luckyeddie
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I would place yesterdays offering be Herschelle Gibbs ahead of the one by Symonds
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Bazza
International 12th Man
I dunno. I mean Gibbs is having a great time of it. He has been in marvellous form for some time now and that pitch was a belter. I also got the impression the New Zealand attack wilted somewhat.
Andrew Symonds was under alot of pressure. His team were in trouble and he was under fire because many people thought he shouldn't be in the squad, let alone the team. He made a rather sizeable point to his critics.
Andrew Symonds was under alot of pressure. His team were in trouble and he was under fire because many people thought he shouldn't be in the squad, let alone the team. He made a rather sizeable point to his critics.
krkode
State Captain
Although I have seen none of these centuries on TV/Live, on paper, I'd definitely rate the best centuries like this:
Fleming's 134 - whata knock! That century changed NZ's fate in this world cup
Lara's 116 - completely changed that match
Symond's 143* - also completely made up for the top order collapse
Styris's 141* - It was a superb hundred despite his team having lost. A one man effort
Fleming's 134 - whata knock! That century changed NZ's fate in this world cup
Lara's 116 - completely changed that match
Symond's 143* - also completely made up for the top order collapse
Styris's 141* - It was a superb hundred despite his team having lost. A one man effort
Tim
Cricketer Of The Year
Fleming - No previous batting form, opening against the South Africans at the Wanderers with 30 000 fans jeering you chasing a target of 306. Pretty much a flawless innings apart from the dropped catch on 53.
Gibbs - Well in most matches his century would have won South Africa the match, streaky at first but absolutely brutal towards the end of his innings.
Lara - His century pretty much lead the West Indies to the opening match win over South Africa. A terrific century when he's been out of a cricket for awhile with a serious illness.
Symonds - Came in under pressure when Australia had lost a few wickets, already under pressure from Australia fans for always under-performing. Symonds played a fantastic knock against one of the world's best fast bowling attacks & has kept his chances of staying in the Aussie ODI team alive.
Styris - Styris was unfortunate that NZ lost because not much coverage was given of this century. Never really known to make big scores but this one was out of the top draw & his attack on Murali at the end was great to watch. If NZ had won the match this century would have been of huge importance.
Jayasuriya - Another brutal knock from Jayasuriya, at times you got the feeling he'd get out but he made sure he hit the ball very hard & was probably the reason why Sri Lanka beat New Zealand.
Wishart - A fantastic innings from a player, people know little about, however recognition will never be that high because it was against Namibia.
Jayasuriya
Wishart
Gibbs - Well in most matches his century would have won South Africa the match, streaky at first but absolutely brutal towards the end of his innings.
Lara - His century pretty much lead the West Indies to the opening match win over South Africa. A terrific century when he's been out of a cricket for awhile with a serious illness.
Symonds - Came in under pressure when Australia had lost a few wickets, already under pressure from Australia fans for always under-performing. Symonds played a fantastic knock against one of the world's best fast bowling attacks & has kept his chances of staying in the Aussie ODI team alive.
Styris - Styris was unfortunate that NZ lost because not much coverage was given of this century. Never really known to make big scores but this one was out of the top draw & his attack on Murali at the end was great to watch. If NZ had won the match this century would have been of huge importance.
Jayasuriya - Another brutal knock from Jayasuriya, at times you got the feeling he'd get out but he made sure he hit the ball very hard & was probably the reason why Sri Lanka beat New Zealand.
Wishart - A fantastic innings from a player, people know little about, however recognition will never be that high because it was against Namibia.
Jayasuriya
Wishart
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krkode
State Captain
I think most people said that on the grounds that it was made against a very week team.Rik said:
Personally, my own rankings were on the basis of quality under pressure rather than quality of the innings itself, as I think the former matters more in a WC match...
If I had to rate all the centuries of this world cup so far and not just the top few, my last would be Gibbs - as good as the innings was, it couldn't shift the match.
krkode
State Captain
Maybe the Namibians learnt from their mistakesRik said:
True that Wishart's was a good century, but the others were great...
Ones like Fleming's and Lara's were just instrumental in their teams' successes...If eventually Zim make it to the super 6, people will tend to credit it to England's forfeit rather than this knock, which is sad
Tim
Cricketer Of The Year
Im my mind, World Cup centuries are more about significance rather than quality.
Yes its great to see a player hit 179* but in the end it wasn't really a significant match for Zimbabwe whereas Fleming's 134* probably saved NZ's skins & instead has given them a good chance of getting into the Super Six.
Yes its great to see a player hit 179* but in the end it wasn't really a significant match for Zimbabwe whereas Fleming's 134* probably saved NZ's skins & instead has given them a good chance of getting into the Super Six.
full_length
U19 Vice-Captain
Harbhajan will soon be on this list.
marc71178
Eyes not spreadsheets
But Zimbabwe would've beaten Namibia without that knock - the 4 points they've "earnt" for beating England are a bonus.krkode said:Maybe the Namibians learnt from their mistakes
True that Wishart's was a good century, but the others were great...
Ones like Fleming's and Lara's were just instrumental in their teams' successes...If eventually Zim make it to the super 6, people will tend to credit it to England's forfeit rather than this knock, which is sad
krkode
State Captain
That's what makes it not so special. True that they gain some NRR from that, and if they squeeze through to the next round on terms of NRR AND their English win, people will only claim that England could've lowered their NRR and they wouldn't have made it and/or England could've beaten them and they wouldn't have made it...:wow:
Bazza
International 12th Man
Lets face it Zimbabwe may well qualify but I think 99% of cricket followers would recognise that if England played them we would have won and they wouldn't have qualified.
Wishart's ton was against Namibia, plain and simple. I'm afraid it doesn't deserve as much praise as 'under pressure' tons from the likes of Fleming, Lara, Symonds.
Styris' was a magnificent effort but true because NZ still lost it counts for little at the end of the day, and same for Gibbs, though his was also on a belter of a track for mine, so more discredit there. Still to score 143 at more than a run a ball against New Zealand is impressive.
Jayasuriya's was very good actually when you consider Tillekeratne and Styris were the only others to get any runs in that match, but typical of the way he plays he offers chances and so you can discredit that innings by saying it was 'chancey' (I'm sure that isn't a real word but you know what I mean!!).
Wishart's ton was against Namibia, plain and simple. I'm afraid it doesn't deserve as much praise as 'under pressure' tons from the likes of Fleming, Lara, Symonds.
Styris' was a magnificent effort but true because NZ still lost it counts for little at the end of the day, and same for Gibbs, though his was also on a belter of a track for mine, so more discredit there. Still to score 143 at more than a run a ball against New Zealand is impressive.
Jayasuriya's was very good actually when you consider Tillekeratne and Styris were the only others to get any runs in that match, but typical of the way he plays he offers chances and so you can discredit that innings by saying it was 'chancey' (I'm sure that isn't a real word but you know what I mean!!).
full_length
U19 Vice-Captain
I was kidding about Bhajji :rolleyes:
If you can discount Jayasurya's ton for being chanceless, discount Lara's because he got dropped off the first ball.
Lara's rates highest for me so far because of the situation he walked into and the way he had to struggle apart from the high quality of his strokeplay.
From the very first few balls he got so much closer to the line of the ball than the two openers who looked completely out of it. And it went on..
If you can discount Jayasurya's ton for being chanceless, discount Lara's because he got dropped off the first ball.
Lara's rates highest for me so far because of the situation he walked into and the way he had to struggle apart from the high quality of his strokeplay.
From the very first few balls he got so much closer to the line of the ball than the two openers who looked completely out of it. And it went on..