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Only guaranteed one more game though....even best case scenario 3.

it's a start, though. I wonder if there'll be a champions match and a uni match this year for Essex

Maxwell

what's happened to Maxwell, Red?

Durhamfootman wrote:what's happened to Maxwell, Red?

Keeps getting out in single figures and not bowling more than one over - think he's just doing it to wind me up

Weekly Top 5

1. Ravichandran Ashwin - 257 - Another world class performance from one of the best all-rounders in town. After having not won Cricketer of the Week at all in his first year on our List in 2018 - he has now bagged two on the bounce.

2. Babar Azam - 252 - Always knows how to turn it on in his home competition. He scored more points in two PSL games this week than he did in the entirety of the year before this week. He moves up two places on the overall list to 9th.

3. Joe Root - 196 - A deeply odd week for the England captain. Humiliation in the fourth test - but the fourth most economical fivefer in the history of Test Cricket. Finishes in the Top 3 for the fourth time in eight weeks.

4. Nicholas Pooran - 193 - Another big hitting week for the Trinidad and Tobago player. His 15 ball 39 against Guyana gave him the point surge he needed to get into the top 5 for the week.

5. Peter Handscomb - 165 - The Victorian batsman's century against New South Wales salvaged points for his side as well as seeing him pip into the top 5 for the week.

Overall Top 5

1. Joe Root - 1413 - Despite a very disappointing week for his team, the bowling exploits of Joe Root sees him increase his lead on second place to 195. It is his third straight week at the top of the List.

2. Marnus Labuschagne - 1218 - A disappointing week for the Queenslander. He only scored 48 points - his lowest weekly total of the year so far. He has let top spot pull away from him.

3. Ravichandran Ashwin - 1155 - Despite his List topping performance for the week, he makes no upward movement on the overall List. With one more Test in the series, he is just 63 points off second place.

4. Nicholas Pooran - 908 - Was back to his big-hitting best in the Regional Super 50 and hold his top 5 place for the fourth week in a row.

5. Steve Smith - 650 - Despite being inactive this week he holds off the charge from those behind him. There are three players within 100 points of him so he needs to be scoring soon.

Other Movers

There are two other players who made positive movement up the list.

Kane Williamson went up a place thanks to his 135 runs for New Zealand against Australia

And

Despite his poor performance, Ben Stokes also moves up one place to 13th.

Top Points by Format
* = New Name

Long Form - Joe Root - 1413
50 Over - *Nicholas Pooran - 361
T20 - Glenn Maxwell - 583

Highest Average Points Per Active Week

1. Ravichandran Ashwin - 288.75 (Down from 299.33)
2. Joe Root - 235.5 (Down from 243.4)
3. Steve Smith - 216.67.

Highest Points by Discipline
*= New Name

Runs - Joe Root = 843
Batting Bonus - Joe Root = 160
Strike Rate - Nicholas Pooran = 250

Wickets - Ravichandran Ashwin = 520
Wicket Bonus - Ravichandran Ashwin = 120
Economy - Ravichandran Ashwin = 240

Fielding - Quinton De Kock and *Nichoals Pooran = 130
Fielding Bonus - Quinton De Kock = 20


Week

Ravichandran Ashwin- 257
Babar Azam- 252
Joe Root- 196
Nicholas Pooran - 193
Peter Handscomb- 165
Kane Williamson - 135
Simon Harmer - 96
Marnus Labuschagne- 48
Jasprit Bumrah- 41
Ben Stokes- 36
Virat Kohli - 27
Glenn Maxwell - 13

Moeen Ali - dnp
Quinton De Kock - dnp
Dawid Malan- dnp
Peter Siddle - dnp
Steve Smith - dnp
David Warner - dnp

Total

Joe Root - 1413
Marnus Labuschagne- 1218
Ravichandran Ashwin - 1155
Nicholas Pooran - 908
Steve Smith - 650
Kane Williamson - 626
Glenn Maxwell - 583
Peter Handscomb- 551
Babar Azam - 547
Dawid Malan - 351
Moeen Ali - 349
Jasprit Bumrah - 325
Ben Stokes - 291
Peter Siddle - 280
Virat Kohli- 242
Quinton de Kock - 226
Simon Harmer - 96
David Warner - 77

Headlines

All change in the top 4 but the rest of the pack keep in order.


Week

DD - 358
Arthur - 331
The Professor- 293
RD - 265
DFM - 96
RDJ - 48
RT - 41
MIB - 27
Alviro - 0

Total

Arthur - 2029
RDJ- 1868
DD - 1459
The Professor- 1446
RD - 1130
Alviro - 700
MIB - 468
RDT - 402
DFM - 386

An interesting finding is that of the four players who have played longer form cricket and T20s so far this year, there is a remarkable parity in regards to points scored.

Marnus has 604 to 566 in favour of long form. The gap for Williamson is even tighter with just ten points separating his 318 from Tests and his 308 in T20. With Peter Handscomb the pattern is reversed. He has scored 267 in the BBL and 233 in the Shield.

Babar Azam is the exception. He got 162 points in the two Tests against South Africa and 385 points in three PSL games,

Roooooot.

PSL comes to a grinding halt due to Covid - just when Babar was finally starting to score some points

Least Maxwell's flicked the switch again though

Weekly Top 5

1. Ravichandran Ashwin - 283 - Undoubtedly the Cricket list player of the Ind v Eng series. Got over 500 points more than any other player. Also is only the third player (after Ben Stokes and Babar Azam) to win Cricketer of the Week in three consecutive weeks.

2. Glenn Maxwell - 238 - The Big Show flicked the switch and was back to being a phenomenal allrounder yet again. Showed his batting prowess in the third NZ v AUS T20 and then showed his skills with the ball in the fourth.

3. Ben Stokes - 217 - Got points more for dedication and perseverance than performance. 27.4 gut-busting overs yielded four wickets which made up over 50% of his highest weekly score of 2021.

4. Babar Azam - 152 - Gallingly high score for Azam whose PSL journey is put on hold for a little while. Was making good progress up The List after two top 5 finishes in consecutive weeks.

5. David Warner - 127 - Warner needed a big score after having found himself rock bottom of The List for the last three weeks. His Marsh Cup century sees him up one spot leaving Simon Harmer at rock bottom.

Overall Top 5

1. Joe Root - 1498 - Mixed bag of a series for Root whose scores degraded as the Tests went on - 348 in the First Test down to just 85 in the Fourth. Holds on to the top spot by a mere 60 points.

2. Ravichandran Ashwin - 1438 - Another bumper haul of points sees him comfortably overtake Labuschagne into second place - however he is still just shy of top spot.

3. Marnus Labuschagne - 1218 - An inactive week for Marnus sees him drop out of the top two spots for the first time since the third week of January.

4. Nicholas Pooran - 956 - A disappointing start to the Sri Lanka series. Was more the mild mannered Jekyll rather than his high impact Hyde in the first two contests.

5. Glenn Maxwell - 821 - Back into the top 5 after two weeks away. Such is the weight of Maxwell's scoring, that he is never too far away from bursting up a few places. This week he went the mere two from 7 to 5.

Highest Players by Format

Long Form - Joe Root - 1498
50 Over - Nicholas Pooran - 361
T20 - Glenn Maxwell - 821

This is worth deconstructing a little more. We now have 5 antipodean players who have featured in more than one format of the game.

Peter Handscomb and Marnus Labuschagne have featured in all 3 formats and both have fairly equal points between the Longest Form and the shortest. Handscomb favours T20 with 267 to 233 in that direction whilst it is reversed for Marnus who has 604 to 566.

Kane WIlliamson - who has just featured in T20 and Tests - is almost equal with 318 from the Test series against Pakistan and 335 from an amalgamation of T20 games.

Two players that show the biggest gaps are Steve Smith and David Warner. Steve Smith has scored the majority of his points in Test matches compared to Warner who has scored more in one single Marsh Cup match than he did in the two Tests he played against India.

Top 3 Average Points Per Active Week

1. Ravichandran Ashwin - 287.6 (Down from 288.75)
2. Steve Smith - 216.67
3. Joe Root - 214 (Down from 235.5)

Points by Discipline

Runs - Joe Root - 878
Batting Bonus - Joe Root - 160
Strike Rate - Nicholas Pooran

Wickets - Ravichandran Ashwin - 68-
Wicket Bonus - Ravichandran Ashwin - 170
Economy - Ravichandran Ashwin - 300

Fielding - Nicholas Pooran - 160
Fielding Bonus - Quinton De Kock - 20

Week

Ravichandran Ashwin- 283
Glenn Maxwell - 238
Ben Stokes- 217
Babar Azam - 152
David Warner - 127
Joe Root - 85
Nicholas Pooran - 48
Kane Williamson - 27
Virat Kohli - 10

Moeen Ali - dnp
Jasprit Bumrah- dnp
Quinton De Kock- dnp
Peter Handscomb- dnp
Simon Harmer - dnp
Marnus Labuschagne- dnp
Dawid Malan - dnp
Peter Siddle - dnp
Steve Smith- dnp

Total

Joe Root - 1498
Ravichandran Ashwin - 1438
Marnus Labuschagne- 1218
Nicholas Pooran - 956
Glenn Maxwell - 821
Babar Azam - 699
Kane Williamson - 653
Steve Smith - 650
Peter Handscomb- 551
Ben Stokes - 508
Dawid Malan - 351
Moeen Ali - 349
Jasprit Bumrah - 325
Peter Siddle - 280
Virat Kohli- 252
Quinton de Kock - 226
David Warner - 204
Simon Harmer - 96

Headlines

The Professor is up two places to second.

All the rest of the movement is from the Red household. Junior is down one spot whilst Senior and the Twins move up one.


Week

The Professor- 500
RD - 390
RDT - 127
Arthur - 112
DD - 38
MIB - 10
Alviro - 0
DFM - 0
RDJ - 0

Total

Arthur - 2141
The Professor- 1946
RDJ- 1868
RD - 1520
DD - 1497
Alviro - 700
RDT - 529
MIB - 478
DFM - 386

cheers Prof

the banana man's back for me....... okay, he's doing F all, but it'll all count

Top 5 for the Week

1. Peter Handscomb - 312 - A prolific multi-discipline week for the Victorian captain. His debut season on the Lit last year was severely Covid effected; this marks his inaugural Cricketer of the Week award.

2. Marnus Labuschagne - 171 - After a poor week and an inactive week, Marnus was back to scoring big runs this week across both the Sheffield Shield and the Marsh Cup.

3. Peter Siddle - 164 - Siddle was the longest inactive player at 5 weeks without a game before this week's return to domestic action. He had dropped from 7th to 14th in that time however is back in good nick and places just outside the top ten overall.

4. David Warner - 133 - 5th placed last week. 4th placed this. Warner's return to domestic Cricket has seen him move up from 18th to 14th over the last fortnight.

5. Nicholas Pooran - 98 - Another modest week for the big-hitting West Indian - however just creeps into the top 5 again. Keeps on scoring points despite playing fourth fiddle in games.

Overall Top 5

1. Joe Root - 1498 - An inactive week from Root - however it is starting to tighten up with all of the top 3 within 100 points of each other.

2. Ravichandran Ashwin - 1438 - A well earned break and Ashwin holds onto the silver medal by the skin of his teeth. He is just 49 points off third place.

3. Marnus Labuschagne - 1389 - His success for Queensland this week wasn't quite enough for the Aussie to reclaim second spot this week.

4. Nicholas Pooran -1044 - Pooran retains fourth spot for the fourth week of a row. Quietly accumulating points. He becomes the fourth man to cross the 1000 point mark.

5. Peter Handscomb - 863 - This week's Cricketer of the Week leaps up the table. He started the week in ninth place and now knocks Glenn Maxwell out of the top 5. 5th spot seems to be a one week accolade. Maxwell then Smith then Williamson over the last month.

Highest Players by Format

Long Form - Joe Root - 1498
50 Over - Nicholas Pooran - 406
T20 - Glenn Maxwell - 822

Top 3 Average Points Per Active Week

1. Ravichandran Ashwin - 287.6
2. Steve Smith - 216.67
3. Joe Root - 214

Points by Discipline

Runs - Joe Root - 878
Batting Bonus - Joe Root - 160
Strike Rate - Nicholas Pooran - 260

Wickets - Ravichandran Ashwin - 680
Wicket Bonus - Ravichandran Ashwin - 170
Economy - Ravichandran Ashwin - 300

Fielding - Nicholas Pooran - 170
Fielding Bonus - Quinton De Kock - 20



Week

Peter Handscomb- 312
Marnus Labuschagne- 171
Peter Siddle- 164
David Warner - 133
Nicholas Pooran- 98
Dawid Malan - 64
Ben Stokes- 20
Glenn Maxwell - 1
Virat Kohli- 0
Kane Williamson - 0

Moeen Ali - dnp
Ravichandran Ashwin- dnp
Babar Azam- dnp
Jasprit Bumrah- dnp
Quinton De Kock- dnp
Simon Harmer - dnp
Joe Root - dnp
Steve Smith - dnp

Total

Joe Root - 1498
Ravichandran Ashwin - 1438
Marnus Labuschagne- 1389
Nicholas Pooran - 1044
Peter Handscomb- 863
Glenn Maxwell - 822
Babar Azam - 699
Kane Williamson - 653
Steve Smith - 650
Ben Stokes - 528
Peter Siddle - 454
Dawid Malan - 415
Moeen Ali - 349
David Warner - 337
Jasprit Bumrah - 325
Virat Kohli- 252
Quinton de Kock - 226
Simon Harmer - 96

Headlines

Some significant movement this week - but nobody up more than one.

DD has the biggest jump and is starting to reel in top 3 again whilst RDJ reclaims second.

DFM is off the bottom of the table.

Week

DD - 410
RDJ - 171
DFM - 164
RT - 133
Alviro - 64
The Professor- 20
RD - 1
Arthur - 0
MIB - 0

Total

Arthur - 2141
RDJ- 2039
The Professor- 1966
DD - 1907
RD - 1521
Alviro - 764
RDT - 662
DFM - 544
MIB - 478

woo hoo!

cheers Prof

Weekly Top 5

1. Virat Kohli - 371 - Kohli put the disappointment of scoring a pure 0 last week behind him with 3 70+ hauls of runs and a first Cricketer of the Week since December 2019.

2. Dawid Malan - 214 - Was facing a lot of doubters before the last T20. Has dragged his average up from 83 points per active week to 104.83 with this second place finish.

3. Ben Stokes - 194 - The lowest scoring of the three players from Ind Vs Eng. Didn't really take off with bat or ball to further force his agenda.

4. David Warner - 148 - Another big score for the Aussie sees him continue to improve week on week. It is his second successive week in fourth.

5. Quinton De Kock - 138 - A welcome return for Quinny who showed us a wicket-keeping masterclass in his 4-Day Franchise Series match against the Lions.

Overall Top 5

1. Joe Root - 1498 - Yet another inactive week from Joe Root however with no pressure from below, he retains top spot.

2. Ravichandran Ashwin - 1438 - Manages to stave off the charge from below despite being inactive....more from meteorological reasons than cricketing ones.

3. Marnus Labuschagne - 1389 - Was all set to move up into second this week....until his Sheffield Shield game was rained off after Day One. Probably one of the more unfair scores of 0 you will see this year.

4. Nicholas Pooran - 1069 - Another disappointing score from the West Indian but he has done enough in this low scoring week to retain fourth spot for 4 weeks.

5. Peter Handscomb - 863 - Becomes the first Cricketer to hold 5th place in the last 5 weeks.....despite scoring 0 in his Sheffield Shield game this week.

Highest Players by Format

Long Form - Joe Root - 1498
50 Over - Nicholas Pooran - 431
T20 - Glenn Maxwell - 822

Top 3 Average Points Per Active Week


1. Ravichandran Ashwin - 287.6
2. Steve Smith - 216.67
3. Joe Root – 214

Whilst there was no change at the top of the table, the players with the bottom 6 averages have all moved up this week. The most significant mover was Virat Kohli who went up a huge 55.1 points – up to 50.4 to 105.5 points per active week.

Points by Discipline
*=New Name

Runs - Joe Root - 878
Batting Bonus - Joe Root - 160
Strike Rate - Nicholas Pooran - 260

Wickets - Ravichandran Ashwin - 680
Wicket Bonus - Ravichandran Ashwin - 170
Economy - Ravichandran Ashwin - 300

Fielding – * Quinton De Kock – 210
Fielding Bonus - Quinton De Kock - 60

Week

Virat Kohli- 371
Dawid Malan - 214
Ben Stokes - 194
David Warner - 148
Quinton De Kock - 138
Peter Siddle - 60
Nicholas Pooran- 25
Peter Handscomb- 0
Marnus Labuschagne- 0

Moeen Ali - dnp
Ravichandran Ashwin - dnp
Babar Azam- dnp
Jasprit Bumrah- dnp
Simon Harmer - dnp
Glenn Maxwell - dnp
Joe Root- dnp
Steve Smith- dnp
Kane Williamson - dnp

Total

Joe Root - 1498
Ravichandran Ashwin - 1438
Marnus Labuschagne- 1389
Nicholas Pooran - 1069
Peter Handscomb- 863
Glenn Maxwell - 822
Ben Stokes - 722
Babar Azam - 699
Kane Williamson - 653
Steve Smith - 650
Virat Kohli- 633
Dawid Malan - 629
Peter Siddle - 514
David Warner - 485
Quinton de Kock - 364
Moeen Ali - 349
Jasprit Bumrah - 325
Simon Harmer - 96

Headlines

MIB is the huge beneficary of this week. Jumps from bottom spot to 6th

Week

MIB - 509
Alviro - 214
The Professor- 194
RDT - 148
DFM - 60
DD - 25
Arthur - 0
RD - 0
RDJ - 0


Total

Arthur - 2141
The Professor- 2160
RDJ- 2039
DD - 1932
RD - 1521
MIB - 987
Alviro - 978
RDT - 810
DFM - 604