Top 10 ODI Innings of All time

[thierry henry]

Fleming's South Africa innings in WC '03...NZ were chasing 300+ in a must win WC game against a team that always beats us, and he smashed them to all parts and won us the game. Unfortunately the Duckworth Lewis permutations have cheapened it in some people's eyes, but to me it was as good as chasing 300.

 

[neutralguy]

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.

Excellent post.My personal favourite is gangulys 183 against srilanka in taunton in 1996 world cup where india made some 380 odd.India were in severe pressure then to qualify for supersixes for which they have to compulsorily win this match against lanka. And what a performance from ganguly. After 100 he was simply unstoppable and each shot he played looked as though it would fetch him a 4 0r 6. Most terrific batting i have ever seen.Waugh's 120 against south africa in world cup 1999 was also classy under high pressure.

 

[Slats4ever]

sit's here amazed that more mentioned hasn't been made of the games greatest OD chaser Michael Bevan. There have been three or four amazing knocks where he's pulled Australia from the grave.

 

[Kumar_42]

sit's here amazed that more mentioned hasn't been made of the games greatest OD chaser Michael Bevan. There have been three or four amazing knocks where he's pulled Australia from the grave.

the innings back in the 1995/6 Benson and Hedges series where he scored a must get boundary off the last ball of the match for Australia to beat the West Indies (and in the process I think carrying Australia to the finals) springs to mind immediately.

 

[Cloete]

Yeah Bevan's the best ODI chaser in the history of the game as far as I'm concerned. Some amazing innings from an amazing cricketer!

Here aer some of his best:

4 Off the last ball

79* v Pakistan, Aus win in the last over

Chasing 285 Bevan gets 103 off 95. Aus win in last over.

Bevan hits 71 against India, Aus win in last over

Bevan hits 107 to steer Aus home chasning 243

Bevan hits 87* chasing 265 to win in 3rd last over. Aus were 6-202

Bevan hits 74* chasing 208 and winning in the last over. 2 of Aus FOW were 4-48 and 8-135.

These are only some of his many innings he made chasing. He made many more 50's, but these are the most important.

Michael Bevan.... best One Day International batsman ever!

 

[Zinzan]

Most unlikely great innings........

Chris Harris's 130 off 122 balls against Australia in the quarter final 96 world-cup. Harris came in at No.4 or 5 from memory with NZ around 16 for 3.

He proceeded to take to Warne and Mcgrath.

He has since never played an innings even close to that.

 

[Eclipse]

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.

half of them are quite valid reasons though..

 

[Zinzan]

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.

A pathetic and very cynical view.

The above excuses and/or considerations are used against All players, Sub-continent or not.

That pot smoking is no good for your paranoia

 

[Cloete]

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.

Or perhaps you are much too quick to promote Sub-Continent batsmen? Hm... no that couldn't be it!

 

[Dasa]

Or perhaps you are much too quick to promote Sub-Continent batsmen? Hm... no that couldn't be it!

..and where has he been promoting subcontinental batsmen over others? Nowhere... it's just a trend, people seem to be quick to denigrate the achievements of the subcontinental batsmen when compared to others.

 

[Zinzan]

..and where has he been promoting subcontinental batsmen over others? Nowhere... it's just a trend, people seem to be quick to denigrate the achievements of the subcontinental batsmen when compared to others.

What absolute Rubbish !!!

Obviously you've been smoking some pretty good pot too. Your paranoid.

Where have Sehwag and Dravid been critised recently??

 

[Cloete]

..and where has he been promoting subcontinental batsmen over others? Nowhere... it's just a trend, people seem to be quick to denigrate the achievements of the subcontinental batsmen when compared to others.

No they don't. They're simply quick to get to the truth.

I mean things like comparing Anwar's innings of 194 to Lara's 400 is just ludicrous. Why do they think Anwar's innings is better... oh that's right, because he's a Pakistani.

Of course there are some people who will over criticise the Sub-Continent players but in most cases peopel are just listing the facts.

 

[Deja moo]

yes he alone knocked sth africa outta the world cup.

Dont kid yourself....Sri Lanka ( with some help from Messrs D and L) did

 

[The Argonaut]

Another one that comes to mind is Dean Jones getting 143 or 145 against England at the Gabba. It was run a ball to the hundred and I think he faced 10-15 balls for the rest. I was there and it was breathtaking to watch. Boundaries and great running between the wickets.

 

[slugger]

according to the way the D/L system works fleming was still chasing sth africa total, and if you've read his views on his innings he knew the weather was going to play a part no matter what. he competed against more than just the bowling team,!!! also C.McMillan opened with him, he could have sent out astle, but he took it upon himself to win.

dont cheapen his innings.

 

[Deja moo]

according to the way the D/L system works fleming was still chasing sth africa total, and if you've read his views on his innings he knew the weather was going to play a part no matter what. he competed against more than just the bowling team,!!! also C.McMillan opened with him, he could have sent out astle, but he took it upon himself to win.

dont cheapen his innings.

I'm not. It just seems strange to me that people rate his innings ( as they should) but do not mention Atapattus innings the next match which was almost just as good IMO ( albiet it was made batting first).

 

[honestbharani]

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.

I didn't even suggest that it was amongst the top 10 ODI innings. At least, I didn't mean to say that. All I said was that it deserved a mention while discussing these innings because it showed the man's character. There must be about a 100 innings better than that for pure cricketing reasons, but I still think it deserved a mention in this thread (sorta like an honourable mention) while discussing the great innings in ODIs.

 

[Kumar_42]

I'm not. It just seems strange to me that people rate his innings ( as they should) but do not mention Atapattus innings the next match which was almost just as good IMO ( albiet it was made batting first).

good point. That innings was all the more satisfying/enjoyable from a Sri Lankan perspective when put in context with their tough ODI series in SAfr (where I think they lost the series and Marvan was out of form) just prior to the cup.

 

[honestbharani]

I think the innings by Yuvraj against Australia at Brisbane deserves a mention too. It is not often that a no.5 scores 139 against Australia in Australia (albeit against a McGrathless attack)

 

[marc71178]

half of them are quite valid reasons though..

That's irrelevant though Eclipse - don't let the facts ruin a good rant!