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Babar finally hits form ... need Maxwell to get out to Pakistan and do his bit as well

So very much Test Cricket this week

So very many points

So much movement.

But who?

Weekly Update

1. Babar Azam - 272 - Bat for that long and score that big you are going to do rather well on The List. This is his eight Cricketer of the Week award; the joint fourth of all time alongside Virat Kohli and Rashid Khan.

2. Rishabh Pant - 229 - Filling out the Strike Rate column rather nicely this week to gain yet another Top 5 finish. The Indian has been prolific this year.

3. Jonny Bairstow - 185 - Another century for Jonny sees him back in the Top 5 for the week. Has featured in three weeks of action this week and has finished in the Top 5 each time. Moves up two places to joint 11th

4. Pat Cummins - 174 - Not prolific in terms of wickets this year, but his economy is keeping him buoyed up. Retains 9th on the Overall List

5. Joe Root - 172 - A second successive Weekly Top 5 finish for Joe. Working his way back into 2021 form. Moves up a place to joint 11th overall.

Weekly Top 5

1. Mohammad Rizwan - 1194 - There is not many times you score three figures and finish 8th for the week; however Rizwan keeps his lead at teht op - currently standing at 61.

2. Rishabh Pant - 1133 - The second player to cross the 1000 point barrier and there is now a little gap opened up between him and third. Last had second spot for a solitary week in Week 2.

3. Moeen Ali - 944 - A month's worth of inactivity has caught up with Moeen as he drops a place. Could be back in action next week for Worcestershire.

4. Quinton De Kock - 920 - Three weeks in 5th spot, three weeks in 3rd spot, Quinton now drops down to 4th. Can he hold that for three weeks?

5. Babar Azam - 911 - The 2020 Cricketer of the Year and the 2021 Bronze medallist moves into the Top 5 for the first time this year, surprisingly off the back of Test form - the weakest string to his bow.

Other Movers

So many big scorers this week means a lot of movement lower than the top 5.

Jamieson's 152 moves him up a spot to 6th, whilst Stokes' 169 sees him into 14th.

The most surprising mover is Hasan Ali who only got 100 but is up 2 to 15th.

Ones to Watch

It doesn't get any closer than team mates Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow who are both locked on 515 points with a Test in play.

Top 3 Averages

1. Simon Harmer = 217.5 (Down from 280.67)
2. Moeen Ali = 188.8
3. Jonny Bairstow - 171.67 (Up from 165)

Such was Harmer's comically large average, a drop of 63.17 points still sees him nearly 30 points on average higher than second placed Moeen. Babar Azam's masterclass improves his average by 23.64 points to 130.14.

Top Players By Format

*=New Name

Long Form - *Kyle Jamieson - 901
One Day - Rishabh Pant - 396
Short Form - Mohammad Rizwan - 995

Highest Points by Discipline



Runs - Mohammad Rizwan - 684
Batting Bonus - Mohammad Rizwan = 170
Strike Rate - Moeen Ali = 200

Wickets - Simon Harmer = 480
Wicket Bonus - Simon Harmer = 120
Economy - Kyle Jamieson = 350

Fielding - Rishabh Pant = 250
Fielding Bonus - Rishabh Pant = 50

Weekly List

Babar Azam 272
Risabh Pant 229
Jonny Bairstow 185
Pat Cummins 174
Joe Root 172
Ben Stokes 169
Kyle Jamieson 152
Mohammad Rizwan 150
Steve Smith 132
Hasan Ali 100
Marnus Labuschagne 77
Glenn Maxwell 56
David Warner 43
Simon Harmer 28
Travis Head 23

Matt Critchley dnp
KL Rahul dnp
Moeen Ali dnp
Quinton De Kock dnp

Overall List

1 Mohammad Rizwan 1194
2 Risabh Pant 1133
3 Moeen Ali 944
4 Quinton De Kock 920
5 Babar Azam 911
6 Kyle Jamieson 901
7 Glenn Maxwell 877
8 Simon Harmer 870
9 Pat Cummins 779
10 Marnus Labuschagne 561
11 Joe Root 515
12 Jonny Bairstow 515
13 Steve Smith 490
14 Ben Stokes 474
15 Hasan Ali 341
16 Travis Head 319
17 KL Rahul 305
18 David Warner 174

Headlines

Arthur moves up 2 places; but that's will happen when you score over 1000 points in two weeks.

Weekly

Arthur 586
RedDevil 478
MIB 326
Red Twins 212
RedJr. 209
The Professor 100
DFM 51

Overall

RedDevil 3043
Arthur 2155
RedJr. 1995
MIB 1985
Red Twins 1568
DFM 1189
The Professor 341

RD still scoring heavily though.

Joe and JB1 are going to have to work harder.

Minor point, but I think Babar got a wicket in the test as well.

High scoring week all round, Babar and Rizwan clearly have to up their game for me to win the gameweek!

Not a minor thing at all....gets you another 50 points!

Weekly Top 5

1. Pat Cummins - 291 - A very decent start to the new Australian captain's career sees him end the International Sub-Continental Summer as Cricketer of the Week for the first time.

2. Joe Root - 282 - Another stonking performance from Joe Root as he continues his ascent up the overall table. He moves up to 10th this week.

3. Ben Stokes - 279 - His 120 against the West Indies will live long in the memory - even if the match won't. Back in the weekly Top 5 for the first time since January. Has moved up two places on the overall list to 11th.

4. Babar Azam - 167 - Not as good as last week - but enough to give him another Top 5 finish. A spell away from the game looms for Azam now.

5. Quinton De Kock - 134 - Back playing ODI before his sojourn in the IPL sees him warm up with a fifth placed finish.

Overall Top 5

1. Mohammad Rizwan - 1225 - A fairly meagre 230 points across Pak Vs Aus ... however he keeps his top spot for a 5th successive week.

2. Rishabh Pant - 1133 - Inactive for the last time before the IPL starts. In the big-hitting form we saw in Ind v SL, the Delhi Capitals could be in for some show.

3. Babar Azam - 1128 - Holds down his third place spot thanks to a decent final Test in Pak Vs Aus. A spell away from cricket looms....how far will he drop?

4. Pat Cummins - 1070 - After being decent but unspectacular in the first two Tests, Cummins sprung into life in the final outing. He leaped up 5 places to get back into the Top 5.

5. Quinton De Kock - 1054 - Quinny bloody loves fifth place. After spending most of November and December last year in 5th, he has spent 5 of the last 10 weeks there.

Other Movers

Steve Smith continues to flirt with an assault on the top ten before dropping away again. Non-inclusion in the IPL will not help.

Ones to Watch

Could be a right little ding-dong at the bottom of the Top 5 as KKR's Pat Cummins only has a 16 point lead on Lucknow's Quinton De Kock. A bat vs ball battle.

Top 3 Averages

1. Simon Harmer = 217.5
2. Moeen Ali = 188.8
3. Joe Root =159.4 (Up from 128.75)

Mixed blessings for our English contingent as Root improves his average by 30.65 whilst Bairstow dips by 23.17. Root takes Bairstow's top place spot away. YJB drops to 8th!!

Top Players By Format

*=New Name

Long Form - *Pat Cummins = 1002
One Day - *Quinton De Kock = 503
Short Form - Mohammad Rizwan - 995

Highest Points by Discipline

*=New Name

Runs - *Babar Azam = 728
Batting Bonus - Mohammad Rizwan = 170
Strike Rate - Moeen Ali & *Quinton De Kock = 200

Wickets - *Pat Cummins = 500
Wicket Bonus - Simon Harmer = 120
Economy - Kyle Jamieson = 350

Fielding - Rishabh Pant = 250
Fielding Bonus - Rishabh Pant = 50

Weekly List

Pat Cummins 291
Joe Root 282
Ben Stokes 279
Babar Azam 167
Quinton De Kock 134
Steve Smith 126
Jonny Bairstow 79
David Warner 78
Hasan Ali 73
Marnus Labuschagne 46
Travis Head 37
Mohammad Rizwan 31

Matt Critchley dnp
KL Rahul dnp
Moeen Ali dnp
Risabh Pant dnp
Kyle Jamieson dnp
Glenn Maxwell dnp
Simon Harmer dnp


Overall List

1 Mohammad Rizwan 1225
2 Risabh Pant 1133
3 Babar Azam 1128
4 Pat Cummins 1070
5 Quinton De Kock 1054
6 Moeen Ali 944
7 Kyle Jamieson 901
8 Glenn Maxwell 877
9 Simon Harmer 870
10 Joe Root 797
11 Ben Stokes 753
12 Steve Smith 616
13 Marnus Labuschagne 607
14 Jonny Bairstow 594
15 Hasan Ali 414
16 Travis Head 356
17 KL Rahul 305
18 David Warner 252

Headlines

Despite having just one player featuring, MIB's Cummins spectacular sees him move up to third.
RDJ is down a place for the second successive week and loses his Top 3 spot.

Week

Red Twins 491
Arthur 361
MIB 291
RedDevil 198
RedJr. 172
The Professor 73
DFM 37

Overall

RedDevil 3291
Arthur 2516
MIB 2276
RedJr. 2167
Red Twins 2059
DFM 1226
The Professor 414

I'm 2000 points behind top spot

bloody Travis Head

cheers Prof

Cheers Prof. Red shaping up nicely for second.

Pat Cummins weekly topper

After having no one play for so long all.three of my players have played in the last 48 hours! Huge gap to make up to even get to second bottom.

Travis Head finally starting to earn his corn, before he swans off on an 8 month paternity loaf

please tell me that this is a 10 match ODI series

and Harmer is actually playing for SA

busy skittling Bangladesh atm

Weekly Top 5

1. Travis Head - 340 - Celebrates his return to the ODI game with his first Cricketer of the Week since the third week of 2020. Moves up 3 places to 13th overall. This is the highest weekly score of 2022 so far.

2. Babar Azam - 251 - Three back-to-back top 5 performances for Babar. Looking in very good nick in 2022.

3. Marnus Labuschagne - 154 - After never falling out of the Top 3 in 2021, Marnus has struggled a little more this year. Up one place to 12th overall this week though.

4. Bhanuka Rajapaksa - 144 - A complete and utter bolt from the blue. Having not featured over the last 3 months, Rajapaksa is rapidly making a name for himself as a HUGE hitter in IPL 2022. Friday's nine ball 31 was a genuinely obscene performance.

5. Quinton De Kock - 108 - Nips into the Top 5 yet again thanks to his second game for Lucknow where he got 101 points.

Overall Top 5

1. Babar Azam - 1379 - After 5 weeks of a Rizwan led List, his international captain has taken the crown. The last time Azam held top spot was when he finished as the Best Cricketer of the Year in 2020.

2. Mohammad Rizwan - 1298 - An underwhelming PAK vs AUS ODI series sees Rizwan lose top spot.

3. Quinton De Kock - 1162 - IPL 2022 was always going to do big things for QDK. After just two games he is already up two spots to 3rd.

4. Rishabh Pant - 1134 - A solitary point from his debut IPL 2022 game sees Pant fall two places to fourth.

5. Pat Cummins - 1070 - An inactive week as he waits for his Kolkata debut. Down two places to 5th.

Ones to Watch

Two battles to watch out for this week. Moeen Ali and Kyle Jamieson have just 8 points between them as they plot an assault on the Top 5. At the other end of the Top 10, Harmer's Test re-debut is pitted against Glenn Maxwell's return to the IPL as they sit with a mere 7 points between them.

Top 3 Averages

1. Simon Harmer = 217.5
2. Moeen Ali = 168.17 (Down from 188.8)
3. Babar Azam = 153.22 (Up from 141)

That huge change in form for Travis Head sees his average points per week surge up by 40.1 points to 99.43. Bairstow continues his tumble down the standings; down 23.3 to 125.2.

Top Players By Format

*=New Name

Long Form - Pat Cummins = 1002
One Day - Quinton De Kock = 503
Short Form - *Moeen Ali = 1001

Highest Points by Discipline

*=New Name

Runs - Babar Azam = 889
Batting Bonus - *Babar Azam & Mohammad Rizwan = 170
Strike Rate - Moeen Ali = 230

Wickets - Pat Cummins = 500
Wicket Bonus - Simon Harmer = 120
Economy - Kyle Jamieson = 370

Fielding - Rishabh Pant = 250
Fielding Bonus - Rishabh Pant = 50

Weekly List

Travis Head 340
Babar Azam 251
Marnus Labuschagne 154
Bhanuka Rajapaksa 144
Quinton De Kock 108
Kyle Jamieson 100
KL Rahul 80
Mohammad Rizwan 73
Moeen Ali 65
Joe Root 35
Jonny Bairstow 32
Kane Williamson 2
Hasan Ali 2
Risabh Pant 1

Matt Critchley dnp
Glenn Maxwell dnp
Simon Harmer dnp
Pat Cummins dnp
Ben Stokes dnp
Steve Smith dnp
David Warner dnp

Overall List

1 Babar Azam 1379
2 Mohammad Rizwan 1298
3 Quinton De Kock 1162
4 Rishabh Pant 1134
5 Pat Cummins 1070
6 Moeen Ali 1009
7 Kyle Jamieson 1001
8 Glenn Maxwell 877
9 Simon Harmer 870
10 Joe Root 832
11 Ben Stokes 829
12 Marnus Labuschagne 761
13 Travis Head 656
14 Jonny Bairstow 626
15 Steve Smith 616
16 Hasan Ali 414
17 KL Rahul 385
18 David Warner 252
19 Bhanuka Rajapaksa 144
20 Kane Williamson 2


Headlines

Nobody moves this week.
DFM tops the charts with just one player playing, whilst The Professor finishes second bottom with all three featuring. Go figure!

Weekly


DFM 340
RedDevil 324
RedJr. 219
Red Twins 184
MIB 180
The Professor 148
Arthur 68


Overall

RedDevil 3615
Arthur 2584
MIB 2456
RedJr. 2386
Red Twins 2243
DFM 1566
The Professor 562

Cheers Prof

I'm starting from a low base, but I've been lower and ended up in contention before.

I'm looking for a great score from Harmer next week, if the first two days of this test match are anything to go by

Weekly Top 5

1. Simon Harmer - 319 - This is Harmer's 29th Cricketer of the Week award...but the first where he is scoring points for his international team. Feel this one might be a bit special.

2. Babar Azam - 251 - The second week in a row that Azam has scored 251 and the second week in a row he has finished runner up.

3. KL Rahul - 162 - Has come back from injury with a bang. Currently averaging 60.5 per IPL game so could be in for a big haul. Is up one place to 16th on the overall list.

4. Quinton De Kock - 161 - Is the highest point scorer of IPL 2022 so far with 269. He has spent 4 of the last 5 weeks in the weekly Top 5.

5. Pat Cummins - 156 - Scored more points in one sparkling IPL 2022 performance than Rajapaksa and Pant have done in 3 performances. A completely out of the blue performance from the Australia captain.

Overall Top 5

1. Babar Azam - 1630 - Azam's gap of 269 is the largest gap between any player on the List. Hard to see when he will be playing anytime soon though.

2. Mohammad Rizwan - 1361 - Just about holds off second spot from a growing IPL insurgency below him. Might be his last week in silver position.

3. Quinton De Kock - 1323 - The IPL's leading point scorer holds third position for the second week. Will be looking to push on next week.

4. Rishabh Pant - 1266 - Hasn't quite hit the big time in IPL 2022 yet but retains fourth spot.

5. Pat Cummins - 1226 - Was inactive when he dropped to 5th but retains it with that stonking debut for Kolkata

Ones to Watch

With the top ranked Pakistani duo out of action for a while, the IPL trio of De Kock, Pant and Cummins in 3rd, 4th and 5th could make their move over the coming week. They are 38, 57 and 132 points off second spot respectively.


Top 3 Averages

1. Simon Harmer = 237.8 (Up from 217.5)
2. Babar Azam = 163 (Up from 153.22)
3. Pat Cummins = 153.25 (Up from 152.86)

Harmer was already the highest in terms of average points per week but has added a further 20.3 points to that obscene total. Moeen's 0 week sees his average tank by 24.03 - down to 144.14.



Top Players By Format

*=New Name

Long Form - *Simon Harmer = 1161
One Day - Quinton De Kock = 503
Short Form - *Mohammad Rizwan = 1058

Highest Points by Discipline

*=New Name

Runs - Babar Azam = 1070
Batting Bonus - Babar Azam = 220
Strike Rate - * Quinton De Kock = 250

Wickets - *Simon Harmer = 620
Wicket Bonus - Simon Harmer = 160
Economy - Kyle Jamieson = 400

Fielding - Rishabh Pant = 260
Fielding Bonus - Rishabh Pant = 50

Weekly

Simon Harmer 319
Babar Azam 251
KL Rahul 162
Quinton De Kock 161
Pat Cummins 156
Risabh Pant 132
Kyle Jamieson 99
Mohammad Rizwan 61
Travis Head 56
Marnus Labuschagne 36
Jonny Bairstow 28
Kane Williamson 26
Hasan Ali 10
Bhanuka Rajapaksa 9
David Warner 4
Moeen Ali 0

Matt Critchley dnp
Glenn Maxwell dnp
Ben Stokes dnp
Steve Smith dnp
Joe Root dnp

Overall

1 Babar Azam 1630
2 Mohammad Rizwan 1361
3 Quinton De Kock 1323
4 Rishabh Pant 1266
5 Pat Cummins 1226
6 Simon Harmer 1189
7 Kyle Jamieson 1100
8 Moeen Ali 1009
9 Glenn Maxwell 877
10 Joe Root 832
11 Ben Stokes 829
12 Marnus Labuschagne 797
13 Travis Head 752
14 Jonny Bairstow 654
15 Steve Smith 616
16 KL Rahul 547
17 Hasan Ali 426
18 David Warner 256
19 Bhanuka Rajapaksa 153
20 Kane Williamson 28

Headlines

MIB's IPL supremacy sees him surge up into second place.

Weekly

MIB 417
DFM 375
RedDevil 314
Red Twins 165
Arthur 160
The Professor 45
RedJr. 36

Overall

RedDevil 3929
MIB 2744
Arthur 2584
RedJr. 2422
Red Twins 2408
DFM 1941
The Professor 607