A total of 17 English players are featuring across the IPL and PSL this summer. How have they performed so far?
Jofra Archer (Rajasthan Royals)
10 wickets @ 40.1, Ec 9.7
Archer started the IPL campaign with the most expensive spell in league history, but has found his feet since then. He has been expensive in his last two fixtures with 0-42 and 1-49, but 10 wickets in 11 matches are perhaps not a true reflection of how well he's bowled. The standout performance so far has been 3-25 against Punjab Kings in Mullanpur.
Will Jacks (Mumbai Indians)
142 runs @ 20.3, SR 122.4 | 5 wickets @ 15.6, Ec 7.1
Most of Jacks' impact this season has come with ball in hand, turning himself into a more than serviceable option for Mumbai Indians. He's batted mainly at No.3 but was pushed as low as No.7 on one occasion. 36 (26) and 2-14 against SRH has been his best game to this point.
Jos Buttler (Gujarat Titans)
406 runs @ 81.2, SR 168.5
This season has only cemented Jos Buttler's status as a bonafide IPL legend. Moving down to No.3 this year, he has formed a formidable top-order for GT alongside Shubman Gill and Sai Sudharsan – 406 runs at an average of 81 and strike rate of 168.5 is frankly ludicrous. There is every chance he could end up with an IPL winners' medal as well.
Phil Salt (Royal Challengers Bengaluru)
239 runs @ 26.6, SR 168.3
Salt's batting average of 26.6 doesn't appear impressive at first, but he has more than done what RCB have asked of him at the top of the order. More often than not, Salt has given the franchise a boost at the start of their innings. His two half-centuries have both come in successful chases as well.
Liam Livingstone (Royal Challengers Bengaluru)
87 runs @ 17.4, SR 127.9 | 2 wickets @ 38.0, Ec 8.4
Livingstone has found the going rather more tough at RCB, with just 87 runs in seven innings (54 of those in a single knock). His ability to spin the ball both ways has come in handy on occasion, but on the whole he's struggled to make an impact. Of late, he has also lost his spot in the side to Romario Shepherd.
Moeen Ali (Kolkata Knight Riders)
5 runs @ 2.5, SR 35.7 | 3 wickets @ 23.3, Ec 6.4
KKR's up-and-down season has seen Moeen go in and out of the side, but to no real effect. He opened the batting once, and batted at No.8 in his only other innings, scoring five and zero respectively. He has bowled a couple of good, tight, spells but on the whole there has been little to write home about.
Sam Curran (Chennai Super Kings)
109 runs @ 27.3, SR 138.0 | 0 wickets, Ec 11.0
Although another victim of a poor campaign, Curran has not helped his cause with some ineffective performances with ball in hand. He did find some form with the bat in his last game though, smashing 88 off 47 from No.3 against Punjab Kings in a game CSK eventually lost.
Jamie Overton (Chennai Super Kings)
15 runs, SR 214.3 | 0 wickets, Ec 13.8
Overton has sent down six overs for 83 runs in his three matches so far. He has only batted twice, scoring 11* and 4*. Perhaps the biggest positive of the season is that he's yet to be dismissed.
Jacob Bethell (Royal Challengers Bengaluru)
12 runs @ 12.0, SR 200.0
Bethell caught the eye with a stunning boundary save against Rajasthan Royals as a substitute fielder, and then made the playing XI in place of Salt for his only game so far, against Delhi Capitals. He hit six and four off Mitchell Starc, before being dismissed for 12.
Reece Topley (Mumbai Indians)
Topley is yet to play this season, and is unlikely to do so unless there is an injury to one of MI's first-choice quicks.
Sam Billings (Lahore Qalandars)
159 runs @ 31.8, SR 189.3
Billings remains a pillar of Lahore's middle-order, with useful and quick contributions. He's put up three single-digit scores, but also played knocks of 50* (19), 43 (23) and 38* (17). With an upside like that, the inconsistency is no real issue.
James Vince (Karachi Kings)
281 runs @ 46.8, SR 154.4
Vince quit red-ball cricket for this year in order to focus on franchise cricket, and that decision has started well. His first knock this PSL season was the league's third-fastest century, and powered Karachi to the league's third-highest chase. Since then, he's cracked two more fifty-plus scores and remains a rock for the Kings at No.3.
Tom Kohler-Cadmore (Peshawar Zalmi)
72 runs @ 12.0, SR 120.0
'TKC' has had a rough time of it in this year's PSL. 72 runs in six innings is a poor return, and 52 of those runs came in one innings against bottom team Multan Sultans. His next highest score this year is eight.
David Willey (Multan Sultans)
5 wickets @ 39.8, Ec 10.5
In his main role with the ball, Willey has neither been restrictive nor incisive. Five wickets is not a terrible return from six matches, but doing so at an economy rate of over 10 per over makes it look far worse. He did do well in the last game with 1-24, but Multan's batting surrendered in meek fashion to consign them to defeat.
Chris Jordan (Multan Sultans)
3 wickets @ 53.0, Ec 11.9
Jordan has had much the same issue as Willey. Three wickets in four games, at 53 runs apiece and an economy rate of nearly two runs a ball is a campaign he'll want to forget in a hurry.
Luke Wood (Peshawar Zalmi)
6 wickets @ 18.3, Ec 7.3
Wood played four matches as a replacement for Bangladesh's Nahid Rana, but he certainly impressed, picking up six wickets and conceding at just over seven an over. Five of those six wickets have been fellow overseas players – Tim Seifert, James Vince, David Warner, Daryl Mitchell and Mark Chapman.
Tom Curran (Lahore Qalandars)
2 wickets @ 24.0, Ec 6.9
There's little to go off with Curran having played just three games, but he did take 1-24 in each of his first two, solid enough returns.
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