2022 All Year Fantasy Competition

[Arthur Crabtree]

That's Kane Williamson levels of industry.

What is it with Kiwis?

[meninblue]

Had taken a gamble that such a tall fast bowler would not break for entire year. Have to say though that he scored lot of points in the first quarter of year which he played.

[The Professor]

Another low scoring week compared to what might have been expected - even with the antipodean precipitation.

Weekly

1. Simon Harmer - 144 - This is Simon Harmer....in his quiet period.....playing his least favourite format of the game....winning Cricketer of the Week for a record breaking 9th time.

2. Quinton De Kock - 133 - An impressive second placed finish considering the fact that QDK has played a game fewer than most.

3. Glenn Maxwell - 121 - A couple of Strike Rate boosted scores of 28 and 23 bolstered Maxwell's decent-ish week.

4. Ben Stokes - 98 - Mot a stand out week - however his 2-19 vs Afghanistan is worth noting...especially as that match will be more remembered for Sam Curran's exploits. MKoves up a place to 7th overall.

5. Moeen Ali - 82 - Here largely off the back of a 12 ball 24 that didn't quite get the job done against Ireland.

Overall

1. Simon Harmer - 5033 - Takes his lead on second place back up to 700+ points and is ticking along rather nicely in the CSA T20 Challenged. You feel he may be the first multiple Cricketer of the Year winner when all is done and dusted.

2. Mohammad Rizwan - 4295 - Just 58 points scored this week - it seems like he is not using this World Cup campaign to push on to challenge for top spot. More a Mordaunt than a Sunak maybe?

3. Moeen Ali - 3615 - Not tearing up any roots in the World Cup but is quietly doing enough to ease his way back into the third place position he lost three weeks ago.

4. Babar Azam - 3544 - A misfiring World Cup campaign has seen Azam slide back down the table after the series against England saw him shoot back up. Hard to see where he will end up.

5. Quinton De Kock - 3226 - Really the only player from the T20 World Cup that can hold his head up in our overall Top 5. A second placed finish for the week and 477 points between him and sixth.

Top Three Averages

1. Simon Harmer = 201.32 (Down from 202.88)
2. Ben Stokes = 142 (Down from 144.2)
3. Babar Azam = 137.62 (Down from 141.76)

Yet again Babar Azam takes a massive slump this week. Has lost 8 points in the last month. Only two players improved their average - De Kock was by the largest margin of 0.88.

Top Players By Format


Long Form - Simon Harmer = 4063
One Day - Babar Azam = 1002
Short Form - Moeen Ali = 3219

Highest Points by Discipline


Runs - Mohammad Rizwan - 2503
Batting Bonus - Babar Azam = 510
Strike Rate - Moeen Ali = 770

Wickets - Simon Harmer = 2380
Wicket Bonus - Simon Harmer = 410
Economy - Simon Harmer = 1090

Fielding - Quinton De Kock = 700
Fielding Bonus - Rishabh Pant = 110

Weekly

Simon Harmer 144
Quinton De Kock 133
Glenn Maxwell 121
Ben Stokes 98
Moeen Ali 82
Pat Cummins 71
Mohammad Rizwan 58
Kane Williamson 53
Babar Azam 34
Bhanuka Rajapaksa 27
David Warner 26
KL Rahul 13

Kyle Jamieson dnp
Jonny Bairstow dnp
Joe Root dnp
Matt Critchley dnp
Hasan Ali dnp
Risabh Pant dnp
Travis Head dnp
Marnus Labuschagne dnp
Steve Smith dnp

Overall

1 Simon Harmer 5033
2 Mohammad Rizwan 4295
4 Moeen Ali 3615
3 Babar Azam 3544
5 Quinton De Kock 3459
6 Rishabh Pant 3226
8 Ben Stokes 2982
7 Glenn Maxwell 2930
9 Marnus Labuschagne 2725
10 Joe Root 2648
11 Jonny Bairstow 2593
12 Matt Critchley 2473
13 David Warner 2264
14 KL Rahul 2235
15 Pat Cummins 2154
16 Hasan Ali 2037
17 Travis Head 1572
18 Kyle Jamieson 1547
19 Steve Smith 1530
20 Bhanuka Rajapaksa 1174
21 Kane Williamson 1072

Headlines

As you were...but that battle for places 2 through 4 could go deep.

Weekly

Red Twins 257
RedDevil 205
DFM 144
MIB 84
RedJr. 82
The Professor 80
Arthur 0


Overall

RedDevil 11123
DFM 9077
Red Twins 8705
Arthur 8415
RedJr. 7872
MIB 5936
The Professor 4271

[Arthur Crabtree]

Cheers Prof.

Could have gone better for me.

[Red Devil]

We could definitely do with less rain! And Pakistan could do with Babar and Rizwan waking up

[Durhamfootman]

cheers Prof

[The Professor]

Weekly

1. Hasan Ali - 270 - Hasan has scored 82% of his points this year in red ball cricket but has played precious little. He has yet again shown what he can do with a stunning performance (surprisingly) with the bat in a Quaid-e-Azam Trophy match this week. Up a place to 15th overall

2. Kane Williamson - 219 - Has played three times this week, which helps, but has looked more impressive in each outing, culminating in his 35 ball 61 against Ireland. After 23 weeks in bottom spot has finally got himself into 20th position this week.

3. Glenn Maxwell - 197 - One good performance can thrust you into the Top 5 during this World Cup, and such was the case for Maxi. His 32 ball 54 against Afghanistan (coupled with a twofer against Ireland) take him up to 6th spot overall - up 2 places from last week.

4. KL Rahul - 129 - Was facing extreme pressure from all and sundry up until his half century against Bangladesh. Moves up a place on the overall list, into 13th.

5. Mohammad Rizwan - 93 - Such has been the disappointment in Rizwan's performances this T20 World Cup, that it seems like 49 against the Netherlands might well be the high water mark of his campaign. Beats Bhanuka Rajapaksa out of the top 5 by a solitary point.

Overall

1. Simon Harmer - 5123 - Into the finals of the CSA T20 Challenge and has already picked up 325 bonus points from the competition. He very much benefits from the fact that the rest of the Top 4 are putting next to no pressure on him. They shared 118 points between them this week.

2. Mohammad Rizwan - 5123 - Slightly improved rewards this week which sees him cut the lead to first down again. The good news he now has a 826 point cushion on third place.

3. Moeen Ali - 3620 - A measly 5 points this week in what has been a very odd campaign for Moeen. He does manage to hold onto third place for a second week however.

4. Babar Azam - 3588 - Lucky to have held onto fourth spot this week. Has scored 44 points from 4 T20 World Cup games.

5. Quinton De Kock - Another lean week from the South African but his 244 point gap in 5th should protect him for at least another week if he chooses not to fire again.

Ones To Watch

There are a number of T20 World Cup stars that are on the verge of overtaking the players above. Steve Smith is 13 points off a long inactive Kyle Jamieson whilst Rishabh Pant and Bhanuka Rajapaksa are 22 and 25 points off Glenn Maxwell and Kane Williamson respectively.

Top Three Averages

1. Simon Harmer = 197.04 (Down from 201.32)
2. Ben Stokes = 137.27 (Down from 142)
3. Babar Azam = 132.89 (Down from 137.62)

Travis Head's 10 points this week sees his average drop by 5.19 points. He now has the fourth worst average at 93.06 points an active week. Kane Williamson's average improved the most but at 67.95 points it is still the lowest of our 21 players.



Top Players By Format


Long Form - Simon Harmer = 4063
One Day - Babar Azam = 1002
Short Form - Moeen Ali = 3224

Highest Points by Discipline


Runs - Mohammad Rizwan - 2556
Batting Bonus - Babar Azam = 510
Strike Rate - Moeen Ali = 770

Wickets - Simon Harmer = 2440
Wicket Bonus - Simon Harmer = 410
Economy - Simon Harmer = 1100

Fielding - Quinton De Kock = 710
Fielding Bonus - Rishabh Pant = 110

Weekly

Hasan Ali 270
Kane Williamson 219
Glenn Maxwell 197
KL Rahul 129
Mohammad Rizwan 93
Bhanuka Rajapaksa 92
Simon Harmer 90
Pat Cummins 70
David Warner 68
Ben Stokes 38
Marnus Labuschagne 28
Travis Head 20
Quinton De Kock 11
Babar Azam 10
Moeen Ali 5
Steve Smith 4

Kyle Jamieson dnp
Jonny Bairstow dnp
Joe Root dnp
Matt Critchley dnp
Risabh Pant dnp

Overall

1 Simon Harmer 5123
2 Mohammad Rizwan 4446
3 Moeen Ali 3620
4 Babar Azam 3588
5 Quinton De Kock 3470
6 Glenn Maxwell 3248
7 Rishabh Pant 3226
8 Ben Stokes 3020
9 Marnus Labuschagne 2753
10 Joe Root 2648
11 Jonny Bairstow 2593
12 Matt Critchley 2473
13 KL Rahul 2364
14 David Warner 2332
15 Hasan Ali 2307
16 Pat Cummins 2224
17 Travis Head 1582
18 Kyle Jamieson 1547
19 Steve Smith 1534
20 Kane Williamson 1291
21 Bhanuka Rajapaksa 1266

Headlines

No changes again. Not even half a thousand points from myself could even cut the gap between 6th and 7th to under four figures.

Weekly

The Professor 581
RedDevil 300
MIB 199
Red Twins 117
DFM 110
RedJr. 37
Arthur 0

Overall

RedDevil 11423
DFM 9187
Red Twins 8822
Arthur 8415
RedJr. 7909
MIB 6135
The Professor 4852

[Durhamfootman]

Travis Head's 10 points this week sees his average drop by 5.19 points. He now has the fourth worst average at 93.06 points an active week.

he's a completely useless ponce


Cheers Prof

[The Professor]

Take it you won't be retaining him next year then?

[Durhamfootman]

[The Professor]

Weekly

1. Hasan Ali - 241 - If you can play red ball cricket whilst all around you are losing their (points), you will be Hasan, my son. Well in the points in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy again - it should be noted that this total is from 2 games, however. Up 3 places to 12th overall.

2. Mohammad Rizwan - 149 - Pakistan's sharp uptick in form has coincided with his team's improvement and heroic rise to the final. Only just in the Top 5 last week, well in this.

3. Babar Azam - 128 - Looking more like his normal self this week courtesy of 78 runs spread across 2 games. Could he cap it all off with a final to remember?

4. KL Rahul - 96 - Too little too late for KLR. Two half centuries were rounded off with a flop against England and exit from the T20 World Cup. To cap this off he went backwards on the overall table despite finishing 4th for the week.

5. Ben Stokes - 92 - Had one of his better outings against Sri Lanka in the final group stage game and was surplus to requirements in the India game. Just pops into the Top 5.

Overall

1. Simon Harmer - 5133 - Just 10 points from a catch in the CSA T20 Challenge final this time out. Still has a half a thousand point lead on second place.

2. Mohammad Rizwan - 4595 - Hard to know what to say about Rizwan anymore. Still a long way off first - albeit with a Test series against England up-coming - but a HUGE gulf between him and third.

3. Babar Azam - 3716 - A couple of decent performances and he comes back into the Top 3 after a fortnight away.

4. Moeen Ali - 3621 - It has been an underwhelming T20 World Cup campaign from Moeen. He has scored 88 points across the whole tournament and is now down to 4th once more.

5. Quinton De Kock - 3493 - Started the T20 World Cup in good form but completely faded away, should feel lucky that those just below him did not come to the party either. He holds 5th place for the 5th consecutive week.

Top Three Averages

1. Simon Harmer = 190.11 (Down from 197.04)
2. Ben Stokes = 135.3 (Down from 137.27)
3. Babar Azam = 132.7 (Down from 132.89)

Simon Harmer's average takes a 6.93 dip in a week where 9 players leaked points. Three players went up but Hasan Ali's improvement of 5.87 points, up to 106.17 points a week, was the highest.



Top Players By Format


Long Form - Simon Harmer = 4063
One Day - Babar Azam = 1002
Short Form - Moeen Ali = 3225

Highest Points by Discipline


Runs - Mohammad Rizwan - 2645
Batting Bonus - Babar Azam = 530
Strike Rate - Moeen Ali = 770

Wickets - Simon Harmer = 2440
Wicket Bonus - Simon Harmer = 410
Economy - Simon Harmer = 1100

Fielding - Quinton De Kock = 720
Fielding Bonus - Rishabh Pant = 110`

Weekly

Hasan Ali 241
Mohammad Rizwan 149
Babar Azam 128
KL Rahul 96
Ben Stokes 92
Travis Head 85
Kane Williamson 66
Marnus Labuschagne 44
Bhanuka Rajapaksa 42
Quinton De Kock 23
Simon Harmer 10
Risabh Pant 9
Moeen Ali 1
Hasan Ali 241
Mohammad Rizwan 149
Babar Azam 128
KL Rahul 96
Ben Stokes 92
Travis Head 85
Kane Williamson 66
Marnus Labuschagne 44
Bhanuka Rajapaksa 42
Quinton De Kock 23
Simon Harmer 10
Risabh Pant 9
Moeen Ali 1

Kyle Jamieson dnp
Jonny Bairstow dnp
Joe Root dnp
Matt Critchley dnp
Glenn Maxwell dnp
Pat Cummins dnp
David Warner dnp
Steve Smith dnp

Overall

1 Simon Harmer 5133
2 Mohammad Rizwan 4595
3 Babar Azam 3716
4 Moeen Ali 3621
5 Quinton De Kock 3493
6 Glenn Maxwell 3248
7 Rishabh Pant 3235
8 Ben Stokes 3112
9 Marnus Labuschagne 2797
10 Joe Root 2648
11 Jonny Bairstow 2593
12 Hasan Ali 2548
13 Matt Critchley 2473
14 KL Rahul 2460
15 David Warner 2332
16 Pat Cummins 2224
17 Travis Head 1677
18 Kyle Jamieson 1547
19 Steve Smith 1534
20 Kane Williamson 1357
21 Bhanuka Rajapaksa 1308

Headlines

No movers.... but I am daring to dream I may not finish bottom after all.

Weekly

The Professor 349
RedDevil 277
Red Twins 115
MIB 96
DFM 95
RedJr. 45
Arthur 9

Overall

RedDevil 11700
DFM 9282
Red Twins 8937
Arthur 8424
RedJr. 7951
MIB 6231
The Professor 5201

[Durhamfootman]

soon be put out of my misery

cheers Prof

[The Professor]

After fracturing his leg in a strange accident at a friend's 50th birthday party on Saturday night, Glenn Maxwell could be sidelined for three months.

[Red Devil]

After fracturing his leg in a strange accident at a friend's 50th birthday party on Saturday night, Glenn Maxwell could be sidelined for three months.

Who on earth slips in the garden, breaks his leg and is laid up for several months?! Apparently it's me and Maxi! Hope his recovery is better, been 2 years for me and still is probably only about 80%

[The Professor]

Weekly

1. Steve Smith - 130 - The first time he has been Cricketer of the Week since November 2020. That two years have seen Smith underwhelm on our List....and in the real world too. A classy 80 in the first ODI between Australia and England also puts him up a place to 18th overall.

2. David Warner - 126 - Always at his combative best against the old enemy (TM). 86 runs at an adequate lick sees him into second place. Still 2 more to play for him so could be one to watch if he's in good form.

3. Ben Stokes - 122 - Sometimes a performance feels like it should be worth Cricketer of the Week and Stokes' definitely felt like that...but instead he only reaches a 'paltry' third place. Sure he'll be cut up.

4. Travis Head - 109 - We don't get Head often but can sometimes be worth waiting for. His 19 active weeks this year is joint second lowest alongside Rajapaksa but he turns it on when he's in yellow. Interesting to see how he progresses as an opener. Has become the List's highest One Day point scorer this week.

5. Pat Cummins - 80 - A good start to his spell as Australian ODI captain and his first appearance in the Top 5 since mid-June. Is a long way adrift of Top Ten but could force an Antipodean Summer onslaught.

Overall

1. Simon Harmer - 5193 - Harmer's return to First Class cricket did not yield huge point this week but still keeps the very distant wolf from the door.

2. Mohammad Rizwan - 4620 - A disappointing performance in the final capped off a mixed bag of a World Cup for Rizwan. Is a huge 852 points off third place.

3. Babar Azam - 3768 - Would have hoped for more from himself across the World Cup and he failed to make any significant movement up the List. Holds third for the third week.

4. Moeen Ali - 3460 - A less impactful player to have played all the games of a World Cup would be hard to muster.... still manages to keep his 4th place spot for a third week in a row.

5. Quinton De Kock - 3493 - Inactive this week but, with absolutely zero pressure below him and a gap of 258 points, he can probably put his feet up for a bit.

Ones To Watch

The biggest tussle between active players over the next 7 days is between KL Rahul and David Warner. There is just two points between them and they both have two games (albeit in different formats) over the week. Who will score more?

Top Three Averages

1. Simon Harmer = 185.46 (Down from 190.11)
2. Ben Stokes = 124.86 (Down from 135.3)
3. Babar Azam = 129.93 (Down from 132.7)

Harmer's average continues to descend. He has leaked 10 points over the last fortnight. Steve Smith's average improves the most - up 2.99 to 83.2.

Top Players By Format

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Long Form - Simon Harmer = 4123
One Day - *Travis Head = 1005
Short Form - Moeen Ali = 3244

Highest Points by Discipline


Runs - Mohammad Rizwan - 2660
Batting Bonus - Babar Azam = 530
Strike Rate - Moeen Ali = 770

Wickets - Simon Harmer = 2460
Wicket Bonus - Simon Harmer = 410
Economy - Simon Harmer = 1130

Fielding - Quinton De Kock = 720
Fielding Bonus - Rishabh Pant = 110`

Headlines

We all hold steady.

Weekly

Red Twins 248
DFM 169
RedJr. 153
MIB 80
RedDevil 77
The Professor 0
Arthur 0

Overall

RedDevil 11777
DFM 9451
Red Twins 9125
Arthur 8424
RedJr. 8107
MIB 6331
The Professor 5201