2023 All Year Fantasy Competition

[The Professor]

In stark contrast to last week, almost all of our available players were in action this week – but some posted some tiddly totals with others going big.

Weekly Update

1. Usman Khawaja - 230 - Always has these big scores in him - and this week's was a doozy. has really put to bed the gripes about his form on the sub-continent. Joins Jadeja, Buttler and Conway as two time Cricketers of the Week for 2023. Up to 7th place Overall

2. Ravindra Jadeja - 223 - Surprisingly Jadeja was more effective in his ODI showing than he was in the final test against Australia. yet another 200+ score for the all-rounder and he continues his vice like grip on Top 5 places.

3. Simon Harmer - 200 - Back playing red ball cricket and back in the reckoning. A nice round score of 200 as South Africa put the West Indies to the sword in their final Test this week. A sign of things to come. Up a place to 16th on the Overall List.

4. Shubman Gill - 198 - Seems quite a low score for a man who scored a century and played an ODI this week but such was the form of others that he only just manages to creep into the Top 5.

5. Cam Green - 196 - If points were awarded for style, Cam Green might have won Cricketer of the Week....but they aren't....so he didn't.



Overall List

1. Jos Buttler - 1601 - A modest score this week. If those below him had done well this week he could have lost his top place berth but he lives to fight another day.

2. Shakib Al Hasan - 1565 - Was averaging 186.25 a week before this week. That would have seen him move into top spot - however he managed a mere 74 in two T20s and keeps 2nd place for a second week.

3. Shubman Gill - 1433 - Back in the points and in the Top 5 scorers for the week but manages to make no headway on the Overall Top 5. Has an ODI series to put that right.

4. Ravindra Jadeja - 1340 - Back up a place from last week. Showed great promise in the first ODI so could mount a challenge on the Top 3 next week.

5. Rashid Khan - 1284 - A quiet week for Rashid with very few wickets to crow of in his 3 games. Drops down a spot to 5th.

Top 3 Averages

1. Ravindra Jadeja – 268 (Down from 279.25)
2. Jos Buttler – 204.71 (Down from 219.57)
3. Shubman Gill – 200.13 (Down from 205.83)

Simon Harmer’s average moves up the most this week…however at 60.4 it is still the lowest of anybody except Warner. Jos Buttler’s average drops by 19.44 point but he retains second place overall.

Points By Format


Long Form - Ravindra Jadeja = 1235
One Day - Shubman Gill = 907
Short Form = Rashid Khan = 1284

Points By Format

*=New Name

Runs - *Shubman Gill = 953
Batting Bonus - *Shubman Gill = 190
Strike Rate - *Jos Buttler = 290

Wickets - Rashid Khan & Ravindra Jadeja = 640
Wicket Bonus - Ravindra Jadeja = 130
Economy - Rashid Khan = 340

Fielding - Jos Buttler = 250
Fielding Bonus - Jos Buttler = 40

Weekly List In Full

Usman Khawaja 230
Ravindra Jadeja 223
Simon Harmer 200
Shubman Gill 198
Cam Green 196
Babar Azam 186
Rashid Khan 96
Hardik Pandya 75
Shakib Al Hasan 74
Jos Buttler 64
Sam Curran 56
Moeen Ali 54
Devon Conway 35
Suryakumar Yadav 0

Jonny Bairstow dnp
Rishabh Pant dnp
Pat Cummins dnp
David Warner dnp
Harry Brook dnp
Marco Jansen dnp


Overall List

1 Jos Buttler 1601
2 Shakib Al Hasan 1565
3 Shubman Gill 1433
4 Ravindra Jadeja 1340
5 Rashid Khan 1284
6 Babar Azam 1112
7 Usman Khawaja 1077
8 Devon Conway 1017
9 Marco Jansen 932
10 Hardik Pandya 868
11 Sam Curran 857
12 Harry Brook 802
13 Moeen Ali 785
14 Suryakumar Yadav 614
15 Pat Cummins 330
16 Simon Harmer 302
17 Cam Green 227
18 David Warner 195

Headlines

3 up and 3 down this week as RDJ takes the biggest initiative and knocks, one time leader, Ginger Pele into 4th spot.

Weekly

DFM 296
RDJ 277
Red Devil 260
DD 252
The Prof Snr 230
MIB 198
RT 75
The Prof 64
GP 35
Arthur 0

Overall

Red Devil 2676
MIB 2234
The Prof 2215
RDJ 2125
GP 1949
DFM 1684
The Prof Snr 1407
DD 1084
RT 1063
Arthur 0

[Durhamfootman]

cheers Prof

[Arthur Crabtree]

Nice one Prof.

[The Professor]

Weekly List

1. Hardik Pandya - 161 - Was being eased back into things during the ODIs against Australia but certainly hit his straps with 40 and 3 wickets in the final foray. Just in time for IPL 2023.

2. Marco Jansen - 150 - Doesn't seem like he deserves to be this high after two ODIs where he was rather whacked about against the Windies but it is a low coring week and here he is. Up a place to 8th on the Overall list too.

3. Shakib Al Hasan - 143 - Could have had another Cricketer of the Week award under his belt were it not for the abandoned second ODI against Ireland. 93 in the first match sees him near the top once more however.

4. Devon Conway - 118 - A score of 78 rather pales in comparison when the lads behind you ended up with double tonnes but he was back to his free-scoring ways once more. Up to 6th spot again.

5. Ravindra Jadeja - 74 - Jadeja's lowest score of the year so far....and he still lands quite comfortably in the Top 5 for the week. Not bad at all.

Overall

1. Shakib Al Hasan - 1708 - We have a new best Cricketer in the World. After 3 weeks of Buttler Shakib becomes the fourth man to hold the title in 2023. Will he feature so reguarly in the IPL to make this place his own.

2. Jos Buttler - 1601 - Down a spot before an IPL led assault. Has a decent lead on third so should be looking up and not down.

3. Shubmann Gill - 1490 - A third successive week in third spot despite an underwhelming ODI series. There was very little pressure on him from below - however this will chasnge come IPL season.

4. Ravindra Jadeja - 1414 - Bounces back and forth between fourth and fifth - and this week holds 4th down for a fortnight.

5. Rashid Khan - 1324 - Just 40 points this week but manages to keep himself in the Top 5. Decon Conway in 6th place is still a quite chunky 189 points away.

Top 3 Averages

1. Ravindra Jadeja – 235.67 (Down from 268)
2. Jos Buttler – 204.71
3. Shubman Gill – 186.25 (Down from 204.71)

Jadeja takes another big leap downwards..but still has the highest average of them all. Jansen's average takes a healthy bump up to 120.22.

Points By Format


Long Form - Ravindra Jadeja = 1235
One Day - Shubman Gill = 964
Short Form = Rashid Khan = 1324

Points By Format

*=New Name

Runs - Shubman Gill = 985
Batting Bonus - *Devon Conway & Shubman Gill = 190
Strike Rate - *Shakib Al Hasan = 300

Wickets - Rashid Khan = 680
Wicket Bonus - Ravindra Jadeja = 130
Economy - Rashid Khan & Ravindra Jadeja = 340

Fielding - Jos Buttler = 250
Fielding Bonus - Jos Buttler = 40

Full Weekly List

Hardik Pandya 161
Marco Jansen 150
Shakib Al Hasan 143
Devon Conway 118
Ravindra Jadeja 74
Shubman Gill 57
Rashid Khan 40
David Warner 33
Cam Green 30
Suryakumar Yadav 0

Jonny Bairstow dnp
Rishabh Pant dnp
Pat Cummins dnp
Harry Brook dnp
Usman Khawaja dnp
Simon Harmer dnp
Babar Azam dnp
Jos Buttler dnp
Sam Curran dnp
Moeen Ali dnp


Overall List

1 Shakib Al Hasan 1708
2 Jos Buttler 1601
3 Shubman Gill 1490
4 Ravindra Jadeja 1414
5 Rashid Khan 1324
6 Devon Conway 1135
7 Babar Azam 1112
8 Marco Jansen 1082
9 Usman Khawaja 1077
10 Hardik Pandya 1029
11 Sam Curran 857
12 Harry Brook 802
13 Moeen Ali 785
14 Suryakumar Yadav 614
15 Pat Cummins 330
16 Simon Harmer 302
17 Cam Green 257
18 David Warner 228

Headlines

GP takes a huge jump up like he is want to do.

Weekly

Red Devil 2819
MIB 2291
GP 2217
The Prof 2215
RDJ 2190
DFM 1724
The Prof Snr 1407
RT 1257
DD 1114
Arthur 0


Overall

GP 268
RT 194
Red Devil 143
RDJ 74
MIB 57
DFM 40
DD 30
The Prof Snr 0
The Prof 0
Arthur 0

[Durhamfootman]

bit of a breather for my boys this week, before the matches come thick and fast

cheers Prof

[Durhamfootman]

Rashid Khan should be 4th, btw. Typo, I think. he has 100 more points than the 1324 on the table

[Durhamfootman]

3 matches for RK this week, starting with 70 points today which didn't make the weekly cut

might very well be 3rd by this time next week

[The Professor]

Rashid Khan should be 4th, btw. Typo, I think. he has 100 more points than the 1324 on the table

Are you sure? Seems right on my spreadsheet.

Only got 40 this week as the other game finished too late.

[Durhamfootman]

yes, sorry Prof. I keep track of my team scores and the team totals have been right every week, so I've only just noticed that RK's score is 100 out. If you add his score to Harmer's you'll see what I mean. I've had a quick check back and it seems to have started on the 24 Feb update, where RK has 682 and SRH has 102, but my team score was 882, which was the score I had

I have RK on 1424 and SRH on 302 for a total of 1726, which is almost identical to the 1724 on the league table

sorry to be a pest

[The Professor]

How weird.....I'll try and piece it together after put Daughter down

[The Professor]

Just FYI, for the IPL I will never count the Friday game in my weekly calculations as it would mean that it would be late late show for me for the whole 2 months....also debatable that a 3 o clock game would finish by half 3

[The Professor]

Only 3 players to feature this week - so not so much as a Weekly Update....more of a Weekly Round Up.

In third place...or last place if you'd rather...Maro Jansen. A three-fer was all Marco had to offer this week - however, as he so often does, this has seen him move up the table. Surprisingly he as gone up two places to 6th.

In second place is Rashid Khan who continued his reign of terror. A wicket in every game against Pakistan coupled with maximum economy points in 2 of the three matches sees him continue to impress.

Cricketer of the Week this week goes to Shakib Al Hasan - a man who has not been COTW since 2019. He has been hugely impressive so far this year. This time out he excelled with the ball - bagging a five-fer against Ireland on Sunday.

Overall

1. Shakib Al Hasan - 1972 - Shakib has only had two weeks at the top of the table but has a huge lead of 321. No player has a bigger lead on the man below him.

2. Jos Buttler - 1601 - Inactive this week and has only 11 points of a lead below him. He loves a bit of IPL action though so will be looking up and not down.

3. Rashid Khan - 1590 - The relentlessness of Rashid continues. He is now up to his highest position of the year so far....with a lot of IPL cricket in coming weeks he could be here for a while.

4. Shubman Gill - 1490 - Inactive this week and down to his lowest position since Week 2. How well can he do in the coming weeks? He has never been out of the Top 5 this year.

5. Ravindra Jadeja - 1414 - Drops to 5th again as he continues his yo-yo act up and down the Top 5. We will not see huge scores from him in the IPL but if he is a regular starter a few wickets here and there should see him do OK.

Ones to Watch

The smallest gap in the competition is between Rajasthan's Jos Buttler and Gujarat's Rashid Khan who have 11 between them. Could be a tussle that goes on between batter and bowler for a few weeks.

Top 3 Averages

1. Ravindra Jadeja – 235.67 (Down from 268)
2. Jos Buttler – 204.71
3. Shubman Gill – 186.25 (Down from 204.71)

Jadeja takes another big leap downwards..but still has the highest average of them all. Jansen's average takes a healthy bump up to 120.22.

Points By Format

Long Form - Ravindra Jadeja = 1235
One Day - Shubman Gill = 964
Short Form = Rashid Khan = 1590

Points By Format



Runs - Shubman Gill = 985
Batting Bonus - *Devon Conway & Shubman Gill = 190
Strike Rate - Shakib Al Hasan = 300

Wickets - Rashid Khan = 740
Wicket Bonus - Ravindra Jadeja = 130
Economy - Rashid Khan = 400

Fielding - Jos Buttler = 250
Fielding Bonus - Jos Buttler = 40

Weekly

Shakib Al Hasan 264
Rashid Khan 166
Marco Jansen 80

Jonny Bairstow dnp
Rishabh Pant dnp
Pat Cummins dnp
Harry Brook dnp
Usman Khawaja dnp
Simon Harmer dnp
Babar Azam dnp
Jos Buttler dnp
Sam Curran dnp
Moeen Ali dnp
Hardik Pandya dnp
Devon Conway dnp
Ravindra Jadeja dnp
Shubman Gill dnp
David Warner dnp
Cam Green dnp
Suryakumar Yadav dnp

Overall

1 Shakib Al Hasan 1972
2 Jos Buttler 1601
3 Rashid Khan 1590
4 Shubman Gill 1490
5 Ravindra Jadeja 1414
6 Marco Jansen 1162
7 Devon Conway 1135
8 Babar Azam 1112
9 Usman Khawaja 1077
10 Hardik Pandya 1029
11 Sam Curran 857
12 Harry Brook 802
13 Moeen Ali 785
14 Suryakumar Yadav 614
15 Pat Cummins 330
16 Simon Harmer 300
17 Cam Green 257
18 David Warner 228

Headlines

Despite getting the lowest score of the three active members, GP moves up a place to second.

Weekly

Red Devil 264
DFM 166
GP 80
RT 0
RDJ 0
MIB 0
DD 0
The Prof Snr 0
The Prof 0
Arthur 0

Overall

Red Devil 3083
GP 2297
MIB 2291
The Prof 2215
RDJ 2190
DFM 1890
The Prof Snr 1407
RT 1257
DD 1114
Arthur 0

[Durhamfootman]

at this time of the year I'm often close to the bottom, so to be mid table feels positive

cheers Prof

[The Professor]

Weekly List

1. Shakib Al Hasan - 260 - The IPL's loss is Bangladesh's gain. On the week he announced he would not be joining up with Kolkata, Shakib gets his second Cricketer of the Week award of the year. he now has 7 - joint 7th of All Time alongside De Kock and Jeetan Patel.

=2. Jos Buttler = It's the age old pattern of one good T20 game and one average T20 game that allows you in the mix for weekly accolades. Predominantly here for a 22 ball 54 for Rajasthan vs Hyderabad.

=3. David Warner = 163 - Always wakes up for the IPL. Was languishing in bottom place of all active cricketers before this week and then he adds 50% of his total for the year and shoots up 3 places to 15th.

4. Moeen Ali = 162 - Moeen's all round ability is seldom used in T20 competitions...in fact he rarely bowls these days. This makes his 4-26 in the match between Chennai and Lucknow even more noteworthy. Moves up a place to 12th overall.

5. Rashid Khan = 140 = Mr Dependable provided the good with 5 wickets in two game - including his first Wicket bonus points. Surprisingly, however, he didn't bag any Economy points in the process.

Overall

1. Shakib Al Hasan - 2232 - Shakib was already in first position before he was the highest scoring cricketer in two successive weeks. His lead is now 468 points. With two ODI games against Ireland this week who knows how large that gap may swell to.

2. Jos Buttler= 1764 - Finishes 2nd overall, just as he did in the weekly accounts. Can't get the edge on first but also needs to be looking over his shoulder with the gap on 3rd place at 34. This is Buttler's 7th week in 2nd place. Nobody else has spent more than 3 there in 2023

3. Rashid Khan - 1730 - Is gaining on second spot and has put a little bit of daylight between himself and 4th place. However, with everyone between 2nd and 7th place all in IPL action over the coming weeks it could be an ongoing tussle.

4. Shubman Gill - 1627 - Is fairly well protected in fourth place of a while with 100+ points either side of him - his decent from in his opening IPL match for Gujarat vs Punjab put him on a good footing going forward.

5. Ravindra Jadeja - 1449 - One of the more disappointing of our stars to have played more than one IPL game this week. His 35 points still sees him manage to stay in 5th place - largely thanks to not much challenge from below.

Ones To Watch

Three England team mates are in IPL action against each other this week with it all to play for just outside the Top Ten. Sam Curran has just a 4 point lead on Moeen Ali, who overtook Harry Brook this week into 12th place. Any of the three could break into the Top 10 this week.

Top 3 Averages

1. Ravindra Jadeja – 207 (Down from 235.67)
2. Jos Buttler – 196 (Down from 204.71)
3. Shakib Al Hasan - 186 (Up from 179.27)

Jadeja's transition from Test to white ball cricket has seen him drop 61 average points per week over the last 3 weeks - however he still averages over 200 and leads the way in terms of averages. David Warner improves his average the most this week; up 17.68 points - however at 55.86 a week he is still the lowest of any active player on our list.

Points By Format

Long Form - Ravindra Jadeja = 1235
One Day - Shubman Gill = 964
Short Form = Rashid Khan = 1730

Points By Format

Runs - Shubman Gill = 1067
Batting Bonus - Shubman Gill = 210
Strike Rate - Shakib Al Hasan = 370

Wickets - Rashid Khan = 840
Wicket Bonus - Ravindra Jadeja = 130
Economy - Rashid Khan = 400

Fielding - Jos Buttler = 280
Fielding Bonus - Jos Buttler = 40

Weekly List In Full

Shakib Al Hasan 260
Jos Buttler 163
David Warner 163
Moeen Ali 162
Rashid Khan 140
Shubman Gill 137
Marco Jansen 121
Sam Curran 97
Devon Conway 88
Ravindra Jadeja 35
Hardik Pandya 33
Cam Green 25
Suryakumar Yadav 15
Harry Brook 13

Jonny Bairstow dnp
Rishabh Pant dnp
Pat Cummins dnp
Usman Khawaja dnp
Simon Harmer dnp
Babar Azam dnp

Overall List

1 Shakib Al Hasan 2232
2 Jos Buttler 1764
3 Rashid Khan 1730
4 Shubman Gill 1627
5 Ravindra Jadeja 1449
6 Marco Jansen 1283
7 Devon Conway 1223
8 Babar Azam 1112
9 Usman Khawaja 1077
10 Hardik Pandya 1062
11 Sam Curran 951
12 Moeen Ali 947
13 Harry Brook 815
14 Suryakumar Yadav 629
15 David Warner 391
16 Pat Cummins 330
17 Simon Harmer 300
18 Cam Green 282

Headlines

No movement this week...but promises of movement to come - 113 points separate Pele, MIB and myself in 2nd, 3rd and 4th.

Weekly

Red Devil 260
GP 209
RDJ 197
RT 196
The Prof 178
MIB 150
DFM 140
DD 122
The Prof Snr 0
Arthur 0

Overall

Red Devil 3343
GP 2506
MIB 2441
The Prof 2393
RDJ 2387
DFM 2030
RT 1453
The Prof Snr 1407
DD 1236
Arthur 0

[Durhamfootman]

cheers Prof

here's hoping Harmer continues to do what he does