2022 All Year Fantasy Competition

[Durhamfootman]

interesting

he's also signed a 4 or 5 year deal with Essex

[Arthur Crabtree]

Root might as well be cryogenically frozen by the ECB for the forseeable future. He's not going to pick up a bat.

[The Professor]

Only 7 players featured this week and of them four scored under 30....so just a top three is in order this week.

Weekly Update

1. Quinton De Kock - 174 - The player of the tournament from the white ball leg of India's tour of South Africa get his first Cricketer of the Week of 2022 and his fourth overall.

2. Moeen Ali - 151 - Scored the all but 10 of his points in just one of the three T20s he played against West Indies. Could have been in for a corker of a score if he hadn't been so anodyne in the other fixtures.

3. Mohammad Rizwan - 92 - Makes his bow on the list with a third placed finished thanks to his PSL victory for Multan in Fixture 1 of the tournament. Is likely to be a contender long-term.

Overall Update

1. Glenn Maxwell - 541 - Inactive this week but that HUGE score Melbourne Stars against Hobart still sees him 126 points ahead of the next active player.

2. Pat Cummins - 439 - Holds second place for the second week in a row despite an inactive week.

3. Rishabh Pant - 415 - Despite scoring the second lowest total for the week, Pant manages to keep hold of his third place spot for a second week. Has yet to be outside the top 3.

4. Quinton De Kock - 369 - Ostensibly in the Top 5 thanks to just two ODIs. Spent 14 weeks in the Top 5 last year but finished 6th. Can he go one better this year?

5. Kyle Jamieson - 300 - Is into his third inactive week but is still clinging onto his Top Five place. He has a 64 point lead on KL Rahul in sixth.

Other movers

Despite scoring a mere 29 points, Rahul managed to overtake Simon Harmer and Marnus Labuschagne and move into 6th spot.

Ones to Watch

There is a trio of players at the foot of the table who will all be in T20 action this week. Moeen Ali is 30 points behind Travis Head with his lead on Rizwan only standing at 60. Babar Azam is rock bottom as it stands but needs a mere 20 points to relegate David Warner to the foot of the table.

Top Three Averages

1. Pat Cummins - 219.5
2. Quinton De Kock - 185.4
3. Glenn Maxwell - 180.33


There are always some very big drops in averages in these early weeks of the year. Rishabh Pant lost 27.92 and is down to 103.75.

Top Players By Format



Long Form - Kyle Jamieson - 300
One Day - Quinton De Kock - 369
Short Form - Glenn Maxwell - 541

Highest Points by Discipline

Runs - Glenn Maxwell = 291
Batting Bonus - Glenn Maxwell =60
Strike Rate - Glenn Maxwell = 90

Wickets - Pat Cummins = 220
Wicket Bonus - Pat Cummins = 40
Economy - Pat Cummins = 120

Fielding - Rishabh Pant = 70
Fielding Bonus - Rishabh Pant & Quinton De Kock = 10

Weekly

Quinton De Kock 174
Moeen Ali 151
Mohammad Rizwan 92
KL Rahul 29
Babar Azam 23
Risabh Pant 20
Travis Head 18

Bhanuka Rajapaksa dnp
Hasan Ali dnp
Kane Williamson dnp
Matt Critchley dnp
Jonny Bairstow dnp
Kyle Jamieson dnp
David Warner dnp
Glenn Maxwell dnp
Pat Cummins dnp
Simon Harmer dnp
Marnus Labuschagne dnp
Joe Root dnp
Steve Smith dnp
Ben Stokes dnp

Overall

Glenn Maxwell 541
Pat Cummins 439
Risabh Pant 415
Quinton De Kock 369
Kyle Jamieson 300
KL Rahul 236
Simon Harmer 234
Marnus Labuschagne 209
Steve Smith 207
Ben Stokes 205
Jonny Bairstow 194
Joe Root 189
Travis Head 182
Moeen Ali 152
Mohammad Rizwan 92
David Warner 43
Babar Azam 23

Headlines

Despite all but one contributor registering points, the rankings stay the same.
The Red family are separated by a mere 88 points.

Weekly

Red Twins 174
RedJr. 151
RedDevil 115
MIB 29
Arthur 20
DFM 18
The Professor 0

Overall

MIB 975
Arthur 798
RedDevil 656
Red Twins 617
RedJr. 568
DFM 416
The Professor 0

[Durhamfootman]

Harmer racking up the wickets in his latest outing

cheers Prof

[Arthur Crabtree]

Well done Reds.

Cheers Prof.

[Durhamfootman]

Mo looking like the player to beat in 2022

[The Professor]

Only five players have played this week. Usually that means a Top 3 …..however all players registered 100+ points so this week isn't so much a Top 5 but an All 5. The Overall List is also an appealing prospect with only one player retaining their place from last week in a gigantic shake up.

Weekly

1. Simon Harmer - 292 - Harmer's South African renaissance has not only helped him get into the Test side but has also seen him register a very early Cricketer of the Week.

2. Babar Azam - 263 - Karachi are in poor form - and, at times, so has Babar. His weekly score has been very much saved by his last game of the week against Peshawar. Up 9 places to 7th.

3. Moeen Ali - 177 - Continued his inconsistent tour of West Indies with another cracking performance in the middle of two poor ones. Has randomly cropped up at BPL 2022 - although has yet to score a point for Comilla. Up 8 places to 6th.

4. Mohammad Rizwan - 151 - Whilst Babar's form has been improving, Rizwan's has been dipping. An average of 60.75 points per game will see him good across the PSL though. Up 6 places to 9th.

5. Hasan Ali - 113 - Quietly plugging away with five wickets in three games, Hasan isn't setting the world alight but grafts his way to avoiding bottom place. He makes his debut at 17 on the overall list.

Overall

1. Glenn Maxwell - 526 - Only one player retained their position from last week....and that player happened to be the Number One player. An 87 point leas after 3 inactive weeks is still pretty impressive.

2. Simon Harmer - 526 - Harmer had not even played this time last year and didn't make the top two until mid-July. He is way ahead of schedule.

3. Pat Cummins - 439 - If evading questions about your head coach were worth points, Cummins would have been a contender for Cricketer of the Week. Instead he was inactive and down a place to third.

4. Rishabh Pant - 415 - Inactive this week and also one of the few players on our List who has nothing to worry about in the forthcoming IPL auction. He is down a place this week.

5. Quinton De Kock - 369 - Inactive and down a place. He is only 50 points ahead of Moeen Ali who is in BPL action this week.

Ones To Watch

The PSL boys of Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan could make an assault on the Top 5 this week. Rizwan plays three games this week and averages 62.5; that would be enough to see him into fourth place this week.

Top Three Averages

1. Simon Harmer - 263
2. Pat Cummins - 219.5
3. Quinton De Kock - 185.4

Only one player was able to change their average this week and that was Moeen Ali who swelled his total by 33.67 to 109.67.

Top Players By Format

*=New Name

Long Form - Simon Harmer = 263
One Day - Quinton De Kock - 369
Short Form - Glenn Maxwell - 541

Highest Points by Discipline

*= New Name

Runs - Glenn Maxwell = 291
Batting Bonus - Glenn Maxwell =60
Strike Rate - Glenn Maxwell = 90

Wickets - *Simon Harmer = 300
Wicket Bonus - *Simon Harmer = 70
Economy - Pat Cummins and *Simon Harmer = 120

Fielding - Rishabh Pant = 70
Fielding Bonus - Rishabh Pant & Quinton De Kock = 10

Weekly List

Simon Harmer 292
Babar Azam 263
Moeen Ali 177
Mohammad Rizwan 151
Hasan Ali 113

Bhanuka Rajapaksa dnp
Kane Williamson dnp
Matt Critchley dnp
Jonny Bairstow dnp
Kyle Jamieson dnp
David Warner dnp
Glenn Maxwell dnp
Pat Cummins dnp
Marnus Labuschagne dnp
Joe Root dnp
Steve Smith dnp
Ben Stokes dnp
Quinton De Kock dnp
KL Rahul dnp
Risabh Pant dnp
Travis Head dnp


Overall List

1 Glenn Maxwell 541
2 Simon Harmer 526
3 Pat Cummins 439
4 Risabh Pant 415
5 Quinton De Kock 369
6 Moeen Ali 329
7 Kyle Jamieson 300
8 Babar Azam 286
9 Mohammad Rizwan 243
10 KL Rahul 236
11 Marnus Labuschagne 209
12 Steve Smith 207
13 Ben Stokes 205
14 Jonny Bairstow 194
15 Joe Root 189
16 Travis Head 182
17 Hasan Ali 113
18 David Warner 43

Headlines

Red Devil's PSL duo sees him rocket up to first.

RDJ and DFM also up one.

Weekly

RedDevil 414
DFM 292
RedJr. 177
The Professor 113
MIB 0
Arthur 0
Red Twins 0

Overall

RedDevil 1070
MIB 975
Arthur 798
RedJr. 745
DFM 708
Red Twins 617
The Professor 113

[Durhamfootman]

Good work Prof

good work SRH

[The Professor]

It has been a very busy week at the business end of our table. 11 of our top 12 were active this week and none of the bottom 6 featured at all.

Who were the big movers of the week?

Weekly

1. Moeen Ali - 287 - After a quiet start to BPL 2022, kicked it up a gear with 46 runs against Sylhet and 75 runs and two wickets on Friday versus Khulna. This is his second highest weekly total in his 13 months on the lists.

2. Mohammad Rizwan - 266 - His performances have been tailing away slightly as the week has gone on but his huge score against Peshawar made up 65% of his weekly total.

3. Rishabh Pant - 225 - Pant is a sporadic performer but when he goes big he strikes gold. His third ODI against the West Indies gives him enough for third place.

4. Kyle Jamieson - 158 - Back in action for Auckland before joining back up with the national team, Jamieson kept his eye in with his third successive three figure score.

5. Quinton De Kock - 152 - Not available for South Africa, QDK is turning out for the Titans in his favourite format of T20. He disappointed against the Warriors but went big vs Boland to see him finish fifth for the week.

Overall

1. Rishabh Pant - 640 - Pant spent all of January in second or third place, dropped down to fourth for the first week in February but has now jumped up 3 places to top spot as the most impressive Cricketer of the Year so far.

2. Moeen Ali - 616 - His rich vein of T20 form in BPL 2022 has seen Moeen move up into second position. This is his highest ever berth on our List.

3. Glenn Maxwell - 548 - The Big Show was inactive for three weeks and held on to his top spot. On his return to cricket, he scores 7 points versus Sri Lanka and moves down to third. Should have stayed at home!

4. Simon Harmer - 526 - Inactive for the week and down two places to 4th.

5. Quinton De Kock - 521 - Uncharacteristically, QDK is the eye of the storm this week. Whilst every other member of the Top Ten moved position, he remained static in 5th spot.

Ones to Watch

Two of our powerhouse bowlers are both in action this week in different formats and with a lot to play for. Cummins sits just 2 points above Jamieson with a series of T20s to play versus Sri Lanka. Will Jamieson's Test form give him the edge and return him into the top 5?

Top Three Averages

1. Simon Harmer - 263
2. Quinton De Kock - 173.67 (Down from 184.5)
3. Mohammad Rizwan - 169.67 (Up from 121.5)

Some huge swings this week. Mohammad Rizwan takes a huge jump of 48.17 whilst Pat Cummins goes from the dizzying highs of Test cricket to the low yields of T20s and sheds 65.83 points from his average. He now sits on 153.67.

Top Players By Format

*=New Name

Long Form - Simon Harmer = 263
One Day - * Rishabh Pant - 396
Short Form - * Moeen Ali - 616

Highest Points by Discipline

*= New Name

Runs - *Rishabh Pant = 330
Batting Bonus - *Rishabh Pant & *Quinton De Kock = 70
Strike Rate - *Moeen Ali = 120

Wickets - Simon Harmer = 300
Wicket Bonus - Simon Harmer = 70
Economy - *Kyle Jamieson = 170

Fielding - Rishabh Pant = 170
Fielding Bonus - Rishabh Pant = 30

Weekly

Moeen Ali 287
Mohammad Rizwan 266
Risabh Pant 225
Kyle Jamieson 159
Quinton De Kock 152
Marnus Labuschagne 72
KL Rahul 69
Babar Azam 48
Hasan Ali 30
Steve Smith 29
Pat Cummins 22
Glenn Maxwell 7

Overall

1 Risabh Pant 640
2 Moeen Ali 616
3 Glenn Maxwell 548
4 Simon Harmer 526
5 Quinton De Kock 521
6 Mohammad Rizwan 509
7 Pat Cummins 461
8 Kyle Jamieson 459
9 Babar Azam 334
10 KL Rahul 305
11 Marnus Labuschagne 281
12 Steve Smith 236
13 Ben Stokes 205
14 Jonny Bairstow 194
15 Joe Root 189
16 Travis Head 182
17 Hasan Ali 143
18 David Warner 43

Headlines

Red Junior and the Red Twins are both up a place at the expense of Arthur and DFM.

Weekly

RedDevil 321
RedJr. 388
MIB 250
Arthur 225
Red Twins 152
The Professor 30
DFM 0

Overall

RedDevil 1391
MIB 1225
RedJr. 1133
Arthur 1023
Red Twins 769
DFM 708
The Professor 143

[Durhamfootman]

Red Junior and the Red Twins are both up a place at the expense of Arthur and DFM.

cheers Prof.

My time will be here soon

[The Professor]

Feel mine will not be.

Didn't realise the extent of Williamson's injury and Rajapaksa has disappeared off the face of the Earth. Dead in the water before the middle of Feb.

[The Professor]

A number of our players have been involved in Day One of the IPL Mega Auction.

In a battle of the bargains; David Warner joins the Delhi Capitals for £4.61m. To my mind that is a slightly better deal than Quinton de Kock who was sold for 6.75 crore to Lucknow Super Giants which was a pretty good deal in and of itself.

Jonny Bairstow joins the Punjab Kings for 6.75 crore.


Pat Cummins was sold for 7.25 crore to KKR. At half the price, he sticks with his previous franchise.

For the time being, Steve Smith remains unsold but may get picked up tomorrow.

[The Professor]

Labuschagne and Smith go unsold as Rajapaksa joins Punjab

[Red Devil]

Bit surprised about Smith tbh

[The Professor]

A huge amount of cricket has been played last week - with 5 players in action on Friday alone....but who prevailed in the battle for number one spot this week?

Weekly Top 5

1. Moeen Ali - 328 - He played 4 games of BPL 2022 cricket this week which will always help boost the score - but he went big in two of them to give him his second highest score of all time and the highest score of 2022 thus far.

2. Mohammad Rizwan - 249 - Is in phenomenal form in PSL 2022 and is averaging 84.22 points a match. Seems an unstoppable force at the moment. Will be a frightening prospect in the T20 World Cup.

3. Babar Azam - 213 - Played double the amount of cricket this week than the other two PSL 2022 players on our List and finishes in a decent third place finish. Could have done better you feel. a

4. Quinton De Kock - 183 - Another Top 5 finish thanks to weight of games more than any huge performances. It does mark his third Top 5 finish for the year so far. Mr Consistent.

5. Glenn Maxwell - 182 - In a year of ups and downs for Maxwell, his 182 is something of a middling yield. He rounds off the top 5 for the week with a comfortable gap between himself and Rishabh Pant in 6th who got under half the points Maxwell did.

Yearly Top 5

1. Moeen Ali - 944 - If you are in second place and score 300+ points it is very likely you will take top spot - and such was the case for Moeen. He is the fourth person to take the Number One baton in 2022.

2. Mohammad Rizwan - 758 - Up 4 places and making his debut in the Top 5. And you cannot begrudge him of it with the way he is playing.

=3. Rishabh Pant - 730 - Down two places after his week at the Top Spot. He was below par this week despite his match winning knock against West Indies on Friday.

=3. Glenn Maxwell - 730 - Retains third place this week (but has to share it with Rishabh Pant) thanks to his last two performances in Aus v SL. Has only spent 1 week outside the Top 5 in 2022.

5. Quinton De Kock - 704 - A third consecutive week in 5th spot despite all the mayhem around him. Something of a gap opening up between the Top 5 and the chasing pack too. There is 157 points between him and Babar Azam in 6th.

Other Movers

The gap between 10th and 17th is very tightly packed with nobody more than 34 points away from their nearest rival. This means that a fairly inconsequential score can see big movement. This was the case with Travis Head; up 3 to 13th despite just 56 points.

Top 3 Averages

1. Simon Harmer = 263
2. Mohammad Rizwan= 189.5 (Up from 169.67)
3. Moeen Ali = 188.8 (Up from 154)

Moeen's jolly good week sees his, already very good, aveage swell by 34.8 points leaving him with the third highest average this year. Pat Cummins' average takes another hit. After going down by 65.83 last week, it has shrunk a further 26.92 this week.

Top Players By Format

*=New Name

Long Form - Simon Harmer = 526
One Day - * Rishabh Pant - 396
Short Form - Moeen Ali - 944

Highest Points by Discipline

*= New Name

Runs - *Mohammad Rizwan - 428
Batting Bonus - *Mohammad Rizwan = 100
Strike Rate - Moeen Ali = 200

Wickets - Simon Harmer = 300
Wicket Bonus - Simon Harmer = 70
Economy - Kyle Jamieson = 170

Fielding - Rishabh Pant = 170
Fielding Bonus - Rishabh Pant & *Quinton De Kock = 30

Weekly

Moeen Ali 328
Mohammad Rizwan 249
Babar Azam 213
Quinton De Kock 183
Glenn Maxwell 182
Risabh Pant 90
Travis Head 56
Pat Cummins 46
Steve Smith 14
Marnus Labuschagne 13
Hasan Ali 12

Bhanuka Rajapaksa dnp
Kane Williamson dnp
Matt Critchley dnp
Jonny Bairstow dnp
David Warner dnp
Joe Root dnp
Ben Stokes dnp
Simon Harmer dnp
Kyle Jamieson dnp
KL Rahul dnp

Overall

1 Moeen Ali 944
2 Mohammad Rizwan 758
3 Risabh Pant 730
3 Glenn Maxwell 730
5 Quinton De Kock 704
6 Babar Azam 547
7 Simon Harmer 526
8 Pat Cummins 507
9 Kyle Jamieson 459
10 KL Rahul 305
11 Marnus Labuschagne 294
12 Steve Smith 260
13 Travis Head 238
14 Ben Stokes 205
15 Jonny Bairstow 194
16 Joe Root 189
17 Hasan Ali 155
18 David Warner 43

Headlines

Big moves by the Red Family who scored nearly 6 times as much than the rest of us combined.

Weekly

RedDevil 644
RedJr. 365
Red Twins 183
Arthur 90
DFM 56
MIB 46
The Professor 12


Overall

RedDevil 2035
RedJr. 1498
MIB 1271
Arthur 1113
Red Twins 952
DFM 764
The Professor 155