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Well here we are again....and what a doozy of a week with over 2000 points scored. Let's see who leads us out.

Scores after Week 1

1. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 386 - Sooryavanshi, like Athapaththu before him, is a very experimental pick. Something of an unknown quantity and a very left field pick. And just like Athapaththu, he dispels those concerns by finishing first in Week 1. Very impressive debut.

2. Ravindra Jadeja - 288 - A couple of games for Saurashtra in the Vijay Hazare Trophy this week and he underlined his all rounder capabilities by scoring in 7 of the 8 point scoring categories.....just Fielding Bonus points for him left.

3. Travis Head- 262 - Had a stinker of a year last year and never reached nay higher than ninth. He is now born again as an opener and has come straight in at Number 3 for the New Year. Can he return to his 2024 peak where he finished third?

4. Harry Brook - 176 - Will want to put 2025 well behind him. He finished 10th but was a year replete with poor decision; both on and off the field. 126 runs in the final Test is enough for him to start the year on the front foot.

5. Jos Buttler - 163 - Refreshingly...and I suspect rarely....the highest T20 point score of the year only manages to sneak into the Top 5. 113 runs for Durban in the SA20 (albeit very unevenly split) also gives Buttler the best T20 average with him scoring 81 and a half points per game (a new metric for 2026)


Highest Weekly Average

Not applicable this week

Highest Average Points per Game

Red Ball- n/a
One Day - Ravindra Jadeja - 144
Short Form - Jos Buttler - 81.5

Highest Points by Format

Red Ball- Travis Head - 262
One Day - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 386
Short Form - Jos Buttler - 163

Highest Points by Discipline

Runs - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 206
Batting Bonus - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi- 50
Strike rate - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 70

Wickets - Ravindra Jadeja - 80
Wicket Bonus - Ravindra Jadeja - 20
Economy Saim Ayub - 30

Fielding - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 40
Fielding Bonus - n/a

List In Full

1 Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 386
2 Ravindra Jadeja 288
3 Travis Head 262
4 Harry Brook 176
5 Jos Buttler 163
6 Sam Curran 161
7 Quinton de Kock 149
8 Saib Ayub 144
9 Nicholas Pooran 112
10 Mehidy Hasan Miraz 109
11 Rachin Ravindra 97
12 Aiden Markram 93
13 Phil Salt 63
14 Simon Harmer 46
15 Pathum Nissanka 22
16 Shubman Gill 11
17 Marco Jansen 0
18 Liam Dawson ytp
19 Nat Sciver-Brunt ytp
20 Sophie Ecclestone ytp
21 Michael Bracewell ytp
22 Paul Walter ytp

Headlines

Every single one of us had a dog in the fight this week Worryingly Red Devil, an old hand at this, already has the largest gap on the person below them of anyone so far.

Scores

1 Red Devil 547
2 RT 425
3 MIB 320
4 RDJ 288
5 The Prof Sr. 258
6 Sussex 209
7 Andy 93
8 Arthur 63
9 DFM 46
10 The Professor 33
11 GingerPele 0

What a moron!

Can an admin edit the title please?

The Professor wrote:What a moron!

Can an admin edit the title please?

All fixed, we've successfully jumped forward a year

The Professor wrote:Whoops ....wrong year.

Can anyone change please?

I recollect I did this last year too

this was your post from last year

keep going Prof.... you'll get there

God almighty!

I'm not sure that she can help you

I usually get the century wrong!

Only 2 of our players, Messrs. Dawson and Walter, have yet to play so far this year....but who is marking their cards early doors?

Weekly Top 5

1. Nat Sciver-Brunt - 339 - Straight into the fray after being inactive last week. Really showing her all round prowess now she is allowing herself to bowl. 139 runs and 5 wickets will do very nicely for a start.

2. Vaibhav Sooryavanashi - 179 - Bit of a week of two halves for Vaibhav. Scored 149 points in the final Warm-Up game against Scotland Under-19s and then scored only 30 points in the first two games in the tournament. Will need a score soon.

3. Quinton De Kock - 177 - Reopened his account with a decent score last week but was disadvantaged by only playing the 1 game. This week he played two and got decent points in both to finish third for the week. Is the second highest T20 point scorer so far.

4. Shubman Gill - 172 - Can't beat him for consistency with 56 in both ODIs against New Zealand - although slightly ruined it by scoring one much much slower than the other. Promising signs after a stuttering domestic start for the Indian captain.

5. Aiden Markram - 171 - Whereas last week he had one poor game and one OK game, this week he had one OK game and a good game to bag his first Top 5 finish. Looking good in that strike rate column.

Overall Top 5

1. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 565 - Disappointing start to the Under 19 World Cup but a impactful warm up game sees him hold top spot for a second week and also boast a 226 point gap on second. For contex, the next largest gap in points is 62.

2. Nat Sciver-Brunt - 339 - Was in and around the Top 3 all year last year and has set her sights on that again this year. Could she be after top spot.

3. Ravindra Jadeja - 329 - Only 41 points for Jadeja in the two first ODIs of the year. Such was his decent performance in those two domestic games, that he sees him only drop one place from second to third.

4. Quinton De Kock - 326 - QDK in the Top 5 is a familiar sight for those who followed this in 2022 and here he is once more. How long can he keep this form up?

5. Aiden Markram - 264 - Makes his bow in the Top 5 managed to pip over Travis Head's score from that final Ashes Test match to claim his spot this week.

Highest Weekly Average

1. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi = 282.5
2. Ravindra Jadeja = 164.5
3. Quinton de Kock = 163

Highest Average Points per Game

Red Ball- n/a
One Day - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi = 94.17
Short Form - Nat Sciver-Brunt = 113

Highest Points by Format

Red Ball- Travis Head - 262
One Day - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 565
Short Form - Nat Sciver-Brunt - 339

Highest Points by Discipline

* = New Name

Runs - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 305
Batting Bonus - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi- 70
Strike rate - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 100

Wickets - Nat Sciver-Brunt = 100
Wicket Bonus - Ravindra Jadeja + Sam Curran - 20
Economy - Saim Ayub, *Ravindra Jadeja, *Michael Bracewell - 30

Fielding - Quinton de Kock = 80
Fielding Bonus - Quinton de Kock + Michael Bracewell = 10

Weekly List in Full

Nat Sciver-Brunt 339
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 179
Quinton de Kock 177
Shubman Gill 172
Aiden Markram 171
Michael Bracewell 126
Sam Curran 91
Marco Jansen 76
Sophie Ecclestone 74
Jos Buttler 55
Nicholas Pooran 51
Ravindra Jadeja 41
Rachin Ravindra 19
Saib Ayub 16
Pathum Nissanka 10
Mehidy Hasan Miraz 0
Simon Harmer 0

Overall List In Full

1 Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 565
2 Nat Sciver-Brunt 339
3 Ravindra Jadeja 329
4 Quinton de Kock 326
5 Aiden Markram 264
6 Travis Head 262
7 Sam Curran 252
8 Jos Buttler 218
9 Shubman Gill 183
10 Harry Brook 176
11 Nicholas Pooran 163
12 Saib Ayub 160
13 Michael Bracewell 126
14 Rachin Ravindra 116
15 Mehidy Hasan Miraz 109
16 Marco Jansen 76
17 Sophie Ecclestone 74
18 Phil Salt 63
19 Simon Harmer 46
20 Pathum Nissanka 32

Headlines

Red Devil has a startling 337 point lead at the top.
Meanwhile, three people move up, most notably GP who goes from rock bottom to the brink of the Top 3.

Weekly Scores

GingerPele 415
Red Devil 270
The Professor 182
The Prof Sr. 177
Andy 171
Arthur 126
RDJ 115
Sussex 70
RT 55
MIB 16
DFM 0

Overall Scores

Red Devil 817
RT 480
The Prof Sr. 435
GingerPele 415
RDJ 403
MIB 336
Sussex 279
Andy 264
The Professor 215
Arthur 189
DFM 46

no action for me

cheers Prof

Durhamfootman wrote:no action for me

cheers Prof

How are you doing in the game though?

Weekly Top 5#

1.Ravindra Jadeja - 215 - Last year's highest Red Ball point scorer has that format to thank for his first Cricketer of the Week of 2026. He added 193 in his Ranji Trophy game against Punjab to his measly 22 points from the final ODI against New Zealand to finish in top spot in a low scoring week.

= 2. Aiden Markram - 198 - Manages to finish second despite playing a solitary T20 game this week. 108 at a good lick was not enough to see his Durban team progress but is enough for silver medal spot this week.

=2. Sam Curran - 198 - A very poor England display - in what is becoming an increasingly crowded field- was counterbalanced by a corker of a final game in the BBL with a half century and two wickets for Sydney. Bet he wished he'd stayed.

4. Nat Sciver-Brunt- 180 - Absolutely loves the WPL. Made a killing in that tournament last year and is doing so again in 2026. Another 80 runs in two games and a couple of wickets to boot for her to finish in the Top 5 for her two opening games.

5. Marco Jansen - 153 - Has failed to impress so far in 2026. 0 in Week 1, 76 in Week 2....and now 153 this week.....that kind pf progression will see him odds on for a score of 300+ next week!

Overall Top 5

1.Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 687 - Has scored less and less every week but still has a three figure lead on first spot....he also managed to get his first decent tournament runs of the year under his belt with 72 against Bangladesh Under 19s.

2. Ravindra Jadeja - 544 - Moves up a spot to second place courtesy of his first Cricketer of the Week award of 2026. Was in the Top 5 almost all of last year and is setting himself up well for this year.

3. Nat Sciver-Brunt - 519 - Down a place this week despite finishing in the Top 5. Needs her team to start matching her performances for her to access the knockout stages of the WIPL and score more points.

4. Aiden Markram - 462 - Moves up a place courtesy of that final big century for Durban - it is all very very tight in that Top 6 so will be hard pushed to stick around too long.

5. Quinton De Kock - 451 - Only just keeps his place in the Top 5 as he is only a single point ahead of Sam Curran this week. Has at least one more SAT20 game in the bank though so could challenge for higher honours next week.

Highest Weekly Average

1. Nat Sciver-Brunt = 259. 5
2. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi = 229
3. Ravindra Jadeja = 181.33

Good Week for Marco Jansen; up 38.33 points to 76.33. Bad week for Vaibhav Sooryavanshi down 53.5 to 229.


Highest Average Points per Game

Red Ball- n/a
One Day - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi = 98.14
Short Form - Aiden Markram = 115.5

Highest Points by Format

Red Ball- Travis Head - 262
One Day - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 687
Short Form - Nat Sciver-Brunt - 519

Highest Points by Discipline

* = New Name

Runs - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 377
Batting Bonus - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi- 90
Strike rate - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 120

Wickets - Nat Sciver-Brunt = 140
Wicket Bonus - Ravindra Jadeja + Sam Curran - 20
Economy - Ravindra Jadeja = 80

Fielding - Quinton de Kock = 90
Fielding Bonus - Quinton de Kock + Michael Bracewell = 10

Weekly List In Full

Ravindra Jadeja 215
Aiden Markram 198
Sam Curran 198
Nat Sciver-Brunt 180
Marco Jansen 153
Quinton de Kock 125
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 122
Mehidy Hasan Miraz 108
Sophie Ecclestone 92
Liam Dawson 62
Michael Bracewell 58
Shubman Gill 57
Simon Harmer 50
Nicholas Pooran 29
Pathum Nissanka 21
Harry Brook 16
Rachin Ravindra 11
Jos Buttler 10

Paul Walter dnp
Travis Head dnp
Phil Salt dnp
Saim Ayub dnp

Overall List In Full

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 687
Ravindra Jadeja 544
Nat Sciver-Brunt 519
Aiden Markram 462
Quinton de Kock 451
Sam Curran 450
Travis Head 262
Shubman Gill 240
Marco Jansen 229
Jos Buttler 228
Mehidy Hasan Miraz 217
Harry Brook 192
Nicholas Pooran 192
Michael Bracewell 184
Sophie Ecclestone 166
Saim Ayub 160
Rachin Ravindra 127
Simon Harmer 96
Phil Salt 63
Liam Dawson 62
Pathum Nissanka 57

Headlines

A trio of people move up two places this week with Ginger, RDJ and Andy all on the charge

Weekly Scores

GingerPele 333
Red Devil 320
RDJ 307
The Prof Sr. 233
Andy 198
DFM 112
The Professor 78
Arthur 58
Sussex 40
MIB 16
RT 10

Overall Scores

Red Devil 1137
GingerPele 748
RDJ 710
The Prof Sr. 668
RT 490
Andy 462
MIB 352
Sussex 319
The Professor 293
Arthur 247
DFM 158

Dawson joins the game

cheers Prof

Was last for most part of start in last year FL. Not this year

Hoping to go early on calculations today so won't include the Eng/SL game