5th best ODI batsman/batter

[Fuller Pilch]

Many (not all) cricket followers think the 4 best ODI batsmen of all time are Viv, Sachin, ABDV, and Kohli. For the point of this voting exercise that is being assumed. Who do you think is 5th best?

 

[cnerd123]

Kane Williamson is the joke option, right?

 

[Jack1]

Buttler not Butler. Buttler.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Kane Williamson is the joke option, right?

No,Michael Bevan is the joke option.
Just joking! He'd get my vote.

I probably could've put Symonds, Clarke, and/or Hayden in there too, but there are already too many Aussies. Perhaps Bairstow too.

Anyway, Kane was player of the 2019 CWC ahead of a number of players from that list.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Buttler not Butler. Buttler.

Oops. Sorry, can't edit it. Therefore, any votes for Jos are now null and void.

 

[Adorable Asshole]

Michael Bevan is the joke option.

 

[Everton Seymour]

Ponting for me , ticks all the boxes I'm looking for:

Longevity - 13K runs
Success - 3 time ODI World Cup Winner
Big match player - Probably the best ODI innings ever played in a Final - 140* vs India 03

 

[Adorable Asshole]

Ponting for me , ticks all the boxes I'm looking for:

Longevity - 13K runs
Success - 3 time ODI World Cup Winner
Big match player - Probably the best ODI innings ever played in a Final - 140* vs India 03

No

 

[Fuller Pilch]

No

Perhaps not, but the list doesn't include Clive Lloyd, Aravinda De Silva, or Grant Elliot. It probably should include the first two.

 

[Sunil1z]

Perhaps not, but the list doesn't include Clive Lloyd, Aravinda De Silva, or Grant Elliot.

Gilchrist knock was better in 07 against a far better bowling attack.

 

[Zinzan]

 

[DriveClub]

Buttler not Butler. Buttler.

Emphasis on the butt?

 

[_00_deathscar]

Gilchrist knock was better in 07 against a far better bowling attack.

I think it’s more about how it killed the game before there was one. A 280 type score and Sehwag and Sachin are in the game big time if they take off early like Sachin did vs Pakistan earlier (yes it’s a final, more pressure etc), but this was basically done.
No team is chasing that score in a final.
His innings was the difference in that.

 

[anil1405]

That straight drive six ?.

Was some player in this format.

 

[Sunil1z]

I think it’s more about how it killed the game before there was one. A 280 type score and Sehwag and Sachin are in the game big time if they take off early like Sachin did vs Pakistan earlier (yes it’s a final, more pressure etc), but this was basically done.
No team is chasing that score in a final.
His innings was the difference in that.

And in 07 , Aus had scored 280 in 38 overs iirc.

 

[ankitj]

It's between Dhoni and Bevan.

 

[Adorable Asshole]

It's between Dhoni and Bevan.

None of them are in top 10 odi bat

 

[anil1405]

It's between Dhoni and Bevan.

And the winner is....

 

[Sunil1z]

It's between Dhoni and Bevan.

?

 

[Adorable Asshole]

Viv
Sachin
Kohli
ABD
Abbas
Ponting
Gilchrist
De Silva
Dean Jones
Dilshan/Lara