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Best ODI batsman?

Who is the best ODI batsman of all time?

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Richard

Richard

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No, sorry, Jonathan Neil Rhodes is not even South Africa's best ODI batsman, never mind a top-tier (never never mind best-ever-candidate) batsman.
 
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Mr Mxyzptlk said:
What does winning the World Cup three times have to do with being the best batsman?
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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
 
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ret said:
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
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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

ret

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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

Ikki

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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

ret

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social said:
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
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when someone starts picking games [and a single one for that matter :laugh: ], 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 8-) .... 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
 
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ret said:
when someone starts picking games [and a single one for that matter :laugh: ], 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 8-) .... 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
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Good point

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