2023 All Year Fantasy Competition

[The Professor]

Some weeks we have huge scores across the board and nobody moves overall...and then on weeks like this, there are more modest scores and the whole of the pack is reshuffled.

Weekly Top 5

1. Suryakumar Yadav - 241 - Started IPL 2023 in abysmal form but has slowly ground his way up the weekly charts until this week where he is comfortably clear as Cricketer of the Week. Back to his best it would seem. He is also up to 11th after spending a fortnight in 14th.

2. Babar Azam - 189 - If there is one thing that Azam is good at (and there's not, by the way!) it is bagging half centuries. He has got another two this week and has a big score that will be carried over to next week. Has moved up a place to 7th.

3. Hardik Pandya - 155 - A strong score and an average score in his two IPL matches this week puts him slap bang in the middle of the pack in 3rd place. Up a place to 9th overall.

4. Devon Conway - 142 - Inclement weather meant that Conway only played one IPL match this week - and he still managed to get into the Top 5 at the expense of many others who got double that.

5. Sam Curran - 140 - Isn't setting things alight in the tournament but is comfortably grinding out comfortable numbers week after week - but isn't the million dollar man we hoped he'd be.

Overall Top 5

For the 3rd week running, there is no change to the Top 5 again....things are tightening up in the middle and (slightly) at the top.

Shakib's 7 weeks at the top is the longest anyone has spent in pole position so far this year.

That Top 5 is:

1 Shakib Al Hasan 2565
2 Jos Buttler 2180
3 Shubman Gill 2079
4 Rashid Khan 2006
5 Ravindra Jadeja 1957

Other Mover

Cam Green is the other big mover this week. He finished 6th for the week with 117 points and moves up two places to 15th.

Ones To Watch

Last week I set up Hardik and Curran as the men to watch with 9 points between them, they then both finished in the Top 5 and have 6 between them. Still all to play for.

Top 3 Averages

1. Shakib Al Hasan - 197.31
2. Ravindra Jadeja = 177.9 (Down from 189.5)
3. Jos Buttler = 167.69 (Down from 180.17)

Buttler's average drops the most - however he remains in the top 3....just. SKY improves his the most up by 12.52 a week to 90.85 a week.

Points By Format

Long Form - Ravindra Jadeja = 1235
One Day - Shubman Gill = 964
Short Form = Rashid Khan = 2006

Points By Format

Runs - Shubman Gill = 1329
Batting Bonus - Devon Conway = 290
Strike Rate - Shakib Al Hasan = 450

Wickets - Rashid Khan = 1040
Wicket Bonus - Ravindra Jadeja = 170
Economy - Rashid Khan = 400

Fielding - Jos Buttler = 350
Fielding Bonus - Jos Buttler = 50

Weekly List In Full

Suryakumar Yadav 241
Babar Azam 189
Hardik Pandya 155
Devon Conway 142
Sam Curran 140
Cam Green 117
Shubman Gill 75
Ravindra Jadeja 62
Rashid Khan 53
Marco Jansen 41
Jos Buttler 18
David Warner 12
Moeen Ali 10
Harry Brook 10

Jonny Bairstow dnp
Rishabh Pant dnp
Pat Cummins dnp
Usman Khawaja dnp
Shakib Al Hasan dnp
Simon Harmer dnp

Overall list in Full

1 Shakib Al Hasan 2565
2 Jos Buttler 2180
3 Shubman Gill 2079
4 Rashid Khan 2006
5 Ravindra Jadeja 1957
6 Devon Conway 1839
7 Babar Azam 1560
8 Marco Jansen 1496
9 Hardik Pandya 1462
10 Sam Curran 1456
11 Suryakumar Yadav 1181
12 Moeen Ali 1102
13 Usman Khawaja 1077
14 Harry Brook 1045
15 Cam Green 813
16 Simon Harmer 785
17 David Warner 776
18 Pat Cummins 330

Headlines

Two weekly high scores in a row for DD sees him overtake the Twins.

The Professor moves up another place into second.

Weekly

DD 257
The Prof 259
Red Devil 189
GP 183
RT 167
MIB 85
RDJ 72
DFM 53
The Prof Snr 0
Arthur 0

Overall

Red Devil 4124
The Prof 3361
GP 3335
MIB 3120
RDJ 3050
DFM 2791
DD 2272
RT 2238
The Prof Snr 1407
Arthur 0

[Durhamfootman]

not many points for me this week, but at least Rashid has 120 in the bag already for next week

cheers Prof

[Arthur Crabtree]

Bairstow's poised to make a move.

[Durhamfootman]

and Arthur poised to make a charge up the board

[Arthur Crabtree]

When I had Williamson, he didn't play a lot more cricket. And he was fully fit.

[Red Devil]

Another century from Babar would help me while Shakib is sitting around doing nothing

[Durhamfootman]

I confess to getting a little bit fed up that the blasted weather is stopping my boy from tearing div 1 batting line ups to shreds and propelling me up the board

[The Professor]

Weekly Top 5

1. Shubman Gill - 200 - Seems easy to forget but at the start of the year, Gill was in amazing form and he has carried this into the IPL. He had his best week of the season so far with a 130 runs across 2 games and his 2nd Cricketer of the Week accolade.

2. Suryakumar Yadav - 189 - This is his third week in the Top 5 in a row and we're starting to see the ol' 'Best White Ball Batter in the World' label being bandied around again. He still lags behind Buttler and Shakib in terms of batters in T20 points for us but is looking good.

3. Simon Harmer - 183 - Not able to really burst into life because of the early season conditions but is doing his standard work very well. He plays. He scores 100+. He moves up a place. He is now 15th overall.

4. Hardik Pandya - 164 - 70 of Hardik's 164 points came from Stike Rate alone. Is the ultimate pinch hitter in the IPL and is moving back up the table. he is up a place to 8th overall.

5. Jos Buttler - 163 - Frustratingly inconsistent this year. 95 against Hyderabad and then a duck against Kolkata. To nearly score a century at a 150+ Strike Rate and finish the week with 4 people above you is a shocker of a week.

Overall

We now have the same Top 5 for a full calendar month - a very early point of the year for this level of inertia to kick in. But the lack of fluidity goes even further than that.

Shakib in first has been Number 1 for 8 weeks in a row, beating Gill's previous record of 6. This is even more impressive as he has not played for a calendar month.

Buttler has been 2nd for 63% of the year with no other cricketer taking that place for longer than 3 weeks.

Gill has been in 3rd spot for 7 weeks overall. Either he or Shakib have taken 3rd spot in all but 4 weeks of the year.

4th is the most variable spot out of that Top 5 with 8 different people there at some point in the year. Rashid has held it for a month but he has been bouncing around 3rd, 4th and 5th since he entered the Top 5 in Week 11.

Jadeja's stay in 5th is the second longest run of any Cricketer in the List - Shakib's spell in first beats him by a week.

The Top 5 in full are:

1 Shakib Al Hasan 2565
2 Jos Buttler 2343
3 Shubman Gill 2279
4 Rashid Khan 2156
5 Ravindra Jadeja 2078

Other Movers

David Warner is a victim of failure around him as he manages to move up a spot despite scoring only 82 points this week. He replaces Cameron Green in 16th, which brings us to....

Ones To Watch

It is the battle of the underperforming Aussies this week as there is only 7 points between Delhi's Warner and Mumbai's Green. Very different players at different ends of their careers; both are capable of big things but both equally sporadic this season.

Top 3 Averages

1. Shakib Al Hasan - 197.31
2. Ravindra Jadeja = 173.17 ( Down from 177.9)
3. Jos Buttler = 167.36 (Down from 167.69)

Harmer's average jumps up the most as he moves into 100+ points a week for the first time this year. Sam Curran's score of 4 sees his average drop to 104.29 - the lowest it has been since his second week.

Points By Format

Long Form - Ravindra Jadeja = 1235
One Day - Shubman Gill = 964
Short Form = Rashid Khan = 2164

Points By Format

Runs - Shubman Gill = 1459
Batting Bonus - Devon Conway = 290
Strike Rate - *Jos Buttler = 440

Wickets - Rashid Khan = 1120
Wicket Bonus - Ravindra Jadeja = 170
Economy - Rashid Khan = 430

Fielding - Jos Buttler = 360
Fielding Bonus - Jos Buttler = 50

Weekly List In Full

Shubman Gill 200
Suryakumar Yadav 189
Simon Harmer 183
Hardik Pandya 164
Jos Buttler 163
Babar Azam 158
Rashid Khan 150
Ravindra Jadeja 121
David Warner 82
Devon Conway 74
Jonny Bairstow 70
Moeen Ali 47
Cam Green 38
Marco Jansen 23
Sam Curran 4

Rishabh Pant dnp
Pat Cummins dnp
Usman Khawaja dnp
Shakib Al Hasan dnp
Harry Brook dnp

Overall List

1 Shakib Al Hasan 2565
2 Jos Buttler 2343
3 Shubman Gill 2279
4 Rashid Khan 2156
5 Ravindra Jadeja 2078
6 Devon Conway 1913
7 Babar Azam 1718
8 Hardik Pandya 1626
9 Marco Jansen 1519
10 Sam Curran 1460
11 Suryakumar Yadav 1370
12 Moeen Ali 1149
13 Usman Khawaja 1077
14 Harry Brook 1045
15 Simon Harmer 968
16 David Warner 858
17 Cam Green 851
18 Pat Cummins 330
19 Jonny Bairstow 70

Headlines

After DD's great fortnight, he scores 44 this week and sees RT retake 7th.

Arthur makes his bow with TPS 1332 away.

Weekly List

The Prof 352
DFM 333
RT 246
MIB 200
RDJ 168
Red Devil 158
GP 97
Arthur 70
DD 42
The Prof Snr 0

Overall

Red Devil 4282
The Prof 3713
GP 3432
MIB 3320
RDJ 3218
DFM 3124
RT 2484
DD 2314
The Prof Snr 1407
Arthur 70

[Arthur Crabtree]

Woo-hoo!

Go Johnny Go.

[Durhamfootman]

I wish Gujarat would stop playing on a Friday. Today's massive 249 point haul for RK along with Shubman's failure for Adi would have seen me jump to 4th on the board. Still......... it's in the bank

cheers Prof

[Red Devil]

My lead is being whittled away at an alarming rate. I did think Shakib played during the week though, with the Ireland matches starting?

[The Professor]

We don't include incomplete games.....he'll have yesterday's game next week though

[Red Devil]

We don't include incomplete games.....he'll have yesterday's game next week though

Yesterday's match was the 2nd game - the 1st match was played midweek. Shakib didn't do a huge amount though, so easy to miss

[Red Devil]

Shakib is now injured

[The Professor]

Weekly

1. Rashid Khan - 269 - It has been a long time coming but Rashid Khan has finally put on a big ol' score and tops the charts. You have to go back to the last week of 2019 to find the last time he was weekly high scorer.

=2. Suryakumar Yadav = 180 = In the IPL everything is hyperbole.....however, SKY's huge innings against Gujarat last Friday will live long in the memory and contributes to the bulk of his score for this week. Up to 10th overall.

=2. David Warner = 180 = Unlike his joint silver medalist Suryakumar, Warner got his score of 180 with two very solid performances. One a shade over 50 and one a shade under. Is very much the focal point of this misfiring Delhi team.

4. Shubman Gill = 167 = One great score and one pretty poor one sees him into fourth spot on a week where he could have ended up in pole position if he'd even scored just 20 against Mumbai.

5. Simon Harmer - 143 - Another OK score....Another slight rise up the table; 15th to 13th. But we're still waiting for the Harmer of old to return.

Overall

1. Shakib Al Hasan - 2601 - Bit of a shocker for Shakib. His first ODI was rained out, in the second he was ineffective and then got injured. Out for 6 weeks and with a lead of just 155 on2nd, we will have a new leader at some point before the end of the month.

2. Shubman Gill - 2446 - Gill's return to second place marks his highest point for 3 months. 3 months and one week ago he was 1st...can he get back their once more?

3. Rashid Khan - 2425 - Rashid moves up to 3rd place again. He has not managed to get higher than that this year but has a gap of just 21 points on second. All to play for this week.

4. Jos Buttler = 2343 = A couple of destructive ducks has knocked Buttler off his 2nd place perch. After being 1st or 2nd for the last 15 weeks he now has the ignominy to be in fourth spot.

5. Ravindra Jadeja - 2118 - In a turbulent week for the Top 5, one mainstay....stayed.....mainly. Jadeja has been in 5th place for 2 months and not even a weekly score of just 40 could get anyone anywhere near him.

Ones To Watch

Two IPL stars this week; one with greatly improved form....one who has been on the disappointing end of average. Just 9 points separate Mumbai's SKY and Punjab's Curran in 10th and 11th. A big week for either is needed to keep their top ten berth.

Top 3 Averages

1. Shakib Al Hasan - 185.79 (Down from 197.31)
2. Shubman Gill 163.07 (Up from 162.79)
3. Ravindra Jadeja = 162.92 (Down from 173.17)

Rashid Khan is the most improved this week - up 7.78 to 121.25. Jadeja has been a mainstay in the average points per week chart but needs to watch out. Down by 11.55 this week, Jos Buttler could overtake him as soon as today.

Points By Format

*=New Name

Long Form - Ravindra Jadeja = 1235
One Day - *Shakib Al Hasan = 969
Short Form = Rashid Khan = 2425

Points By Format

*=New Name

Runs - Shubman Gill = 1566
Batting Bonus - *Shubman Gill = 300
Strike Rate - Jos Buttler & *Shakib Al Hasan = 440

Wickets - Rashid Khan = 1200
Wicket Bonus - Ravindra Jadeja = 170
Economy - Rashid Khan = 430

Fielding - Jos Buttler = 360
Fielding Bonus - Jos Buttler = 50

Weekly List

Rashid Khan 269
Suryakumar Yadav 180
David Warner 180
Shubman Gill 167
Simon Harmer 143
Jonny Bairstow 93
Sam Curran 81
Devon Conway 50
Harry Brook 47
Marco Jansen 43
Ravindra Jadeja 40
Shakib Al Hasan 36
Hardik Pandya 22
Cam Green 17
Moeen Ali 11
Jos Buttler 0

Rishabh Pant dnp
Pat Cummins dnp
Usman Khawaja dnp
Babar Azam dnp

Overall List

1 Shakib Al Hasan 2601
2 Shubman Gill 2446
3 Rashid Khan 2425
4 Jos Buttler 2343
5 Ravindra Jadeja 2118
6 Devon Conway 1963
7 Babar Azam 1718
8 Hardik Pandya 1648
9 Marco Jansen 1562
10 Suryakumar Yadav 1550
11 Sam Curran 1541
12 Moeen Ali 1160
13 Simon Harmer 1111
14 Harry Brook 1092
15 Usman Khawaja 1077
16 David Warner 1038
17 Cam Green 868
18 Pat Cummins 330
19 Jonny Bairstow 163

Headlines

Two big moves in opposite directions today. DFM is up to 3rd whilst GP takes a massive tumble down to 5th.

Weekly

DFM 412
MIB 214
RT 202
The Prof 180
DD 98
GP 93
Arthur 93
RDJ 51
Red Devil 36
The Prof Snr 0

Overall

Red Devil 4318
The Prof 3893
DFM 3536
MIB 3534
GP 3525
RDJ 3269
RT 2686
DD 2412
The Prof Snr 1407
Arthur 163