Best ever Limited Overs batsman ever, 32 man knockout tournament, tourney thread.

[mr_mister]

So I employed a silent seeding system here. How many names I seeded(it wasn't 32, and every player after I stopped seeding was randomised), how I did it, and which players are what seeds will remain undisclosed so it won't affect voting. But I'll say it was done fairly.



Vote away! Rounds will take around 36-48 hours.






Round 1 match-ups:


Viv Richards vs Michael Hussey
Hashim Amla vs Sourav Ganguly
Matthew Hayden vs Kumar Sangakkara
Brian Lara vs Andrew Symonds

Sachin Tendulkar vs MS Dhoni
Ricky Ponting vs Javed Miandad
Virat Kohli vs Virender Sehwag
Saeed Anwar vs Gordon Greenidge

AB De Villiers vs Michael Clake
Adam Gilchrist vs Tillakaratne Dilshan
Mark Waugh vs Shane Watson
Clive Lloyd vs Zaheer Abbas

Michael Bevan vs Desmond Haynes
Lance Klusener vs Inzamam Ul-Haq
Dean Jones vs Chris Gayle
Aravinda De Silva vs Sanath Jayasuria

 

[StephenZA]

Sachin Tendulkar vs MS Dhoni???

 

[viriya]

Sachin Tendulkar vs MS Dhoni???

yea thats like 2 top 5 against each other in round 1

 

[harsh.ag]

To be followed by Sachin/Dhoni vs Viv in round 2.

 

[viriya]

Viv Richards vs Michael Hussey
Hashim Amla vs Sourav Ganguly
Matthew Hayden vs Kumar Sangakkara
Brian Lara vs Andrew Symonds

Sachin Tendulkar vs MS Dhoni
Ricky Ponting vs Javed Miandad
Virat Kohli vs Virender Sehwag
Saeed Anwar vs Gordon Greenidge

AB de Villiers vs Michael Clake
Adam Gilchrist vs Tillakaratne Dilshan
Mark Waugh vs Shane Watson
Clive Lloyd vs Zaheer Abbas

Michael Bevan vs Desmond Haynes
Lance Klusener vs Inzamam Ul-Haq
Dean Jones vs Chris Gayle
Aravinda De Silva vs Sanath Jayasuriya

 

[vcs]

Viv Richards vs Michael Hussey
Hashim Amla vs Sourav Ganguly
Matthew Hayden vs Kumar Sangakkara
Brian Lara vs Andrew Symonds

Sachin Tendulkar vs MS Dhoni
Ricky Ponting vs Javed Miandad
Virat Kohli vs Virender Sehwag
Saeed Anwar vs Gordon Greenidge

AB de Villiers vs Michael Clake
Adam Gilchrist vs Tillakaratne Dilshan
Mark Waugh vs Shane Watson
Clive Lloyd vs Zaheer Abbas

Michael Bevan vs Desmond Haynes
Lance Klusener vs Inzamam Ul-Haq
Dean Jones vs Chris Gayle
Aravinda De Silva vs Sanath Jayasuriya

 

[StephenZA]

Viv Richards vs Michael Hussey
Hashim Amla vs Sourav Ganguly
Matthew Hayden vs Kumar Sangakkara
Brian Lara vs Andrew Symonds

Sachin Tendulkar vs MS Dhoni
Ricky Ponting vs Javed Miandad
Virat Kohli vs Virender Sehwag
Saeed Anwar vs Gordon Greenidge

AB de Villiers vs Michael Clake
Adam Gilchrist vs Tillakaratne Dilshan
Mark Waugh vs Shane Watson
Clive Lloyd vs Zaheer Abbas

Michael Bevan vs Desmond Haynes
Lance Klusener vs Inzamam Ul-Haq
Dean Jones vs Chris Gayle
Aravinda De Silva vs Sanath Jayasuriya


I`m still amused that Kallis is not here but Klusener is? It shows how one good WC can set peoples minds to a player regardless... in no ways was Klusener a better ODI batsmen than Kallis, even if Kallis was not the best.

 

[viriya]

I`m still amused that Kallis is not here but Klusener is? It shows how one good WC can set peoples minds to a player regardless... in no ways was Klusener a better ODI batsmen than Kallis, even if Kallis was not the best.

Agreed. Kallis got robbed of a spot in this. Lloyd didn't deserve to be in there imo - even more than Klusener. I think with Klusener people are going with his potential. I remember in the 1999 WC he seemed like the next level of ODI batsman.

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Msd

 

[vcs]

I love Inzy but I picked Klusener there because Inzy was pretty underwhelming in World Cups apart from that famous knock in '92 against NZ and the cameo in the final.

 

[G.I.Joe]

I love Inzy but I picked Klusener there because Inzy was pretty underwhelming in World Cups apart from that famous knock in '92 against NZ and the cameo in the final.

Inzamam had probably the worst World Cup of any major player - grand total of 19 runs off 42 deliveries in 6 matches in 2003.

 

[morgieb]

Viv Richards vs Michael Hussey
Hashim Amla vs Sourav Ganguly
Matthew Hayden vs Kumar Sangakkara
Brian Lara vs Andrew Symonds

Sachin Tendulkar vs MS Dhoni
Ricky Ponting vs Javed Miandad
Virat Kohli vs Virender Sehwag
Saeed Anwar vs Gordon Greenidge

AB De Villiers vs Michael Clake
Adam Gilchrist vs Tillakaratne Dilshan
Mark Waugh vs Shane Watson
Clive Lloyd vs Zaheer Abbas

Michael Bevan vs Desmond Haynes
Lance Klusener vs Inzamam Ul-Haq
Dean Jones vs Chris Gayle
Aravinda De Silva vs Sanath Jayasuria

 

[ankitj]

Round 1 match-ups:

Sachin Tendulkar vs MS Dhoni

I protest.

 

[jimmy101]

Viv Richards vs Michael Hussey
Hashim Amla vs Sourav Ganguly
Matthew Hayden vs Kumar Sangakkara
Brian Lara vs Andrew Symonds

Sachin Tendulkar vs MS Dhoni
Ricky Ponting vs Javed Miandad
Virat Kohli vs Virender Sehwag
Saeed Anwar vs Gordon Greenidge

AB De Villiers vs Michael Clake
Adam Gilchrist vs Tillakaratne Dilshan
Mark Waugh vs Shane Watson
Clive Lloyd vs Zaheer Abbas

Michael Bevan vs Desmond Haynes
Lance Klusener vs Inzamam Ul-Haq
Dean Jones vs Chris Gayle
Aravinda De Silva vs Sanath Jayasuria

I'm sure Kallis will get a decent run if mr_mister decides to do a ATG ODI all-rounder thread.

 

[Shady Slim]

Viv Richards vs Michael Hussey
Hashim Amla vs Sourav Ganguly
Matthew Hayden vs Kumar Sangakkara
Brian Lara vs Andrew Symonds

Sachin Tendulkar vs MS Dhoni
Ricky Ponting vs Javed Miandad
Virat Kohli vs Virender Sehwag
Saeed Anwar vs Gordon Greenidge

AB De Villiers vs Michael Clake
Adam Gilchrist vs Tillakaratne Dilshan
Mark Waugh vs Shane Watson
Clive Lloyd vs Zaheer Abbas

Michael Bevan vs Desmond Haynes
Lance Klusener vs Inzamam Ul-Haq
Dean Jones vs Chris Gayle
Aravinda De Silva vs Sanath Jayasuria

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

I protest.

Small 7 conspiracy

 

[mr_mister]

To be followed by Sachin/Dhoni vs Viv in round 2.

no that won't be til the semi finals

 

[AldoRaine18]

Viv Richards vs Michael Hussey
Hashim Amla vs Sourav Ganguly
Matthew Hayden vs Kumar Sangakkara
Brian Lara vs Andrew Symonds

Sachin Tendulkar vs MS Dhoni
Ricky Ponting vs Javed Miandad
Virat Kohli vs Virender Sehwag
Saeed Anwar vs Gordon Greenidge

AB De Villiers vs Michael Clake
Adam Gilchrist vs Tillakaratne Dilshan
Mark Waugh vs Shane Watson
Clive Lloyd vs Zaheer Abbas

Michael Bevan vs Desmond Haynes
Lance Klusener vs Inzamam Ul-Haq
Dean Jones vs Chris Gayle
Aravinda De Silva vs Sanath Jayasuria

 

[vcs]

Inzamam had probably the worst World Cup of any major player - grand total of 19 runs off 42 deliveries in 6 matches in 2003.

Haha, got run out vs. India too which was hilarious.

Mahela made 21 runs from 58 balls at an average of 3.00 in that same World Cup. Inzy wasn't even the worst player in that World Cup.

Keith Arthurton made 2 runs in 5 innings in the '96 WC.

 

[G.I.Joe]

Haha, got run out vs. India too which was hilarious.

Mahela made 21 runs from 58 balls at an average of 3.00 in that same World Cup. Inzy wasn't even the worst player in that World Cup.

Keith Arthurton made 2 runs in 5 innings in the '96 WC.

No one's suggesting Mahela belongs to this thread though

Which is probably a travesty considering he's scored a century each in a World cup semifinal and final.