The 50 best ODI Cricketers so far
50 Chris Harris
49 Chris Gayle
48 Jonty Rhodes
47 Neil Fairbrother
46 AB de Villiers
45 Michael Holding
44 Shane Watson
43 Allan Border
42 Chris Cairns
41 Martin Crowe
40 Malcolm Marshall
39 Nathan Bracken
38 Gordon Greenidge
37 Greg Chappell
36 Mark Waugh
35 Saeed Anwar
34 Desmond Haynes
33 Shane Bond
32 Inzamam-Ul-Haq
31 Aravinda de Silva
Now for 30 to 26..
30 BRETT LEE
Brett Lee | Australia Cricket | Cricket Players and Officials | ESPN Cricinfo
Total Points 101
Nominated by 10/30
Highest Rating 10
Brett Lee excelled as an exponent of extreme speed for over a decade. Fast and with a flashy smile that added to his star quality, Lee has taken over 300 ODI wickets in his career at an average of 23 and strike rate under 30, which is up there with the very best bowlers in ODI history.
In One-day Internationals, Lee peaked at the 2003 World Cup where he claimed 22 wickets including a hat trick while bowling at speeds up to 160 km/h.
29 SOURAV GANGULY
Sourav Ganguly | India Cricket | Cricket Players and Officials | ESPN Cricinfo
Total Points 106
Nominated by 11/30
Highest Rating 7
Nobody can argue about him being one of the greatest one-day batsmen of all time. A batsman who combined grace with surgical precision in his strokeplay, Ganguly was promoted to the top of the order in 1996 and, along with Sachin Tendulkar, formed one of the most destructive opening pairs in history.
In the 1999 World Cup Ganguly scored 183 from 158 balls, and hit 17 fours and seven sixes. It became the second highest score in World Cup history. His partnership of 318 with Rahul Dravid is the highest overall score in a World Cup match.
Ganguly ended his career having scored 11000 runs, with 22 centuries.
28 MICHAEL HUSSEY
Michael Hussey | Australia Cricket | Cricket Players and Officials | ESPN Cricinfo
Total Points 112
Nominated by 14/30
Highest Rating 2
A busy Cricketer who combines precision placement with big shots when the need arises, Hussey is arguably one of the most consistent ODI batsman of all time. With a batting average of 50 and strike rate of 88 Hussey has been at the forefront of the Australian team success in the limited overs format.
His team ethic is on display in the field, where he is a reliable catcher at gully and a regular encourager, and he is scrupulous at practice. The overall attitude earned him the Mr Cricket nickname, a moniker of fun and extreme respect.
27 ALLAN DONALD
Allan Donald | South Africa Cricket | Cricket Players and Officials | ESPN Cricinfo
Total Points 126
Nominated by 11/30
Highest Rating 4
If the credit for South Africa's success in the modern era could be given to one player, that cricketer would be Allan Donald. A classical action and top-drawer pace would have won him a place in any side in his prime, spearing the ball in, shaping it away and always making things happen. His strike rate was close to 30 in one-day internationals.
Donald will always be remembered for being run out in the 1999 World Cup Semi Final against Australia, in a match many described as the greatest one day match ever.
26 JAVED MIANDAD
Javed Miandad | Pakistan Cricket | Cricket Players and Officials | ESPN Cricinfo
Total Points 129
Nominated by 10/30
Highest Rating 7
Miandad was not of the classical school of batting, though he possessed a beautiful square cut and most shots in and outside the book: he was a fine early reverse-sweeper. But he worked the angles and spaces equally well; he knew above all how to score runs in almost any situation.
Miandad had a marvellous ODI career. Here his supreme running - it is said that he was one of the early pioneers of aggressive ODI running - shot placement and mental strength produced outstanding results.
In 1992, battling age and back problems, Miandad played a lead role in Pakistan's only World Cup triumph, with six half-centuries.