CW'S 50 Best ODI Cricketers of all time (voting now open)

[marc71178]

He has won a WC, Changed the way the top order batters should bat..

Mark Greatbatch to confirm.

 

[gvenkat]

Mark Greatbatch to confirm.

I could go back to Kris Srikkanth if you say Greatbatch. In all reality Sanath was the one who really made that impact and did it consistently.

 

[Himannv]

Did Jayasuriya win the World Cup on his own then? IMO, De Silva was the most important player to winning the tournament in '96, especially with his hundred and three-for in the final.

Nah I dont think so. I'd say Asanka Gurusinha was the most important player when it came to winning that tournament. He was horrid to watch and dead boring but when the wickets were tumbling at the other end, it was his stonewalling and occupation of the crease that ended up getting us over the line. Sanath and Aravinda might have taken the credit but leading up to that finals there were a series of knocks by him that got barely any credit and which ultimately led to Sri Lanka writing their names in the history of the game.

Classic.. I meant sarcastically...

He has won a WC, Changed the way the top order batters should bat.. Literally created terror to the bowlers, played for 21 years almost and you call him hit or miss..

I think he is a bit hit or miss at times and its probably why his average isn't as high as it could be. Some days when he's on song he starts dominating bowlers and is absolutely fantastic to watch. Other days he'll have you holding your head in your hands and be out for a single digit or two.

 

[morgieb]

Yeah Sanath wasn't really new, he just popularised it/succeeded doing so.

 

[Flyonthewall]

Nah I dont think so. I'd say Asanka Gurusinha was the most important player when it came to winning that tournament. He was horrid to watch and dead boring but when the wickets were tumbling at the other end, it was his stonewalling and occupation of the crease that ended up getting us over the line. Sanath and Aravinda might have taken the credit but leading up to that finals there were a series of knocks by him that got barely any credit and which ultimately led to Sri Lanka writing their names in the history of the game.

Ah fair enough, that's interesting. Looking at the scorecards from that World Cup, I can see that he made some good contributions, particularly to the win against Zimbabwe and with a steadying fifty in the final, and for all that he might have been boring he scored them at a pretty decent strike-rate also. Perhaps he was written off a touch because of lack of style, I'm not sure?

 

[vic_orthdox]

Like who? ODI cricket evolved in the 1990's and players started adapting from then on. People playing the ODI's in the 70's and 80's were just so averse of it and did not really adapt to the game.. If any I would only select players from the 90's. Apart from Kapil Dev, Joel Garner, Allan Border, Dean Jones not many are worth their salt and these 4 have played atleast 100 games.

It does not make sense to select players with less than 100 games. At least 75 should be a criteria. If i had to nominate i would not select people who have not played 100 games.

Garner: 98 games.

 

[NUFAN]

Updated list, we've got 78 qualified so far.

I would like that number to reach three figures, so I'm allowing everyone an extra nomination and second.

.Nominated
Akhtar, Shoaib
Bichel, Andy
Broad, Chris
Broad, Stuart
Fleming, Damien
Gillespie, Jason
Gough, Darren
Gower, David
Greatbatch, Mark
Hamilton, Gavin
Kirsten, Gary
Kumble, Anil
Marsh, Geoff
McDermott, Craig
Mohammed, Dave
Patel, Dipak
Qadir, Abdul
Ranatunga, Arjuna
Singh, Harbhajan
Singh, Yuvraj
Srikkanth, Kris
Streak, Heath
Viljoen, Dirk
Walsh, Courtney

Pending
A Razzak

Qualified
Abbas, Zaheer
Agarkar, Ajit
Afridi, Shahid
Akram, Wasim
Al Hasan, Shakib
Ambrose, Curtly
Amla, Hashim
Anwar, Saeed
Astle, Nathan
Bevan, Michael
Bond, Shane
Border, Allan
Bracken, Nathan
Cairns, Chris
Cairns, Lance
Chappell, Greg
Chatfield, Ewan
Crowe, Martin
de Silva, Aravinda
Dev, Kapil
de Villiers, AB
Dhoni, MS
Donald, Allan
Fairbrother, Neil
Fleming, Stephen
Flintoff, Andrew
Flower, Andy
Ganguly, Sourav
Garner, Joel
Gayle, Chris
Gibbs, Herschelle
Gilchrist, Adam
Greenidge, Gordon
Hadlee, Richard
Harris, Chris
Hayden, Matthew
Haynes, Desmond
Hogg, Brad
Holding, Michael
Hussey, Michael
Inzaman-Ul, Haq
Jayasuriya, Sanath
Jones, Dean
Kallis, Jacques
Khan, Imran
Klusener, Lance
Knight, Nick
Lamb, Allan
Lara, Brian
Lee, Brett
Lillee, Dennis
Lloyd, Clive
Marshall, Malcolm
Martyn, Damien
McCullum, Brendon
McGrath, Glenn
Miandad, Javed
Muralitharan, Muttiah
Mushtaq, Saqlain
O'Donnell, Simon
Pietersen, Kevin
Ponting, Ricky
Pollock, Shaun
Richards, Viv
Rhodes, Jonty
Sangakarra, Kumar
Sehwag, Virender
Sobers, Garfield
Symonds, Andrew
Tendulkar, Sachin
Trescothick, Marcus
Turner, Glenn
Vaas, Chaminda
Vettori, Daniel
Warne, Shane
Watson, Shane
Waugh, Mark
Younis, Waqar

Remaining Votes
silentstriker 2N, 5S
NZ Tailender 1N, 3S
Athlai 1N, 1S
morgieb 1N, 1S
8ankitj 1N, 1S
Hurricane 1N, 1S
vcs 2N, 5S
GingerFurball 6N, 4S
bagapath 1N, 1S
m0rphin3 4N, 2S
Nufan 1N, 2S
honestbharani 6N, 4S
Eds 3N, 2S
jaideep 1N, 5S
Teja. 6N, 1S
Himannv 1N, 1S
andyc 6N, 2S
Prince EWS 7N, 1S
Cevno 5N, 4S
MW1304 4N, 1S
Michaelf7777777 1N, 1S
Fusion 4N, 2S
GIMH 5N, 0S
pasag 6N, 5S
The Sean 7N, 3S
marc71178 5N, 5S
ImpatientLime 6N, 5S
Nnanden 7N, 4S
Redbacks 1N, 1S
smalishah84 7N, 4S
Jono 7N, 4S
slog sweep 7N, 3S
weldone 6N, 1S
The Sean 5N, 5S
Julian87 6N, 5S

 

[Prince EWS]

Second Andy Bichel

 

[Himannv]

Nominate Shivnarine Chanderpaul.

Second Heath Streak.

 

[smash84]

Second Shoaib Akhtar

 

[Himannv]

Ah fair enough, that's interesting. Looking at the scorecards from that World Cup, I can see that he made some good contributions, particularly to the win against Zimbabwe and with a steadying fifty in the final, and for all that he might have been boring he scored them at a pretty decent strike-rate also. Perhaps he was written off a touch because of lack of style, I'm not sure?

Yeah I think was possibly the lack of style but probably it was more due to the fact that Aravinda, Kalu and Sanath were blasting it all over the place and back then we probably compared him with them.

 

[vic_orthdox]

Nominate
Steve Tikolo
John Davison
Ian Harvey
Asanka Gurusingha
Dion Nash

Second
Damien Fleming
Geoff Marsh
Arjuna Ranatunga

 

[Noble One]

Nominate:

Carl Hooper
Hansie Cronje
Ramnaresh Sarwan
Graeme Hick
Mark Boucher


Second:

Darren Gough
Chanderpaul
Ian Harvey

 

[G.I.Joe]

Second:


Kirsten, Gary
Kumble, Anil
Singh, Yuvraj
Streak, Heath

 

[NUFAN]

Good stuff, we are up to 89 now..

I'm going to nominate Makhaya Ntini.

Nominated
Boucher, Mark
Broad, Chris
Broad, Stuart
Cronje, Hansie
Davison, John
Gillespie, Jason
Gower, David
Greatbatch, Mark
Gurusingha, Asanka
Hamilton, Gavin
Hick, Graeme
Hooper, Carl
McDermott, Craig
Mohammed, Dave
Nash, Dion
Ntini, Makhaya
Patel, Dipak
Qadir, Abdul
Sarwan, Ramnaresh
Singh, Harbhajan
Srikkanth, Kris
Tikolo, Steve
Viljoen, Dirk
Walsh, Courtney
Razzaq, Abdul

Qualified
Abbas, Zaheer
Agarkar, Ajit
Afridi, Shahid
Akhtar, Shoaib
Akram, Wasim
Al Hasan, Shakib
Ambrose, Curtly
Amla, Hashim
Anwar, Saeed
Astle, Nathan
Bevan, Michael
Bichel, Andy
Bond, Shane
Border, Allan
Bracken, Nathan
Cairns, Chris
Cairns, Lance
Chappell, Greg
Chatfield, Ewan
Crowe, Martin
de Silva, Aravinda
Dev, Kapil
de Villiers, AB
Dhoni, MS
Donald, Allan
Fairbrother, Neil
Fleming, Damien
Fleming, Stephen
Flintoff, Andrew
Flower, Andy
Ganguly, Sourav
Garner, Joel
Gayle, Chris
Gibbs, Herschelle
Gilchrist, Adam
Gough, Darren
Greenidge, Gordon
Hadlee, Richard
Harris, Chris
Harvey, Ian
Hayden, Matthew
Haynes, Desmond
Hogg, Brad
Holding, Michael
Hussey, Michael
Inzaman-Ul, Haq
Jayasuriya, Sanath
Jones, Dean
Kallis, Jacques
Khan, Imran
Kirsten, Gary
Klusener, Lance
Knight, Nick
Kumble, Anil
Lamb, Allan
Lara, Brian
Lee, Brett
Lillee, Dennis
Lloyd, Clive
Marshall, Malcolm
Marsh, Geoff
Martyn, Damien
McCullum, Brendon
McGrath, Glenn
Miandad, Javed
Muralitharan, Muttiah
Mushtaq, Saqlain
O'Donnell, Simon
Pietersen, Kevin
Ponting, Ricky
Pollock, Shaun
Ranatunga, Arjuna
Richards, Viv
Rhodes, Jonty
Sangakarra, Kumar
Sehwag, Virender
Singh, Yuvraj
Sobers, Garfield
Streak, Heath
Symonds, Andrew
Tendulkar, Sachin
Trescothick, Marcus
Turner, Glenn
Vaas, Chaminda
Vettori, Daniel
Warne, Shane
Watson, Shane
Waugh, Mark
Younis, Waqar

Remaining Votes
silentstriker 2N, 5S
NZ Tailender 1N, 3S
Athlai 1N, 1S
morgieb 1N, 1S
8ankitj 1N, 1S
Hurricane 1N, 1S
vcs 2N, 5S
GingerFurball 6N, 4S
bagapath 1N, 1S
m0rphin3 4N, 2S
Nufan 0N, 2S
honestbharani 6N, 4S
Eds 3N, 2S
jaideep 1N, 5S
Teja. 6N, 1S
Himannv 0N, 0S
andyc 6N, 2S
Prince EWS 7N, 0S
Cevno 5N, 4S
MW1304 4N, 1S
Michaelf7777777 1N, 1S
Fusion 4N, 2S
GIMH 5N, 0S
pasag 6N, 5S
The Sean 7N, 3S
marc71178 5N, 5S
ImpatientLime 6N, 5S
Nnanden 7N, 4S
Redbacks 1N, 1S
smalishah84 7N, 3S
Jono 7N, 4S
slog sweep 7N, 3S
weldone 6N, 1S
The Sean 5N, 5S
Julian87 6N, 5S
vic_orthdox 2N, 2S
Noble One 2N, 2S
G.I.Joe 7N, 2S

 

[Michaelf7777777]

Nominate Tim Southee
Second Dion Nash

 

[Noble One]

Second:

Harbhajan
Ntini

 

[G.I.Joe]

Nominate

Abdul Razzaq (The Pakistani, not the Bangladeshi)

 

[Teja.]

Second Jason Gillespie

 

[NUFAN]

Nominate

Abdul Razzaq (The Pakistani, not the Bangladeshi)

I'll second him for you. I figured the other person to nominate A Razzack was talking about the Pakistan player, so he's qualified now.