2024 All Year Fantasy Competition

[sussexpob]

Nice to see my jinx of Harry Brook has extended into the IPL.

[The Professor]

Normal service has resumed after last week's total score of 55.

Weekly Top 5

1. Rachin Ravindra - 223 - I think it's time we face it up and say we have a bit of a superstar on our hands. Proving his worth in every format. This is his third Cricketer of the Week aware - the same amount as Babar Azam has.

2. Virat Kohli - 188 - Has taken no time at all to get back into the swing of things. Despite being away from action for 2 months, all it takes is one big score and he leaps up out of bottom spot on the Overall List.

3. Sam Curran - 176 - Had failed to impress so far in 2024 but knows what stage he needs to turn it on for. This is his highest score of the year so far, largely courtesy of a half century against Delhi.

4. Travis Head - 122 - Whilst every other IPL contributor's scores have come from two games, Head's comes from that world record game against Mumbai on Wednesday. Should be a mainstay for the rest of the tournament after that.

5. Aaron Hardie - 107 - Finishes the Sheffield Shield season with a score of 100+ - however, after having been withdrawn from his contract with Surrey, this might be his last score for a little while.

Overall List

1. Babar Azam - 1901 - The first of his indeterminate inactive weeks and his lead on second place drops from 717 points to 638.

2. Rachin Ravindra - 1263 - Bursts up the list from 4th to 2nd. Is very much the focal point for the chasing pack of IPL superstars chasing down top spot.

3. Yashasvi Jaiswal - 1254 - An understated start to the IPL season for Indian's latest poster boy. Lots more to play for but he remains third for the sixth week in a row.

4. James Vince - 1184 - Biding his time before the start of the County Championship season. Drops 2 spots to 4th.

5. Ravindra Jadeja - 1014 - Does just enough to keep himself in his beloved 5th spot for a 4th consecutive week. Has a 121 point lead over Mitchell Marsh.

Other Movers

Mitchell Marsh finished in 6th place for the week and moves up one place overall to be just outside the Top 5. Weirdly, Chamari Athapaththu gets the worst score of the week (21) but still moves up a place to 9th.

Ones to Watch

The tale of the IPL flops is playing out between 7th and 8th place. Glenn Maxwell has scored 52 points across his two games whilst buttler has scored 42. There is just one point between them on Friday afternoon.

Top 3 Average Points per Active Week

1. Babar Azam - 190.2
2. Ravindra Jadeja - 169 (Down from 196.4)
3. Jos Buttler - 168 (Down from 199.5)

Jos Buttler drops the most - down 31.5 - but still in our overall Top 3. Virat Kohli improves the most up a huge 38.17 points to 111.67.


Highest scorer by Format

Long Form = Yashasvi Jaiswal = 943
One Day = Marnus Labuschagne = 152
Short Form = Babar Azam - 1563

Highest scorer by Discipline

*=New Name

Runs - Babar Azam = 932
Batting Bonus -Babar Azam - 190
Strike Rate - Babar Azam - 350

Wickets - Ravindra Jadeja - 380
Wicket Bonus - Ravindra Jadeja - 70
Economy - Ravindra Jadeja - 220

Fielding – Babar Azam & *Jos Buttler = 150
Fielding Bonus - Steve Smith - 20

Headlines

A lot of movement this week. Arthur and Sussex are up one whilst Red Twin piggy back off Kohli's success to move up 4 places.

Weekly Scores

DD 298
RT 230
Sussex 223
GingerPele 213
MIB 131
The Professor 103
Arthur 94
RDJ 62
Red Devil 53
The Prof Sr. 21
DFM 0


Overall Scores

Contributor Points
Red Devil 2688
The Professor 2170
MIB 2044
RDJ 1800
DD 1523
GingerPele 1414
Sussex 1263
RT 1175
The Prof Sr. 1138
Arthur 1054
DFM 958

[Durhamfootman]

another dead week for me, and another next week, unless Labu the beast turns out for the Uni game, which I doubt

cheers Prof

[Arthur Crabtree]

Cheers Prof. Keep it up.

Feels like cricket has shut down for IPL.

[The Professor]

Had a bit of a stinker here

The top 5 is actually

1 Babar Azam 1901
2 James Vince 1277
3 Rachin Ravindra 1263
4 Yashasvi Jaiswal 1254
5 Ravindra Jadeja 1014

Had an issue with Vince's score for some reason.

[Durhamfootman]

Glamorgan now talking about Marnus joining them in May.... that's a blow for me. CA sticking their nose in again

[sussexpob]

Glamorgan now talking about Marnus joining them in May.... that's a blow for me. CA sticking their nose in again

I guess they are managing him tightly, seeing as though his form as completely collapsed recently...

Hoping for big things from my boy Brook tomorrow.

[Durhamfootman]

Marnus could use the practice if you ask me

[The Professor]

Weekly Update

1. Shubman Gill - 205 - After a tricky start to the year Gill is back in good form. Last year's third place player is easing up the table and jumps from 11th to 6th in the overall table this week thanks to 39 against Hyderabad and 89 against Punjab.

2. Chamari Athapaththu - 179 - Pulls out of her nosedive of very poor scores to register a decent score thanks to 73 in the third T20 against South Africa. Jumps up from 9th to 7th.

3. Virat Kohli - 175 - Being the highest run scorer in the IPL will obviously see you up near the top of the points. He is also slowly but surely dragging himself away from the bottom of the Overall list. Up a further place to 19th this week with Steve Smith 28 points above him.

4. Phil Salt - 108 - Two decent outings against Bengaluru and Delhi sees him tip over the three figure mark and move into seventeenth place overall while he is at it.

5. Glenn Maxwell - 98 - Not hit the electric form of which he is most capable of but scored 20+ runs at a decent lick and got a couple of wickets this week to see him round off the top 5 for the week.

Overall List

1. Babar Azam - 1901 - Despite another inactive week, Azam still manages to keep his 624 point gap on second place who also remains inactive.

2. James Vince - 1277 - A third and final (weather-permitting) inactive week and Vince manages to hold on to second place by just 12 points.

3. Rachin Ravindra - 1265 - Has been the breakout success of 2024 but scores a mere 2 points this week and retains 3rd place.

4. Yashasvi Jaiswal - 1264 - Only 10 runs for the Indian superstar this week sees him hold onto fourth place for a second week. Could be anywhere between 4th and 2nd by this time next week such is the narrow gap between those places.

5. Ravindra Jadeja - 1075 - Another week in his most favoured position. Has Shubman Gill 80 points below him now so he needs to score more than the 61 or 62 points he has scored in the last fortnight to keep the wolf from the door.

Other Movers

Sam Curran moves up 1 place to 12th having finishes with the 6th highest score of 85 for the week.

Ones to Watch

It has to be that one point gap between Chennai's Ravindra and Rajasthan's Jaiswal. Add James Vince back in action and that top 5 could look very different next week.

Top 3 Average Points per Active Week

1. Babar Azam - 190.2
2. Ravindra Jadeja - 153.57 (Down from 169)
3. Jos Buttler - 142.17 (Down from 168)

In a week where all but 4 people's averages moved down, Ravindra's moved down the most - a decline of 17.32. Kohli's goes in the opposite direction; up 15.83 to 127.5 a week.


Highest scorer by Format

Long Form = Yashasvi Jaiswal = 943
One Day = Marnus Labuschagne = 152
Short Form = Babar Azam - 1563

Highest scorer by Discipline

Runs - Babar Azam = 932
Batting Bonus -Babar Azam - 190
Strike Rate - Babar Azam - 350

Wickets - Ravindra Jadeja - 400
Wicket Bonus - Ravindra Jadeja - 70
Economy - Ravindra Jadeja - 220

Fielding – Babar Azam & Jos Buttler = 150
Fielding Bonus - Steve Smith - 20

Weekly List In Full

Shubman Gill 205
Chamari Athapaththu 179
Virat Kohli 175
Phil Salt 108
Glenn Maxwell 98
Sam Curran 85
Ravindra Jadeja 61
Daryl Mitchell 54
Mitchell Marsh 38
Travis Head 19
Jos Buttler 13
Yashasvi Jaiswal 10
Rachin Ravindra 2

Harry Brook dnp
Simon Harmer dnp
Moeen Ali dnp
Marnus Labuschagne dnp
James Vince dnp
Usman Khawaja dnp
Steve Smith dnp
Babar Azam dnp
Aaron Hardie dnp

Overall list In Full

1 Babar Azam 1901
2 James Vince 1277
3 Rachin Ravindra 1265
4 Yashasvi Jaiswal 1264
5 Ravindra Jadeja 1075
6 Shubman Gill 995
7 Chamari Athapaththu 977
8 Glenn Maxwell 939
9 Mitchell Marsh 931
10 Jos Buttler 853
11 Travis Head 815
12 Sam Curran 812
13 Moeen Ali 786
14 Daryl Mitchell 778
15 Marnus Labuschagne 708
16 Aaron Hardie 690
17 Phil Salt 624
18 Steve Smith 538
19 Virat Kohli 510
20 Usman Khawaja 338
21 Simon Harmer 250

Headlines

MIB, Red Twins and The Professor Senior all up one with Sussex being the biggest loser as he drops two.

Weekly List

MIB 215
RT 188
The Prof Sr. 179
Arthur 108
DD 104
Red Devil 98
RDJ 61
GingerPele 54
The Professor 38
Sussex 2
DFM 0

Overall List

Red Devil 2786
MIB 2259
The Professor 2208
RDJ 1861
DD 1627
GingerPele 1468
RT 1363
The Prof Sr. 1317
Sussex 1265
Arthur 1162
DFM 958

[Durhamfootman]

finally I have skin in the game for next week. SRH scored 8 points today, but knowing my luck the rest of that match will end up being washed out

cheers Prof

[The Professor]

Weekly Top 5

1. Virat Kohli - 196 - Virat's fine run scoring spell continues as he finishes top for the first time since 2021. He continues his rise up the overall list too. After spending 7 weeks in 21st , he went up a spot to 20th, then again to 19th and then a big leap up to 16th this week

2. Jos Buttler - 188 - Was in an awful run of form before the game against Bengaluru but gave us a taste of old school Jos. Leaps up to 7th place, arresting last year's top point scorer's slide down the overall List.

3. Ravindra Jadeja - 181 - Impressed with bat and ball again this week as he cements himself in the Weekly Top 5 for a third week in a row.

4. Harry Brook - Took him until April to get back into cricket but it was like the young man was never away. he takes his 2024 bow in fourth place for the week. Is just 173 points below Simon Harmer in 21st place in the Overall List. Can he reel that in next week?

5. Shubman Gill - 141 - One decent score and one good score sees last week's number 1 cricketer round off the weekly Top 5.

Overall Top 5

1. Babar Azam - 1901 - Inactive once more but is still acres out in front. His gap of 593 points to second is by some distance the largest in the entire list; Steve Smith's 200 point gap on Usman Khawaja is second.

2. Yashasvi Jaiswal - 1318 - Another underwhelming week for the Rajasthan boy, however he manages to jump up 2 places and get up to 2nd place....however there is a chasing pack breathing right down his neck.

3. Rachin Ravindra - 1312 - Has rather lost his early IPL form. He manages to hold third place despite the movement around him.

4. James Vince - 1277 - The English weather sess Vince drop to his lowest position in 9 weeks. Will be back in action this week an still has it all to play for with those above him still within touching distance.

5. Ravindra Jadeja - 1256 - Yet another week in 5th place. This is now his 6th consecutive week in 5th. Only Azam's 9 week spell in 1st and Vince and Kohli's seven week spells in 2nd and 21st respectively has seen a player remain in one position longer.

Other Movers

Such is the tight crush just outside the Top 10 that a relatively modest score can see you move up a place. Such has been the case with Sam Curran (99 points) and Daryl Mitchell (78 points). they have both moved up a place and are in 11th and 13th respectively.

Top 3 Average Points per Active Week

1. Babar Azam - 190.2
2. Ravindra Jadeja - 157 (Up from 153.57)
3. Jos Buttler - 148.7 (Up from 142.17)

For the third consectuive week, Kohli has improved his average by the most. A month ago his average was 73.5 - it is now 141.2. Phil Salt's score of 0 sees his average drop the most - down 11.14 to 78.

Highest scorer by Format

Long Form = Yashasvi Jaiswal = 943
One Day = Marnus Labuschagne = 152
Short Form = Babar Azam - 1563

Highest scorer by Discipline

Runs - Babar Azam = 932
Batting Bonus -Babar Azam - 190
Strike Rate - Babar Azam - 350

Wickets - Ravindra Jadeja - 460
Wicket Bonus - Ravindra Jadeja - 90
Economy - Ravindra Jadeja - 240

Fielding – Jos Buttler = 180
Fielding Bonus - Steve Smith - 20

Full Weekly List

Virat Kohli 196
Jos Buttler 188
Ravindra Jadeja 181
Harry Brook 160
Shubman Gill 141
Sam Curran 99
Travis Head 92
Simon Harmer 83
Daryl Mitchell 78
Yashasvi Jaiswal 54
Rachin Ravindra 47
Moeen Ali 40
Glenn Maxwell 11

Marnus Labuschagne dnp
James Vince dnp
Usman Khawaja dnp
Steve Smith dnp
Babar Azam dnp
Aaron Hardie dnp
Chamari Athapaththu dnp
Phil Salt dnp
Mitchell Marsh dnp

Overall List In Full

1 Babar Azam 1901
2 Yashasvi Jaiswal 1318
3 Rachin Ravindra 1312
4 James Vince 1277
5 Ravindra Jadeja 1256
6 Shubman Gill 1136
7 Jos Buttler 1041
8 Chamari Athapaththu 977
9 Glenn Maxwell 950
10 Mitchell Marsh 931
11 Sam Curran 911
12 Travis Head 907
13 Daryl Mitchell 856
14 Moeen Ali 826
15 Marnus Labuschagne 708
16 Virat Kohli 706
17 Aaron Hardie 690
18 Phil Salt 624
19 Steve Smith 538
20 Usman Khawaja 338
21 Simon Harmer 333
22 Harry Brook 160

Headlines

Two movers this week as Red Twins and Sussex move up a spot.

Weekly Scores

RT 384
RDJ 221
Sussex 207
MIB 195
DD 191
DFM 83
GingerPele 78
Red Devil 11
The Prof Sr. 0
Arthur 0
The Professor 0

Overall Scores

Red Devil 2797
MIB 2454
The Professor 2208
RDJ 2082
DD 1818
RT 1747
GingerPele 1646
Sussex 1472
The Prof Sr. 1317
Arthur 1162
DFM 1041

[Durhamfootman]

points.... woo hoo

okay, not many, but still..... woo hoo

cheers Prof

[meninblue]

Great updates Professor

My players busy scoring runs more often than not

[The Professor]

Weekly Top 5

1. Chamari Athapaththu - 366 - A record breaking week for Chamari. She scored the second highest score in Women's ODI history and gets her second Cricketer of the Week accolade after what has been a rather underwhelming run of games against South Africa.

2. Travis Head - 172 - Making a habit of coming out of nowhere with a humungous score and then fading into the background for a few fixtures again. A century vs Bengaluru seals him second place. Moves up to 9th.

3. Phil Salt - 169 - Been a hit and miss IPL for Salt so far. This week, his hit was bigger than his miss; his 89 against Lucknow outbalancing his 10 vs Rajasthan.

4. Jos Buttler - 167 - A second century of the IPL season for Jos sees him in the Top 5 for the second week in a row. Looking much more like his old self again.

=5. Harry Brook - 154 - A hundred on 2024 debut followed by 94 across two innings against Gloucestershire. Certainly looks like he will be picking up points for fun in his County Championship spell.

=5. Simon Harmer = 154 = Such is our level of expectation for Harmer that a 5th place finish for the second week in a row seems underwhelming. Has scored nearly 40% of his points from Economy points in lieu of any significant wickets. Moves up to 20th.

Overall Top 5

1. Babar Azam - 1901 - Was due to be back in action but that has been delayed by the weather. His lead on second is a smidge over half a thousand.

=2. Yashasvi Jaiswal - 1396 - His weeks are improving but his IPL points are way down on last year. Should count himself lucky he manages to keep 2nd.

=2. James Vince - 1396 - Lost second place due to the wash out in the first round of County Championship figures but claims it back again courtesy of 89 runs against Lancashire.

4. Rachin Ravindra - 1363 - Another lean week for the New Zealand wunderkind and he is starting to drop down the table.

5. Chamari Athapaththu - 1343 - A staggering week sees the Sri Lankan captain back into the Top 5 once more after 9 weeks away.

Other Movers

Sam Curran is up a place once more and finds himself rounding off the overall Top 10.

Ones To Watch

If you discount Azam's massive lead, the gaps are small - averaging 54 points between any players. The eye is drawn to the tied scores in joint second.

Top 3 Average Points per Active Week

1. Babar Azam - 190.2
2. Harry Brook = 157
3. Jos Buttler - 151 (Up from 148.7)

Jadeja's poor week sees him drop 16 points and out of the Top 3 highest overall averages. Athapaththu's Mummy Hundred improves her average by 27.09 - up to 122.13.

Highest scorer by Format

*= New Name

Long Form = Yashasvi Jaiswal = 943
One Day = *Chamari Athapaththu = 366
Short Form = Babar Azam - 1563

Highest scorer by Discipline

Runs - Babar Azam = 932
Batting Bonus -Babar Azam - 190
Strike Rate - Babar Azam - 350

Wickets - Ravindra Jadeja - 460
Wicket Bonus - Ravindra Jadeja - 90
Economy - Ravindra Jadeja - 240

Fielding – Jos Buttler = 180
Fielding Bonus - Steve Smith - 20

Weekly List In Full

Chamari Athapaththu 366
Travis Head 172
Phil Salt 169
Jos Buttler 167
Harry Brook 154
Simon Harmer 154
James Vince 119
Sam Curran 102
Virat Kohli 82
Yashasvi Jaiswal 78
Rachin Ravindra 51
Daryl Mitchell 17
Ravindra Jadeja 10
Shubman Gill 8

Marnus Labuschagne dnp
Usman Khawaja dnp
Steve Smith dnp
Babar Azam dnp
Aaron Hardie dnp
Mitchell Marsh dnp
Moeen Ali dnp
Glenn Maxwell dnp


Overall List In Full

Babar Azam 1901
Yashasvi Jaiswal 1396
James Vince 1396
Rachin Ravindra 1363
Chamari Athapaththu 1343
Ravindra Jadeja 1266
Jos Buttler 1208
Shubman Gill 1144
Travis Head 1079
Sam Curran 1013
Glenn Maxwell 950
Mitchell Marsh 931
Daryl Mitchell 873
Moeen Ali 826
Phil Salt 793
Virat Kohli 788
Marnus Labuschagne 708
Aaron Hardie 690
Steve Smith 538
Simon Harmer 487
Usman Khawaja 338
Harry Brook 314

Headlines

Lots to draw the eye this week.
RDJ + DD are both tied for points.
Huge mix up near the bottom. Last week GP lead the chasing pack out with TPS bringing up the rear, now has completely switched.

Weekly Points

The Prof Sr. 366
DD 274
RT 249
Sussex 205
Arthur 169
DFM 154
The Professor 119
MIB 86
GingerPele 17
RDJ 10
Red Devil 0

Overall Points

Contributor Points
Red Devil 2797
MIB 2540
The Professor 2327
RDJ 2092
DD 2092
RT 1996
The Prof Sr. 1683
Sussex 1677
GingerPele 1663
Arthur 1331
DFM 1195

[Durhamfootman]

Points from SRH, but nothing from the loafer

cheers Prof