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20 Greatest ODIs (by ESPNCricinfo)
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honestbharani
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**Official Comm Bank Series - Aus, Ind & SL ODI's***
It took Gambhir and Kohli 18.1 overs to put on 115. Raina and Kohli have 111 in 8.4
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Amazing call there by @Himannv
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Clarke let it happen, like he did against Malinga last year. Having the field back when they needed like 50 with 9 wickets down, what an idiot.
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Also, glad to see I was always of the same opinion of Ash's bowling figures in Aus too. Even Burgey agrees. lol
The Sean
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I'm hoping they embrace going full troll-mode and include Gavaskar's 36* (174) in the top 5.
honestbharani
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I hope all games of The Streak make it to the top 15 too.
Will be remembered longer than this Kohli knock, even for the wrong reasons.
If this was the list of 20 best ODI innings, then fine. But this, nor the de Villiers knock, were great games.
SillyCowCorner1
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At least no one is calling him prince or king in these posts lol
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I hope that the Chanderpaul 4 and 6 to end the match against Sri Lanka at the queen’s park oval in Trinidad gets a shout.
The roar was so loud that a young SillyCowCorner1 heard it all the way in Guyana.
The roar was so loud that a young SillyCowCorner1 heard it all the way in Guyana.
Fuller Pilch
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I remember listening to a game on the radio in 2002 when Chanderpaul came back on after having earlier retired hurt and hit Tuffey for 4 4s in the final over to win the match.
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Nintendo
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I hope jadeja winning it for CSK this year is #1.
The Sean
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The countdown so far does actually raise a serious (sorry) question though of where they go from here. I've made my peace with the fact that it's not a countdown of literally the 20 best games of ODI cricket ever (we're closing in on 5,000 of those, how do you even come up with such a ranking?) and rather is a subjective collection of the most memorable/iconic/significant matches/moments/performances, which is absolutely fine.
But if you take that even from an Indian point of view as has been this discussion, then if that Kohli innings above is one of the top 20 then as already noted the Natwest Trophy final should be too. And way above that of course is Sachin's 200* and even above that is the 1983 final win. I'd say that Kapil's 175 deserves a mention but it may well be included under the "83" banner. And do we also include the 2011 final, as the culmination of the Tendulkar era? And that's without including Desert Storm and probably a plethora of other matches I've forgotten that others here would champion.
So that's at least another four or five entries on the list, maybe more, without considering the most notable entries from other countries, and notwithstanding the absolute all time locks (1999 semi, 438/434, 2019 final, even the very first ever ODI for sheer significance?) which have to be included anyway. We're going to run out of road very quickly!
But if you take that even from an Indian point of view as has been this discussion, then if that Kohli innings above is one of the top 20 then as already noted the Natwest Trophy final should be too. And way above that of course is Sachin's 200* and even above that is the 1983 final win. I'd say that Kapil's 175 deserves a mention but it may well be included under the "83" banner. And do we also include the 2011 final, as the culmination of the Tendulkar era? And that's without including Desert Storm and probably a plethora of other matches I've forgotten that others here would champion.
So that's at least another four or five entries on the list, maybe more, without considering the most notable entries from other countries, and notwithstanding the absolute all time locks (1999 semi, 438/434, 2019 final, even the very first ever ODI for sheer significance?) which have to be included anyway. We're going to run out of road very quickly!
Prince EWS
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People are reading way too much into it IMO. I don't agree with that entry but it doesn't mean they've set some unbreakable legal precedent that the rest of the list has to follow. It's just going to be inconsistent because it's flippant cricinfo clickbait.
The Sean
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I prefer the way I see it. Much more dramatic.
The Sean
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It's also really late, I've had a lot of whisky and it took me way too long to write that post. So don't cheapen it, dammit!
Prince EWS
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I'll give you $4.80 for it.
The Sean
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That's roughly $4.81 more than it's worth, so I grudgingly accept.
Prince EWS
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Please DM me your bank details so I make the transfer and then edit your post to include a reference to Vusi Sibanda, Mathew Sinclair or superiority of Matthew Hoggard.
The Sean
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Done. Absolutely worth it to be able to call myself a paid professional cricket writer.
Fuller Pilch
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The underarm should be there.