Top 10 ODI Innings of All time

[Beleg]

ten best innings I have watched:

In no set order:

1. Lara's (aforementioned) 150 odd at Sharjah.
2. Inzamam's 118? at Karachi.
3. Steven Waugh's WC 99 efforts.
4. Razzaq's 80 odd against NZ in a dead game. (the cleanest hitting I have ever seen)
5. Inzy's 51* against WI in a match where Pakistan folded for 110 with the ball swinging by yards.
6. Symond's blasting of Pakistan in 2003 WC.
7. Trescothic's 140 against Pakistan at Oval.
8. Inzamam's '92 SF heroics.
9. I can never forget the way Klusener blasted Shoaib to pieces and almost single-handedly snatched the game away from Pakistan. (Super-6, 99)
10. The aforementioned Fleming knock.

From the top of my head.

 

[Link]

Tresco's 140 against pakistan.
Fleming's 134* against SA in the WC
Gibbs' 143 against kenya in the WC
Jim Davison's ton against the Windies in the WC
Vaughan's 86 againts the aussies in the CT (blinder)

But i supose the best ODI innings ive seen was ricky pontings ton in the World Cup final

 

[Swervy]

Looking at that Zimbok bowling attack in 1983 Kapil Dev was facing;

Peter Rawson ODI avg. 35 1st Class 23

John Traicos ODI avg. 51 (econ. 3.88) 1st Class 34

Ian Butchart ODI avg. 53 (econ. 5.47) 1st Class 34

Kevin Curran ODI avg. 44 (econ 4.71) 1st Class 27

Duncan Fletcher ODI avg. 31 (econ. 4.40) 1st Class 28

Which was probabl;y the best attack Zim could put out at the time and, with the exception of Butchart all would make the current side by a country mile. Fletcher and Rawsoin would make the all-time Zimbok side.

Zimbabwes attack was not good back then....yes the Zimbabweans did beat Australia in that World Cup,but by god the Australians didnt half play badly that game..and to be honest I have rarely seen Australia play an entire tournament since so badly
So yeah Devs 175 was a remarkable thing....but Zimbabwe were probably worse at that time as a team than Bangladesh are now

 

[Sanz]

That same attack had india reeling at 17/5 or something.

Some great ODI innings are Miandad 114 in Sharjah, Ponting 150 something in WC and Desilva's century in the World Cup 1996.

 

[Swervy]

Three stand out for me:

David Gower in 1983 in Australia vs NZ.....158 in 118 balls...he scored those out of 241 whilst he was at the crease..England made 267..and Hadlee was playing, so was Chatfield, Troup and cairns..ie a pretty decent attack...some of the pull shots he played were as good as you could ever see

Viv Richards 189*...that was just scary

Ricky ponting in the WC final, after the 39th over, was quite amazing hitting...and with the occasion and everything, pretty astonishing stuff

 

[Swervy]

That same attack had india reeling at 17/5 or something.

Some great ODI innings are Miandad 114 in Sharjah, Ponting 150 something in WC and Desilva's century in the World Cup 1996.

yeah you are right, but to be perfectly honest, that Indian one day batting line up wasnt brilliant...Indias success was actually more down to the bowlers more than anything.

The Indian batting line up in the next world cup (actually I would say the entire Indian team in fact) was much much better, but wont be remembered because they didnt win...funny old game innit???!!!!

 

[tooextracool]

those who said tendulkars 100 against kenya, please, yes it was sentimental and showed great character and what not, but the reality of it was that it was against a very poor attack on the flattest of pitches, on which even the bangladesh batsmen would have been disappointed to not score on. tendulkar himself has played far far better innings than that one.

 

[tooextracool]

I think Michael Bevan has played a few innings worth consideration.

his 44 against the WI for one, but even better was his 102* off 95 against NZ(with shane bond) in the vb series 01, where he single handedly won the game from 82/6 chasing 245. then again as we all know he bats too slowly.

 

[tooextracool]

yes he alone knocked sth africa outta the world cup.

err no, pollock alone knocked SA out of the world cup.

 

[Langeveldt]

Stephen Flemings 134* against Sth Africa in the 2002 WC is got be up there with DL system applied, and his innings interrupted a number of times + a do or die match for NZ to advance further in the comp.

1st delay 15 mins lost, New Zealand score on 76/0 after 12 overs
2nd delay 11 mins lost, New Zealand score 97/1 after 15 overs
3rd delay 52 mins lost, New Zealand score 182/1 after 30.2 overs

Thats what knocked us out of the world cup, not some poxy D/L calculation in Durban.. One of the greatest innings ever played..

 

[Hit4Six]

pontings in WC
sachin's 98 of 75 balls vs pak
anwars 194
ganguly's 183~!

 

[xan_pro]

well what about stephen fleming's 100+ against south africa in the 2003 world cup chasing a 300+

 

[deeps]

i think afridi's 100 of 35 balls deserves a mention

 

[Swervy]

i think afridi's 100 of 35 balls deserves a mention

it deserves a mention..where did he score that..wasnt it somewhere like Singapore..small boundaries!!!!!??????

 

[Sanz]

Every excellent performance by a subcontinent player has to be perfect, doesn't it ? Let's see some common excuses to write off excellent batting performances of subcontinent players :-

1. It was scored at Singpore
2. It was scored at Sharjah
3. It was scored in subcontinent
4. It was scored in ODI i.e. flat track
5..It was scored against a weak team,
6. It was scored against a strong team but their main bowler(s) was/were out
7. It was scored against a strong team with all their main bowlers in but they were out of form
8. It was against a strong team, with all the main bowlers form, the batsman just got lucky.
9. It was scored without pressure, it had to be in the second innings when 9 wickets are down team needing 400+ runs to win
10.If you are running out of creative excuses go back to 4 and LOOP.

 

[Swervy]

Every excellent performance by a subcontinent player has to be perfect, doesn't it ? Let's see some common excuses to write of an excellent batting performances of subcontinent players :-

1. It was scored at Singpore
2. It was scored at Sharjah
3. It was scored in subcontinent
4. It was scored in ODI i.e. flat track
5..It was scored against a weak team,
6. It was scored against a strong team but their main bowler(s) was/were out
7. It was scored against a strong team with all their main bowlers in but they were out of form
8. It was against a strong team, with all the main bowlers form, the batsman just got lucky.
9. It was scored without pressure, it had to be in the second innings when 9 wickets are down team needing 400+ runs to win
10.If you are running out of creative excuses go back to 4 and LOOP.

yep you got it in one ...



well some of them are valid points...it tends to be easier to score quickly on grounds that are tiny...a big score on a dodgy wicket is better than one on a flat track where everyone scores hundreds...a hundred vs a team with **** bowlers tends to be worth not much compared to a century vs great bowlers..
it just so happens that two of the innings mentioned here (Dev vs Zimbabwe, and Afridi on a small gound (actually it was a Nairobi not Singapore)) kind of fit these categories...

looking at a list of fastest 100's in ODI's, the first one of real note was Azurs vs NZ, coming in at a bad time, and killing NZ in the late 80's

The next one has to be Davisons 100 vs WI for canada

Next one, Basit Ali vs a good WI attack....the top 3 on the list(Afridi, Jaya and Lara, well I think the envirnment/opposition left a lot to be desired)

 

[Sanz]

Chris Cairns v South Africa 102* at the Gabba in January 2002 - was a corker!

I would rate Cairns century in Nairobi in the ICC KO final higher than the above.

 

[Kweek]

K J Van Noortwijk Not out 134 balls: 124
2nd time i was proud of my team. and proud to be dutch.
(1st time was seeing my trainer hit 60something against india )

 

[Sanz]

a hundred vs a team with **** bowlers tends to be worth not much compared to a century vs great bowlers..

Yet you consider Ponting's inning in World Cup in your top 3 . I am sure Srinath, Zaheer, Nehra & Harbhajan are all time great bowlers in your book.

 

[Swervy]

Yet you consider Ponting's inning in World Cup in your top 3 . I am sure Srinath, Zaheer, Nehra & Harbhajan are all time great bowlers in your book.

but the occasion is a part of it as well...and lets face it, no matter how badly India actually bowled, the Aussies did a great job on them (and India were in great form with the ball in the WC)...btw i do consider Srinath and Harbhjan as top class bowlers