2024 All Year Fantasy Competition

[The Professor]

So here we go again. Probably just enough for a Top 5 this week what with the early finish of the Sa v IND Test series.

Top 5 after Week 1

1. Chamari Athapaththu - 159 - Rewards her inclusion in the list with a high score in her debut week. 4 wickets in a Super Smash game against Wellington Women sees her out the gate in the first week just as Conway, Jamieson, Guptil, Olivier and Buttler have before her.

2. Glenn Maxwell - 142 - A performance that ticked all the boxes in BBL 13 this week. 72 runs with the bat, 50 with the ball and 20 in the field. Can't ask for more than that.

3. Aaron Hardie - 119 - Debuts in third spot and is benefited by the fact that he played 2 games this week compared to everyone else playing the solitary T20 game or Test however with 2 scores over 30 looks a comfortable run scorer with lots of BBL 13 cricket left to play.

4. Yashasvi Jaiswal - 98 - None of the 4 Indian players who featured in the second Test against South Africa hung around long enough to really start their year well but Jaiswal boosted his 58 runs with the bat with 40 fielding points.

5. Virat Kohli - 68 - A quiet start to his return to our little game. With 58, he scored the most runs of any of the 4 Indian players on our List....but that wouldn't have been hard.

Top Players by Format

Red Ball - Yashasvi Jaiswal - 98
One Day - N/a
Short Form - Chamari Athapaththu- 159

Top Players by Discipline

Runs - Aaron Hardie - 69
Batting Bonus - n/a
Strike Rate - Aaron Hardie & Glenn Maxwell = 40

Wickets - Chamari Athapaththu - 80
Wicket Bonus - Chamari Athapaththu - 20
Economy - Glenn Maxwell - 30

Fielding - Yashasvi Jaiswal - 40
Fielding Bonus - Yashasvi Jaiswal & James Vince = 10

Headlines

Means nothing at the moment but this is how we stand...

The Prof Sr. 159
MIB 154
Red Devil 142
GingerPele 119
RT 68
The Professor 49
RDJ 0
Arthur n/a
DD n/a
DFM n/a
Sussex n/a

[Durhamfootman]

Nobody would have minded if you'd had a week off, Prof

[The Professor]

Forgot the 'full' List

1 Chamari Athapaththu 159
2 Glenn Maxwell 142
3 Aaron Hardie 119
4 Yashasvi Jaiswal 98
5 Virat Kohli 68
6 Shubman Gill 56
7 James Vince 49
8 Ravindra Jadeja 0

[The Professor]

Weekly Top 5

1. Marnus Labuschagne - 267 - Straight back after a year away and claims his twelfth Cricketer of the Year award. Could we be seeing the beginnings of a stellar year like he had in 2021?

2. Daryl Mitchell - 224 - Couldn't have asked for a better debut week on our List for a T20 player. Scores of 57 in the Super Smash for Canterbury and then 67 in national colours sees him finish with a score that would see you in top position most weeks.

3. Chamari Athapaththu - 214 - When she plays she will need to score big to stay up the top of the List and she is certainly fulfilling that brief so far. 3 games in the Women's Supers Smash this week with scores of 1, 25 and 58 plus two wickets.

=4. Babar Azam - 186 - Finishes in the Top 5 for the week but fourth does seem a little underwhelming from a Test and a T20. Without that T20 he would have finished even lower - with just 37% of his points coming from the red ball.

=4. James Vince - 186 - Two decent performances in BBL 13 puts James Vince near the top of the tree for the second week in a row. Scored a POTM 79 against Melbourne Stars before a more understated 27 against Sydney Thunder.

Overall Top 5

1. Chamari Athapaththu - 373 - Finished top last week and third this week so is good value for the overall lead. Nobody has ever finished top in the first three weeks in a row, can Chamari pull off that feat?

2. Marnus Labuschagne - 267 - Straight in at second for the Australia and Brisbane batter, with a Test match on the horizon you would suspect that his Top 5 position is well assured.

3. James Vince - 235 - Consistently OK performances in BBL 13 see him rise up the ranks to third in our overall placings. Needs to perform big in the remaining games as a period of time in the wilderness beckons.

4. Daryl Mitchell - 224 - Straight into the Top 5 for a player that is increasingly becoming Kane Williamson's heir apparent.

5. Glenn Maxwell - 213 - The only member of the overall Top 5 who did not feature in the weekly Top 5. Just 71 points this week and drops from second to fifth but the days are still early.

Ones To Watch

It is just outside the Top 10 where eyes are drawn with just 50 points between 10th place Jaiswal and 15th place Sam Curran.

Top 3 Average Points per Active Week

1. Chamari Athapaththu = 186.5
2. James Vince = 117.5
3. Glenn Maxwell = 106.5

Highest scorer by Format

* = New Name

Long Form = *Marnus Labuschagne = 202
One Day = n/a
Short Form = Chamari Athapaththu = 373

Highest scorer by Discipline

Runs - *Marnus Labuschagne = 167
Batting Bonus - * Marnus Labuschagne & * Daryll Mitchell = 40
Strike Rate - Glenn Maxwell = 80

Wickets - Chamari Athapaththu - 120
Wicket Bonus - Chamari Athapaththu - 20
Economy - Glenn Maxwell, *Travis Head, *Marnus Labuschagne and *Mitchell Marsh - 30

Fielding - *Shubmann Gill = 50
Fielding Bonus - Yashasvi Jaiswal & James Vince = 10

Weekly List In Full

Marnus Labuschagne 267
Daryl Mitchell 224
Chamari Athapaththu 214
Babar Azam 186
James Vince 186
Mitchell Marsh 124
Travis Head 80
Steve Smith 72
Glenn Maxwell 71
Usman Khawaja 61
Aaron Hardie 56
Sam Curran 46

Moeen Ali dnp
Harry Brook dnp
Jos Buttler dnp
Simon Harmer dnp
Rachin Ravindra dnp
Phil Salt dnp
Yashasvi Jaiswal dnp
Virat Kohli dnp
Shubman Gill dnp
Ravindra Jadeja dnp

Overall List In Full

1 Chamari Athapaththu 373
2 Marnus Labuschagne 267
3 James Vince 235
4 Daryl Mitchell 224
5 Glenn Maxwell 213
6 Babar Azam 186
7 Aaron Hardie 175
8 Mitchell Marsh 124
9 Shubman Gill 109
10 Yashasvi Jaiswal 98
11 Travis Head 80
12 Steve Smith 72
13 Virat Kohli 68
14 Usman Khawaja 61
15 Sam Curran 46
16 Ravindra Jadeja 0

Headlines

All to play for with nobody more than 92 points away from the person above them.

Weekly Score

The Professor 310
GingerPele 280
The Prof Sr. 275
DFM 267
Red Devil 257
DD 126
Arthur 72
MIB 53
RT 0
RDJ 0

Overall Score

The Prof Sr. 434
Red Devil 399
GingerPele 399
The Professor 359
DFM 267
MIB 207
DD 126
Arthur 72
RT 68
RDJ 0

[Durhamfootman]

ooh.... early on the board for me

cheers Prof

[Durhamfootman]

Harmer has finally woken up and gone back to work

rusty as hell by the looks of things, but at least he hasn't completely forgotten what it is he does for a living

[Arthur Crabtree]

Well, I'm not bottom of the table.

[The Professor]

Very very early to have an almost full compliment of cricketers featuring in a week but only Brook, Gill and Jadeja did not play this week. Let's see our Top 5.

Weekly Top 5

1. Jos Buttler - 273 - Last year's Cricketer of the Year ended 2023 on a bit of a sour note, but is starting to look sweet again in the SA20 and is straight back into action with a weekly top score. Places him 8th Overall after three weeks.

2. Babar Azam - 253 - Pakistan are getting drubbed by New Zealand but Azam is giving it his all. You can always bank on him to get a half century and with two this week he is good value for second spot.

3. Travis Head = 179 - Provided the batting highlight of the first Test against the West Indies and is rewarded with a third place finish for the week as well as a surge up the table overall; from 11th to 9th.

4. Glenn Maxwell - 172 - Ended his BBL 13 season with some typically boisterous hitting and a final feature in the Top 5. Is now going to have a fortnight out the game before the ODIs against the West Indies.

5. Daryl Mitchell - 168 - Featured in three T20s this week and is largely here thanks to 72* in the final one. He has finished in the Top 5 two weeks in a row and will be playing throughout February.

Overall Top 5

1. Chamari Athapaththu - 478 - Becomes the first cricketer to top the overall list for the first three weeks of the year. Scored only 105 and has the pack breathing down her neck but is holding her own.

2. Babar Azam - 439 - Jumped up 4 places to 2nd this week. Only spent two weeks in the Top 5 in 2023. Will be wanting to better that in 2024.

3. Daryl Mitchell - 392 - Up a place from last week. Is rapidly becoming the fulcrum of the team. With New Zealand playing pretty consistently through until March, he could be a mainstay at the very top of our List.

4. Glenn Maxwell - 385 - Up a place for The Big Show. He is really looking on top form after his injury ravaged 2023. Is having a fortnight away from the game but should be back soon enough.

5. Aaron Hardie - 316 - Yo-yos back into the Top 5 against. After finishing third in week one, dropping down to 7th in week two, he now rounds off our weekly Top 5. His continued involvement in BBL 13 will see him continue to be amongst the points for at least one more game.

Other Movers

Two other players moved up this week. Sam Curran moved up 3 spots to finish Week 3 in 12th whilst Virat Kohli is up two to 11th.

Ones To Watch

With the second Test against the West Indies next week, Australia's new opening partnership of Steve Smith and Usman Khawaja are both tied in 15th place with 115 points.

Top 3 Average Points per Active Week

1. Babar Azam - 219.5
2. Daryl Mitchell - 196
3. Chamari Athapaththu - 159.33 (Down from 186.5)

Athapaththu's average declines the most but she still possessess the third highest average overall. Glenn Maxwell's average improves the most. He is up 21.83 points to 128.33.

Highest scorer by Format

* = New Name

Long Form = *Travis Head = 259
One Day = n/a
Short Form = *Daryl Mitchell = 312

Highest scorer by Discipline

Runs - *Babar Azam = 249
Batting Bonus - Daryll Mitchell & *Babar Azam = 60
Strike Rate - Glenn Maxwell = 150

Wickets - Chamari Athapaththu - 140
Wicket Bonus - Chamari Athapaththu - 20
Economy - Glenn Maxwell, *Travis Head, *Marnus Labuschagne and *Mitchell Marsh - 30

Fielding - *Glenn Maxwell & * Jos Buttler = 60
Fielding Bonus - Yashasvi Jaiswal & James Vince & *Daryl Mitchell & *Jos Buttler = 10

Weekly List in Full

Jos Buttler 273
Babar Azam 253
Travis Head 179
Glenn Maxwell 172
Daryl Mitchell 168
Yashasvi Jaiswal 142
Aaron Hardie 141
Moeen Ali 125
Phil Salt 112
Chamari Athapaththu 105
Sam Curran 90
Virat Kohli 79
Usman Khawaja 54
Steve Smith 43
James Vince 42
Marnus Labuschagne 31
Simon Harmer 14
Mitchell Marsh 5
Rachin Ravindra 3

Harry Brook dnp
Shubman Gill dnp
Ravindra Jadeja dnp


Overall List

1 Chamari Athapaththu 478
2 Babar Azam 439
3 Daryl Mitchell 392
4 Glenn Maxwell 385
5 Aaron Hardie 316
6 Marnus Labuschagne 298
7 James Vince 277
8 Jos Buttler 273
9 Travis Head 259
10 Yashasvi Jaiswal 240
11 Virat Kohli 147
12 Sam Curran 136
13 Mitchell Marsh 129
14 Moeen Ali 125
15 Steve Smith 115
16 Usman Khawaja 115
17 Phil Salt 112
18 Shubman Gill 109
19 Simon Harmer 14
20 Rachin Ravindra 3
21 Ravindra Jadeja 0


Headlines

A good week for the Reds who complete a weekly one-two. Papa Red moves into first whilst the Twins jump up from 9th to 4th.

Weekly Scores

Red Devil 425
RT 352
GingerPele 309
DD 269
The Prof Sr. 159
Arthur 155
MIB 142
RDJ 125
The Professor 47
DFM 45
Sussex 3

Overall Scores

Red Devil 824
GingerPele 708
The Prof Sr. 593
RT 420
The Professor 406
DD 395
MIB 349
DFM 312
Arthur 227
RDJ 125
Sussex 3

[Arthur Crabtree]

Cheers Prof.

Looks like Andy didn't make it.

[Durhamfootman]

Poor score for Lambshanks in a one way test match against a poor side.

Cheers Prof

[The Professor]

Highest scorer by Format

* = New Name

Long Form = *Travis Head = 259
One Day = n/a
Short Form = *Daryl Mitchell = 312

Got this wrong.

Chamari Athapaththu leads the way on Short From Points with 478

[The Professor]

Weekly Top 5

1. Jos Buttler - 222 - It took Buttler until Week 6 for him to the first player to win back-to-back Cricketer of the Week accolades; this year it took him two weeks fewer. Is really getting himself back into good form in the SA20.

2. James Vince - 188 - Had a very Buttler-lite style week this week. Where Jos got 46, 54 and 11, Vince got 45, 52 and 1. Continues to impress on the T20 circuit and needs to cash in before the long haul to the start of the Country Championship.

3. Simon Harmer - 156 - Look whose cropped up prematurely early.....no, not the words of my fertility consultant but instead an early showing for Simon Harmer courtesy of a four-fer against Durban in the SA20.

4. Chamari Athapaththu - 153 - One good game with the bat and one good game with the ball sees Athapaththu in the Top 5 for the fourth consecutive week. Making hay whilst the New Zealand sun shines.

5. Moeen Ali - 153 - Is having a much more fruitful time in franchise cricket than he is in international cricket. Is largely here thanks to a couple of impactful T20 innings in the SA 20.

Overall Top 5

1. Chamari Athapaththu - 629 - 4 weeks at the top of the table for Athapaththu. Nobody has done the first 5 weeks on the trot. Can the Sri Lanakan break records?

2. Babar Azam - 560 - Finished his international commitments with an underwhelming 13 before joining up with the BPL and getting a trademark half century at 100+ SR. You feel he may cash in in this Tier 3 T20 tournament.

3. Jos Buttler - 495 - Has leapt into the Top 5 in just two weeks. Is averaging 82.5 points per T20 game in the SA 20 and there are at least 4 more of them in the tournament - with the possibility of another 7.

4. James Vince - 465 - Is yo-yo-ing his way up and down the table in the first month. Debuted in seventh, moved up to 3rd, dropped back to 7th and now is in fourth. His gap of 73 from the player below him is the second largest on the List.

5. Daryl Mitchell - 392 - Inactive this week but he manages to hold onto his Top 5 position by the skin of his teeth. His nearest active player before next week will be Aaron Hardie in 7th who is 19 points away from him.

Other Movers

Phil Salt was the most upwardly mobile player to not feature in either of our Top 5s this week. He scored 102 points but moved up four places to 13. Sam Curran also moved up this week and is now in 9th place.

Top 3 Average Points per Active Week

1. Jos Buttler - 247.5
2. Daryl Mitchell - 196
3. Babar Azam - 186.67 (Down from 219.15)

Azam started the week with the highest average but dropped 32.83 and ended third. James Vince's average improved the most; up 23.92 to 116.25.

Highest scorer by Format

* = New Name

Long Form = Travis Head = 259
One Day = n/a
Short Form = Chamari Athapaththu - 629

Highest scorer by Discipline

Runs - Babar Azam = 320
Batting Bonus -Babar Azam = 80
Strike Rate - Glenn Maxwell = 150

Wickets - Chamari Athapaththu - 180
Wicket Bonus - Chamari Athapaththu & *Simon Harmer - 20
Economy - Chamari Athapaththu & *Simon Harmer = 40

Fielding - Jos Buttler & *James Vince = 60
Fielding Bonus - Yashasvi Jaiswal & James Vince & Glenn Maxwell & Jos Buttler = 10

Full List for the Week

Jos Buttler 222
James Vince 188
Simon Harmer 156
Chamari Athapaththu 153
Moeen Ali 138
Sam Curran 136
Babar Azam 121
Phil Salt 102
Aaron Hardie 56
Rachin Ravindra 43

Harry Brook dnp
Shubman Gill dnp
Ravindra Jadeja dnp
Travis Head dnp
Glenn Maxwell dnp
Daryl Mitchell dnp
Yashasvi Jaiswal dnp
Virat Kohli dnp
Usman Khawaja dnp
Steve Smith dnp
Marnus Labuschagne dnp
Mitchell Marsh dnp

Harry Brook dnp
Shubman Gill dnp
Ravindra Jadeja dnp
Travis Head dnp
Glenn Maxwell dnp
Daryl Mitchell dnp
Yashasvi Jaiswal dnp
Virat Kohli dnp
Usman Khawaja dnp
Steve Smith dnp
Marnus Labuschagne dnp
Mitchell Marsh dnp

Overall List In Full

1 Chamari Athapaththu 629
2 Babar Azam 560
3 Jos Buttler 495
4 James Vince 465
5 Daryl Mitchell 392
6 Glenn Maxwell 385
7 Aaron Hardie 372
8 Marnus Labuschagne 298
9 Sam Curran 272
10 Moeen Ali 263
11 Travis Head 259
12 Yashasvi Jaiswal 240
13 Phil Salt 214
14 Simon Harmer 170
15 Virat Kohli 147
16 Mitchell Marsh 129
17 Steve Smith 115
18 Usman Khawaja 115
19 Shubman Gill 109
20 Rachin Ravindra 46
21 Ravindra Jadeja 0

Headlines

Remarkably stable list with only DFM moving up a single place.
Rather nicely everyone had a single player feature this week.

Weekly Scores

RT 222
The Professor 188
DFM 156
The Prof Sr. 153
RDJ 138
DD 136
Red Devil 121
Arthur 102
GingerPele 56
Sussex 43
MIB 0

Total Points

Red Devil 945
GingerPele 764
The Prof Sr. 746
RT 642
The Professor 594
DD 531
DFM 468
MIB 349
Arthur 329
RDJ 263
Sussex 46

[Durhamfootman]

another dreadful test for Lambshanks, so he won't be adding much to the total next week

cheers Prof

[gingerpele]

Gutted I just missed out on Jaiswal, instead I have Aaron Hardie who doesn’t even get bat or a bowl for Australia!

[The Professor]

Top 5 Cricketers of the Week

1. Steve Smith = 296 - Was probably the best player in Australia's shock test defeat to the West Indies and was then probably the best player in their victory in the 1st ODI. Shockingly, Smith has never won more than 2 Cricketer of the Weeks in a year so is half there already.

2. Ravindra Jadeja - 279 - Has been sat on 0 points since Week 1 but has given us a taste of his 2023 form this week with points scored with both bat and ball. Leaps from bottom of the pile to 13th. Will slide back down as he is sidelined for the second Test.

3. Babar Azam - 199 - Producing the goods out in Bangladesh. Two T20 games for Babar with scores of 62 and 37 to continue his ever presence in the Weekly Top 5.

4. Yashasvi Jaiswal - 135 - Indians wunderkind is here thanks to his score of 80 in the first innings of their thrilling Test defeat against England. More points on the horizon very soon for this young man.

5. Sam Curran - 132 - Two impactful innings of 20 & 22 for Sam has seen him just edge into the Top 5. He also moves onto the verge of the overall Top 5 with the closing games of the SA20 on the horizon.

Overall Top 5

1. Babar Azam - 759 - Has spent two weeks in second place but has taken advantage of inactivity above him to seize the top spot for the first time since 2021 where he spent the majority of the year in top spot before Labuschagne stole it from him at the very end.

2. Chamari Athapaththu - 629 - Spent the whole of January as the best Cricketer in the World but, as February roles in and she puts her feet up she has been caught lacking and moves into second spot.

3. Jos Buttler - 586 - A quieter week for Jos Buttler as he only managed a single score over 20, however he retains 3rd place. Buttler spent 10 weeks hanging around in bronze position before moving into the top spot in the later part of the year.

4. James Vince - 524 - Despite scoring a mere 59 this week, Vince holds on to fourth spot - mainly due to a lack of challenge from those below him.

5. Steve Smith - 411 - Smith has pulled off a leap that would have Jonathan Edwards salivating as he moves up from 17th position to 5th in one fell swoop. Not bad going for the newly crowned Australian opener.

Other Movers

Usman Khawaja is the only upwardly mobile player not to feature in any Top 5s. He moves up 3 places to 15th.

Top 3 Average Points per Active Week

1. Daryl Mitchell - 196
1. Jos Buttler - 195.33 (Down from 247.5)
3. Babar Azam - 189.75 (Up from 186.67)

Jos Buttler tumbles form his stratospheric heights to a more menial score of a smidge under 200. Steve Smith moves up 22 and a half points thanks to his colossal week; his average is now 137 a week.

Highest scorer by Format

* = New Name

Long Form = Travis Head = 259
One Day = *Steve Smith = 119
Short Form = *Babar Azam = 690

Highest scorer by Discipline

Runs - Babar Azam = 419
Batting Bonus -Babar Azam = 100
Strike Rate - Glenn Maxwell & *Babar Azam = 150

Wickets - Chamari Athapaththu - 180
Wicket Bonus - Chamari Athapaththu & Simon Harmer & *Ravindra Jadeja - 20
Economy - *Travis Head & *Ravindra Jadeja = 50

Fielding - Jos Buttler & *Steve Smith = 60
Fielding Bonus - Yashasvi Jaiswal & James Vince & Glenn Maxwell, Jos Buttler & Steve Smith = 10

Headlines

Lots of movement this week as Arthur and Red Devil Junior move up multiple places.

Weekly Scores

Arthur 321
RDJ 279
Red Devil 199
DD 176
MIB 158
The Prof Sr. 125
The Professor 110
RT 91
DFM 58
GingerPele 10
Sussex 0

Overall

Red Devil 1144
The Prof Sr. 871
GingerPele 774
RT 733
DD 707
The Professor 704
Arthur 650
RDJ 542
DFM 526
MIB 507
Sussex 46