Greatest ODI batsman of all time

smalishah84 · 26-12-2012, 12:13 AM

Now that Tendulkar has retired from ODIs is he the greatest ODI batsman ever? Second to Viv or is there some other batsman who trumps these two?

morgieb · 26-12-2012, 12:18 AM

Viv because he batted in a tougher era for batsmen.

Sachin is second though.

Dan · 26-12-2012, 12:19 AM

Bevan?

EDIT: When I posted this it wasn't to inspire a nationalistic line of posting. Surely Bevan's worthy of being in the discussion.

weldone · 26-12-2012, 12:20 AM

Viv had a slightly better career in a tougher era. Tendulkar was superb too, and had a really long career with successes everywhere. My vote goes to Viv - but not by much. And I might choose Tendulkar some other day depending on my mood.

fredfertang · 26-12-2012, 12:29 AM

Neil Fairbrother

Ikki · 26-12-2012, 12:43 AM

Er, what about Bevan?

Hurricane · 26-12-2012, 12:44 AM

Lance Cairns FTW

weldone · 26-12-2012, 12:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rvd619323

Bevan?

With the likes of Miandad, Zaheer, Dhoni etc in the tier below IMO..

DingDong · 26-12-2012, 01:01 AM

viv sachin is a chump

aussie fan bois cannot be happy about this thread

Monk · 26-12-2012, 01:10 AM

Can't split these guys....

- Viv Richards
- Sachin Tendulkar
- Greg Chappell
- Dean Jones
- Javed Miandad
- Michael Bevan (personally I couldn't stand him, but it's hard to argue agin him)
- MS Dhoni

Hashim Amla laying some serious claims to being included among the above.

benchmark00 · 26-12-2012, 01:17 AM

Nick Knight.

www.richardweb.net

Satyanash89 · 26-12-2012, 01:22 AM

I pick Tendulkar by half a toenail because of his unreal level of consistency... since his first hundred, he averaged 47, the same as Viv... and thats over 385 matches. Absolutely mind blowing

Where Viv was special was his strikerate though... he was miles ahead of peers in that respect

Spark · 26-12-2012, 01:27 AM

I still don't find average a hugely meaningful stat in ODI cricket tbh. Especially comparing across different positions in the order.

smalishah84 · 26-12-2012, 01:29 AM

I wanted to inlcude Bevan here but those who feel Bevan is the greatest ever ODI bat can choose other option.

benchmark00 · 26-12-2012, 01:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spark

I still don't find average a hugely meaningful stat in ODI cricket tbh. Especially comparing across different positions in the order.

Yes.

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Sachin Tendulkar	20	37.04%
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Monk International Debutant Join Date: May 2012 Location: Australia Posts: 2,568	Can't split these guys.... - Viv Richards - Sachin Tendulkar - Greg Chappell - Dean Jones - Javed Miandad - Michael Bevan (personally I couldn't stand him, but it's hard to argue agin him) - MS Dhoni Hashim Amla laying some serious claims to being included among the above.

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