Best ODI batsman?

[slowfinger]

But batsman, Sachin Tandulkar

[PhoenixFire]

Ponting

Oooops - triple WC winner not even noimnated

Ponting doesn't come close to Sachin and Richards IMO.

[social]

What does winning the World Cup three times have to do with being the best batsman?

Love Sachin and his record is great but he's never remotely produced an innings to compare with either Richard's or Ponting's efforts in finals

Personally, I dont have SRT in the top 3

[bagapath]

Personally, I dont have SRT in the top 3

sachin was not great at no.4. or lower. i would keep him at 1 or 2, always.

[ret]

Love Sachin and his record is great but he's never remotely produced an innings to compare with either Richard's or Ponting's efforts in finals

haha .... is that a joke coz

SRT averages 52+ in tournament finals

SRT tournament finals

while Ponting averages less than 40

Ponting in tournament finals

[social]

haha .... is that a joke coz

SRT averages 52+ in tournament finals

SRT tournament finals

while Ponting averages less than 40

Ponting in tournament finals

Care factor = 0

Let's face it, I don't need to read those stats to know that by far the most important ODI innings Sachin ever played was in SA of the '03 Final

He got 1 or 2 or 5 or whatever it was

Any number of quality but meaningless hundreds doesnt change that

Ponting has delivered when it matters

[ret]

another interesting detail

Of the 38 finals that Sachin has played, India have won 15, lost 19 and NR 4

in the 15 games that Ind have won, Sachin averages 99.90 [thats 100!]

that probably makes him the single biggest match-winner in the history from those who have played 30 or more finals

[Ikki]

Apart from the World Cup, I'm not sure a lot of those finals were really that important or really compare with the only important tourney in ODI.

[ret]

Care factor = 0

Let's face it, I don't need to read those stats to know that by far the most important ODI innings Sachin ever played was in SA of the '03 Final

He got 1 or 2 or 5 or whatever it was

Any number of quality but meaningless hundreds doesnt change that

Ponting has delivered when it matters

when someone starts picking games [and a single one for that matter ], it means he has noting more in his arsenal and is a dead duck

and by that logic, anyone who hasn't played in the WC final should not be considered .... and he was the MoT in that WC and had to go from ball one chasing 360 .... i wonder how much he would have scored if he had faced the tripe served by Ind bowlers in that game

[social]

when someone starts picking games [and a single one for that matter ], it means he has noting more in his arsenal and is a dead duck

and by that logic, anyone who hasn't played in the WC final should not be considered .... and he was the MoT in that WC and had to go from ball one chasing 360 .... i wonder how much he would have scored if he had faced the tripe served by Ind bowlers in that game

Good point

Is Gilchrist, who has arguably won Oz 3 WCs Finals (the only games that matter btw) on the trot, the best ever?

[social]

i wonder how much he would have scored if he had faced the tripe served by Ind bowlers in that game

Probably nothing

[silentstriker]

Ponting has delivered when it matters

Helps having McGrath and Warne, when they don't give up 358 in the finals for you to chase. But nah, it was all Ponting.

[Ikki]

Good point

Is Gilchrist, who has arguably won Oz 3 WCs Finals (the only games that matter btw) on the trot, the best ever?

I think that's pretty much the reason the ACA voted him the best Australian ODI player ever.

[silentstriker]

Probably nothing

Haha, OK.

[silentstriker]

Ponting

Oooops - triple WC winner not even noimnated

Nor should he be. He isn't in the top five, and not close either.