mr_mister
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Still pretty bored in the Sydney lockdown, heh.
After a bit of thought I've narrowed it down to these 5 guys as having the 5 best batting performances at the WCs of the '90s.
disclaimer: Jayasuriya got Man of the series in '96 but looking at his record he really doesn't seem worthy of being here. He got 3 single figure scores and only 221 runs total @ 36. His strike rate was famously through the roof but I feel he only made an impact in 3 games(and only got MOM in 2). I feel his 7 wickets must have played a huge part in getting the Man of the series over Aravinda, who got 4 MOMs to his 2 including in the SF and F....
So let's look at these 5 performances - I've bolded where the player performed the best in each category - I will allow people to vote for what they deem the best 2
Martin Crowe - 3 MOMs, 456 runs @ 114 striking @ 90 with 4 fifties and 1 hundred (50+ scores = 5)
Mark Waugh - 3 MOMs, 484 runs @ 80 striking @ 85 with 1 fifty and 3 hundreds (50+ scores = 4)
Sachin Tendulkar - 2 MOMs, 523 runs @ 87 striking @ 85 with 3 fifties and 2 hundreds (50+ scores = 5)
Aravinda De Silva - 4 MOMs, 448 runs @ 89 striking @ 114, 2 fifties and 2 hundreds (50+ scores = 4)
Lance Klusener - 3 MOMs, 281 runs @ 140 striking @ 122 with 2 fifties (50+ scores = 2)
So as we can see, Klusener had the highest average and the best strike rate, and his cameos down the order were super critical for South Africa. But he didn't even pass 300 runs let alone 400 like everyone else here. You can argue his runs meant extra due to it being such a low scoring cup, and it's not his fault he often batted at 9, but I feel his wickets played a decent part in his '99 WC being remembered so fondly and we aren't interested in that for this exercise.
Junior got the most tons, Sachin the most runs, Crowe was super consistent(with a terrific S/R for '92) and of course Aravinda got 4 MOM awards including in the SF and F
I'm gonna vote for Aravinda for his best performances coming at the business end, and Crowe for doing it all the way back in '92 when putting up those numbers in an ODI WC was unprecedented.
After a bit of thought I've narrowed it down to these 5 guys as having the 5 best batting performances at the WCs of the '90s.
disclaimer: Jayasuriya got Man of the series in '96 but looking at his record he really doesn't seem worthy of being here. He got 3 single figure scores and only 221 runs total @ 36. His strike rate was famously through the roof but I feel he only made an impact in 3 games(and only got MOM in 2). I feel his 7 wickets must have played a huge part in getting the Man of the series over Aravinda, who got 4 MOMs to his 2 including in the SF and F....
So let's look at these 5 performances - I've bolded where the player performed the best in each category - I will allow people to vote for what they deem the best 2
Martin Crowe - 3 MOMs, 456 runs @ 114 striking @ 90 with 4 fifties and 1 hundred (50+ scores = 5)
Mark Waugh - 3 MOMs, 484 runs @ 80 striking @ 85 with 1 fifty and 3 hundreds (50+ scores = 4)
Sachin Tendulkar - 2 MOMs, 523 runs @ 87 striking @ 85 with 3 fifties and 2 hundreds (50+ scores = 5)
Aravinda De Silva - 4 MOMs, 448 runs @ 89 striking @ 114, 2 fifties and 2 hundreds (50+ scores = 4)
Lance Klusener - 3 MOMs, 281 runs @ 140 striking @ 122 with 2 fifties (50+ scores = 2)
So as we can see, Klusener had the highest average and the best strike rate, and his cameos down the order were super critical for South Africa. But he didn't even pass 300 runs let alone 400 like everyone else here. You can argue his runs meant extra due to it being such a low scoring cup, and it's not his fault he often batted at 9, but I feel his wickets played a decent part in his '99 WC being remembered so fondly and we aren't interested in that for this exercise.
Junior got the most tons, Sachin the most runs, Crowe was super consistent(with a terrific S/R for '92) and of course Aravinda got 4 MOM awards including in the SF and F
I'm gonna vote for Aravinda for his best performances coming at the business end, and Crowe for doing it all the way back in '92 when putting up those numbers in an ODI WC was unprecedented.
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