2025 All Year Fantasy Competition

[The Professor]

Whoops ....I am

I had to do it on my work laptop as my normal one is in the shop.

I'll add the normal details tomorrow.

[The Professor]

Weekly List in Full

Sam Curran 327
Phil Salt 308
Harry Brook 296
Heinrich Klaasen 239
Liam Dawson 223
Nat Sciver-Brunt 182
Rishabh Pant 178
Travis Head 143
Suryakumar Yadav 107
Ravindra Jadeja 91
Jos Buttler 82
Jamie Smith 81
Jasprit Bumrah 30
Kane Williamson 14
Nicholas Pooran 13
Liam Livingstone 0
Saim Ayub 0

Annabel Sutherland dnp
Adam Zampa dnp
Chamari Athapaththu dnp
Yashasvi Jaiwal dnp
Babar Azam dnp
Pathum Nissanka dnp
Wanindu Hasaranga dnp

Overall List in Full

1 Nat Sciver-Brunt 1872
2 Ravindra Jadeja 1788
3 Jos Buttler 1665
4 Heinrich Klaasen 1640
5 Nicholas Pooran 1637
6 Liam Dawson 1622
7 Sam Curran 1538
8 Phil Salt 1471
9 Suryakumar Yadav 1460
10 Chamari Athapaththu 1436
11 Wanindu Hasaranga 1259
12 Babar Azam 1232
13 Annabel Sutherland 1197
14 Yashasvi Jaiwal 1186
15 Travis Head 1073
16 Kane Williamson 1052
17 Pathum Nissanka 724
18 Rishabh Pant 678
19 Harry Brook 657
20 Jasprit Bumrah 622
21 Liam Livingstone 603
22 Adam Zampa 578
23 Jamie Smith 453
24 Saim Ayub 434

Weekly Scores

DD 382
Red Devil 327
Sussex 309
Arthur 308
RDJ 269
DFM 223
RT 189
GingerPele 182
The Prof Sr. 81
The Professor 30
Andy 14
MIB 0

Overall Scores

RT 3135
GingerPele 3069
DFM 2891
DD 2713
RDJ 2375
Sussex 2294
Andy 2284
Red Devil 2141
Arthur 2049
The Prof Sr. 1833
MIB 1611
The Professor 1346

[Durhamfootman]

a bonus 55 points for me. I hadn't noticed that Dawson had played a warm up T20

cheers Prof

[The Professor]

Weekly Top 5

1. Sam Curran - 223 - Back to back Cricketers of the Week in two different formats of the game is pretty impressive stuff from the England discard. He has scored 550 points in the last fortnight.

2. Suryakumar Yadav - 147 - Didn't take Mumbai to the final but SKY was the biggest beneficiary of the IPL. His tournament haul of 1347 is more than 100 points more than anyone else scored in that time. In that period he has moved from 17th to 8th overall.

3. Jamie Smith - 134 - bit of a wonky week for Jamie Smith. 0 runs in the 2nd ODI and then all his points in the second. Enough for his highest weekly placing of the year and to see him move into 22nd Overall.

4. Liam Dawson - 129 - Just the solitary game for Dawson this week but he got a fourfer against Essex and sees himself with his third three figure score in the last 4 weeks. Loving the English Summer. Next up, England?

5. Yashasvi Jaiswal - 128 - A change of format for Jaiswal but still keeping his eye in. 88 runs across two innings against the England Lions sees him squeak into the Top 5 for the week.

Overall Top 5

1. Nat Sciver-Brunt - 1976 - Increases her lead in first place to 188 points courtesy of 104 points against West Indies Women. That gap is the second largest after the 293 between Travis Head in 16th and Harry Brook one below him.

2. Ravindra Jadeja - 1788 - Holds on to his second plae berth by just 5 points. Could drop as low as 6th with his second inactive week next week.

3. Jos Buttler - 1766 - 101 points this week keeps him in 3rd place and fighting off a bit of a domestic cricket insurgency from below. Only 5 points off him and 4th place.

4. Sam Curran - 1761 - Over half a thousand points in a fortnight has sen Curran surge up the table from 11th to grace the Top 5 for the first time in 9 weeks.

5. Liam Dawson - 1751 - The Hampshire man makes his debut in the Top 5 just before he makes his prospective return to playing for England. Poetic.

Other Movers


Harry Brooks's fine English Summer sees him continue to rise, up two to 17th. Meanwhile Kane Williamson and Liam Livingstone are both up a place tp 15th and 20th respectively.

Top 3 Averages

1. Sam Curran - 160.09 (Up from 153.8)
2. Nat Sciver-Brunt – 152 (Down from 156)
3. Chamari Athapaththu -143.6

Jamie Smith moves up by 8.67 this week, making his average 73.38 per active week whilst Bumrah's flacid end to the IPL sees him drop by 6.42 down to 71.33. They have the fifth and sixth worst averages of anyone on the List.

Top Players By Format

Red Ball - Liam Dawson - 1030
One Day - Kane Williamson - 655
Short Form - Nicholas Pooran - 1637

Top Players by Discipline

* = New Name

Runs - Jos Buttler = 936
Batting Bonus - Nat Sciver-Brunt = 180
Strike Rate – *Suryakumar Yadav - 500

Wickets - Wanindu Hasaranga = 740
Wicket Bonus - Ravindra Jadeja & Wanindu Hasaranga - 100
Economy - Liam Dawson = 390

Fielding - Phil Salt - 260
Fielding Bonus -Phil Salt – 30

Weekly List In Full

Sam Curran 223
Suryakumar Yadav 147
Jamie Smith 134
Liam Dawson 129
Yashasvi Jaiwal 128
Harry Brook 123
Saim Ayub 119
Nat Sciver-Brunt 104
Jos Buttler 101
Liam Livingstone 65
Kane Williamson 45
Phil Salt 26
Jasprit Bumrah 20

Annabel Sutherland dnp
Adam Zampa dnp
Chamari Athapaththu dnp
Babar Azam dnp
Pathum Nissanka dnp
Wanindu Hasaranga dnp
Heinrich Klaasen dnp
Rishabh Pant dnp
Travis Head dnp
Ravindra Jadeja dnp
Nicholas Pooran dnp

Overall List In Full

1 Nat Sciver-Brunt 1976
2 Ravindra Jadeja 1788
3 Jos Buttler 1766
4 Sam Curran 1761
5 Liam Dawson 1751
6 Heinrich Klaasen 1640
7 Nicholas Pooran 1637
8 Suryakumar Yadav 1607
9 Phil Salt 1497
10 Chamari Athapaththu 1436
11 Yashasvi Jaiwal 1314
12 Wanindu Hasaranga 1259
13 Babar Azam 1232
14 Annabel Sutherland 1197
15 Kane Williamson 1097
16 Travis Head 1073
17 Harry Brook 780
18 Pathum Nissanka 724
19 Rishabh Pant 678
20 Liam Livingstone 668
21 Jasprit Bumrah 622
22 Jamie Smith 587
23 Adam Zampa 578
24 Saim Ayub 553

Headlines

Only one move this week....but what a move. RD is up 3 places to 5th.

Weekly Scores

Red Devil 288
RT 248
MIB 247
The Prof Sr. 134
DFM 129
Sussex 123
GingerPele 104
Andy 45
Arthur 22
The Professor 20
DD 0
RDJ 0

Overall Scores

RT 3383
GingerPele 3173
DFM 3020
DD 2713
Red Devil 2429
Sussex 2417
RDJ 2375
Andy 2329
Arthur 2075
The Prof Sr. 1967
MIB 1858
The Professor 1366

[The Professor]

Full disclosure.....this week's scores will NOT include Travis Head's scores in the Test that may very well conclude during the day today.

Had to invigorate an exam this morning so did the calculations then.

[The Professor]

Seemds like a moot point now

[sussexpob]

Trust me to pick the guy who retires at 29

[The Professor]

Weekly Top 5

1. Jos Buttler - 315 - Looks like he might be getting back to his best form again. After a pretty good IPL he was instrumental to England's two white ball series victories against the Windies. He now has 14 career Cricketers of the Week. Only Azam (19) and Harmer (45) have more.

2. Jamie Smith - 202 - Eyebrows were raised at his promotion to open against the West Indies....well those eyebrows need to return to their normal home as he played a more than decent hand with 165 runs across 3 T20s.

3. Sam Curran - 153 - The worst of his three weeks back in English cricket btu still enough for third place for the week. No player has scored more than the 703 points he has over the last 3 weeks.

4. Liam Dawson - 150 - His immediate return to the England fold was a stormer....however his last two games were rather more sobering. Still enough for fourth place this week.

5. Harry Brook - 145 - Two solid scores at a decent lick across the three T20s has seen the new England captain take fifth place this week...and, less notably, two series victories in his new berth. Moves up 4 places to 17th Overall

Overall Top 5

1. Nat Sciver-Brunt - 107 - Finished the West Indies ODI series with a half century and 107 points that sees her hold on to top spot by a mere 2 points.

2. Jos Buttler - 2081 - Continues his surge up the table to a whisker off first place. The 2023 Cricketer of the Year might be gearing himself up for a tilt at the 2025 crown.

3. Sam Curran - 1914 - Leaps up from 7th a fortnight ago to 3rd today. Really making hay when the English Summer sun shines.

4. Liam Dawson - 1891 - Firmly cementing his place in the Top 5 - will be back with Hampshire soon enough. Will th points keep flowing?

5. Ravinidra Jadeja - 1788 - Post IPL inactivity sees Jadeja drop from 2ns to 5th. This is his lowest position for ten weeks.

Other Movers

Modest but moving scores from Kane Williamson and Liam Livingstone sees them move up to 14th and 19th respectively.

Top 3 Averages

1. Sam Curran - 1159.5 (Down from 160.09)
2. Nat Sciver-Brunt – 148.79 (Down from 152)
3. Chamari Athapaththu -143.6

Jamie Smith moves up the most again - this week's increase of 14.29 means he has moved up 23 points over the last fortnight. Jaiswal's insipid return to red ball sees him leak 6.73 points - down to 102.77.

Top Players By Format

Red Ball - Liam Dawson - 1030
One Day - Kane Williamson - 655
Short Form - Nicholas Pooran - 1637

Top Players by Discipline

* = New Name

Runs - Jos Buttler = 1101
Batting Bonus - Nat Sciver-Brunt = 200
Strike Rate – *Jos Buttler - 550

Wickets - *Liam Dawson - 760
Wicket Bonus - *Liam Dawson - 110
Economy - Liam Dawson = 410

Fielding - *Jos Buttler - 270
Fielding Bonus -Phil Salt – 30

Weekly List in Full

Jos Buttler 315
Jamie Smith 202
Sam Curran 153
Liam Dawson 150
Harry Brook 145
Kane Williamson 109
Nat Sciver-Brunt 107
Liam Livingstone 58
Yashasvi Jaiwal 22
Wanindu Hasaranga 19

Annabel Sutherland dnp
Adam Zampa dnp
Chamari Athapaththu dnp
Babar Azam dnp
Pathum Nissanka dnp
Heinrich Klaasen dnp
Rishabh Pant dnp
Travis Head dnp
Ravindra Jadeja dnp
Nicholas Pooran dnp
Suryakumar Yadav dnp
Saim Ayub dnp
Phil Salt dnp
Jasprit Bumrah dnp

Overall List In Full

1 Nat Sciver-Brunt 2083
2 Jos Buttler 2081
3 Sam Curran 1914
4 Liam Dawson 1891
5 Ravindra Jadeja 1788
6 Heinrich Klaasen 1640
7 Nicholas Pooran 1637
8 Suryakumar Yadav 1607
9 Phil Salt 1497
10 Chamari Athapaththu 1436
11 Yashasvi Jaiwal 1336
12 Wanindu Hasaranga 1278
13 Babar Azam 1232
14 Kane Williamson 1206
15 Annabel Sutherland 1197
16 Travis Head 1073
17 Harry Brook 925
18 Jamie Smith 789
19 Liam Livingstone 726
20 Pathum Nissanka 724
21 Rishabh Pant 678
22 Jasprit Bumrah 622
23 Adam Zampa 578
24 Saim Ayub 553

Headlines

Yoyoing scores again as Andy and TPS both move back up a place they lost last week.

Weekly Scores in Full

RT 315
Red Devil 211
The Professor 202
DFM 159
Sussex 145
Andy 109
GingerPele 107
MIB 22
The Prof Sr. 0
Arthur 0
DD 0
RDJ 0

Overall Scores In Full

RT 3698
GingerPele 3280
DFM 3179
DD 2713
Red Devil 2640
Sussex 2562
Andy 2438
RDJ 2375
The Prof Sr. 2169
Arthur 2075
MIB 1880
The Professor 1366

[Arthur Crabtree]

I've got into the habit of looking first in the dnp list to see what my picks are doing.

[Durhamfootman]

Hasaranga back in action? Let’s hope he remembers how score soon

Cheers Prof

[sussexpob]

In fact, in consecutive years I picked one batter who decided to randomly retire from internationals at his peak 5 months into a season, and one batter who missed 6 months last year because his flaming granny died.

[Durhamfootman]

At least none of yours buggered off for most of the year on paternity leave, as Travis bloody Head did for me

injury I can accept..... paternity leave?

Ponce!

[Arthur Crabtree]

Have you forgotten all about the paternity leave you took!?

[Durhamfootman]

oh, yes... all the paternity leave I took.... back in the 80's when paternity leave was definitely a 'thing'

crikey..... I even had my vasectomy on my day off and was back at work the next day

[Arthur Crabtree]

I remember a colleague doing that for one day... and then being off work for a week.