Top 5 cricketers of the week (July 30 to August 5)
A total of four ODIs, three T20Is and one Test match were played in the week. Two of those ODIs were between Sri Lanka and South Africa and the other two between the Netherlands and Nepal.
A three-match T20I series was played between the Windies and Bangladesh. Also, the first Test match between England and India was played in this week.
This article covers the top five performers from these series.
5. MICHAEL RIPPON
It was a historic moment between the Netherlands and Nepal, as it was the first ODI series for Nepal after they earned ODI status.
In the first ODI, when Rippon came to bat, Netherlands were 4/72 after 15.1 overs. He made a crucial 68-run partnership with De Leede and scored 51 runs, which kept Netherlands in the game and helped them post 189 runs on the board.
In reply, Nepal only managed to score 134 runs, pegged back as they were by the three wickets each from Rippon, Klaassen and Seelaar. The all-round performance by Rippon earned him the Man of the Match award.
He was also at the fifth position in the run-getter list and second highest wicket-taker along with Nepal captain Paras Khadka in two-match ODI series. The series was leveled 1-1.