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Top 10 ODI Innings of All time

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tooextracool

International Coach
SJS said:
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.
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the thing that most people seem to forget about bevan is that he was more than capable of scoring at a fair pace and his 103 off 95 balls against SA chasing 284 is a perfect example of that, his 83 off 79 against pakistan in pak is another. people use the fact that he was such a sensible player against him, for example when he scored 75 off 125 balls on a seamer friendly wicket chasing 200 odd, it was actually a brilliant inning in the circumstances even if it came at a SR of 60. and there were times when he did do exactly that, for instance his 79 off 142 balls against pakistan in 97 was made chasing 181, no surprise who won with 3 balls to spare either.

with regards to MOM's well thats really a foolish way to compare any player. an MOM award means nothing especially with the way they're given out. you could bet your life that a person who scores a 65 odd on a seamer friendly wicket where the teams overall total is 180, wont get the MOM. rather it would go to the bowler who took 5 wickets, even though his contribution was considerably less. and really do you expect bevan to get many MOM's batting at 6? because it largely required the entire aussie top order to fail for him to do so.his 50 that saw australia home still gave mark waugh the MOM for scoring his 80 odd at the start, even if he got out at a time when he really needed to stay.
theres never been a more perfect ODI player than bevan, and there never will be. the fact that he could play every sort of innings in every situation only emphasises that. if anyone ever plays an innings remotely near as good as his 185* off 132 balls chasing 320 against an Asian XI in any form of the game i'd be extremely surprised indeed.
 
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Cloete

Cloete

International Captain
tooextracool said:
the thing that most people seem to forget about bevan is that he was more than capable of scoring at a fair pace and his 103 off 95 balls against SA chasing 284 is a perfect example of that, his 83 off 79 against pakistan in pak is another. people use the fact that he was such a sensible player against him, for example when he scored 75 off 125 balls on a seamer friendly wicket chasing 200 odd, it was actually a brilliant inning in the circumstances even if it came at a SR of 60. and there were times when he did do exactly that, for instance his 79 off 142 balls against pakistan in 97 was made chasing 181, no surprise who with with 3 balls to spare either.

with regards to MOM's well thats really a foolish way to compare any player. an MOM award means nothing especially with the way they're given out. you could bet your life that a person who scores a 65 odd on a seamer friendly wicket where the teams overall total is 180, wont get the MOM. rather it would go to the bowler who took 5 wickets, even though his contribution was considerably less. and really do you expect bevan to get many MOM's batting at 6? because it largely required the entire aussie top order to fail for him to do so.his 50 that saw australia home still gave mark waugh the MOM for scoring his 80 odd at the start, even if he got out at a time when he really needed to stay.
theres never been a more perfect ODI player than bevan, and there never will be. the fact that he could play every sort of innings in every situation only emphasises that. if anyone ever plays an innings remotely near as good as his 185* off 132 balls chasing 320 against an Asian XI in any form of the game i'd be extremely surprised indeed.
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That's what I was tring to say... in a round about way... a very round about way. ;)

Very well put TEC! I just think it's so unfortunate Bevan's career ended in such a dispicable way... he's a better player than Clarke will ever be!
 
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GladiatrsInBlue

Banned
Deja moo said:
Inspired by the discussion re: Anwar 194.

Off the top of my head, in no particular order for now :

Viv Richards 189 in the WC
Pontings 141 in the WC
Sachins 143 and 134 vs Autralia in Sharjah (the twin desert innings's)
Jayasuriyas 189 vs India in Sharjah
Anwars 194
Symonds' 143(?) vs Pakistan in the WC
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Dhoni's 148 should be on top. Others i can think of are Sachin's century in final of a tour played in Sharjah.
 
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tooextracool

International Coach
honestbharani said:
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?
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i have done so several times actually, if you'd take the care to notice. and if you simply posted without commenting on others, then anybody could come on here and post absolute garbage and still say that its his opinion and he thought it was right. the point of this forum in the first place is to stimulate arguments and debates, instead of just agreeing with what someone else says even though its so obvious that that person has no clue what hes talking about.
innings of personal satisfaction(to a player or anyone else) dont make any top 10 list, i think thats fairly obvious even to you. the innings that make the top 10 list are the ones that matter the most to the team, and to the country as a whole. and as far as winning the battle against his own emotions is concerned, if that were the case he wouldnt have been as poor as he was throughout the rest of the series had he won the battle(not that you can blame him for that of course). all that suggests to me is how poor kenya were as a team back then, the 100 didnt mean anything to ME at all, in fact he showed greater character by actually PLAYING THE GAME than by scoring the runs.
 
Cloete

Cloete

International Captain
GladiatrsInBlue said:
Dhoni's 148 should be on top. Others i can think of are Sachin's century in final of a tour played in Sharjah.
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LOL! :laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh:

Please tell me you're joking?
 
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tooextracool

International Coach
Cloete said:
That's what I was tring to say... in a round about way... a very round about way. ;)

Very well put TEC! I just think it's so unfortunate Bevan's career ended in such a dispicable way... he's a better player than Clarke will ever be!
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cant believe you mistook me for SJS!!
although i must say that bevan is a better player than anyone in the australian side will ever be :p
 
Cloete

Cloete

International Captain
tooextracool said:
cant believe you mistook me for SJS!!
although i must say that bevan is a better player than anyone in the australian side will ever be :p
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Sorry I was talking on MSN and thinking about that while posting and had a brain explosion.

In my post to Gadiatrs I said please tell me you're laughing rather than joking as well.

Please forgive me :happy:
 
FaaipDeOiad

FaaipDeOiad

Hall of Fame Member
GladiatrsInBlue said:
Dhoni's 148 should be on top. Others i can think of are Sachin's century in final of a tour played in Sharjah.
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You honestly believe that Dhoni's innings is better than Richards' 189, Ponting's hundred in the WC final and Symond's 143 to bring his side back from the dead against Pakistan?

I think perhaps you deserve the stamp as the single most biased member of this forum.
 
honestbharani

honestbharani

Whatever it takes!!!
tooextracool said:
i have done so several times actually, if you'd take the care to notice. and if you simply posted without commenting on others, then anybody could come on here and post absolute garbage and still say that its his opinion and he thought it was right. the point of this forum in the first place is to stimulate arguments and debates, instead of just agreeing with what someone else says even though its so obvious that that person has no clue what hes talking about.
innings of personal satisfaction(to a player or anyone else) dont make any top 10 list, i think thats fairly obvious even to you. the innings that make the top 10 list are the ones that matter the most to the team, and to the country as a whole. and as far as winning the battle against his own emotions is concerned, if that were the case he wouldnt have been as poor as he was throughout the rest of the series had he won the battle(not that you can blame him for that of course). all that suggests to me is how poor kenya were as a team back then, the 100 didnt mean anything to ME at all, in fact he showed greater character by actually PLAYING THE GAME than by scoring the runs.
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No, I don't think it is wrong commenting on others' posts... It is just wrong to keep doing it all the time. I haven't seen you name one innings in this thread and it asks for the 10 top ODI innings. It is the same in most world XI thread etc. Maybe I overreacted there, but the point is I ACTUALLY agree with you. If he had scored only a 50 in that match, I would have rated that knock just as high as this one. I think it was a special innings, even if he had only made 50 or 30.. Of course, a 100 is higher than a 50 and it makes just a little bit better too......
 
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tooextracool

International Coach
honestbharani said:
No, I don't think it is wrong commenting on others' posts... It is just wrong to keep doing it all the time. I haven't seen you name one innings in this thread and it asks for the 10 top ODI innings. It is the same in most world XI thread etc. Maybe I overreacted there, but the point is I ACTUALLY agree with you. If he had scored only a 50 in that match, I would have rated that knock just as high as this one. I think it was a special innings, even if he had only made 50 or 30.. Of course, a 100 is higher than a 50 and it makes just a little bit better too......
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i actually mentioned 3 innings of bevan that i thought were top class. i would have of course mentioned a lot more, but given that threads like these happen every other weak i really get tired of posting the same ones over and over again.
same thing with the world XI threads too......
 
capt_Luffy

capt_Luffy

Cricketer Of The Year
Top 5 on the top of my head:

Glenn Maxwell 201* vs Afghanistan
Viv Richards 189* vs England
Kapil Dev 175* vs Zimbabwe
Adam Gilchrist 149* vs Sri Lanka

The 5th one is the toughest..... So many close competitors...... Let's just go for now with

Saeed Anwar 194 vs India
 
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HouHsiaoHsien

International Debutant
capt_Luffy said:
Top 5 on the top of my head:

Glenn Maxwell 201* vs Afghanistan
Viv Richards 189* vs England
Kapil Dev 175* vs Zimbabwe
Adam Gilchrist 149* vs Sri Lanka

The 5th one is the toughest..... So many close competitors...... Let's just go for now with

Saeed Anwar 194 vs India
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Top 3 agreed, would take Lloyd’s 102 in the original WC final above Gilly very very marginally, since it was a rescue and counterattack knock in one, really ahead of his era SR wise, and against a deadly attack of Lillee, Gilmour and Thomson. Plus he had the captaincy pressure as well. However when it comes to the battle of the final innings, either of Gilly, Lloyd and Aravinda are a far pick(and Head also. Head’s knock is also an ATG ODI one, against one of the most in form attacks ever, away from home against a hosting side in ATG form , again rescue as well as counterattack).
 
capt_Luffy

capt_Luffy

Cricketer Of The Year
HouHsiaoHsien said:
Top 3 agreed, would take Lloyd’s 102 in the original WC final above Gilly very very marginally, since it was a rescue and counterattack knock in one, really ahead of his era SR wise, and against a deadly attack of Lillee, Gilmour and Thomson. Plus he had the captaincy pressure as well. However when it comes to the battle of the final innings, either of Gilly, Lloyd and Aravinda are a far pick(and Head also. Head’s knock is also an ATG ODI one, against one of the most in form attacks ever, away from home against a hosting side in ATG form , again rescue as well as counterattack).
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Head was brilliant, but imo the match situation and subsequent batting conditions and Indian bowling after the very first few overs; doesn't comes any where close to Top 10 (let alone 5) for me. Won't necessarily call it ATG as well really.
 
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howitzer

State Captain
IMO the Gilchrist 149*, the Lloyd 102 and the Waugh 120 being discussed elsewhere on the forum have pretty much equal claims on the fourth spot.
 
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