presume Salt is sitting on a bench in India.

[Durhamfootman]

He dropped out of his IPL side, so I assumed he'd been injured, rather than any overt attempt by RCB to give Bethell some time in the middle for England

[The Professor]

Forget the full Lists

For the Week

Liam Dawson 408
Pathum Nissanka 99
Sam Curran 99
Paul Walter 81
Mehidy Hasan Miraz 51
Sophie Ecclestone 50
Simon Harmer 44
Jos Buttler 29
Shubman Gill 10

Phil Salt dnp
Quinton de Kock dnp
Nat Sciver-Brunt dnp
Saim Ayub dnp
Michael Bracewell dnp
Harry Brook dnp
Aiden Markram dnp
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi dnp
Rachin Ravindra dnp
Ravindra Jadeja dnp
Travis Head dnp
Marco Jansen dnp
Nicholas Pooran dnp

Overall List

1 Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 2689
2 Jos Buttler 2006
3 Simon Harmer 1744
4 Aiden Markram 1690
5 Saim Ayub 1591
6 Shubman Gill 1562
7 Liam Dawson 1480
8 Quinton de Kock 1470
9 Sam Curran 1468
10 Pathum Nissanka 1424
11 Travis Head 1323
12 Harry Brook 1294
13 Marco Jansen 1244
14 Mehidy Hasan Miraz 1207
15 Ravindra Jadeja 1190
16 Rachin Ravindra 957
17 Phil Salt 822
18 Nat Sciver-Brunt 818
19 Michael Bracewell 690
20 Paul Walter 660
21 Nicholas Pooran 616
22 Sophie Ecclestone 563