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Best ever Limited Overs batsman ever, 32 man knockout tournament, tourney thread.
- Thread starter mr_mister
- Start date
honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
Yeah, coz no batsman ever has had a bad season...
King Viv in his last 3 years in ODIs...
38 Matches, 852 runs, Avg 29, SR 86, 4 50s, no 100s... Lucky to even be here, right?
AldoRaine18
State Vice-Captain
Tendulkar-Richards should be the final.
viriya
International Captain
imo AB has eclipsed both.
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Interesting, then Kohli can't be too far away either by your reckoning.
I think both of them still have some way to go.
viriya
International Captain
AB is clearly > Kohli imo because he has played for longer with a much better SR and a higher average. Seriously.. he has a 100+ SR! I'm not sure people understand how insane that is for a batsman averaging ~55.Interesting, then Kohli can't be too far away either by your reckoning.
I think both of them still have some way to go.
AldoRaine18
State Vice-Captain
in my opinion no one has eclipsed Tendulkar's peak (1996WC to 2003 WC).
Red
The normal awards that everyone else has
Watson is an interesting one. I'd rate MWaugh higher as a pure batsman, but Watto shouldn't be overlooked as an ODI monster because of his test shortcomings (as I think he sometimes is).
In ODIs he had an average of 40 at a SR of 90, and that improved when he opened. In addition he was an ideal fifth bowler, who could take the pace off in the middle overs and bowling canny hard to hit swing.
As a whole package, Shane Watson should sit comfortably in the top ten of most valuable ODI cricketers of all time.
In ODIs he had an average of 40 at a SR of 90, and that improved when he opened. In addition he was an ideal fifth bowler, who could take the pace off in the middle overs and bowling canny hard to hit swing.
As a whole package, Shane Watson should sit comfortably in the top ten of most valuable ODI cricketers of all time.
jimmy101
Cricketer Of The Year
I agree with you that Watson deserves to sit in the top echelon of ODI cricketers, but I don't think he was ever much of a swing bowler. He bowled with a rather flat trajectory that was described once as being the "heavy ball" which was indeed as you mentioned, hard to hit.
mr_mister
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Well that splits it!
Round 2:
Viv Richards vs Hashim Amla
Kumar Sangakkara vs Brian Lara
Sachin Tendulkar vs Ricky Ponting
Virat Kohli vs Gordon Greenidge
AB De Villiers vs Adam Gilchrist
Mark Waugh vs Zaheer Abbas
Michael Bevan vs Inzamam Ul-Haq
Dean Jones vs Sanath Jayasuria
Round 2:
Viv Richards vs Hashim Amla
Kumar Sangakkara vs Brian Lara
Sachin Tendulkar vs Ricky Ponting
Virat Kohli vs Gordon Greenidge
AB De Villiers vs Adam Gilchrist
Mark Waugh vs Zaheer Abbas
Michael Bevan vs Inzamam Ul-Haq
Dean Jones vs Sanath Jayasuria
AldoRaine18
State Vice-Captain
Viv Richards vs Hashim Amla
Kumar Sangakkara vs Brian Lara
Sachin Tendulkar vs Ricky Ponting
Virat Kohli vs Gordon Greenidge
AB De Villiers vs Adam Gilchrist
Mark Waugh vs Zaheer Abbas
Michael Bevan vs Inzamam Ul-Haq
Dean Jones vs Sanath Jayasuria
Kumar Sangakkara vs Brian Lara
Sachin Tendulkar vs Ricky Ponting
Virat Kohli vs Gordon Greenidge
AB De Villiers vs Adam Gilchrist
Mark Waugh vs Zaheer Abbas
Michael Bevan vs Inzamam Ul-Haq
Dean Jones vs Sanath Jayasuria
