England's greatest ever ODI batsman

[ImpatientLime]

quality pretty poor compared to the other major nations but still some fine players in this group

 

[Daemon]

Easy

 

[vcs]

Neil Fairbrother

Never knew Allan Lamb had such a good ODI record TBH. Was pretty surprised when I looked it up.

 

[mr_mister]

Fairbrother totally deserved a slot. But yeah Butler

 

[a massive zebra]

Fairbrother and Hick should be options here.

 

[mr_mister]

Never forget Hicks 3 tons against Aus and SL in the 98/99 tri series. The perennial underachiever finally becoming quality for a brief time

 

[weldone]

Lamb so far, but it's just a matter of time before one from the current crop surpasses him - it can be anyone Root/Buttler/Roy/Bairstow/Morgan or even Hales who knows

 

[ImpatientLime]

fairbrother was a fine player, in a different era playing a very specialist role but the bloke scored 1 ton in 75 games ffs.

 

[harsh.ag]

Bairstow is missing from the poll too. Probably a good shout for the opening position in England's all time ODI XI.

 

[ImpatientLime]

amazed kp is getting so many votes.

had a electric start and decent end to his odi career but was absolute dross for large parts in the middle.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

I chose Trescothick because he's a bada$$.

 

[Tom Flint]

This question should be asked after the wc. Atm none of the current crop but if we win it then 2 or 3 could all be at the top of the list

 

[GoodAreasShane]

Damn, meant to vote for the Kebab. On my phone, my finger slipped

 

[Red]

Fairbrother and Graeme Hick should be options.

 

[mr_mister]

fairbrother was a fine player, in a different era playing a very specialist role but the bloke scored 1 ton in 75 games ffs.

Bevan scored 6 in 232, it's not that important a stat right? Though glancing at Fairbrothers record his second highest score was only 81, which does seem quite low as I'm sure Bev got plenty between 80-100

 

[Hicheal Michael]

Wheres Trott?

 

[Zinzan]

Wheres Trott?

Nowhere, he was a snail.

 

[Burgey]

This is like the opposite of a Gifted and Talented class.

 

[Burgey]

Fairbrother and Graeme Hick should be options.

And the fact they are is plainly embarrassing for England as a nation. What a sad joke.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Guess we may have a differing view in 4 months time should we actually win the World Cup this summer but for now Buttler.