Top 10 ODI Innings of All time

[Sanz]

half of them are quite valid reasons though..

Really !!

 

[Jono]

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.

He specifically said for 'emotional reasons'. Calm down there Jimmy.

Also did you ever notice that in your signature, you spell 'overrate' as 'overate'?

 

[Sanz]

That pot smoking is no good for your paranoia

I guess someone is talking from his experience. anyways thanks for the advice (not that I will need it)

 

[Jono]

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)

That was actually in Sydney. Laxman scored the ton in Brisbane, and India won that game. The Sydney match was the game where Yuvraj and Laxman both scored tons, and got 300+ but rain shortened the game and Brett Lee hit the 6 off the third last ball (I think) in the Balaji over. Lee and Bichel then took a single to win the game for Australia with one ball to spare.

But yes that was a very good knock. He played brilliantly and IMO was better than his Natwest Series game, in which he also played extremely well.

 

[Sanz]

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

Perhaps you could show me where I have tried that.

 

[SJS]

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!

Bevan has some terrific one day performances. His condtribution to one day cricket has been the perfection of the art of scoring at a fair clip WITHOUT taking undue risk. Unfortunately the world has yet to learn from his methods. If he was a stroke player like Sachin or Richards, then this combined with his remarkable adaptaion would have made him the greatest one day player ever.

As it is, I dont think he deserves this accolade, his batting average in ODI's not with standing.

Richards with 31 MOM awards in 187 matches and Sachin with 50 in 347 have clearly played a much larger decicive roles in more games and a larger proportion of games than Bevan with his 12 MOM awards in 232 games.

 

[Sanz]

What absolute Rubbish !!!

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

Where have Sehwag and Dravid been critised recently??

Although I have no first hand experience of smoking(dont smoke) such stuff but your post do suggest that you have been smoking some serious stuff.

We are not talking about Players' forms but their achievements such as a 100 run innings or a match winning score etc. Hope that helps.

 

[Jono]

Bevan certainly has played some absolutely brilliant knocks in his career. I feel priveleged that I've witnessed his career, especially his 4 off the last ball back in 1996. I remember that like it was yesterday, and I was quite young at the time, but I was at a New Year Party and remember watching one awesome game of cricket.

However since he was 'dropped' by that WI bowler who claimed the catch when he dropped it, I guess that knock is 'worthless'.

 

[Sanz]

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.

Dude If Michael Slater or some other sh!t batsman from australia/NZ/WI/Eng/SA had scored 194 runs in timbuktoo against an attack worse than BD, he would have been declared the Bradman of ODIs and the innings would have been all time great, but since Saeed did it, it has to be qualifed with moronic arguments like 'It was with a runner', 'it was in subcontinent', 'it was against poor attack', 'it was not chanceless', 'Saeed was lucky' and blah blah blah. There is a very good chance that 90% of these people haven't watched his 194.

BTW Not many people on this thread have said that Anwar's 194 was better than Lara's 400.

 

[BlackCap_Fan]

This innings by Cairns against South Africa.

And,

This one.

 

[psxpro]

Bevan's innings are the best imo, his rescues are amazing. Easily the best odi batsman ever.

Other non- bevan innings that stand out for me-

Ponting's world cup final knock, amazing
Cairns's innings in the icc final and vs southafrica in 2001 vb series
Fleming's 134 vs sa at the world cup
De silva's World cup 96 final innings
Razzaq's innings vs NZ last year at wellington, Pkaistan had already lost the series, but it was great to watch, pakistan still lost the match tho.

 

[Zinzan]

Although I have no first hand experience of smoking(dont smoke) such stuff but your post do suggest that you have been smoking some serious stuff.

We are not talking about Players' forms but their achievements such as a 100 run innings or a match winning score etc. Hope that helps.

Why don't you simply provide some evidence of bias against the achievements of sub-continent players on this forum as opposed to just making these outragous allegations??

 

[tooextracool]

He specifically said for 'emotional reasons'. Calm down there Jimmy.

the thread asks for the top 10 innings of all time, theres no place for innings of personal benefit or what not, because it has no relevance in the thread. and if you take a look at his scores for the rest of the series, you might just wonder whether he was actually fazed by the death.

Also did you ever notice that in your signature, you spell 'overrate' as 'overate'?

yes well spotted sherlock. its been said a million times before too, and if you really thought i cared, i would have decided to change it.

 

[aussie]

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

right you are mate, that innnings was an absolute gem byt big chris cairns

 

[aussie]

going back to topic my top 5 are:

1.Richards 189 againts ENG
2.Ponting hundred in the last WC final
3.Symonds 143 againts Pakistan
4.Anwars 194 in chennai
5.LLyods hundred in the 1st WC Final

these were all top class knocks

 

[Cloete]

Bevan has some terrific one day performances. His condtribution to one day cricket has been the perfection of the art of scoring at a fair clip WITHOUT taking undue risk. Unfortunately the world has yet to learn from his methods. If he was a stroke player like Sachin or Richards, then this combined with his remarkable adaptaion would have made him the greatest one day player ever.

As it is, I dont think he deserves this accolade, his batting average in ODI's not with standing.

Richards with 31 MOM awards in 187 matches and Sachin with 50 in 347 have clearly played a much larger decicive roles in more games and a larger proportion of games than Bevan with his 12 MOM awards in 232 games.

Agreed. But I don't think it's fair to compare them in terms of man of the match awards, given bevan batted at 5, 6 or 7 his only real chance of obtaining those awards was chasing, or rescuing Australia with a 50-80 if they collpased in the 1st innings (which didn't really happen alot throuighout his career).

He probably deserves to be called the best ODI chaser in the history of the game and Richards the best ODI batsman of all time.

It's difficult to compare Sachin and Bevan given one bats 1,2 or 3 and the other 5,6 or 7. I think both can be given the title of 2nd best ODI batsman ever.

 

[honestbharani]

the thread asks for the top 10 innings of all time, theres no place for innings of personal benefit or what not, because it has no relevance in the thread. and if you take a look at his scores for the rest of the series, you might just wonder whether he was actually fazed by the death.



yes well spotted sherlock. its been said a million times before too, and if you really thought i cared, i would have decided to change it.

That is YOUR OPINION....... That is the keyword here. IDK how it works in England but in India, in the urban middle class families, the relationships are pretty close. I can (to some extent) imagine how close Sachin would have been to his dad... He was their last kid and they are always pretty special to their parents and his dad was one guy who always encouraged him to play cricket (his mom didn't) and it would have been shattering for him when his dad passed away and to come back after just one day and play that knock was unforgettable TO ME. The greatest battle a man can win is against his own emotions and that is why it was special. If you think it is no big deal, then it is just your opinion. Don't do this POLICING THING of what everyone posts. Atleast, I mentioned one or two innings there. How many times have you actually responded to a thread without commenting on other people's posts?

 

[Adamc]

Sunny Gavaskar's epic in the first WC match: http://www.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/WORLD_CUPS/WC75/ENG_IND_WC75_ODI1_07JUN1975.html

 

[LongHopCassidy]

Bevan has some terrific one day performances. His condtribution to one day cricket has been the perfection of the art of scoring at a fair clip WITHOUT taking undue risk. Unfortunately the world has yet to learn from his methods. If he was a stroke player like Sachin or Richards, then this combined with his remarkable adaptaion would have made him the greatest one day player ever.

As it is, I dont think he deserves this accolade, his batting average in ODI's not with standing.

Richards with 31 MOM awards in 187 matches and Sachin with 50 in 347 have clearly played a much larger decicive roles in more games and a larger proportion of games than Bevan with his 12 MOM awards in 232 games.

MOM awards aside, I would rather have Bevan in my side chasing 250 on an uneven wicket when the chips were down. Bevan's job was to get Australia home; be it getting 20 not out and shielding the tail from the strike bowlers, or nudging his way to a hundred without the opposition even noticing. If he batted at 3 he would no doubt hold the record for most 150s in ODIs. A player doesn't have to smash bowlers to the boundary to be valuable.

 

[veeru2810]

hmm let me give this a shot

1. Sachin's Sandstorm innings vs. Australia ...haven't seen anything better....134
2. Steve Waugh vs. SA in '99 WC... 120(?)
3. Aravinda DeSilva vs Aus. in '96 WC final... 107*
4. Sourav Ganguly vs. SL in '99 WC... 183
5. Chris Cairs vs India in '00 ICC trophy... 102*
6. Sachin vs. Pakistan in '03 WC..... 98
7. Brian Lara vs Pakistan at sharjah.... 169
8. Sourav Ganguly vs Pakistan at Dhaka... 124
9. Jayasuriya vs India in Sharjah...189
10. Shahid Afridi vs SL in Nairobi...102(? fastest 100)