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Arthur Crabtree wrote:Woah! How did that happen.

But as the old saying goes, you can't win without Harmer.

it's been won before without Harmer so you're still in with a chance. I don't doubt that Red will come out fighting, though

Weekly

1. Simon Harmer - 390 - Not quite the dizzying heights of his 15-wicket week against Hampshire, but 13 wickets will do very nicely. With 6 Cricketers of the Week this year he now has double his nearest rival - Moeen Ali with 3.

2. Marnus Labuschagne - 206 - Seems a while since he scored big, especially on the international stage - but a century in the Test series against Sri Lanka will be well received despite the overall loss.

3. Steve Smith - 175 - That long wait for a century is over and he is in the Top Five for the second time in a month - however these types of performances are few and far between for Smith these days.

4. Moeen Ali - 166 - Is more here due to weight of matches rather than any hugely stand out performances; however, 47 and a wicket in the most recent ODI is pretty good going.

5. Rishabh Pant - 147 - Pant has incredible tenacity when it comes to just grinding away. A few massive performances are peppered amongst week after week of comfortably above average scores.... like this one.

Overall

1. Simon Harmer - 3871 - Has now scored 1191 points in the last 3 weeks alone and has opened up a lead on second place of 1259. That is not an unsurmountable gap.... but nor is it particularly mountable.

2. Mohammad Rizwan - 2612 - A modest score against a Sri Lanka Cricket XI to kick off the series - but he manages to just about hold onto second spot before the series starts in earnest tomorrow.

3. Rishabh Pant - 2596 - Manages a second consecutive week at third. He *still* has not spent any more than three weeks in anyone position so expect a move next week.

4. Marnus Labuschagne - 2427 - That century against Sri Lanka sees Marnus back up a spot to fourth. He has spent the last month yo-yoing up and down the lower echelons of the Top 5; starting the month in 4th, jumping up a spot, then down to 5th before coming back to fourth today.

5. Moeen Ali - 2359 - Back in the Top 5 after 4 months away. His hard work and relentless grind is finally paying off.

Other Movers

Ben Stokes' 41 won't light the world up but saw him jump over Quinton De Kock who was named but did not feature in a South African team that played against the England Lions.

Ones To Watch

It will be interesting to see if Mr Metronome himself, Rishabh Pant, gets the better of Rizwan this week. Pant has one more ODI against England whilst Rizwan has a whole Test Match to protect his 24 point lead.

Top Three Averages

1. Simon Harmer = 215.06 (Up from 204.77)
2. Babar Azam = 153.54 (Down from 157.33)
3. Joe Root = 152.07 (Down from 162.14)

Weirdly, for the third week out of 4. Our number one highest averaged player is the most improved - moving up 10.29 - whilst the third highest player is the one that has depreciated the most - down 10.07.

Top Players By Format

Long Form - Simon Harmer = 3136
One Day - Travis Head = 680
Short Form - Moeen Ali = 2126

Highest Points by Discipline


Runs - Mohammad Rizwan - 1482
Batting Bonus - Mohammad Rizwan - 320
Strike Rate - Glenn Maxwell = 480

Wickets - Simon Harmer = 1880
Wicket Bonus - Simon Harmer = 360
Economy - Simon Harmer = 780

Fielding - Rishabh Pant = 560
Fielding Bonus - Rishabh Pant = 100

Weekly List

Simon Harmer 390
Marnus Labuschagne 206
Steve Smith 175
Moeen Ali 166
Risabh Pant 147
Babar Azam 108
Matt Critchley 89
Pat Cummins 81
Jonny Bairstow 65
Hasan Ali 50
Travis Head 47
Ben Stokes 41
Mohammad Rizwan 31
David Warner 29
Joe Root 11
Quinton De Kock 0

KL Rahul dnp
Kyle Jamieson dnp
Bhanuka Rajapaksa dnp
Glenn Maxwell dnp
Kane Williamson dnp


Overall

1 Simon Harmer 3871
2 Mohammad Rizwan 2612
3 Rishabh Pant 2596
4 Marnus Labuschagne 2427
5 Moeen Ali 2359
6 Joe Root 2281
7 Glenn Maxwell 2203
8 Ben Stokes 2123
9 Quinton De Kock 2108
10 Jonny Bairstow 2098
11 Babar Azam 1996
12 Pat Cummins 1899
13 David Warner 1673
14 Matt Critchley 1649
15 Kyle Jamieson 1547
16 Hasan Ali 1457
17 KL Rahul 1383
18 Travis Head 1314
19 Steve Smith 1000
20 Bhanuka Rajapaksa 623
21 Kane Williamson 502

Headlines

For the first time since Week 5, Red Devil is not our leader; but it is all mighty close with 84 points between 1st and 3rd.

Equally as close are the Twins and Junior who have just 118 between them.

Weekly

RedJr. 547
DFM 526
Arthur 223
RedDevil 139
MIB 81
Red Twins 70
The Professor 50



Overall

Arthur 6917
RedDevil 6877
DFM 6833
Red Twins 5904
RedJr. 5786
MIB 4829
The Professor 2578

Gulp.

nosebleed Arthur?

all looking tight at the top

cheers Prof

I'm happy enough in eighth.

difficult in a 7 horse race

Yes, I was hoping Red had enlarged his family by one.

not during a cost of living crisis

Yes, I'm going to blame the government for not being eighth. It should have been a question on C4 tonight.

if you had identified as gender non-binary it would have been

another poor return for two thirds of Team Arthur

Maybe Honest Joe will get a bowl.

Babar comes back fighting for Red

Durhamfootman wrote:another poor return for two thirds of Team Arthur

compensated for by the final third

Might be worse, guv.