Worst Player to Play 200 ODIs

[OverratedSanity]

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No he wasn't. Okay spinner, decent fielder, horrid batsman. Shouldn't have played that much.

Perfectly fine batsman for the role of slogging from number 6/7/8. He was good enough to make the team as a bowler alone anyway so anything else was a bonus.

 

[smash84]

Agreed, Afridi doesn't belong in this thread.

Trundler probably thinking of him as a top 3 bat, which he really wasn't

 

[vcs]

His batting was such a waste of talent, he could have been so much better if only he had bothered to engage his brain.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Agreed, Afridi doesn't belong in this thread.

Trundler probably thinking of him as a top 3 bat, which he really wasn't

Tbf he even had success as an ODI opener for a while. Played some crazy good knocks against India from up the order.

 

[morgieb]

It's worth remembering that Afridi was a batting all-rounder for a number of years, before evolving into a bowling all-rounder from about 2008 onwards.

 

[cnerd123]

Afridi was a legend.

 

[stephen]

Batting average 24, bowling average 35 and a taste for cricket balls.

Though Malik is probably a shout too.

 

[mr_mister]

Crazy talk to be mentioning Dravid in this thread. Very good ODI batsman. His SR was fine for most of his career. About the same as guys like Ganguly and Inzi who are accepted as greats. He began his career poorly but 1999-05, he was a great ODI player. Always showed up at the WC too. Averaged 61 at WCs with a SR of 75.

Younis and Mahela are up there. Mahela atleast had some great innings in WCs, but for the most part both of them were pretty meh for most of their careers.

just a bit of a wind up. it's a bit of a running joke amongst aussies that 'the wall' batted very slow


a more serious answer would be hasan tilakaratnre. averaged under 30 and struck at 57 playing mainly as a specialist bat for his 200

 

[R!TTER]

just a bit of a wind up. it's a bit of a running joke amongst aussies that 'the wall' batted very slow


a more serious answer would be hasan tilakaratnre. averaged under 30 and struck at 57 playing mainly as a specialist bat for his 200

Hashan, btw a great pick. Those numbers are atrocious for anyone who's played tests at an avg above 40

 

[ankitj]

Laxman probably the closest. Similarly bad in ODIs and not too far behind Younis as a Test bat.

There were blokes like Slater, Vaughan and Samaraweera who were outright horrible -- didn't even do anything domestically in the format -- but they were all a class or two below Younis as Test bats.

Disagree on Laxman. He did play a few superb knocks in limited overs. Not like a burden on the team for his entire time in Odis.

 

[ankitj]

Rahul Dravid generally scored too slowly for the format in the 21st century

WTF call that.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Hard to mention guys like Younis and Mahela when you've got Hashan Tillakaratne to choose from. Surely he takes the cake.

I'm shocked by how much trundler hates Afridi. He was a very valuable ODI player. Maybe a big part of it is the constant frustration that I imagine a Pakistan fan must feel every time he gets out with a dumb shot when you need him to perform.

 

[morgieb]

Disagree on Laxman. He did play a few superb knocks in limited overs. Not like a burden on the team for his entire time in Odis.

And IIRC he wasn't in your first choice ODI XI for most of his career anyway.

 

[morgieb]

just a bit of a wind up. it's a bit of a running joke amongst aussies that 'the wall' batted very slow


a more serious answer would be hasan tilakaratnre. averaged under 30 and struck at 57 playing mainly as a specialist bat for his 200

Yeah if Elton doesn't count, that's the clear winner.

 

[vcs]

Still bitter over the fact that they played Dinesh Mongia over Laxman in the 2003 WC.

 

[quincywagstaff]

Until this thread didn't really take notice of Younis Khan's ODI record; genuinely surprised how poor it was.

Surprised Mahanama hasn't been mentioned as yet; sub-30 average and hardly a pacy Strike Rate even by 1990s standards; maybe he gets a pass because of his Gough shoulder charge.

Courtney Walsh's ODI record is pretty average, especially as he offered nothing with the bat and would've been a liability in the field.

 

[Pratters]

Mahanama was mostly part of a minnow Lankan side and was quite average, yes.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Mahanama was a pretty brilliant fielder too.

 

[trundler]

What surprises me most is Marshall's ODI average.

 

[ankitj]

And IIRC he wasn't in your first choice ODI XI for most of his career anyway.

Yeah. Didn't play 200 ODIs so should not be in discussion.