2021 All Year Fantasy Competition

[Arthur Crabtree]

Cheers Prof, thanks for the excellent updates.

[The Professor]

Weekly Top 5

1. Simon Harmer - 140 - A sixth Cricketer of the Week accolade for Simon Harmer, however 140 is the 5th lowest winning total for the week we've ever had.

2. Peter Handscomb - 129 - Things haven't really been clicking for Handscomb for Middlesex but he had a good outing against Durham in the RLODC to finish in second place for the week.

3. Dawid Malan - 121- Malan always starts very well in competitions and then fades away; The Hundred has been no different. He scored 90% of this total in his first game against the Southern Brave. The other 10% game from his other two matches.

4. Nicholas Pooran - 92 - Pooran is quietly grafting away in his home Summer. This is his third successive Top 5 finish for the week. His average of 93.88 points per active week does look low though.

5. Moeen Ali - 75 - After finishing top of the tree last week, he had a more subdued week this time. He has also moved upwards in the Overall List - he is now in sixth spot

Overall Top 5

1. Marnus Labuschagne - 3833 - The first week of, what is expected to be, a quite lengthily lay off sees Marnus' lead at the top down to a mere 828. To put that into context, that is 28 points less than David Warner has scored in whole of 2021.

2. Simon Harmer - 3005 - A decent RLODC series of performances sees his lead on third place extend.

3. Joe Root - 2740 - An underwhelming cameo in The Hundred sees second place slip further away from him. He needs to be looking over his shoulder now too.

4. Babar Azam - 2565 - Rain saw Babar inactive this week but will be looking to do bits in the Caribbean.

5. Quinton De Kock - 2102 - QDK hasn't brought his international form to The Hundred but manages to hold down 5th for a second week.

Highest Players by Format


Long Form - Joe Root - 2266
50 Over - Babar Azam = 585
T20 - Babar Azam - 1806

Top 3 Averages

1. Marnus Labuschagne - 191.65
3. Ravichandran Ashwin - 189.4
3. Simon Harmer - 187.81 (Down from 191)

Old school cricket fans across the country rejoice. The most improved player this week was RLODC player Peter Handscomb (Up by 2.13 points to 92.72 pts a week) whilst The Hundred's Joe Root drops 7.19 points to 152.22.

Highest Points by Discipline


Runs - Marnus Labuschagne = 2023
Batting Bonus - Babar Azam - 370
Strike Rate - Babar Azam - 440

Wickets = Simon Harmer= 1380
Wicket Bonus - Simon Harmer - 250
Economy - Simon Harmer - 620

Fielding – Quinton De Kock – 480
Fielding Bonus - Quinton De Kock - 80

Longest Inactive

David Warner (13 weeks)

Week

Simon Harmer - 140
Peter Handscomb- 129
Dawid Malan - 121
Nicholas Pooran- 92
Moeen Ali - 75
Quinton De Kock- 74
Ben Stokes- 70
Joe Root- 30

Ravichandran Ashwin- dnp
Babar Azam- dnp
Jasprit Bumrah- dnp
Virat Kohli- dnp
Marnus Labuschagne- dnp
Glenn Maxwell - dnp
Peter Siddle- dnp
Steve Smith- dnp
David Warner - dnp
Kane Williamson - dnp

Total

Marnus Labuschagne- 3833
Simon Harmer - 3005
Joe Root - 2740
Babar Azam - 2565
Quinton de Kock - 2102
Moeen Ali - 1915
Ravichandran Ashwin - 1894
Ben Stokes - 1765
Peter Handscomb- 1669
Nicholas Pooran - 1596
Dawid Malan - 1580
Peter Siddle - 1577
Glenn Maxwell - 1288
Virat Kohli- 1287
Kane Williamson - 1020
Steve Smith - 1010
David Warner - 842
Jasprit Bumrah - 694

Headlines

Alviro and MIB continue their dogfight.

LEan times in the Red household.

Week

DD - 221
Alviro - 196
DFM - 140
MIB - 74
The Professor- 70
Arthur - 30
RD-0
RDJ - 0
RT - 0

Total

RDJ- 4843
DFM - 4582
RD - 3859
Arthur - 3740
The Professor- 3659
Alviro - 3495
MIB - 3379
DD - 3265
RDT - 1536

[Durhamfootman]

hunting Junior down.... go SRH!

cheers Prof

[Durhamfootman]

although, out of curiosity, why didn't Harmer score 155?

[Durhamfootman]

although, out of curiosity, why didn't Harmer score 155?

sorry..... 150 (forgot about the no maiden rule)

[The Professor]

What have I missed?

I have 80 points for wickets, 40 economy points and 20 for fielding

[Durhamfootman]

80 points in the Middlesex game and 70 in the Worcs game, I think

there was a caught and bowled in the MIddlesex game, was it that?

[The Professor]

I'll just chuck another 10 on next week....sounds about right

[The Professor]

Weekly Top 5

Only a Top 3 this week as only 6 players featured; two of whom scored the same number of points. This does not include Malan's game on Friday night.

1. Moeen Ali - 165 - Moeen uses The Hundred to lift himself to top spot for the second time in three weeks. 4 of the bottom 12 Weekly Totals have been registered in the last 3 months.

2. Simon Harmer - 159 - During the English Summer Harms is always in the points. Finishes second, but is a mere 6 points off of first.

3. Nicholas Pooran - 122 - One big score in a WI v Aus series in which rain would have scored a lot of points sees Pooran in the Top 3.

Other Mover

The only mover on the table this week was Dawid Malan whose half century against the Birmingham Phoenix sees him up to 11th

Overall Top 5

For the third week in a row the overall Top 5 stays the same; so that's

1. Marnus Labuschagne - 3833
2. Simon Harmer - 3174
3. Joe Root - 2740
4. Babar Azam - 2656
5. Quinton De Kock - 2209

Marnus' dominance has been rather outrageous this year. He has been in top spot for the Last 16 weeks. At one point his lead was as large as 968 points - that is now down to 669. How unbridgeable will that gap be?

At the same time that Marnus first graced the top of The List, Simon Harmer was in bottom place. His improvement has been steep.

Whilst the top 2 have stayed pretty stagnant, 3, 4 and 5 have been very fluid. Over the last 31 weeks there have been 22 different combinations of those three positions. This week is the first time three players have retained their respective places for three weeks on the trot.

The most fluid of these fluid places has been fifth place. De Kock holds 5th for the third week in a row, a feat that has only been achieved once before by Peter Handscomb in April. Moeen (in sixth) would need to score 129 points more than him this week to stop that

That being said, Azam is keeping fourth place warm for the last 12 weeks.


Highest Players by Format


Long Form - Joe Root - 2266
50 Over - Peter Handscomb = 613
T20 - Babar Azam - 1897

Top 3 Averages

1. Marnus Labuschagne - 191.65
3. Ravichandran Ashwin - 189.4
3. Simon Harmer - 186.13 (Down from 187.81)

All very fine margins now; Pooran is the 'biggest' improvement on his average as he goes up by 1.56. Azam goes down by 3.33 since last week.

Highest Points by Discipline


Runs - Marnus Labuschagne = 2023
Batting Bonus - Babar Azam - 370
Strike Rate - Babar Azam - 460

Wickets = Simon Harmer= 1440
Wicket Bonus - Simon Harmer - 250
Economy - Simon Harmer - 680

Fielding – Quinton De Kock – 520
Fielding Bonus - Quinton De Kock - 90

Longest Inactive

David Warner (14 weeks)

Week

Moeen Ali - 165
Simon Harmer - 159
Nicholas Pooran- 122
Quinton De Kock- 107
Babar Azam- 91
Dawid Malan - 91
Peter Handscomb - 55

Ravichandran Ashwin- dnp
Virat Kohli- dnp
Marnus Labuschagne- dnp
Glenn Maxwell - dnp
Joe Root- dnp
Peter Siddle- dnp
Steve Smith - dnp
Ben Stokes - dnp
Kane Williamson - dnp


Total

Marnus Labuschagne- 3833
Simon Harmer - 3174
Joe Root - 2740
Babar Azam - 2656
Quinton de Kock - 2209
Moeen Ali - 2080
Ravichandran Ashwin - 1894
Ben Stokes - 1765
Peter Handscomb- 1724
Nicholas Pooran - 1718
Dawid Malan - 1671
Peter Siddle - 1577
Glenn Maxwell - 1288
Virat Kohli- 1287
Kane Williamson - 1020
Steve Smith - 1010
David Warner - 842
Jasprit Bumrah - 694

Headlines

The Hundred propels Alviro up two places.

Arthur spends only his second week out for the Top 4.

Week

Alviro - 256
DD - 177
DFM - 159
MIB - 107
RD - 91
Arthur - 0
The Professor- 0
RDJ - 0

Total

RDJ- 4843
DFM - 4751
RD - 3950
Alviro - 3751
Arthur - 3740
The Professor- 3659
MIB - 3486
DD - 3442
RDT - 1536

[Durhamfootman]

gap continues to close

cheers Prof........ good work

[Arthur Crabtree]

Root doing his bit for me in Nottingham.

[The Professor]

Weekly Top 5

1. Jasprit Bumrah - 328 - Bumrah started the week as our lowest scoring, least active player who also had the lowest average of any one on our List. He has subsequently top scored for the week, moved up 3 places overall and improved his average by 25 points. Not a bad week.

2. Simon Harmer - 301 - Here he is again. Harmer has scored 300+ points ten times in a week and finished as the highest point scorer in each of them. This time he will have to settle for second.

N.B. This score does not include his ongoing match vs Yorkshire.

3. Quinton De Kock - 239 - On-song QDK is one of the most valuable players in white ball cricket and the Southern Brave are reaping the benefits of this at the moment with 2 half century scores over the last week

4. Joe Root - 233 - Root is used to carrying the weight of his England team on his shoulders and was forced to do so again in the First Test. He is rewarded with a place in the Top 5.

5. Moeen Ali - 149 - A strange week for Moeen. After scoring the highest points total of The Hundred so far he is yoinked away to the Test side. Can he keep up his good run and challenge for a Top 5 position next week?

Other Mover

For the second week in a row, Dawid Malan's score is not high enough to feature in the Top 5 for the week but sees him move up the overall table. His 76 points sees him up to 9th.

Overall Top 5

For the first time in 2021 the Top 5 remains the same for the fourth week in a row.

1. Marnus Labuschagne - 3833
2. Simon Harmer - 3465
3. Joe Root - 2973
4. Babar Azam - 2656
5. Quinton De Kock - 2448

Labuschgane's lead on second place is now down to a mere 368. This is the lowest it has been for 9 weeks. With second placed Harmer averaging 192.5 points a week, we could see a new man at the summit by the end of the month.

Highest Players by Format
*= New Name

Long Form - Joe Root - 2499
50 Over - *Simon Harmer - 752
T20 - Babar Azam - 1897

Top 3 Averages

1. Simon Harmer - 192.5 (Up from 186.13)
2. Marnus Labuschagne - 191.65
3. Ravichandran Ashwin - 189.4

As I have already mentioned, Bumrah's improvement of 25.09 is a huge boost. It has taken him off bottom spot and above Handscomb, Kohli, Malan, Williamson, Warner and Pooran in terms of average points per active week. Kohli's score of 0 from the First Test sees him fall by 7.07 points to 91.93 - the second lowest.

Highest Points by Discipline
* = New Name

Runs - Marnus Labuschagne = 2023
Batting Bonus - Babar Azam - 370
Strike Rate - *Moeen Ali - 490

Wickets = Simon Harmer= 1540
Wicket Bonus - Simon Harmer - 250
Economy - Simon Harmer - 770

Fielding – Quinton De Kock – 530
Fielding Bonus - Quinton De Kock - 90

Longest Inactive

David Warner (15 weeks)

Week

Jasprit Bumrah- 328
Simon Harmer - 301
Quinton De Kock- 239
Joe Root - 233
Moeen Ali - 149
Dawid Malan - 76
Peter Handscomb- 16
Virat Kohli- 0

Ravichandran Ashwin- dnp
Babar Azam- dnp
Marnus Labuschagne- dnp
Glenn Maxwell - dnp
Nicholas Pooran- dnp
Peter Siddle- dnp
Steve Smith- dnp
Ben Stokes- dnp
David Warner - dnp
Kane Williamson - dnp

Total

Marnus Labuschagne- 3833
Simon Harmer - 3465
Joe Root - 2973
Babar Azam - 2656
Quinton de Kock - 2448
Moeen Ali - 2229
Ravichandran Ashwin - 1894
Ben Stokes - 1765
Dawid Malan - 1747
Peter Handscomb- 1740
Nicholas Pooran - 1718
Peter Siddle - 1577
Glenn Maxwell - 1288
Virat Kohli- 1287
Jasprit Bumrah - 1022
Kane Williamson - 1020
Steve Smith - 1010
David Warner - 842

Headlines

A huge amount of movement this week.
RDJ's 3rd 0 in a row sees DFM back to top spot after a month away.
RD (who has scored 3 0s in the last 5 weeks drops 2 places with Alviro and Arthur up a place. It is the first time that RD has been out of the Top 4 since the middle of March.
MIB also moves up a place.


Week

RDT - 328
DFM - 301
MIB - 239
Arthur - 233
Alviro - 225
DD - 16
RD - 0
RDJ - 0
The Professor- 0

Total

DFM - 5042
RDJ- 4843
Alviro - 3976
Arthur - 3973
RD - 3950
MIB - 3725
The Professor- 3659
DD - 3458
RDT - 1864

[Durhamfootman]

2. Simon Harmer - 301 - Here he is again. Harmer has scored 300+ points ten times in a week and finished as the highest point scorer in each of them. This time he will have to settle for second.

N.B. This score does not include his ongoing match vs Yorkshire.

in which he's doing very nicely, thank you very much

back on top.... now I just need a big cushion to protect me from Marnus the Magnificent, and to give me a bit of leeway until the bananaman goes back to work

cheers Prof

[The Professor]

Weekly Top 5

1. Joe Root - 303 - Winning Cricketer of the Week after such an abject team performance is like winning the handsomest man in the Burns Ward but here we are. This is Root's fourth time topping the weekly charts; he has never got more than three in any other year.

2. Moeen Ali - 226 - Fans of Moeen often cite his lack of consistency on the fact he is pulled from format to format and up and down the order. This is highlighted with a Test he wasn't expected to play in before a brief return to The Hundred. Finishes second though.

3. Simon Harmer - 202 - Harmer's involvement in the RLODC finished a match too early - but it is perhaps no coincidence that Essex fell on the match where he scored his third fewest points of the campaign.

4. Jasprit Bumrah - 174 - Scored considerably fewer points in the Second Test than he did in the first but still manages a decent spot on the Weekly List.

5. Dawid Malan - 106 - Probably one of the players that benefited the most from The Hundred on our List. Ends the tournament with a fifth placed finish for the week and a call up to the Test squad. Has moved up to 8th overall.

Other Mover

Virat scored points this week....which is an improvement on the First Test. Despite not registering in the Top 5 scores of the week he manages to overtake Glenn Maxwell and move into 13th.

Overall Top 5

For the 5th week in a row the Top 5 remain the same.

1. Marnus Labuschagne 3833
2. Simon Harmer 3667
3. Joe Root 3286
4. Babar Azam 2761
5. Quinton De Kock 2540

There is some sign of that breaking up though. Marnus' lead on Simon Harmer is now just 166. Short of something unexpected we are likely to see a new leader in due time.

Quinton De Kock also needs to be looking over his shoulder. He had a poor last three games of The Hundred and only has a 85 point cushion on Moeen Ali in 6th place.

One to Watch

A name to keep an eye on next week is Nicholas Pooran. It seems a life time ago but the West Indian spent most of the first third of the year in the Top 5. With the CPL starting next week he sits in 11th spot, 22 points off Handscomb in 10th and only 176 points off Ashwin in 7th.

Highest Players by Format


Long Form - Joe Root - 2812
50 Over - Simon Harmer - 954
T20 - Babar Azam - 1897

Top 3 Averages

1. Simon Harmer - 193 (Up from 192.5)
2. Marnus Labuschagne - 191.65
3. Ravichandran Ashwin - 189.4

Joe Root's average was the biggest improvement this week as he grew by 7.83 points; up to 164.3 a week. Quinton De Kock's bad end to The Hundred saw his average drop by 2.89 to 141.11

Highest Points by Discipline
* = New Name

Runs - Marnus Labuschagne = 2023
Batting Bonus - Babar Azam - 380
Strike Rate - Moeen Ali - 510

Wickets = Simon Harmer= 1600
Wicket Bonus - Simon Harmer - 250
Economy - Simon Harmer - 810

Fielding – Quinton De Kock – 590
Fielding Bonus - Quinton De Kock - 100

Longest Inactive

David Warner (16 weeks)

Weekly

Joe Root 303
Moeen Ali 226
Simon Harmer 202
Jasprit Bumrah 174
Dawid Malan 106
Babar Azam 105
Virat Kohli 102
Quinton De Kock 92

Marnus Labuschagne dnp
Ravichandran Ashwin dnp
Ben Stokes dnp
Peter Handscomb dnp
Nicholas Pooran dnp
Peter Siddle dnp
Glenn Maxwell dnp
Kane Williamson dnp
Steve Smith dnp
David Warner dnp

Overall

Marnus Labuschagne 3833
Simon Harmer 3667
Joe Root 3286
Babar Azam 2761
Quinton De Kock 2540
Moeen Ali 2455
Ravichandran Ashwin 1894
Dawid Malan 1853
Ben Stokes 1765
Peter Handscomb 1740
Nicholas Pooran 1718
Peter Siddle 1577
Virat Kohli 1389
Glenn Maxwell 1288
Jasprit Bumrah 1196
Kane Williamson 1020
Steve Smith 1010
David Warner 842

Headlines

After last week's upheaval it is as you were this week

Weekly

Alviro 332
Arthur 303
DFM 202
MIB 194
RDT 174
RD 105
DD 0
RDJ 0
The Professor 0

Overall

DFM 5042
RDJ 4843
Alviro 4308
Arthur 4286
RD 4055
MIB 3919
The Professor 3659
DD 3458
RDT 2038

[Arthur Crabtree]

The longest inactive is Wee Davie, who I had last year. I replaced him with Williamson, who is proving to be the Warner in waiting.