Hi folks! We all have a fancy lot of statistics, don’t we? Don’t you constantly keep an eye on the ICC rankings to see whether our very own Virat is at the top of the pile among ODI batsmen, or whether Ravindra Jadeja is among the best all-rounders in the world? To satiate our hunger for these statistics, SPORTZWIKI presents to you an all-new section ‘STATS’ in which we would cover the most interesting stats in the cricketing world. Today, we look at SPORTZWIKI’S Top 10 ODI batsmen with maximum 50+ scores. best captain in indian cricket history
Batting at the highest level in international cricket is not just about talent and ability, but a whole range of attributes which make a batsman sustain the rigours of international cricket over the years – the biggest of which is resilience, the desire to hang in there and put a price on your wicket. Innovation and reinventing yourself as a batsman is equally important to succeed at the highest level and each of the batsmen in this illustrious list of Top 10 ODI batsmen with maximum 50+ scores in ODI cricket have excelled in all these attributes. fastest 400 wickets in test
Let’s take a look at the list of SPORTZWIKI’S Top 10 ODI batsmen with maximum 50+ scores.
10. Brian Lara
Coming in at the No. 10 position scores is West Indies legend Brian Lara. This man from Trinidad was capable of executing the most elegant drives one is likely to see on a cricket field and his wristy batting style made him one of the very best on the leg-side. Among his 82 scores of 50 or more runs in international cricket is a simply exquisite 400 not out against England in Antigua in 2004. He is the only batsman to have ever scored a hundred, a double century, a triple century, a quadruple century and a quintuple century in first class games over the course of a senior career. Top player!
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By the time Mahela Jayawardene calls it a day, he will have assembled a truly glittering cricketing career and would go down in the sport’s history as one of the most consistent and classy stroke-makers. The former Sri Lankan captain has been one of the architects of Sri Lanka’s steep rise as one of modern cricket’s strongest outfits with 86 scores beyond the 50 mark. And his strokes have a touch of class about them which makes him one of the most elegant batsmen of his generation.
Inzi may not have been the quickest runner between the wickets, and certainly never bothered to pay heed to his weight, but he was a class apart as a batsman in all formats of the game. The Pakistani legend makes his way into the 8th position in SPORTZWIKI’S Top 10 ODI batsmen with maximum 50+ scores with 93 scores of 50 and above. Inzi had a calm head on his shoulders and his silky strokes and timing made him a delight to watch.
Rahul Dravid hailed him as the “God of the offside” and indeed he was. There have been very few stroke-makers in the history of the game as good as India’s talismanic batsman Sourav Ganguly. ‘Dada’ relied on timing and placement to find the gaps on the offside and was particularly severe on left-arm spinners as he charged down the wicket to dispatch them into the stands. The greatest innings he played? ’99 World Cup at Taunton against Sri Lanka. Treat to the eyes.
6. Rahul Dravid
Rahul ‘Jammy’ Dravid was the most technically gifted batsman India has ever seen. So often India’s mainstay in the longer format of the game, Dravid honed his skills to become an equally effective ODI player and proved that even the orthodox batsmen can be successful in the limited overs format of cricket. And his 95 scores are more than a sign that Dravid was an outstanding ODI player in addition to his exploits in tests.
Sanath Jayasuriya may have tried his hand at several other things, none more exciting than his short stint on the Indian dance reality show ‘Jhalak Dikhla Jaa’, but what the former Sri Lankan opening batsman knows best is to dispatch the bowlers to all corners of the cricket ground. Jayasuriya’s drives could pierce any off-side field and his hooks and pulls were unmatchable.
The Sri Lankan top order batsman is one of the most technically perfect batsmen to represent Sri Lanka and along with Sanath Jayasuriya and Mahela Jayawardene, has been responsible for Sri Lanka’s meteoric rise as a cricketing superpower. Be it flicking the ball through the leg-side or finding the gaps on the off with his wide range of strokes, Sanga can do it all. And his 99 scores of 50+ are more than sufficient proof that he is Sri Lanka’s man for all seasons.
There’s not much to say about Jacques Kallis except that watching him bat and play those exquisitely timed strokes is like Poetry in motion – so consummately has he defined the rules of engagement when bat meets ball that his game is a lot more than numbers and stats, it is about the delight of watching a master at work. He occupies the 3rd spot in SPORTZWIKI’S Top 10 ODI batsmen with maximum 50+ scores.
Among Ricky Ponting’s 112 scores beyond the fifty mark is a simply outstanding captain’s knock of 145 in the 2003 WC final against the hapless Indians. Ruthless and dominating yet elegant and classy, Punter is the best thing to come out of Australia since the great Allan Border. Ricky Ponting is more an architect, less a batsman. Yes, he is that good!!
Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar has topped many stat columns over the years, but topping SPORTZWIKI’S Top 10 ODI batsmen with maximum 50+ scores proves beyond doubt that Sachin has been a remarkably consistent performer over the years, with an astonishing ratio of number of 50+ scores to matches played. And no batsman gets remotely close to his 18,426 runs in 463 one-dayers, a truly unmatchable feat.