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Weekly

Steve Smith 130
David Warner 126
Ben Stokes 122
Travis Head 109
Pat Cummins 80
Simon Harmer 60
Babar Azam 52
Mohammad Rizwan 25
Moeen Ali 19
Marnus Labuschagne 4

Kyle Jamieson dnp
Jonny Bairstow dnp
Joe Root dnp
Matt Critchley dnp
Glenn Maxwell dnp
Hasan Ali dnp
KL Rahul dnp
Kane Williamson dnp
Bhanuka Rajapaksa dnp
Quinton De Kock dnp
Risabh Pant dnp

Overall

1 Simon Harmer 5193
2 Mohammad Rizwan 4620
3 Babar Azam 3768
4 Moeen Ali 3640
5 Quinton De Kock 3493
6 Glenn Maxwell 3248
7 Rishabh Pant 3235
8 Ben Stokes 3234
9 Marnus Labuschagne 2801
10 Joe Root 2648
11 Jonny Bairstow 2593
12 Hasan Ali 2548
13 Matt Critchley 2473
14 KL Rahul 2460
15 David Warner 2458
16 Pat Cummins 2304
17 Travis Head 1788
18 Steve Smith 1664
19 Kyle Jamieson 1547
20 Kane Williamson 1357
21 Bhanuka Rajapaksa 1308

SRH might do better in this current match

cheers Prof

Starting to look a lot like a Red Christmas.

A lot of movement this week after a long period of rigidity....who has done well?

Weekly

1. Travis Head - 231 - The rebirth of Travis Head gives him his second Cricketer of the Week Award for 2022 and his third of all time. Really does look in fine form as an opener and had a record-breaking week alongside David Warner.

=2. Kane Williamson = 225 = Seems to be awakening from his malaise towards the end of the year. Two matches in two different disciplines with two half century scores sees him joint second for the week. Up a place to 20th overall.

=2. Simon Harmer = 225 - Back in the wickets in long from cricket, just as God intended. A fourfer against Knights was the higlight of his week.

4. David Warner - 172 - His second week in the Top 5 in a row. Loving life at the moment and moves up two places to 12th courtesy of a century stand in the final ODI against England.

5. Steve Smith - 165 - Nearly 300 points from three games is not to be sniffed at....especially considering Smith's form so far this year. His last innings let him down a bit and he just squeaks into the Top 5 this week.

Overall

1. Simon Harmer - 5418 - You would think Cricketer of the Year would have to be his this year. His lead is now back up to 798 - the highest it has been in 2 months.

2. Mohammad Rizwan - 4620 - Inactive this week as he girds his loins for the Test series against England.

3. Babar Azam - 3768 - Bit of danger from below for the inactive Pakistan captain but he manages to hold onto third place for the fourth week.

4. Moeen Ali – 3719 – Manages just 79 points across three games in two continents. Is crawling towards third place rather than sprinting.

5. Quinton De Kock – 3493 – Inactive for a month now but has zero pressure from below so holds 5th for the 7th week.

Other Movers

Hasan Ali moves up two places to 10th; his highest spot for the year.

Rishabh Pant takes advantage of Glenn Maxwell’s misfortune to move up to 6th despite 92 points this week.

Top Three Averages

1. Simon Harmer = 186.83 (Up from 185.46)
2. Ben Stokes = 124.86
3. Babar Azam = 129.93

Joe Root used to go to town in warm up matches....but only managed 9 this week to see his average fall by 5.33 points to 120.77 a week. Kane Williamon swells his average by 7.48 to 75.33.

Top Players By Format


Long Form - Simon Harmer = 4348
One Day - Travis Head = 1236
Short Form - Moeen Ali = 3255

Highest Points by Discipline

* = New Name


Runs - Mohammad Rizwan - 2660
Batting Bonus - Babar Azam = 530
Strike Rate - Moeen Ali = 770

Wickets - Simon Harmer = 2560
Wicket Bonus - Simon Harmer = 430
Economy - Simon Harmer = 1190

Fielding - *Rishabh Pant = 730
Fielding Bonus - Rishabh Pant = 110`

Weekly

Travis Head 231
Kane Williamson 225
Simon Harmer 225
David Warner 172
Steve Smith 165
Hasan Ali 148
Marnus Labuschagne 116
Risabh Pant 92
Moeen Ali 79
Pat Cummins 70
Joe Root 9

Kyle Jamieson dnp
Jonny Bairstow dnp
Matt Critchley dnp
Glenn Maxwell dnp
KL Rahul dnp
Bhanuka Rajapaksa dnp
Quinton De Kock dnp
Ben Stokes dnp
Babar Azam dnp
Mohammad Rizwan dnp

Overall

1 Simon Harmer 5418
2 Mohammad Rizwan 4620
3 Babar Azam 3768
4 Moeen Ali 3719
5 Quinton De Kock 3493
6 Rishabh Pant 3327
7 Glenn Maxwell 3248
8 Ben Stokes 3234
9 Marnus Labuschagne 2917
10 Hasan Ali 2696
11 Joe Root 2657
12 David Warner 2630
13 Jonny Bairstow 2593
14 Matt Critchley 2473
15 KL Rahul 2460
16 Pat Cummins 2374
17 Travis Head 2019
18 Steve Smith 1829
19 Kane Williamson 1582
20 Kyle Jamieson 1547
21 Bhanuka Rajapaksa 1308

Headlines

Think it says something that our leader blanked for the first time in 20 weeks, whilst his nearest rival got nearly half a thousand points and there is STILL an 1870 gap between them.

Weekly

DFM 456
The Professor 373
RedJr. 360
Red Twins 172
Arthur 101
MIB 70
RedDevil 0

Overall

RedDevil 11777
DFM 9907
Red Twins 9357
Arthur 8525
RedJr. 8467
MIB 6381
The Professor 5574

Harmer can add a few more next week. He's already got 7 wickets in the bag

cheers Prof

make that 14 wickets. And quick runs too

If Head hadn't been such a soft, bone idle ponce and backed out of his Sussex contract I might very well have won this, even allowing for a disappointing return from Critchley. Inexcusable to have a captain's contract in place and then pull out on nappy changing grounds...... git!

Think that's Harmer as Cricketer of the Year then.

First time someone has won it twice

2018 - Harmer
2019 - Maxwell
2020 - Azam
2021 - Labuschagne
2022 - Harmer

Durhamfootman wrote:make that 14 wickets. And quick runs too

If Head hadn't been such a soft, bone idle ponce and backed out of his Sussex contract I might very well have won this, even allowing for a disappointing return from Critchley. Inexcusable to have a captain's contract in place and then pull out on nappy changing grounds...... git!

Maxwell breaking his leg messing about at a birthday party isn't helping me - this could get tight by the end of the year

The Professor wrote:Think that's Harmer as Cricketer of the Year then.

First time someone has won it twice

2018 - Harmer
2019 - Maxwell
2020 - Azam
2021 - Labuschagne
2022 - Harmer

It was always going to be Harmer, having Harmer in this is like having a cheat code!

Trouble is, having Head is like committing sepuku. It was a brief flirt with an international player because I had a third choice. A mistake I won't be making again

Nappy leave!

you wouldn't have caught a fine pro like Botham doing something as pathetic as that

Red Devil wrote:

The Professor wrote:Think that's Harmer as Cricketer of the Year then.

First time someone has won it twice

2018 - Harmer
2019 - Maxwell
2020 - Azam
2021 - Labuschagne
2022 - Harmer

It was always going to be Harmer, having Harmer in this is like having a cheat code!

You say that....been 4 years since he last won.

pandemic aside, he scores northwards of 5,000 points though

can't argue with the consistency

Weekly Round-Up

In some respects quite a boring week - but in others a stand out one.

First things first is that Simon Harmer has won Cricketer of the Week again courtesy of a score of 438 with 14 wickets in the match between Titans and Lions.

This means he now has 10 Cricketer of the Weeks this year (nobody has ever had more) and 36 in the 5 years we have been doing this. Ben Stokes with 14 is the next highest.

Out of the 20 highest weekly scores ever recorded, Simon Harmer has 6 of them.

This year alone he has got the highest ever score (659 in July) and the 11th highest ever this week.

This means that in those two weeks alone he scored only 196 points fewer than Bhanuka Rajapaksa has in the 19 weeks he has played this year.

He has scored 4306 points in red ball cricket, 2155 more than second placed Ben Stokes.

He has bagged 30% of all the wickets taken by anyone on our list, 40% of the Wicket Bonus points and 23% of the Economy points.

The man is a phenomenon.

On the more underwhelming end of the spectrum, Moeen Ali played no fewer than 6 games of T10 Cricket this week and scored a meagre 88 points across them.

He does, however, extend his total Strike Rate points to 800 - 100 clear of Glenn Maxwell.

Overall

1. Simon Harmer - 5856 - That's it as far as I am concerned. A lead of 5856 with 4 more weeks left in the year is near enough unbeatable. It's a Harmer year once more.

2. Mohammad Rizwan - 4630 - In stasis this week but will pick up points next week for the active game between Pakistan and England.

3. Moeen Ali - 3807 - A week that might kindly be called crap....however Moeen manages to move back into third place.

4. Babar Azam - 3768 - Inactive and down a spot to fourth. Will want to hare back to third for next week.

5. Quinton De Kock - 3493 - It is starting to feel that fifth might just be Quinton's natural resting place this year. 245 points off 6th and not a huge amount of cricket left in the bank.

Top Three Averages

1. Simon Harmer = 195.2 (Up from 186.83)
2. Ben Stokes = 124.86
3. Babar Azam = 129.93

One up one down from our duo this week. Harmer improves his average by 8.37.

Top Players By Format


Long Form - Simon Harmer = 4786
One Day - Travis Head = 1236
Short Form - Moeen Ali = 3255

Highest Points by Discipline

Runs - Mohammad Rizwan - 2660
Batting Bonus - Babar Azam = 530
Strike Rate - Moeen Ali = 800

Wickets - Simon Harmer = 2840
Wicket Bonus - Simon Harmer = 490
Economy - Simon Harmer = 1250

Fielding - *Rishabh Pant = 730
Fielding Bonus - Rishabh Pant = 110`

Weekly

Simon Harmer 438
Moeen Ali 88

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


Overall

1 Simon Harmer 5856
2 Mohammad Rizwan 4620
3 Moeen Ali 3807
4 Babar Azam 3768
5 Quinton De Kock 3493
6 Rishabh Pant 3327
7 Glenn Maxwell 3248
8 Ben Stokes 3234
9 Marnus Labuschagne 2917
10 Hasan Ali 2696
11 Joe Root 2657
12 David Warner 2630
13 Jonny Bairstow 2593
14 Matt Critchley 2473
15 KL Rahul 2460
16 Pat Cummins 2374
17 Travis Head 2019
18 Steve Smith 1829
19 Kane Williamson 1582
20 Kyle Jamieson 1547
21 Bhanuka Rajapaksa 1308




Headlines

Weeks of stasis and then on the week where only 2 people play there is movement. Arthur is down and RDJ up into fourth.

Weekly

DFM 438
RedJr. 88
The Professor 0
Red Twins 0
Arthur 0
MIB 0
RedDevil 0

Overall

RedDevil 11777
DFM 10345
Red Twins 9357
RedJr. 8555
Arthur 8525
MIB 6381
The Professor 5574

I feel like my lead has been cut by about 1,000 points in 2 weeks! Need to stop the slide ...

Time for Harmer to have a kip and Nappy Head didn't get a second go in the ongoing test, so Babar's ton with another chance later will bolster the lead for Red who has had this FL in the bag for a very long time

Cheers Prof