2022 All Year Fantasy Competition

[Durhamfootman]

no boys in action for me either next week

feels grim

cheers Prof

[Arthur Crabtree]

1. Ben Stokes - 291 - England's new Test captain came back to domestic cricket with a huge bang as he schools Worcestershire with his willow. His score of 231 is the highest innings score in the County Championship so far.

Not for long.

[The Professor]

Afraid Root 'only' got 177.

Puts him at 3rd highest

[Arthur Crabtree]

Jennings beat Stokes' score though.

[The Professor]

Weekly Top 5

1. Moeen Ali -244 - Comes out of nowhere with the last IPL 2022 game of the week to sneak his third Cricketer of the Week. He has the joint most of 2022.

2. Quinton De Kock - 237 - Scored the 7th lowest points total in his first game of the week and then the highest in his second. Been such a consistent performer in IPL 2022.

3. Joe Root - 211 - Underwhelmed in his first game but looked in better nick against Lancashire. Warming up for a big Summer. Up three places to 13th overall.

4. Marnus Labuschagne - 188 - Three of his five County Championship games this season have seen him score between 183 and 190 points. That kind of grind is always welcome.

=5. Ben Stokes = 138 - No theatrics for Stokes this week. A decent half century and a joint fifth placed finish for the week will do nicely.

=5. KL Rahul = 138 = Turned round three poor performances in a row with a half century against Kolkata to keep him in the mix for our weekl Top 5s....Just.

Weekly Top 5

1. Quinton De Kock = 2016 = De Kock is the eight Cricketer to take top spot so far this year and you can't argue that it is undeserved. However with the IPL 2022 drawing to a close he needs to make the most of his remaining games to widen that gap.

2. Simon Harmer - 2005 - Harmer's mediocre scores have been doing just enough to keep the wolf from the door.....but as soon as he was inactive he has moved down a place to second. There is a huge gap to third though so shouldn't lose too much sleep.

3. Rishabh Pant - 1784 - Lots of flux and panic all around him. Only scored 27 points for the week....but Pant holds third spot. '

4. Marnus Labuschagne - 1734 - The first new name to grace our Top 5 in 6 weeks. Marnus doesn't even bother with fifth and instead jumps straight in at fourth spot.

5. Mohammad Rizwan = 1647 - Sadly missed out Sussex's most recent game due to a bereavement. Rizwan is down one place to 5th.

Ones to Watch

It's not just football fans whose eyes should be glued to the bottom of the table this week. Rajapaksa and Williamson are tied in last place. Who can win the handsomest man in the burns unit and escape this indignity?

Top 3 Averages

1. Simon Harmer = 200.5
2. Babar Azam = 163
3. Ben Stokes = 157.25 (Down from 160)

Moeen Ali's late late show saw his average jump up by 10.23 points to 131.5 per active week. Bhanuka Rajapaksa's rollercoaster IPL sees him take the biggest nosedive. His average of 62.67 is the second lowest overall.

Top Players By Format

*=New Name

Long Form - Simon Harmer = 1977
One Day - Quinton De Kock = 503
Short Form - *Moeen Ali = 1513

Highest Points by Discipline



Runs - Babar Azam = 1070
Batting Bonus - Babar Azam = 220
Strike Rate - Quinton De Kock = 400

Wickets - Simon Harmer = 860
Wicket Bonus - Simon Harmer = 220
Economy - Simon Harmer = 480

Fielding - Rishabh Pant = 370
Fielding Bonus - Rishabh Pant = 60

Weekly List

Moeen Ali 244
Quinton De Kock 237
Joe Root 211
Marnus Labuschagne 188
Ben Stokes 138
KL Rahul 138
Glenn Maxwell 110
Jonny Bairstow 58
Risabh Pant 27
Kane Williamson 27
Bhanuka Rajapaksa 14
David Warner 10

Steve Smith dnp
Babar Azam dnp
Kyle Jamieson dnp
Travis Head dnp
Hasan Ali dnp
Simon Harmer dnp
Pat Cummins dnp
Matt Critchley dnp
Mohammad Rizwan dnp


Overall List

1 Quinton De Kock 2016
2 Simon Harmer 2005
3 Rishabh Pant 1784
4 Marnus Labuschagne 1734
5 Mohammad Rizwan 1647
6 Babar Azam 1630
7 Glenn Maxwell 1595
8 Moeen Ali 1578
9 Pat Cummins 1373
10 Hasan Ali 1290
11 Ben Stokes 1258
12 KL Rahul 1254
13 Joe Root 1198
14 Kyle Jamieson 1100
15 Jonny Bairstow 1046
16 David Warner 1039
17 Travis Head 752
18 Matt Critchley 664
19 Steve Smith 616
20 Bhanuka Rajapaksa 376
21 Kane Williamson 376

Headlines

RDJ the only mover as DFM has a rare week of nought.
The lead at the top is narrowing and narrowing.

Weekly

RedJr. 432
Red Twins 385
Arthur 296
MIB 138
RedDevil 110
The Professor 41
DFM 0

Overall

RedDevil 4933
Red Twins 4313
Arthur 4020
RedJr. 3928
MIB 3727
DFM 3421
The Professor 2042

[Durhamfootman]

maybe the new batches of balls will help me along a bit by giving Harmer something to work with. This is normally the time when i start to fly up the table, but it hasn't happened yet

cheers Prof

[Durhamfootman]

Harmer back in the wickets

[The Professor]

Weekly

1. Simon Harmer - 301 - Harmer's performances have been down on last year however he still manages to top the highest average points per week and the most Cricketers per week. The guys a freak.

2. Mohammad RIzwan - 229 - Back to his favoured format in the T20 Blast and back to scoring big points again. This is his highest score since his electric run in the PSL.

3. Bhanuka Rajapaksa - 217 - Straight off the plane from an indifferent IPL season and then scores a century for Burgher in the Major Clubs T20 Tournament. Has at least 3 more fixtures to boost his total.

4. Matt Critchley - 148 - A slightly below average County Championship outing versus Lancashire and a slightly below average T20 Blast score against Kent adds up to an alright score and fourth placed finish for Critch. Is up one on to 17th on the overall list too.

5. Ben Stokes - 145 - His second highest score in his three game burst with Durham sees him back in the Top 5 for the third consecutive week before his first foray into permanent Test captaincy.

Overall

1. Simon Harmer - 2306 - You can't keep a good guy down....and Harmer is very very good. Back to first spot after a solitary week in silver position.

2. Quinton De Kock - 2032 - With the exception of that huge score against Kolkata, De Kock lost some of his impetus in the last third of IPL 2022. 16 points in his final game knocks him down a place.

3. Mohammad Rizwan - 1876 - Just when it looked like he might drift out of the Top 5, the T20 Blast has come along to force his agenda once more. Back in the Top 3 for the first time in 6 weeks.

4. Rishabh Pant - 1853 - Another week, another switch up of position. Pant has never been out of the Top 6 but is down a spot again to 4th.

5. Marnus Labuschagne - 1845 - Is a better T20 player than most give him credit for and will want to prove that across the Blast. Starts with 111 points from 2 games and a drop down to 5th place.

Other Mover

Glenn Maxwell was the longest lasting player on our List in terms of IPL performances. His longevity sees him move up to 6th.

Ones to Watch

Marnus Labuschagne and Mohammad Rizwan could be in for a bit of a tussle. Marnus needs only 8 points to overtake Pant; and then there is just 23 points between him and Rizwan in 3rd.

Top 3 Averages

1. Simon Harmer = 209.64 (Up from 200.5)
2. Babar Azam = 163
3. Ben Stokes = 155.89 (Down from 157.25)

Warm Up games can really give your average a bit of a kicking; Jamieson has dropped down by 7.94 points to 129.56. Bhanuka Rajapaksa had a huge spike of 22.04 and now averages 84.71 points per week.

Top Players By Format

*=New Name

Long Form - Simon Harmer = 2197
One Day - Quinton De Kock = 503
Short Form - *Glenn Maxwell = 1580

Highest Points by Discipline



Runs - Babar Azam = 1070
Batting Bonus - *Mohammad Rizwan = 230
Strike Rate - *Glenn Maxwell = 420

Wickets - Simon Harmer = 1000
Wicket Bonus - Simon Harmer = 250
Economy - Simon Harmer = 540

Fielding - Rishabh Pant = 380
Fielding Bonus - Rishabh Pant = 60

Weekly

Simon Harmer 301
Mohammad Rizwan 229
Bhanuka Rajapaksa 217
Matt Critchley 148
Ben Stokes 145
Joe Root 136
KL Rahul 129
Marnus Labuschagne 111
Glenn Maxwell 73
Risabh Pant 69
Kyle Jamieson 66
Hasan Ali 55
Jonny Bairstow 53
Quinton De Kock 16
David Warner 15

Steve Smith dnp
Babar Azam dnp
Travis Head dnp
Pat Cummins dnp
Moeen Ali dnp
Kane Williamson dnp

Overall

1 Simon Harmer 2306
2 Quinton De Kock 2032
3 Mohammad Rizwan 1876
4 Rishabh Pant 1853
5 Marnus Labuschagne 1845
6 Glenn Maxwell 1668
7 Babar Azam 1630
8 Moeen Ali 1578
9 Ben Stokes 1403
10 KL Rahul 1383
11 Pat Cummins 1373
12 Hasan Ali 1345
13 Joe Root 1234
14 Kyle Jamieson 1166
15 Jonny Bairstow 1099
16 David Warner 1054
17 Matt Critchley 812
18 Travis Head 752
19 Steve Smith 616
20 Bhanuka Rajapaksa 593
21 Kane Williamson 376

Headlines

No movement but DFM's weekly high score sees him within a gnat's whisker of MIB.

Weekly

DFM 449
RedDevil 301
The Professor 272
Arthur 258
MIB 195
Red Twins 176
RedJr. 111

Overall

RedDevil 5235
Red Twins 4489
Arthur 4278
RedJr. 4039
MIB 3922
DFM 3870
The Professor 2314

[Durhamfootman]

the county season has proved more of a grind than a dash for me this year

cheers Prof

[Arthur Crabtree]

Thanks Prof. Fine work.

[The Professor]

NB - This week's points do include Moeen's T20 Blast frolic for Worcestershire this afternoon but do not include the evening Blast games.

Weekly Top 3 (Not enough for a 5 this week

1. Matt Critchley - 363 - Despite only 8 Cricketers featuring this week, you cannot begrudge Critchley his second Cricketer of the Week of 2022. In fact his 363 is *the highest* score of the year so far. Moves up to 15th.

2. Simon Harmer - 140 - Little and often hasn't always been Harmer's motto but it is doing him well enough this year. Nothing spectacular but a Top 3 finish when others are inactive.

3. Kyle Jamieson - 130 - A humbling result against the First Class Counties XI - but 50 points in economy rates gives him the edge as he gears up for the Tests.

Overall Top 5

1. Simon Harmer - 2446 - The Number One performer for 5 of the last 6 weeks keeps on trucking as our flag bearer. His lead at the top is now 414 points with the T20 Blast games still coming thick and fast.

2. Quinton De Kock - 2032 - Holds second place whilst on a well earned. Back in action on Thursday versus India.

3. Marnus Labuschagne - 1961 - Marnus has the most to be upset by there only being a Weekly Top 3 this week as he finished in fourth spot - however has jumped 2 places into third.

4. Mohammad Rizwan - 1897 - Just the one underwhelming T20 Blast game against Kent this week and moves down a spot.

5. Rishabh Pant - 1853 - Enjoying a well earned IPL 2022 break before joining up with India for their series versus South Africa.

Ones to Watch and Other Mover

Joe Root was the only other mover in the list despite scoring just 27 points in his final T20 Blast game vs Leicestershire. With three test matches to play he could shoot up the table as he is 12 points off 11th, 22 off 10th and 42 away from 9th.

Top 3 Averages

1. Simon Harmer = 203.83 (Down from 209.64)
2. Matt Critchley = 167.86 (Up from 135.35)
3. Babar Azam = 163

Critchley has flirted with the Top 3 averages before but his huge score this week sees his grow by 32.53 points and place him in runner up spot. Joe Root moves down 12.12 points to 136.1 thanks to a change of formats.

Top Players By Format

*=New Name

Long Form - Simon Harmer = 2197
One Day - Quinton De Kock = 503
Short Form - *Moeen Ali = 1594

Highest Points by Discipline

Runs - Babar Azam = 1070
Batting Bonus - Mohammad Rizwan = 230
Strike Rate - Glenn Maxwell = 420

Wickets - Simon Harmer = 1080
Wicket Bonus - Simon Harmer = 250
Economy - Simon Harmer = 590

Fielding - Rishabh Pant = 380
Fielding Bonus - Rishabh Pant = 60

Weekly

Matt Critchley 363
Simon Harmer 140
Kyle Jamieson 130
Marnus Labuschagne 116
Joe Root 27
Mohammad Rizwan 23
Moeen Ali 16
Kane Williamson 0

Steve Smith dnp
Babar Azam dnp
Travis Head dnp
Pat Cummins dnp
Bhanuka Rajapaksa dnp
Ben Stokes dnp
KL Rahul dnp
Glenn Maxwell dnp
Risabh Pant dnp
Hasan Ali dnp
Jonny Bairstow dnp
Quinton De Kock dnp
David Warner dnp

Overall

1 Simon Harmer 2446
2 Quinton De Kock 2032
3 Marnus Labuschagne 1961
4 Mohammad Rizwan 1897
5 Rishabh Pant 1853
6 Glenn Maxwell 1668
7 Babar Azam 1630
8 Moeen Ali 1594
9 Ben Stokes 1403
10 KL Rahul 1383
11 Pat Cummins 1373
12 Joe Root 1361
13 Hasan Ali 1345
14 Kyle Jamieson 1296
15 Matt Critchley 1175
16 Jonny Bairstow 1099
17 David Warner 1054
18 Travis Head 752
19 Steve Smith 616
20 Bhanuka Rajapaksa 593
21 Kane Williamson 376

Headlines

DFM has scored over 1000 points in the last fortnight; last week that did no good for him on the table but this week he moves up three places to third.

Weekly

DFM 503
MIB 130
RedJr. 132
Arthur 27
RedDevil 23
The Professor 0
Red Twins 0



Overall

RedDevil 5258
Red Twins 4489
DFM 4372
Arthur 4305
RedJr. 4171
MIB 4052
The Professor 2314

[Durhamfootman]

and the really annoying thing is that if tonight's Essex match hadn't been abandoned without a ball bowled then second might have been a realistic possibility

cheers Prof

[The Professor]

Earlier update today as the Pakistan v West Indies ODI will finish too late to count for this week.

Weekly

1. David Warner - 211 - Warner has been performing in fits and starts this year and this week was one of the starts...or maybe the fits....hard to tell. He gets his second Cricketer of the Week. He has never had more than two in a year.

2. Kyle Jamieson - 206 - A Test match that goes to five days will always see you pick up some handy points. Jamieson has used the first Eng vs NZ Test to arrest his slide and take him back up to 6th.

3. Travis Head - 170 - One of our three players that returned to action after a long spell away and it is straight back into a big score for Travis.

4. Joe Root - 166 - A match winning total for England's ex-captain sees him back in the points. He pushes back into the Top Ten on the overall list for the first time since Week 1.

5. Matt Critchley - 162 - Critchley's T20 Blast Renaissance continues with another big score. He does not make any progress in the overall List but is a mere 18 points behind Hasan Ali.

Overall List

1. Simon Harmer - 2504 - Not a prolific week for Harmer but he extends his lead on second place by 16. Every little helps.

2. Quinton De Kock - 2074 - An underwhelming return to international colours for QDK however he holds second place for the third week on the trot.

3. Marnus Labuschagne - 2012 - Waves goodbye to his spell with Glamorgan by retaining his third place spot. His run of games in England really have propelled him into the Top 5 mix again this year.

4. Mohammad Rizwan - 1986 - A decent cameo half century for Rizwan sees him hold onto fourth spot for a second week.

5. Rishabh Pant - 1922 - Almost half his points this week came from SR points as he registered his second successive score of 69.

Other Movers

Despite being absent for the best part of 2 months, just one strong performance sees Azam move back into the Top 6. He was first overall the last time he played.

Ones to Watch

The England duo of Joe Root and Ben Stokes sit 9th and 10th with 19 points between them and an open field ahead of them. How far can they progress during the New Zealand series.

Top Three Averages

1. Simon Harmer = 192.62 (Down from 203.83)
2. Matt Critchley = 167.13 (Down from 167.86)
3. Babar Azam = 160.91 (Down from 163)

Yet again Harmer takes the biggest tumble, but still has a huge lead in terms of overall average. David Warner shows the biggest improvement in a week where only 4 averages went up. He is up 9.28 to 90.36 a week.

Top Players By Format

*=New Name

Long Form - Simon Harmer = 2197
One Day - *Babar Azam = 559
Short Form - *Moeen Ali = 1594

Highest Points by Discipline

Runs - Babar Azam = 1173
Batting Bonus - *Babar Azam & Mohammad Rizwan = 250
Strike Rate - Glenn Maxwell = 420

Wickets - Simon Harmer = 1100
Wicket Bonus - Simon Harmer = 250
Economy - Simon Harmer = 610

Fielding - Rishabh Pant = 390
Fielding Bonus - Rishabh Pant = 60

Weekly List

David Warner 211
Kyle Jamieson 206
Travis Head 170
Joe Root 166
Matt Critchley 162
Babar Azam 143
Ben Stokes 105
Moeen Ali 98
Mohammad Rizwan 89
Glenn Maxwell 69
Risabh Pant 69
Jonny Bairstow 67
Simon Harmer 58
Marnus Labuschagne 51
Quinton De Kock 42
Kane Williamson 17
Steve Smith 15
Bhanuka Rajapaksa 13
Hasan Ali 10

Pat Cummins dnp
KL Rahul dnp

Overall List

1 Simon Harmer 2504
2 Quinton De Kock 2074
3 Marnus Labuschagne 2012
4 Mohammad Rizwan 1986
5 Rishabh Pant 1922
6 Babar Azam 1770
7 Glenn Maxwell 1737
8 Moeen Ali 1692
9 Joe Root 1527
10 Ben Stokes 1508
11 Kyle Jamieson 1502
12 KL Rahul 1383
13 Pat Cummins 1373
14 Hasan Ali 1355
15 Matt Critchley 1337
16 David Warner 1265
17 Jonny Bairstow 1099
18 Travis Head 922
19 Steve Smith 631
20 Bhanuka Rajapaksa 593
21 Kane Williamson 376

Headlines

As you were in terms of order but DFM and MIB are zoning in on the places above them.

Weekly

RedDevil 5559
Red Twins 4847
DFM 4762
Arthur 4557
RedJr. 4335
MIB 4258
The Professor 2344

Overall

DFM 390
Red Twins 358
RedDevil 301
Arthur 252
MIB 206
RedJr. 164
The Professor 30

[Durhamfootman]

I only spotted Head's return late this morning, but I was pleasurably surprised to see him straight back in with a ton

cheers Prof

[Durhamfootman]

How will it work with Head, prof?

He started playing a 4 game with Australia A and then half way through got the call to play in the ODI.