Great ODI batsmen

[Sanz]

he was atleast good enough to win the ODI world cup for his country

So was Kapil Dev. Why not put him there as well.

Btw, Ever heard the name Arvinda DeSilva ??

 

[marc71178]

he was atleast good enough to win the ODI world cup for his country

All on his own?

 

[biased indian]

and his battting avg after 1996 is a sligthly better 36.5 to the 31

 

[marc71178]

Still not worthy of the accolades given to him.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

and his battting avg after 1996 is a sligthly better 36.5 to the 31

And that makes him one of the 5 greatest batsmen in ODI cricket? Heck Chris Gayle cruises past him statistically and I wouldn't put him near the best of the best... yet.

 

[tooextracool]

Thank you so much for the certificate.....sir !!

Coming from YOU its a RARE honour

ahh sarcasm, such a powerful weapon. its just amazing how 3 of the top 5 players are barely even mentioned in a thread for great ODI players. what makes things worse is that players like jayasuriya get more acclaim than them......

 

[Hit4Six]

ahh sarcasm, such a powerful weapon. its just amazing how 3 of the top 5 players are barely even mentioned in a thread for great ODI players. what makes things worse is that players like jayasuriya get more acclaim than them......

why do u think jayasuriyas over rated?

 

[tooextracool]

he was atleast good enough to win the ODI world cup for his country

by failing in the semi finals and the finals.......

 

[tooextracool]

why do u think jayasuriyas over rated?

doesnt his average say enough?
jayasuriya is one of those gilchrist like players, they'll have one brilliant innings and then fail in the next 5. consistent? no

 

[Hit4Six]

doesnt his average say enough?
jayasuriya is one of those gilchrist like players, they'll have one brilliant innings and then fail in the next 5. consistent? no

at the same time jayasuriya practically pioneered pinch hitting a great ODI tactic, fair enough Tendulkar, Bevan etc may have been more consistent/may be more consistent but give the Jayasuriya his due he is a great ODI batsman, just outta curiosity where would u rate jayasuriya then?

 

[tooextracool]

at the same time jayasuriya practically pioneered pinch hitting a great ODI tactic, fair enough Tendulkar, Bevan etc may have been more consistent/may be more consistent but give the Jayasuriya his due he is a great ODI batsman, just outta curiosity where would u rate jayasuriya then?

oh he is a goodODI batsman, but no one would put him in the top 10 let alone a top 5. top 10 in the world ATM maybe, but no one whos not consistent and whos average gets worse when he plays outside the sub continent deserves to have his name even close to a top 5.

 

[Hit4Six]

oh he is a goodODI batsman, but no one would put him in the top 10 let alone a top 5. top 10 in the world ATM maybe, but no one whos not consistent and whos average gets worse when he plays outside the sub continent deserves to have his name even close to a top 5.

fair point

 

[tooextracool]

at the same time jayasuriya practically pioneered pinch hitting a great ODI tactic

a common misconception, it was mark greatbatch who pioneered pinch hitting and it was martin crowe who came up with that idea. jayasuriya only took it to a different level.

 

[Anil]

top ten one day batsmen

sachin tendulkar
saurav ganguly
viv richards
des haynes
brian lara
michael bevan
mark waugh
saeed anwar
javed miandad
inzi ul haq

 

[Hit4Six]

a common misconception, it was mark greatbatch who pioneered pinch hitting and it was martin crowe who came up with that idea. jayasuriya only took it to a different level.

how successful where greatbatch and crowe at it? and is jayasuriya a better pinch hitter than them?

 

[tooextracool]

how successful where greatbatch and crowe at it? and is jayasuriya a better pinch hitter than them?

look at the results of the 92 world cup, NZ went undefeated till the semi finals despite having only 1 real world class player.probably would have won that game had crowe been on the field in the 2nd innings. the 2nd highest wicket taker in the side after danny morrison at the start of that world cup was martin crowe. so id say it worked fairly successfully.
and yes jayasuriya is a better pinch hitter than greatbatch, ive already said that.

 

[Sanz]

how successful where greatbatch and crowe at it? and is jayasuriya a better pinch hitter than them?

Greatbatch was indeed a great success at least in the 1992 world cup.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

at the same time jayasuriya practically pioneered pinch hitting a great ODI tactic, fair enough Tendulkar, Bevan etc may have been more consistent/may be more consistent but give the Jayasuriya his due he is a great ODI batsman, just outta curiosity where would u rate jayasuriya then?

Jayasuriya is not a great ODI batsmen. He would not get into a World XI and will play a good ODI innings every 5 or 6 times he's at the crease. What part of that constitutes great?

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

how successful where greatbatch and crowe at it? and is jayasuriya a better pinch hitter than them?

It doesn't matter how successful he was at it. The fact is that he was the first to truly institute it.

 

[marc71178]

a common misconception, it was mark greatbatch who pioneered pinch hitting and it was martin crowe who came up with that idea. jayasuriya only took it to a different level.

Yes, and then for 4 years it wasn't adopted.

After 1996 it came into being as a genuine tactic.