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Weekly Top 5

1. Jos Buttler - 310 - Is working his way into form just in time for the World Cup. Can't imagine too many bowlers are looking forward to facing up against him in India. Hard to believe this is only the 6th time he has won COTW in his 3 years in the game.

2. David Warner - 284 - Every dog has his day....and this dog has been waiting a little while to have a day but a century and a half century in the same week bags him second place.... he also moves up two places overall to 15th.

3. Devon Conway - 194 - Underwhelmed in the T20 series but has done rather better in the ODIs. 111 in the first outing followed by increasingly less impressive performances. Has spent 13 weeks in 8th place overall but is a mere 32 points behind Jadeja going into next week.

4. Shubman Gill - 147 - A half century against Pakistan in the Two Day International plus a punchy 19 vs Sri Lanka puts Gill in average territory for the week.

5. Moeen Ali - 145 - Much favours the 50 over game and the switch in format sees a corresponding improvement in his score. Could be a bolter in the World Cup. Has moved up into the Top 10 and could make a late year sprint.

Overall List

1. Shakib Al Hasan - 4150 - Did not takes seize the chance to put a big gap on the chasing pack this week with a total of 33 points.....but here he is at first still. No player has held first place for longer this year.

2. Jos Buttler - 4092 - Buttler has spurting up the list intermittently throughout the late English Summer. He has finally moved back up to second....and it is not beyond the realms of possibility he could add to his tenure in top spot by next week's update.

3. Simon Harmer - 4008 - Harmer takes a red ball break and slips down to third, his lowest position in seven weeks. Harmer was our 2018 and 2022 Cricketer of the Year....but you feel like this might not be his destiny this year.

4. Shubman Gill - 3678 - First for the week and holds fourth Overall...and you feel he might be there for a while. He has 330 points between him and 3rd and 208 points between him and 5th. The Indian batter seems very insulated right now.

5. Sam Curran - 3470 - A modest outcome of 115 points this week, but Curran still manages to capitalise in Rashid's inactivity to return to 5th place after a single week away.

Other Mover

Hardik Pandya got 105 points from two ODIs this week and move sup a place to 11th.

Top 3 Averages

1. Simon Harmer - 174.26
2. Shakib Al Hasan - 166 (Down from 171.54)
3. Ravindra Jadeja - 158.52 (Down from 162. 25)

The Asia Cup has not done much for Shakib's average as it continues to tumble - this week by 5.54 points. Warner's lowly average of 75.38 got a boost up to 82.14 this week.

Points By Format

Long Form - Simon Harmer = 2892
One Day - Shakib Al Hasan = 1531
Short Form = Jos Buttler = 3080


Points By Discipline

* = New Name

Runs - Shubman Gill = 2328
Batting Bonus - Shubman Gill = 440
Strike Rate - Jos Buttler = 850

Wickets - *Simon Harmer = 1640
Wicket Bonus - Simon Harmer = 280
Economy - Simon Harmer = 770

Fielding - Jos Buttler = 690
Fielding Bonus - Jos Buttler = 100

Weekly List In Full

Jos Buttler 310
David Warner 284
Devon Conway 194
Shubman Gill 147
Moeen Ali 145
Marco Jansen 125
Sam Curran 115
Hardik Pandya 105
Ravindra Jadeja 84
Babar Azam 49
Shakib Al Hasan 33
Harry Brook 27
Jonny Bairstow 26

Rishabh Pant dnp
Usman Khawaja dnp
Pat Cummins dnp
Suryakumar Yadav dnp
Simon Harmer dnp
Rashid Khan dnp
Cam Green dnp

Overall List

Rank Player Points
1 Shakib Al Hasan 4150
2 Jos Buttler 4092
3 Simon Harmer 4008
4 Shubman Gill 3678
5 Sam Curran 3470
6 Rashid Khan 3423
7 Ravindra Jadeja 3329
8 Devon Conway 3297
9 Babar Azam 2824
10 Moeen Ali 2519
11 Hardik Pandya 2379
12 Suryakumar Yadav 2344
13 Harry Brook 2327
14 Marco Jansen 2117
15 David Warner 1867
16 Usman Khawaja 1690
17 Cam Green 1683
18 Jonny Bairstow 1390
19 Pat Cummins 1286

Headlines

A rare inactive week for DFMs boys sees things 'tighten up' at the top (relatively speaking.

Weekly Scores

RT 389
GP 319
The Prof 310
RDJ 229
MIB 174
DD 115
Red Devil 82
Arthur 26
DFM 0
The Prof Snr 0

Overall

DFM 7431
Red Devil 6973
The Prof 6442
MIB 6005
RDJ 5848
GP 5413
DD 5156
RT 4246
The Prof Snr 2982
Arthur 1390

458 points off top spot, but Shakib must have scored about 150 today so the gap is narrowing but it still seems like quite a big lead

not big enough to see me through to the end of the year

cheers Prof

Presume having players in the WC will be a decider.

indeed

Just FYI.....I'm going earlier today.

I am facilitating a 3 hour head teachers detention and will be presiding over 10 unruly children in silence whilst simultaneously calculating the scores at at about 3ish.

This might mean Harmer will role over to next week

The little dears.

Weekly Top 5

1. Marco Jansen - 257 - Showing some 50 over prowess just before the World Cup. Becomes the 63rd individual Cricketer of the Week from the last 5 years. Will hope to not be done and done like his fellow countrymen De Villiers and Duminy.

2. Shubman Gill - 208 - Seemed to underwhelm in the Asia Cup but somehow find himself as the tournament's leading run scorer - largely thanks to 122 in a dead rubber against Bangladesh. Can he finish the IPL, the Asia Cup and the World Cup as highest run scorer across the board.

3. Shakib Al Hasan - 150 - 80 in a dead rubber sounds a bit worse than 80 against India but he still manages to round off a decent Asia Cup with a Top 3 finish for the week.

4. Moeen Ali - 133 - Has all of a sudden turned into an ODI Wicket Taking machine. He has found himself in the Top 5 for successive weeks for the first time in 2023.

5. Hardik Pandya - 110 - Some extraordinary figures from Pandya in the final of the Asia Cup sees him scrape into the Top 5 for the week. You feel like 3/3 in an ODI should be worth more than that.

Overall

1. Shakib Al Hasan - 4300 - A fairly decent Asia Cup showing has kept Shakib Al Hasan in top spot for yet another week. Zero scoreboard pressure from below helped.

2. Jos Buttler - 4168 - Only 76 points this week but enough to keep hold of second spot. If he weaves his white ball spell over the World Cup who knows where he could finish this year.

3. Simon Harmer - 4008 - His game against Hampshire did not finish in time for his points to register this week but is due some big points.

4. Shubman Gill - 208 - Third place for the week and holds fourth place for the fourth consecutive week. The gap between him and fifth is the 3rd largest of any position on our list.

5. Sam Curran - 3540 - Just 70 points this week but was helped with little signs of life from places 6 to 9. Needs a decent World Cup though.

Other Mover

Cam Green overhauled his Aussie compatriot Usman Khawaja to move into 16th.

Top 3 Averages

1. Simon Harmer - 174.26
2. Shakib Al Hasan - 165.38 (Down from 166)
3. Ravindra Jadeja - 153.45 (Down from 158.52)

Bairstow's yo-yo Summer continues as his average drops by 5.76 to 93.53. Jansen's Weekly Winning score sees his average move up to 103.22 - an improvement of 6.99.

Points By Format

Long Form - Simon Harmer = 2892
One Day - Shakib Al Hasan = 1689
Short Form = Jos Buttler = 3080


Points By Discipline

* = New Name

Runs - Shubman Gill = 2476
Batting Bonus - Shubman Gill = 470
Strike Rate - Jos Buttler = 870

Wickets - Simon Harmer = 1640
Wicket Bonus - Simon Harmer = 280
Economy - Simon Harmer = 770

Fielding - Jos Buttler = 700
Fielding Bonus - Jos Buttler = 100

Headlines

No change again and the smallest gap is 185.

Weekly Scores

GP 264
MIB 228
RDJ 180
Red Devil 150
RT 132
DD 128
The Prof 102
Arthur 13
DFM 0
The Prof Snr 0

Overall Scores

DFM 7431
Red Devil 7123
The Prof 6544
MIB 6213
RDJ 6028
GP 5677
DD 5284
RT 4378
The Prof Snr 2982
Arthur 1403

Unlucky for some.

Weekly Top 5

1. Simon Harmer - 424 - Scores the third highest score of the year - meaning he now makes up 3 of the Top 5 scores of the year. Ends his hugely profligate period of the year with his 6th Cricketer of the Week; nobody else has more than 4.

2. Shubman Gill - 298 - 2 big scores sees Gill in good touch pre his World Cup commitments. 298 would have seen you win Cricketer of the Week in all but 13 weeks of this year.

3. David Warner - 281 - Warner making steady improvement sin his scores this week. First came 52 with 10 SR points then 52 with 20 SR points and then 56 with 30 SR. Sequence fans will be looking for a 56 at 200+ SR.

4. Suryakumar Yadav - 260 - Giving the Indian selectors a bit of a headache by showing what he is capable of in India's second strings series against Australia. He moves up two places to 11th overall.

5. Ravindra Jadeja - 181 - A fairly decent score but, knowing what Jadeja seems capable of, 181 split across 3 ODIs seems a bit underwhelming.

Overall

1. Simon Harmer - 4432 - Moves up to top spot again.....but only 132 points separates him from 2nd. hard to see if he will now go back home and turn out for the Warriors but it feels like Harmer will not win Cricketer of the Year this time out.

2. Shakib Al Hasan - 4300 - Inactive this week and loses top spot. He is the second highest One Day point scorer though so might use the World Cup to move back into pole position.

3. Shubman Gill - 4184 - Second place for the week and up one place to 3rd. Has just 16 points on fourth place but is in electric form with a plethora of games on the horizon.

4. Jos Buttler - 4168 - Inactive this week and down TWO places. That Top 4 is looking very fluis at the moment though so could be anywhere by the end of the World Cup.

5. Ravindra Jadeja - 3557 - Jadeja bloody loves 5th spot. Spent 11 straight weeks there and another 4 dotted across the year. he is back there once more but is a long long way away from 4th.

Other Mover

Cummins returns from his eight week leave of absence and takes back 18th place.

Ones To Watch

The smallest gap this week is between Gill and Buttler in third and fourth. Excitingly they play each other in a World Cup Warm Up on Saturday.

Top 3 Averages

1. Simon Harmer - 184.67
2. Shakib Al Hasan - 165.38
3. Shubman Gill - 154.96


Points By Format

* = New Name

Long Form - Simon Harmer = 3316
One Day - *Shubman Gill = 1910
Short Form = Jos Buttler = 3080


Points By Discipline


Runs - Shubman Gill = 2654
Batting Bonus - Shubman Gill = 520
Strike Rate - Jos Buttler = 870

Wickets - Simon Harmer = 1840
Wicket Bonus - Simon Harmer = 330
Economy - Simon Harmer = 850

Fielding - Jos Buttler = 700
Fielding Bonus - Jos Buttler = 100

Weekly List In Full

Simon Harmer 424
Shubman Gill 298
David Warner 281
Suryakumar Yadav 260
Ravindra Jadeja 181
Pat Cummins 150
Cam Green 149
Usman Khawaja 12

Rishabh Pant dnp
Hardik Pandya dnp
Babar Azam dnp
Jos Buttler dnp
Devon Conway dnp
Harry Brook dnp
Shakib Al Hasan dnp
Marco Jansen dnp
Rashid Khan dnp
Sam Curran dnp
Moeen Ali dnp
Jonny Bairstow dnp

Overall

Rank Player Points
1 Simon Harmer 4432
2 Shakib Al Hasan 4300
3 Shubman Gill 4184
4 Jos Buttler 4168
5 Ravindra Jadeja 3557
6 Sam Curran 3540
7 Rashid Khan 3413
8 Devon Conway 3304
9 Babar Azam 2824
10 Moeen Ali 2652
11 Suryakumar Yadav 2530
12 Hardik Pandya 2489
13 Marco Jansen 2374
14 Harry Brook 2357
15 David Warner 2170
16 Cam Green 1890
17 Usman Khawaja 1702
18 Pat Cummins 1436
19 Jonny Bairstow 1403

Headlines

Some narrowing of gaps between 2nd and 4th. Worth noting that only top spot and the bottom two spots don;t have two cricketers who will feature in the World Cup.

Weekly Scores

DFM 424
MIB 298
RT 281
The Prof 260
RDJ 181
The Prof Snr 162
DD 149
Red Devil 0
GP 0
Arthur 0

Overall

DFM 7899
Red Devil 7123
The Prof 6804
MIB 6511
RDJ 6209
GP 5677
DD 5433
RT 4659
The Prof Snr 3144
Arthur 1390

cheers Prof

I had hoped that SRH would sign off with another big total in his last game, but sadly it wasn't to be. Plus Afghanistan's match for RK was abandoned

I doubt that thousand point lead would give me enough of a cushion, so 780ish won't do it

Jonny is on Cummins' shoulder. Breathing down his neck...

Top 5 for the Week

1. Devon Conway - 340 - Devon Conway seizes the World Cup by the scruff of the neck and produces one of the all-time great opening fixture performances. It is his 4th Cricketer of the Week award this year.

2. Babar Azam - 260 - This score includes his 2 World Cup Warm Up Games but not the opening game against the Netherlands. Two decent knocks to get the Pakistan captain in good touch for the tournament proper.

3. Jos Buttler - 153 - Third place despite a disappointing opening fixture in the World Cup from a team perspective. Will be expected to make a decent impact on the tournament and out Lists over the coming weeks.

4. David Warner - 118 - Is the highest point scorer for someone who played just one game this week. notably scored 50 points for his fielding alone.

=5. Moeen Ali = 107 = Largely hear thanks to a decent friendly showing against Bangladesh - scored just 11 in the loss against New Zealand.

=5. Jonny Bairstow - 107 - A quickfire 34 against Bangladesh and a slightly slowerfire 33 against New Zealand see Jonny in joint fifth. He also overtakes Cummins again, relegating the Aussie to bottom spot.

Overall Top 5

1. Simon Harmer = 4432 - The first of an indeterminate number of inactive weeks for Simon Harmer. His lead on second is 111.

2. Jos Buttler - 4321 - Back up to 2nd after a week in 4th. Will be looking to make first spot his own during the World Cup.

3. Shakib Al Hasan - 4300 - Did not contribute with bat or ball in the two Warm up games and subsequently is down to 3rd spot. This is his lowest placing for 11 weeks.

4. Shubman Gill - 4184 - Inactive this week and potentially out of the opening World cup game with flu....the 540 point cushion he has on 5th should be enough for him not to worry too much on his sick bed.

5. Devon Conway - 3644 - The New Zealand opener spent a completely extraordinary 15 weeks in eighth. This week he went stratospheric against England and jumped up to 5th place. Only 30 points separate himself and Sam Curran.

Ones To Watch

You couldn't write it. The smallest gap is between Jos Buttler and Shakib Al Hasan who captain their countries against each other in the World Cup this Thursday.

Top 3 Averages

1. Simon Harmer - 184.67
2. Shakib Al Hasan - 165.38
3. Shubman Gill - 154.96


Points By Format

Long Form - Simon Harmer = 3316
One Day - Shubman Gill = 1910
Short Form = Jos Buttler = 3080


Points By Discipline


Runs - Shubman Gill = 2654
Batting Bonus - Shubman Gill = 520
Strike Rate - Jos Buttler = 930

Wickets - Simon Harmer = 1840
Wicket Bonus - Simon Harmer = 330
Economy - Simon Harmer = 850

Fielding - Jos Buttler = 730
Fielding Bonus - Jos Buttler = 100

Weekly List in Full

Devon Conway 340
Babar Azam 260
Jos Buttler 153
David Warner 118
Moeen Ali 107
Jonny Bairstow 107
Cam Green 100
Marco Jansen 90
Sam Curran 74
Harry Brook 72
Pat Cummins 52
Rashid Khan 50
Shakib Al Hasan 0

Rishabh Pant dnp
Hardik Pandya dnp
Simon Harmer dnp
Shubman Gill dnp
Suryakumar Yadav dnp
Ravindra Jadeja dnp
Usman Khawaja dnp


Overall

1 Simon Harmer 4432
2 Jos Buttler 4321
3 Shakib Al Hasan 4300
4 Shubman Gill 4184
5 Devon Conway 3644
6 Sam Curran 3614
7 Ravindra Jadeja 3557
8 Rashid Khan 3463
9 Babar Azam 3084
10 Moeen Ali 2759
11 Suryakumar Yadav 2530
12 Hardik Pandya 2489
13 Marco Jansen 2464
14 Harry Brook 2419
15 David Warner 2288
16 Cam Green 1990
17 Usman Khawaja 1702
18 Jonny Bairstow 1510
19 Pat Cummins 1488

Headlines

A relative bunching together from everyone this week. A few good weeks from any of us could change the game.

Weekly Points

GP 430
Red Devil 260
DD 174
The Prof 153
RT 118
RDJ 107
Arthur 107
MIB 72
The Prof Snr 52
DFM 50

Overall

DFM 7949
Red Devil 7383
The Prof 6957
MIB 6583
RDJ 6316
GP 6107
DD 5607
RT 4777
The Prof Snr 3196
Arthur 1510

Jonny!

Not going to be able to do the update until Saturday afternoon this week.....shouldn't effect scores tho