ODI : Andrew Flintoff vs Kapil Dev

[DrWolverine]

ODI cricketer

 

[Johan]

Flintoff was better, Kapil was greater due to longevity

 

[subshakerz]

Flintoff has better numbers but give it to Kapil based on 83 WC.

 

[akilana]

quite easily Flintoff.. he was harder to score off.

 

[reyrey]

Flintoff. Better with both bat and ball.

He was an excellent number 5, and his batting numbers would have been even better if England didn't insist on using him as a finisher. Bit crap with the bat in WCs though

 

[BazBall21]

Flintoff

 

[Johan]

Flintoff is not only superior to Kapil in ODIs, he's the GOAT ODI all rounder alongside Shaun Pollock.

 

[Stefan9]

Kapil due to being the superior world cup player.
But Fred deserves extra points for the amazing Caribbean adventure, hard for Kapil to match that.

 

[reyrey]

Flintoff is not only superior to Kapil in ODIs, he's the GOAT ODI all rounder alongside Shaun Pollock.

Don't forget about Klusener

 

[Randomfan]

It's always hard to compare ODI in different eras based on raw stats due to changes in ODI.

One data point adjusted for era( has some flaws in my opinion),

Dev's majority of career is same as Flintoff's peak in these ratings.


Rating trend:






Kapil's occupied rank 1 in ODI all rounder more than twice when you see number of matches. A higher rating and rankings for a far longer period.

Ranking Trend:

 

[Randomfan]

Flintoff is not only superior to Kapil in ODIs, he's the GOAT ODI all rounder alongside Shaun Pollock.

Keeping the quality aside, he has played too few games to get that tag. He played in period when ODI was played seriously.

Flintoff ODI career:



Flinotff was a fantastic all rounder , but played only 110-140 games. In current era, when T20 is also played seriously, it would have been enough to not seen as negative, but pre T20 era, it's too little. A high quality all rounder but lacks the number of games.

 

[Johan]

Keeping the quality aside, he has played too few games to get that tag. He played in period when ODI was played seriously.

Flintoff ODI career:

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Flinotff was a fantastic all rounder , but played only 110-140 games. In current era, when T20 is also played seriously, it would have been enough to not seen as negative, but pre T20 era, it's too little. A high quality all rounder but lacks the number of games.

I don't really care too much as his record is stellar for what it is but I am not as big on LO longevity as I'm on test ome so I don't mind

 

[Randomfan]

Don't forget about Klusener

Yah, a fantastic hitter. SA used to be out of the game and then Klusener used to simply keep hitting big runs to bring the team back in the match.

 

[Randomfan]

I don't really care too much as his record is stellar for what it is but I am not as big on LO longevity as I'm on test ome so I don't mind

He was fantstic all rounder but one flaw. His performance against the best team of his era was not that great.

Bowling - 21 matches - 19 wickets - Avg 42 - ER 4.8
Batting - 21 matches - 519 runs - Avg 28 - SR 75

I think Flinotoff saved his best for SA. High Avg and high SR in batting. At the same time, low bowling avg against SA. Anyway, one of the best all rounders in ODI.