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CW's 50 Best ODI Cricketers of all time - The Countdown

smash84

The Tiger King
My top player was Gilchrist.

The other nine are the following; they are not in the order I ranked them.

Akram
Tendulkar
Richards
Ponting
Pollock
Jayasuriya
Waqar
Kallis
Garner


i expect sachin, viv and bevan to be the top 3. may be garner at 4 and jayasuriya at 5.

let me pause for a second and tell you that the top 15 players yet to come are absolute world beaters.
u expect the top 3 to be batsmen???? I rated the top 3 as bowlers
 

G.I.Joe

International Coach
Yeah, his inclusion saved some money (and some vital organs too).

Fantastic list so far.... But Ambrose over Symonds or Dhoni is slightly difficult to accept. Good to see Deano so high on the list.



"Welcome to the 65th Annual Academy Awards presented by TumTum
The best actor award goes to...
The best actress award goes to...
And the Oscar for the best film goes to...
Now all of you **** off"

Come on TumTum. The world will be better off with more romantics. Don't kill the last remaining few....
:laugh:

AWTA re: Dhoni. Puzzled to see him so low. A keeper and captain who averages 50 @ nearly 90? Nah, seen plenty.
 

smash84

The Tiger King
My top player was Gilchrist.

The other nine are the following; they are not in the order I ranked them.

Akram
Tendulkar
Richards
Ponting
Pollock
Jayasuriya
Waqar
Kallis
Garner


i expect sachin, viv and bevan to be the top 3. may be garner at 4 and jayasuriya at 5.

let me pause for a second and tell you that the top 15 players yet to come are absolute world beaters.
u expect the top 3 to be batsmen???? I rated the top 3 as bowlers
 

bagapath

International Captain
In other news, the sun will rise from the east :ph34r:
say that to those cynics who say kallis is overrated!!!!!

cant believe i am defending kallis. last month i was ridiculing him. one double hundred and a series saving third innings century with a ****ed up rib cage later, i am ready to get my sister married to him. (dont actually have a sister, though. hope kallis likes my brother)
 
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Maximus0723

State Regular
In Garner's era he was the best ODI bowler. It would be tough to make a case for an equal.
In Ambrose era, he has several equals and he was never "the" best bowler in his era.

Now lookin at stats,
Garner significantly beats Ambrose in SR, Avg and ER. Though the difference in ER is understandable b/c how the era has changed from decade to decade and how batsmen has become more aggressive.
But, Garner has gotten wickets with impressive SR in an era when batsmen were less aggressive. Garner also has done better against better offences then Ambrose has.
 

The Sean

Cricketer Of The Year
"Welcome to the 65th Annual Academy Awards presented by TumTum
The best actor award goes to...
The best actress award goes to...
And the Oscar for the best film goes to...
Now all of you **** off"

Come on TumTum. The world will be better off with more romantics. Don't kill the last remaining few....
cant believe i am defending kallis. last month i was ridiculing him. one double hundred and a series saving third innings century with a ****ed up rib cage later, i am ready to get my sister married to him. (dont actually have a sister, though. hope kallis likes my brother)
:laugh: Bagapath in sensational form.
 

biased indian

International Coach
Symmonds in top 25 ...i dont belive you guys !!!!!!!!!!!!!! if i was asked to name top 50 then also he might have struggled to fit in.....

just had look through my list and intrestingly i forgot 2 players who would have been easily in my list. if i had been little carefu...l.missed klusener and Murali :)..may be i will be the only in 30 not to have murali in the top 25
 

smash84

The Tiger King
Symmonds in top 25 ...i dont belive you guys !!!!!!!!!!!!!! if i was asked to name top 50 then also he might have struggled to fit in.....

just had look through my list and intrestingly i forgot 2 players who would have been easily in my list. if i had been little carefu...l.missed klusener and Murali :)..may be i will be the only in 30 not to have murali in the top 25
lol.....that is VERY surprising....missed Murali.....lol

Although I do agree with your sentiments on Symonds
 

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