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

[The Sean]

Fantastic stuff NUFAN, really enjoyed this.

 

[Fusion]

Echo everyone in saying great job Nufan! A really enjoyable thread.

All in all, a good top 50. I may have some complaints with the placings of some of the players, but I suppose we all could. I do hope sincerely that the 3 that left Wasim off their list and the one each that left McGrath and Tendulkar simply forgot. If it wasn't an oversight on their part, I would love to know their reasoning for why they don't belong in the top 25.

 

[kingkallis]

It took me several days to complete this thread.

Fantastic work mate!

 

[NUFAN]

I think a few who didn't pick Wasim may not have watched much of his career and the person who missed Sachin is clearly a Lara fan as they had Lara at número uno.

 

[Renegade]

If there's one bloke I can accept finishing ahead of Tendulkar and Akram it's King Viv. He'd have been third on my list, if I were to make a list.

I'm glad Akram was the highest ranked bowler. Really, really, he deserves it.

True, being a bowler of the worst non-minnow fielding side, still a great accomplishment. His statistics, perhaps, would have been a lot better had he been a bowler of better fielding sides.

 

[Cevno]

I think a few who didn't pick Wasim may not have watched much of his career and the person who missed Sachin is clearly a Lara fan as they had Lara at número uno.

Who could it be?

 

[Burgey]

Echo what's already been said. Fantastic stuff Nufan.

 

[centurymaker]

echo what's already been said. Fantastic stuff nufan.

+1

 

[Cevno]

+2

 

[Burgey]

Nope. Importance of one is questionable (like batting vs. bowling) but batting is more difficult art. One major reason why, batting is more risky.

I guess the thing is, bowlers get multiple chances to get things right. Batsmen can make one error and their day is done.

Personally don't think this means batting is necessarily harder to do per se, just there's much less margin for error if you want to do it well.

 

[howardj]

Great job, Nufan - really do appreciate the work and passion that went into this.

At first blush, the only glaring anomaly in the rankings for mine was Mark Waugh's.

Regard him as one of the all-timers.

 

[Teja.]

Great job, Nufan - really do appreciate the work and passion that went into this.

At first blush, the only glaring anomaly in the rankings for mine was Mark Waugh's.

Regard him as one of the all-timers.

Yeah, Reckon him and Lara are extremely close as ODI batsmen too imo. Waugh is the second best pure ODI opener for me after Tendulkar, ridiculous how often he set up games for Oz.

 

[smash84]

Echo everyone in saying great job Nufan! A really enjoyable thread.

All in all, a good top 50. I may have some complaints with the placings of some of the players, but I suppose we all could. I do hope sincerely that the 3 that left Wasim off their list and the one each that left McGrath and Tendulkar simply forgot. If it wasn't an oversight on their part, I would love to know their reasoning for why they don't belong in the top 25.

What? 3 people left WASIM AKRAM in their top 25 ODI players of all time????????

True, being a bowler of the worst non-minnow fielding side, still a great accomplishment. His statistics, perhaps, would have been a lot better had he been a bowler of better fielding sides.

Yeah. I remember once Imran dropping a dolly on wasim's bowling when Wasim was on a hattrick.

 

[ankitj]

Yeah. I remember once Imran dropping a dolly on wasim's bowling when Wasim was on a hattrick.

Wasim was such a hattricks freak

 

[biased indian]

Wasim was such a hattricks freak

may be thats why 3 people ingnored him in their top 25

 

[smash84]

may be thats why 3 people ingnored him in their top 25

 

[smash84]

Wasim was such a hattricks freak

True. There must be few bowlers who may have been on a hattrick as many times as Wasim and Waqar.

 

[NUFAN]

I forgot to mention that Dennis Lillee and Matthew Hayden were the unluckiest players not to make the top 50. They both had 4 total nominations, compare that to Harris who had just 2.

 

[honestbharani]

I think a few who didn't pick Wasim may not have watched much of his career and the person who missed Sachin is clearly a Lara fan as they had Lara at número uno.

It wasn't me.. IT WASN'T ME!!!

 

[NUFAN]

I wonder how high up the list AB de Villiers will end up eventually? What an awesome batsman he is. The fact that he's keeping now too makes you think really what did Gilchrist offer that AB doesn't?