2026 All Year Fantasy Competition

[The Professor]

Only 4 active players this week so not a Top 5, but instead...

Weekly Round-Up

We start with the player that played in the highest profile fixture but did the least well. Rachin Ravindra's tournament never really took off and he registered just 31 points in the final to be our lowest scoring player this week.

Travis Head started his return to Red Ball cricket looking as out of nick as he was in the World Cup but then came back with a decent half century in the second dig against New South Wales this week to see him finish with 103 points and move up 2 places overall to 12th.

Mehidy Hasan Miraz has looked awful for large parts of this year but seems a changed man leading out the Tigers. A three-fer takes him to 110 points this week.

Our number one player this week has returned to domestic cricket after a disappointing World Cup and played a bit of a blinder. Two games for Karachi Region Whites saw him score 86and get 4 wickets as a reminder to his national selectors that he still can play. 246 points this week moves him into fifth - 36 points behind Harry Brook.

Overall Top 5

For the third week in a row the Top 5 looks like this:

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 1302
Quinton de Kock 1248
Aiden Markram 1239
Sam Curran 1156
Harry Brook 1011

All five players were inactive this week.

Highest Weekly Average

1. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi = 260.4
2.Ravindra Jadeja = 181.33
3. Nat Sciver-Brunt = 177.75

Good Week for Saim Ayub; up 17.74 to 121.88. Bad week for Rachin Ravindra; down 5.51 to 80.6.

Highest Average Points per Game

Red Ball- Simon Harmer = 248.5
One Day - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi = 108.5
Short Form - Nat Sciver-Brunt = 101.57

Highest Points by Format

Red Ball- Simon Harmer = 248.5
One Day - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 1302
Short Form - Quinton De Kock = 1238

Highest Points by Discipline

Runs - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 742
Batting Bonus - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi- 170
Strike Rate - Aiden Markram - 300

Wickets - Marco Jansen = 440
Wicket Bonus = Sam Curran = 60
Economy - Simon Harmer= 100

Fielding - Quinton de Kock = 250
Fielding Bonus - Quinton De Kock = 20

Weekly List In Full

Saim Ayub 246
Mehidy Hasan Miraz 110
Travis Head 103
Rachin Ravindra 31

Paul Walter dnp
Ravindra Jadeja dnp
Shubman Gill dnp
Nicholas Pooran dnp
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi dnp
Sophie Ecclestone dnp
Nat Sciver-Brunt dnp
Michael Bracewell dnp
Simon Harmer dnp
Marco Jansen dnp
Jos Buttler dnp
Harry Brook dnp
Sam Curran dnp
Aiden Markram dnp
Phil Salt dnp
Liam Dawson dnp
Quinton de Kock dnp
Pathum Nissanka dnp

Overall List in Full

1 Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 1302
2 Quinton de Kock 1248
3 Aiden Markram 1239
4 Sam Curran 1156
5 Harry Brook 1011
6 Saim Ayub 975
7 Marco Jansen 893
8 Rachin Ravindra 806
9 Pathum Nissanka 730
10 Jos Buttler 729
11 Nat Sciver-Brunt 711
12 Travis Head 613
13 Liam Dawson 574
14 Ravindra Jadeja 544
15 Simon Harmer 497
16 Phil Salt 430
17 Mehidy Hasan Miraz 402
18 Shubman Gill 240
19 Sophie Ecclestone 226
20 Nicholas Pooran 192
21 Michael Bracewell 184

Headlines

Myself and Finger have the worst week as we both move down one and see one of our players booted down a place.
Red Twins move up a spot spurred on by Travis Head's mini surge up the table.

Weekly Scores

MIB 246
The Prof Sr. 110
RT 103
Sussex 31
GingerPele 0
Red Devil 0
Andy 0
Arthur 0
DFM 0
The Professor 0
RDJ 0

Overall Scores

1 Red Devil 2458
2 MIB 1986
3 The Prof Sr. 1650
4 GingerPele 1604
5 RT 1342
6 Andy 1239
7 DFM 1071
8 Sussex 998
9 The Professor 970
10 RDJ 770
11 Arthur 650

[The Professor]

The calm before the IPL storm has reached an almost comical level this year with only two players featuring this week.

Mehidy Hasan Miraz gets a very hollow looking first Cricketer of the Week award this week. With 131 points in two ODI games against Pakistan, MHM has the 13th lowest weekly high totals in the 8 years of our game. He does, however, move up two places over-taking Simon Harmer and Phil Salt into 15th.

Pathum Nissanka made his red ball debut for 2026 before dropping over to join up with Delhi for the IPL. He scored a decent 77 at a SR over 80 for Nondescripts against Police Sports Club. He overtakes Rachin Ravindra into 8th place.

Overall Top 5

For the third week in a row the Top 5 looks like this:

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 1302
Quinton de Kock 1248
Aiden Markram 1239
Sam Curran 1156
Harry Brook 1011

All five players were inactive this week.

Highest Weekly Average

1. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi = 260.4
2.Ravindra Jadeja = 181.33
3. Nat Sciver-Brunt = 177.75

Both active players moved up this week with MHM up by 8.97 and Nissanka up by 3.59.

Highest Average Points per Game

Red Ball- Simon Harmer = 248.5
One Day - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi = 108.5
Short Form - Nat Sciver-Brunt = 101.57

Highest Points by Format

Red Ball- Simon Harmer = 248.5
One Day - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 1302
Short Form - Quinton De Kock = 1238

Highest Points by Discipline

Runs - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 742
Batting Bonus - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi- 170
Strike Rate - Aiden Markram - 300

Wickets - Marco Jansen = 440
Wicket Bonus = Sam Curran = 60
Economy - Simon Harmer= 100

Fielding - Quinton de Kock = 250
Fielding Bonus - Quinton De Kock = 20

Weekly List In Full

Mehidy Hasan Miraz 131
Pathum Nissanka 117

Paul Walter dnp
Ravindra Jadeja dnp
Shubman Gill dnp
Nicholas Pooran dnp
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi dnp
Sophie Ecclestone dnp
Nat Sciver-Brunt dnp
Michael Bracewell dnp
Simon Harmer dnp
Marco Jansen dnp
Jos Buttler dnp
Harry Brook dnp
Sam Curran dnp
Aiden Markram dnp
Phil Salt dnp
Liam Dawson dnp
Quinton de Kock dnp
Saim Ayub dnp
Travis Head dnp
Rachin Ravindra dnp

Overall list In Full

1 Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 1302
2 Quinton de Kock 1248
3 Aiden Markram 1239
4 Sam Curran 1156
5 Harry Brook 1011
6 Saim Ayub 975
7 Marco Jansen 893
8 Pathum Nissanka 847
9 Rachin Ravindra 806
10 Jos Buttler 729
11 Nat Sciver-Brunt 711
12 Travis Head 613
13 Liam Dawson 574
14 Ravindra Jadeja 544
15 Mehidy Hasan Miraz 533
16 Simon Harmer 497
17 Phil Salt 430
18 Shubman Gill 240
19 Sophie Ecclestone 226
20 Nicholas Pooran 192
21 Michael Bracewell 184

Headlines

Lean week but I move up two places courtesy of Nissanka
DFM moves down a spot as does his man Harmer.

Weekly Scores

The Prof Sr. 131
The Professor 117
MIB 0
RT 0
Sussex 0
GingerPele 0
Red Devil 0
Andy 0
Arthur 0
DFM 0
RDJ 0

Overall Scores

1 Red Devil 2458
2 MIB 1986
3 The Prof Sr. 1783
4 GingerPele 1604
5 RT 1342
6 Andy 1239
7 The Professor 1087
8 DFM 1071
9 Sussex 998
10 RDJ 770
11 Arthur 650

[Durhamfootman]

my boys are just resting up before piling the points on in a couple of weeks

cheers Prof

[Red Devil]

Sam Curran injury has probably done for my season - was counting on him for the IPL

[andy]

Do we know how bad his injury is? Should be back in plenty of time for hundred would have thought?

[Durhamfootman]

Sam Curran injury has probably done for my season - was counting on him for the IPL

and your other guy has been out with double maths and science

although I presume he will play in the IPL

[The Professor]

Just had a quick check of next week......

These things are always quite hard to judge but there's a very real chance that we will have zero points scored next week.

That has never happened before

[Durhamfootman]

no warm up matches for my boys to save the week?

[The Professor]

None on Cricinfo or the Essex website

[Durhamfootman]

probably meant to be in the UAE

[andy]

Guessing majority of counties should have been there...Alfonso Thomas did an interview the other day and said Leicestershire couldn't afford that so they went to Turkey instead! Not sure how much training they would have done there haha

[The Professor]

Even funnier than 0 people contributing points this week.....is ....just Saim Ayub. Congratulations on the winner of the least competitive Cricketer of the Week award to date

[The Professor]

The Cricket List Saim Ayub Special

In an almost comical turn of events, Saim Ayub is the only player to have registered point this week. With 37 points in the opening game of the PSL, he creates a new record for lowest ever Weekly High Score. This was previously held by Babar Azam almost exactly two years ago for a solitary PSL score.


Overall Top 5

1. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 1302 - Inexplicably remained top despite 6 weeks of inactivity. Will be back in action for the first time as a 15 year old when Rajasthan face Chennai on Monday.

2. Quinton de Kock - 1248 - Has just the nine point lead on third place. Just the one game for him this week as Mumbai play Kolkata on Sunday.

3. Aiden Markram - 1239 - A great World Cup saw Markram crash into the Top 5 and could go even higher with 63 points between third and first with no pressure from below him.

4. Sam Curran - 1156 - Ruled out of the IPL and will drop like a stone with a plethora of cricket to come over the coming weeks.

5. Saim Ayub - 1012 - Celebrates the start of the PSL with his debut appearance in the Overall Top 5. Lot of cricket to come from him so could really cement his place.

Highest Weekly Average

1. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi = 260.4
2.Ravindra Jadeja = 181.33
3. Nat Sciver-Brunt = 177.75

Ayub moves down 9.44 points to 112.44 per week.

Highest Average Points per Game

Red Ball- Simon Harmer = 248.5
One Day - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi = 108.5
Short Form - Nat Sciver-Brunt = 101.57

Highest Points by Format

Red Ball- Simon Harmer = 248.5
One Day - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 1302
Short Form - Quinton De Kock = 1238

Highest Points by Discipline

Runs - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 742
Batting Bonus - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi- 170
Strike Rate - Aiden Markram - 300

Wickets - Marco Jansen = 440
Wicket Bonus = Sam Curran = 60
Economy - Simon Harmer= 100

Fielding - Quinton de Kock = 250
Fielding Bonus - Quinton De Kock = 20

Weekly List In Full....for what it is

Saim Ayub 37

Paul Walter dnp
Ravindra Jadeja dnp
Shubman Gill dnp
Nicholas Pooran dnp
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi dnp
Sophie Ecclestone dnp
Nat Sciver-Brunt dnp
Michael Bracewell dnp
Simon Harmer dnp
Marco Jansen dnp
Jos Buttler dnp
Harry Brook dnp
Sam Curran dnp
Aiden Markram dnp
Phil Salt dnp
Liam Dawson dnp
Quinton de Kock dnp
Travis Head dnp
Rachin Ravindra dnp
Mehidy Hasan Miraz dnp
Pathum Nissanka dnp

Overall List

1 Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 1302
2 Quinton de Kock 1248
3 Aiden Markram 1239
4 Sam Curran 1156
5 Saim Ayub 1012
6 Harry Brook 1011
7 Marco Jansen 893
8 Pathum Nissanka 847
9 Rachin Ravindra 806
10 Jos Buttler 729
11 Nat Sciver-Brunt 711
12 Travis Head 613
13 Liam Dawson 574
14 Ravindra Jadeja 544
15 Mehidy Hasan Miraz 533
16 Simon Harmer 497
17 Phil Salt 430
18 Shubman Gill 240
19 Sophie Ecclestone 226
20 Nicholas Pooran 192
21 Michael Bracewell 184

Headlines

So little to report other than MIB's gradual eating into RD's lead.

Weekly Scores

MIB 37
The Prof Sr. 0
The Professor 0
RT 0
Sussex 0
GingerPele 0
Red Devil 0
Andy 0
Arthur 0
DFM 0
RDJ 0

Overall Scores

1 Red Devil 2458
2 MIB 2022
3 The Prof Sr. 1783
4 GingerPele 1604
5 RT 1342
6 Andy 1239
7 The Professor 1087
8 DFM 1071
9 Sussex 998
10 RDJ 770
11 Arthur 650

[The Professor]

So....yet again.....have been given a very very late call up to a school trip so will just be a brief update this weekend

[The Professor]

This Week's Raw Numbers

Saim Ayub 115
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 112
Travis Head 97
Shubman Gill 79
Marco Jansen 79
Michael Bracewell 75
Jos Buttler 68
Ravindra Jadeja 50
Phil Salt 48
Aiden Markram 11
Nicholas Pooran 8
Pathum Nissanka 1

Paul Walter dnp
Sophie Ecclestone dnp
Nat Sciver-Brunt dnp
Simon Harmer dnp
Harry Brook dnp
Sam Curran dnp
Liam Dawson dnp
Quinton de Kock dnp
Rachin Ravindra dnp
Mehidy Hasan Miraz dnp

Overall Raw Numbers

1 Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 1414
2 Aiden Markram 1250
3 Quinton de Kock 1248
4 Sam Curran 1156
5 Saim Ayub 1127
6 Harry Brook 1011
7 Marco Jansen 972
8 Pathum Nissanka 848
9 Rachin Ravindra 806
10 Jos Buttler 797
11 Nat Sciver-Brunt 711
12 Travis Head 710
13 Ravindra Jadeja 594
14 Liam Dawson 574
15 Mehidy Hasan Miraz 533
16 Simon Harmer 497
17 Phil Salt 478
18 Shubman Gill 319
19 Michael Bracewell 259
20 Sophie Ecclestone 226
21 Nicholas Pooran 200

Highest Weekly Average

1. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi = 235.67 (Down from 260.4)
2. Nat Sciver-Brunt = 177.75
3.Ravindra Jadeja = 148.5 (Down from 181.33)

Jadeja moves down 32.83 points whilst Bracewell improves the most; up 3.42 to 64.75.

Highest Average Points per Game

Red Ball- Simon Harmer = 248.5
One Day - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi = 108.5
Short Form - Nat Sciver-Brunt = 101.57

Highest Points by Format

* = New Name

Red Ball- Simon Harmer = 497
One Day - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 1302
Short Form - *Aiden Markram = 1250

Highest Points by Discipline

* = New Name

Runs - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 742
Batting Bonus - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi- 170
Strike Rate - *Vaibhav Sooryavanshi- 320

Wickets - Marco Jansen = 480
Wicket Bonus = Sam Curran = 60
Economy - Simon Harmer= 100

Fielding - Quinton de Kock = 250
Fielding Bonus - Quinton De Kock = 20

Our Points This Week

RT 165
Arthur 123
MIB 115
Red Devil 112
The Professor 80
GingerPele 79
RDJ 50
Andy 11
Sussex 8
The Prof Sr. 0
DFM 0

Overall Points

Red Devil 2570
MIB 2137
The Prof Sr. 1783
GingerPele 1683
RT 1507
Andy 1250
The Professor 1167
DFM 1071
Sussex 1006
RDJ 820
Arthur 773