20 Greatest ODIs (by ESPNCricinfo)

[The Sean]

I'm assuming they'll speed these up a bit when we get into the top 10. At the moment, they're dropping every three days and if it stays that way the countdown won't be finished before the World Cup starts.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

I'm assuming they'll speed these up a bit when we get into the top 10. At the moment, they're dropping every three days and if it stays that way the countdown won't be finished before the World Cup starts.

Long-form storytelling...

The #1 entry might come from the World Cup.

 

[Ali TT]

Long-form storytelling...

The #1 entry might come from the World Cup.

Holding a place at #1 for Kohli's epic 19 against the Netherlands.

 

[GIMH]

This is my favourite JAMODI and by some distance

ENG vs IND Cricket Scorecard, 4th ODI at Manchester, August 30, 2007

Get cricket scorecard of 4th ODI, ENG vs IND, India tour of Ireland, England and Scotland 2007 at Old Trafford, Manchester dated August 30, 2007.

www.espncricinfo.com

Posting in the English Domestic thread just now reminded me of a reason why I remember this so well. My better half found cricket deathly boring the first few years I knew her then one night I had the last hour or so of this on after the kids had gone to bed and she was absolutely captivated.

Funny the things that make games stick in the mind, but that’s one of the great things about sport for me. Things that are irrelevant and forgettable for some stick in the mind forever for others.

 

[honestbharani]

Posting in the English Domestic thread just now reminded me of a reason why I remember this so well. My better half found cricket deathly boring the first few years I knew her then one night I had the last hour or so of this on after the kids had gone to bed and she was absolutely captivated.

Funny the things that make games stick in the mind, but that’s one of the great things about sport for me. Things that are irrelevant and forgettable for some stick in the mind forever for others.

Its funny coz I have a similar story. There was a triseries in Aus in 96/97 and a game where Windies required like 106 in the last 10 or something. And Lara was batting slowly on about 50 odd off 80+ balls and I thought there is no way they can win this game as 10 an over with 5 down was unheard of at that time. And Warne had bowled 7 overs for 10 runs or something and it looked impossible to score off him.


Then Lara smashed Warne for 15+ off his 8th and 9th overs and then Robert ****ing Samuels, half brother of that fixer **** Marlon, smashed another 15+ off his last over and Windies won. It was the precise moment I basically became a Lara mark. He did what I thought was impossible and for a 11 or 12 year old, that just sticks.

Its a random JAMODI that I will remember forever.

 

[subshakerz]

Its funny coz I have a similar story. There was a triseries in Aus in 96/97 and a game where Windies required like 106 in the last 10 or something. And Lara was batting slowly on about 50 odd off 80+ balls and I thought there is no way they can win this game as 10 an over with 5 down was unheard of at that time. And Warne had bowled 7 overs for 10 runs or something and it looked impossible to score off him.


Then Lara smashed Warne for 15+ off his 8th and 9th overs and then Robert ****ing Samuels, half brother of that fixer **** Marlon, smashed another 15+ off his last over and Windies won. It was the precise moment I basically became a Lara mark. He did what I thought was impossible and for a 11 or 12 year old, that just sticks.

Its a random JAMODI that I will remember forever.

 

[The Sean]

Tendulkar's desert storm innings/match at number 12 today.

 

[Ali TT]

Tendulkar's desert storm innings/match at number 12 today.

Why is it this innings and not the final?

 

[honestbharani]

Why is it this innings and not the final?

Coz this innings was far far better.

 

[Ali TT]

Coz this innings was far far better.

Yeah but this list is about matches not innings. And even the article suggests that the final innings was actually better - fewer chances and actually won the match.

 

[honestbharani]

Yeah but this list is about matches not innings. And even the article suggests that the final innings was actually better - fewer chances and actually won the match.

I watched both and I can tell you this innings was easily better and so was the match. The final was basically a walk in the park.

 

[ma1978]

It was pretty sick, and looking at the scorecard you realise how bad that India team was in the 90s. Nayan Mongia at 3 and Hrishikesh Kanitkar at 6. Harvinder Singh and Venky Prasad the pace bowling. Basically only Tendulkar kept that team semi respectable.

 

[_00_deathscar]

Holding a place at #1 for Kohli's epic 19 against the Netherlands.

If the Dutch have any left arm pacers he’ll struggle to reach 9.
Do they?

 

[ma1978]

It was pretty sick, and looking at the scorecard you realise how bad that India team was in the 90s. Nayan Mongia at 3 and Hrishikesh Kanitkar at 6. Harvinder Singh and Venky Prasad the pace bowling. Basically only Tendulkar kept that team semi respectable.

also how good that aus team was - top to bottom. Lehmann who was a ridiculous ODI bat at 7 and Tom Moody at 8. There wasn’t a weakness in that squad.

 

[Ali TT]

Thanks for the answers, genuinely interested as to why this innings always seems to be quoted as the most iconic of his. We didn't get to see much of Sachin in England in the late 90s as we didn't play India in that period.

 

[Burgey]

Wasn't aware there were less than 20 ODIs which had winning margins of <26 runs.

It's embarrassing any game is included where a side is beaten by that margin.

 

[Molehill]

Wasn't aware there were less than 20 ODIs which had winning margins of <26 runs.

It's embarrassing any game is included where a side is beaten by that margin.

So we've had a Kohli innings, a Kapil Dev innings and now a Tendulkar innings. But definitely no bias to see here....

 

[Burgey]

Shades of Michael Holding commentating on Sky in the UK - they know where their bread's buttered.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Wasn't aware there were less than 20 ODIs which had winning margins of <26 runs.

That's almost unbelievable

There's been 43 ties in ODI cricket and you're telling me that there has been less than 20 with a winning margin less than 26????

edit: only just realised you're clearly taking the piss . . .

 

[Burgey]

Yeah, hard to believe but apparently so