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Thought had crossed my mind.

Ha, thanks chaps! I'll stick with my man though. Through thick and thin...

New year. New you. New List. Fresh start. Only a Top 3 this week, however, as only 6 players have completed games - and the bottom two both got the same score.

Weekly Update

1. Devon Conway - 172 - Starting the year with a century is a good way to kick start your life in the list. Being the leading Cricketer after the Week 1 can be a poisoned chalice. Jamieson, Williamson. Guptil, Olivier and Buttler have all done it...& then not set the world alight

2. Hardik Pandya - 111 - We have a lot of all-rounders in our List this year and Pandya was the only one that really showed that this week; contributing in 4 different disciplines to finish in second place.

3. Suryakumar Yadav - 108 - One poor score plus one decent one often sees you in the mix and such is the case for SKY this week. He has another T20 versus Sri Lanka to force his agenda and set the tone for things to come.

Points in Full

Devon Conway 172
Hardik Pandya 111
Suryakumar Yadav 108
Babar Azam 61
Shubman Gill 22
Rashid Khan 22

Shakib Al Hasan dnp
Moeen Ali dnp
Jonny Bairstow dnp
Harry Brook dnp
Jos Buttler dnp
Pat Cummins dnp
Sam Curran dnp
Cam Green dnp
Simon Harmer dnp
Ravindra Jadeja dnp
Marco Jansen dnp
Usman Khawaja dnp
Rishabh Pant dnp
David Warner dnp



Points By Format

Long Form - Devon Conway = 172
One Day - n/a
Short Form - Hardik Pandya = 111

Points By Format

Runs - Devon Conway = 122
Batting Bonus - Devon Conway = 30
Strike Rate - Hardik Pandya & Suryakumar Yadav = 20

Wickets - Rashid Khan & Hardik Pandya = 20
Wicket Bonus - n/a
Economy - Hardik Pandya = 30

Fielding - Devon Conway = 20
Fielding Bonus - n/a

Headlines

6 of us have all had one player feature so pretty level pegging.
GingerPele debuts in top spt.
On a personal level, after being last allllllll year last year I will take 3rd place.

GP 172
RT 111
The Prof 108
Red Devil 61
DFM 22
MIB 22
Arthur 0
DD 0
RDJ 0
The Prof Snr 0

Articles say Bairstow slipped playing golf. And sustained triple fracture and dislocated ankle.

Seems like a bad golf injury.

Maybe safer horse racing or playing rugby.

Was at the races the other day....literally

Sorry, changed my post after I read how bad his injury was!

I mooted there might be something wrong with JB beyond his initial injury.

Feels like the first week where we have a decent whack of our cricketers playing. Only 6 were inactive - so who led the way?

Weekly

1.Usman Khawaja - 283 - His place on this List is built around the fact that on the occasions that he does play, he goes big to justify the lull in the middle of the year. This plan has certainly started very well with 195* in his first foray and then a BBL cameo.

2. Shubman Gill - 257 - Aided by the fact he has played in three games this week - but he has still done bloody well in 3 of them. Importantly he is starting to show his quality as a player across all 3 formats.

3. Devon Conway - 233 - Conway has been madly consistent for all of 2022 - but has scored 2 ducks in the first week of 2023. Luckily he has also bagged some big scores around that. After finishing top last week, he is third this one.

4. Babar Azam - 209 - Lots of speculation about Babar at the moment, but on the field he is doing the business as ever. Misfired in the 3rd ODI against New Zealand but scored two 50+ scores to make that all better.

5. Shakib Al Hasan - 195 - Is quite a decent cricketer if you put aside the fact that he is increasingly becoming something of a petulant pantomime villain. In amongst the histrionics there was one big game against Sylhet at the start of the BBL that saw him into the Top 5.

Overall

1. Devon Conway - 405 - Has twice finished in the top 3 of the week so, of course, holds his first place spot from Week 1. The 115 point gap to second place is the largest of any so far.

2. Suryakumar Yadav - 290 - Up a place from last week's bronze position - impressive since he only played the solitary T20 game today. Of course, it helps when you score 112 at 200+ Strike Rate.

3. Usman Khawaja - 283 - Our Test specialist players have a habit of huge surges up the table. Usman had yet to play before his 195* - and now debuts in 3rd place.

4. Shubman Gill - 269 - Had the joint lowest score alongside Rashid Khan at the end of Week 1. Rashid is now second bottom and Gill shoots into the Top 5. Fickle thing this game.

5. Babar Azam - 270 - The rest of the Top 5 is made up of players that did not feature in last year's list....but Babar is keeping it old school and rounds off our Top 5. He knocks Hardik Pandya into 6th spot.

Top 3 Averages

1. Devon Conway - 202.5
2. Shubman Gill - 145
3. Babar Azam - 135

Points By Format

*=New Name

Long Form - *Usman Khawaja - 235
One Day - *Devon Conway - 233
Short Form -* Suryakumar Yadav - 250

Points By Format

* = New Name

Runs - *Usman Khawaja = 223
Batting Bonus - Devon Conway = 80
Strike Rate - *Shubman Gill - 70

Wickets - Rashid Khan & *Pat Cummins = 80
Wicket Bonus - *Pat Cummins = 20
Economy - *Pat Cummins = 70

Fielding - *Shubman Gill = 30
Fielding Bonus - n/a

Headlines

Considering we are down to two players each there are some big ol' scores out there, however GP just holds off a charge from below.

Weekly

The Prof Snr 443
Red Devil 404
The Prof 332
GP 314
MIB 257
RT 173
DFM 99
DD 50
Arthur 0
RDJ 0

Overall

GP 486
Red Devil 465
The Prof Snr 443
The Prof 440
RT 284
MIB 279
DFM 121
DD 50
Arthur 0
RDJ 0

slow starts from Team DF

cheers prof

Sorry ......forgot the full lists

Weekly

Usman Khawaja 283
Shubman Gill 257
Devon Conway 233
Babar Azam 209
Shakib Al Hasan 195
Suryakumar Yadav 182
Pat Cummins 160
Jos Buttler 150
Hardik Pandya 144
Marco Jansen 81
Simon Harmer 77
Sam Curran 50
David Warner 29
Rashid Khan 24

Overall

1 Devon Conway 405
2 Suryakumar Yadav 290
3 Usman Khawaja 283
4 Shubman Gill 279
5 Babar Azam 270
6 Hardik Pandya 255
7 Shakib Al Hasan 195
8 Pat Cummins 160
9 Jos Buttler 150
10 Marco Jansen 81
11 Simon Harmer 77
12 Sam Curran 50
13 Rashid Khan 46
14 David Warner 29

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Rishabh Pant set to be out of action for most of 2023

Get well soon. Hope he makes a full recovery.

Weekly Update

1. Shubman Gill - 464 - Not only won this week but got the 8th highest score in the 5-year history of the game. He really is in top top form.

2. Shakib Al Hasan - 349 - Shakib bemoaned the running of the BPL at the start of the tournament but is certainly enjoying it now. Two scores of 80+ in his two games this week all with stonking Strike Rates see him doing the business once more.

3. Marco Jansen - 309 - Taking the SA20 by storm. I expected a majority of his points to be scored in Long Form cricket this year but he will certainly be turning heads with his performances here. His 27 ball 66 will be one of the knocks of the tournament.

4. Rashid Khan - 125 - Bit of a slow start to 2023 - despite the fact that he has already turned out for 2 teams in 2 different tournaments in 2 different continents but 3 OK-ish performances in SA20 sees him in the Top 5 for the first time since 2020.

5. Sam Curran - 83 - Not quite grabbed the Sa20 by the scruff of the neck but 3 wickets in two games has seen him just about pip Jos Buttler into the Top 5 for the week.

Overall

1. Shubman Gill - 743 - Always a lot of movement at this stage but Gill has jumped from 4th to 1st AND put a 199 point gap between him and second place. Such a strong January for the wunderkind.

2. Shakib Al Hasan - 544 - Up 5 places this week thanks to some extraordinary knocks for Barishal. This tournament goes on forever so he could really put a healthy lead on the rest of the pack if his franchise goes all the way.

3. Devon Conway - 415 - Pros and Cons for Conway. Only 10 points this week but, such was his excellent form in the first fortnight of the tournament, he only drops down to third.

4. Marco Jansen - 390 - One amazing performance and two other good ones sees Jansen jump up from 10th spot to 4th this week.

5. Suryakumar Yadav - 355 - Has not yet had the impact in his embryonic One Day career as we have seen in the shortest format, however holds onto his top 5 place. He has a 28 point lead on Usman Khawaja.

Ones To Watch

Right at the foot of the table there is two points between a pair of players who really and truly have no business in franchise cricket. It is a tussle between Harmer and Warner as to who can be the less bad over the next 7 days.

Top 3 Averages

1. Shakib Al Hasan - 272
2. Shubman Gill - 257.67 (Up from 128.5)
3. Usman Khawaja - 243.5

Obviously, Gill's 119.17 improvement is the biggest upward swing - Devon Conway's negative of 64.17 is the largest decrease.

Points By Format

*=New Name

Long Form - *Usman Khawaja - 235
One Day - *Devon Conway - 233
Short Form -* Suryakumar Yadav - 250

Points By Format

* = New Name

Runs - *Shubman Gill = 483
Batting Bonus - *Shubman Gill = 100
Strike Rate - Shubman Gill & *Shakib Al Hasan - 110

Wickets - Rashid Khan & *Hardik Pandya = 100
Wicket Bonus - Pat Cummins = 20
Economy - *Shakib Al Hasan = 70

Fielding - *Marco Jansen & Shubman Gill = 50
Fielding Bonus - n/a

Full Weekly List

Shubman Gill 464
Shakib Al Hasan 349
Marco Jansen 309
Rashid Khan 125
Sam Curran 83
Jos Buttler 79
Suryakumar Yadav 65
David Warner 56
Moeen Ali 55
Hardik Pandya 48
Usman Khawaja 44
Devon Conway 10
Simon Harmer 10

Jonny Bairstow dnp
Harry Brook dnp
Cam Green dnp
Ravindra Jadeja dnp
Rishabh Pant dnp
Babar Azam dnp
Pat Cummins dnp




Full Overall List

1 Shubman Gill 743
2 Shakib Al Hasan 544
3 Devon Conway 415
4 Marco Jansen 390
5 Suryakumar Yadav 355
6 Usman Khawaja 327
7 Hardik Pandya 303
8 Babar Azam 270
9 Jos Buttler 229
10 Rashid Khan 171
11 Pat Cummins 160
12 Sam Curran 133
13 Simon Harmer 87
14 David Warner 85
15 Moeen Ali 55

Headlines

Just the fortnight with Red Devil not topping the table then.

Gill's total alone sees MIB top the table.

Weekly

MIB 464
Red Devil 349
GP 319
The Prof 144
DFM 135
RT 104
DD 83
RDJ 55
The Prof Snr 44
Arthur 0

Overall

Red Devil 814
GP 805
MIB 743
The Prof 584
The Prof Snr 487
RT 388
DFM 256
DD 133
RDJ 55
Arthur 0

Cheers Prof.

cheers prof

Harmer not involved much in the SA showpiece tournament