2025 All Year Fantasy Competition

[Durhamfootman]

I'll need a much bigger lead than that, come October

[The Professor]

Later update tomorrow as my mother in law is down so will do it after I've put little one to bed.

[The Professor]

Weekly Top 5

1. Jos Buttler - 253 - A personally very challenging week for Jos - but he did not let it impact his game. This is his fifth Cricketer of the Week - the same he got last year. He has never had more than 5 in a calendar year.

2. Nat Sciver-Brunt - 240 - Two half centuries in three games has seen NSB hit the ground running in The Hundred. Both of them came with 30 SR points a piece too.

3. Liam Livingstone - 230 - Certainly made a show of the fact he has silenced his critics after his 69 against The Oval. He has moved up two places from second bottom to fourth bottom with this week's haul.

4. Jamie Smith - 200 - Followed up his Cricketer of the Week last week with a round double hundred this week. The highlight of his week was his half century against Trent Bridge.

5. Annabel Sutherland - 188 - After breaking her long fallow period last week, Sutherland hits the Top 5 in her second week. Her highlight with the bat was 51 against London but she certainly helped her cause with 50 Fielding Points.

Overall Top 5

1. Sam Curran - 3312 - Broke his extraordinary run of 11 weeks scoring three figure scores but has a comfortable enough lead of 372 to allow for such slip ups.

2. Liam Dawson - 2940 - Just the two wickets across his three games for London this week...and he has a bit of scoreboard pressure from those below him. Will need a better week this week to keep second.

3. Jos Buttler - 2885 - Moves up a place thanks to his Cricketer of the Week feats. Only 55 points separate him from second place; a berth he lost 2 months ago.

4. Ravindra Jadeja - 2804 - His first inactive until the Asia Cup - I presume. He has a 64 point lead on 5th but then a huge 506 point lead on 6th so might stick around in the Top 5 until then.

5. Nat Sciver- Brunt - 2740 - Her big score this week keeps her in fifth but draws her closer to fourth and puts a massive gulch between the Top 5 and the chase pack - to the tune of 442 points.

Other Movers

Three players moved up a spot this week. Kane Williamson to 6th, Pathum Nissanka to 14th and (perhaps most notably) we have a new name at the foot of the table as Ayub leaves the position he has held for 27 of the last 28 weeks, He is replaced by Adam Zampa.

Ones to Watch

The two players closest to each other this week are both plying their trades captaining in rather unfashionable T20 leagues.Will Kane Williamson's Lodon side see him hold off a returning Nicholas Pooran?

Top 3 Averages

1. Sam Curran - 157.71 (Down from 161.4)
2. Nat Sciver-Brunt – 142.69 (Up from 138.89)
3. Chamari Athapaththu -143.6

Liam Dawson is doen the most - decreasing by 3.94 to 127.85. Perhaps most tellingly, Liam Livingstone's increase of 9.56, the most of anyone, still sees him with the lowest average of our 24 cricketers - 67.44.

Top Players By Format

Red Ball - Liam Dawson - 1652
One Day - Nat Sciver Brunt = 656
Short Form - Sam Curran = 2485

Top Players by Discipline

* = New Name

Runs - Jos Buttler = 1465
Batting Bonus - Nat Sciver-Brunt = 330
Strike Rate – Jos Buttler = 740

Wickets - Liam Dawson - 1160
Wicket Bonus - Wanindu Hasaranga = 140
Economy - Liam Dawson = 620

Fielding - *Jos Buttler = 420
Fielding Bonus -Phil Salt – 40

Weekly List In Full

Jos Buttler 253
Nat Sciver-Brunt 240
Liam Livingstone 230
Jamie Smith 200
Annabel Sutherland 188
Kane Williamson 128
Harry Brook 127
Phil Salt 125
Saim Ayub 118
Pathum Nissanka 110
Sam Curran 84
Babar Azam 76
Adam Zampa 61
Heinrich Klaasen 61
Liam Dawson 41

Chamari Athapaththu dnp
Suryakumar Yadav dnp
Wanindu Hasaranga dnp
Nicholas Pooran dnp
Travis Head dnp
Jasprit Bumrah dnp
Rishabh Pant dnp
Yashasvi Jaiwal dnp
Ravindra Jadeja dnp

Overall List In Full

1 Sam Curran 3312
2 Liam Dawson 2940
3 Jos Buttler 2885
4 Ravindra Jadeja 2804
5 Nat Sciver-Brunt 2740
6 Kane Williamson 2298
7 Nicholas Pooran 2287
8 Phil Salt 2258
9 Heinrich Klaasen 2018
10 Yashasvi Jaiwal 1904
11 Harry Brook 1888
12 Jamie Smith 1785
13 Wanindu Hasaranga 1696
14 Pathum Nissanka 1611
15 Suryakumar Yadav 1607
16 Annabel Sutherland 1473
17 Chamari Athapaththu 1436
18 Travis Head 1407
19 Rishabh Pant 1377
20 Babar Azam 1308
21 Liam Livingstone 1214
22 Jasprit Bumrah 1151
23 Saim Ayub 1079
24 Adam Zampa 1049

Headlines

Tonnes of movement this week.
Ginger is up by two with RDJ going in the reverse direction, whilst RD is zoning in on DFM.

Weekly Scores

GingerPele 428
Red Devil 314
RT 253
Andy 204
The Prof Sr. 200
Arthur 186
Sussex 127
MIB 118
The Professor 110
DD 61
DFM 41
RDJ 0

Total Scores

DFM 4646
Red Devil 4523
RT 4502
GingerPele 4216
Sussex 4175
RDJ 4090
Andy 3606
DD 3425
Arthur 3305
The Prof Sr. 3063
MIB 2977
The Professor 2762

[Durhamfootman]

time my boys got their fingers out

cheers Prof

[Arthur Crabtree]

Zampa has secured my customary bottom spot even though not catastrophically injured (see Pant, Bairstow) or on a career break (Williamson).

[Durhamfootman]

or a 6 month paternity break (Head.... the b@st@rd)

[The Professor]

Be a lunchtime update tomorrow with the Australia game and The Hundred games rolling over to next week's update

[The Professor]

Weekly Top 5

1. Sam Curran - 428 - Last August Curran scored the highest score of 2024...he may have just done the same thing for this year. Bloody loves The Hundred. This is his fourth Cricketer of the Week of 2025 making this his most successful year of his three on The List.

2. Liam Livingstone - 211- Using The Hundred as something of a redemption for what has been a pretty dire year. Has registered 441 points in the last 2 weeks and has gone up from 23rd to 19th in that time.

3. Annabel Sutherland - 190 -Another Top 5 score for the Aussie as she marks her return to cricket in style. She has moved up from 19th at the start of the competition to 14th now.

4. Jos Buttler - 143 - Continues his strong showing in The Hundred with a half century against the North to register back to back triple figure point scores.

5. Travis Head - 133 - Back in the Top 5 after a spell away but his score this week is from three matches so 133 seems rather underbaked. Add into this that almost half of that is from a very unusual 4-fer then there is some real questions about his batting.

Overall Top 5

1. Sam Curran - 3740- At the start of the week he had a lead of 340 on second place. He then scores the joint 17th highest score that anyone has scored in the seven and a half years we've done this and now has a gap of 712 on the chasing pack.

2. Jos Buttler - 3028 - Has used his impressive form in The Hundred to force his way up to second place. He will soon be joining back up with England for the final third of the year so could well launch an assault on the top spot.

3. Liam Dawson - 2972 - Seems like his spell with the England Test side kinda broke him. Before that foray against India he registered 139.42 points an active week...since then just 64.6. He is subsequently down a position.

4. Nat Sciver-Brunt - 2826 - After her great start to The Hundred, she had a quieter week this week...but still managed to move up a place to fourth.

5. Ravindra Jadeja - 2804 - Inactive again but a gap of 433 between himself and Kane Williamson in 6th.

Other Movers

Harry Brook scores 101 this week and manages to break the Top 10 for the first time. Adam Zampabags just 91 points from a T20 and an ODI versus West Indies but still relgates Saim Ayub back into bottom spot.

Top 3 Averages

1. Sam Curran - 170 (Up from 157.71)
2. Chamari Athapaththu -143.6
3. Nat Sciver-Brunt – 141.3 (Down from 142.69)

Sam Curran already had the best average and then scores nearly half a thousand points a week. Nicholas Pooran's poor start to the CPL sees his average drop by 4.95 to 122.11 a week.

Top Players By Format

Red Ball - Liam Dawson - 1652
One Day - Nat Sciver Brunt = 656
Short Form - Sam Curran = 2913

Top Players by Discipline

* = New Name

Runs - Jos Buttler = 1548
Batting Bonus - Nat Sciver-Brunt = 330
Strike Rate – Jos Buttler = 760

Wickets - Liam Dawson - 1180
Wicket Bonus - Wanindu Hasaranga & * Sam Curran = 140
Economy - Liam Dawson = 620

Fielding - Jos Buttler = 430
Fielding Bonus -Phil Salt – 40

Weekly List In Full

Sam Curran 428
Liam Livingstone 211
Annabel Sutherland 190
Jos Buttler 143
Travis Head 133
Heinrich Klaasen 119
Harry Brook 101
Adam Zampa 91
Nat Sciver-Brunt 86
Kane Williamson 73
Jamie Smith 71
Phil Salt 38
Nicholas Pooran 33
Liam Dawson 32

Chamari Athapaththu dnp
Suryakumar Yadav dnp
Wanindu Hasaranga dnp
Jasprit Bumrah dnp
Rishabh Pant dnp
Yashasvi Jaiwal dnp
Ravindra Jadeja dnp
Saim Ayub dnp
Pathum Nissanka dnp
Babar Azam dnp

Overall List In Full

Sam Curran 3740
Jos Buttler 3028
Liam Dawson 2972
Nat Sciver-Brunt 2826
Ravindra Jadeja 2804
Kane Williamson 2371
Nicholas Pooran 2320
Phil Salt 2296
Heinrich Klaasen 2137
Harry Brook 1989
Yashasvi Jaiwal 1904
Jamie Smith 1856
Wanindu Hasaranga 1696
Annabel Sutherland 1663
Pathum Nissanka 1611
Suryakumar Yadav 1607
Travis Head 1540
Chamari Athapaththu 1436
Liam Livingstone 1425
Rishabh Pant 1377
Babar Azam 1308
Jasprit Bumrah 1151
Adam Zampa 1140
Saim Ayub 1079

Headlines

Red Devil has emphatically taken the lead. Not just overtaking Durham but also putting 484 points between them.

Weekly Scores

Red Devil 639
GingerPele 276
DD 252
RT 143
Sussex 134
Arthur 129
Andy 73
The Prof Sr. 71
DFM 32
MIB 0
The Professor 0
RDJ 0

Overall Scores

Red Devil 5162
DFM 4678
RT 4645
GingerPele 4492
Sussex 4309
RDJ 4090
Andy 3679
DD 3677
Arthur 3434
The Prof Sr. 3134
MIB 2977
The Professor 2762

[Durhamfootman]

that b******* Curran again

I hate him

[Durhamfootman]

cheers Prof

[DiligentDefence]

that b******* Curran again

I hate him

You think you've got issues. I released him and kept Travis Head.

[The Professor]

Doing an early update again on Friday. Only Pathum Nissanka will miss out and I am at peace with that.

From next week onwards we will be at normal time as I'll be back at school and without the frivolity that the summer break has encumbered me with.

[Durhamfootman]

I hope you've enjoyed your break, Prof

[Arthur Crabtree]

Hope you enjoy your return to the chalkface...

[The Professor]

Really is a return to chalkface.....

For a myriad of reasons I resigned from my position as Deputy Head last year and going back to full time teaching at another school.