Thread: The best 'big hitter' in the 2007 World Cup squads
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Old 19-02-2007, 01:31 AM in reply to Ernest's post starting "That's true - he would (or should) walk..."
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Where are other class batsman like Tendulkar and Ponting who can hit the ball as far as any big hitter in the world.

Just look at Afridi's career he has not been a top class batsman, his batting average in ODI's after 237 matches is 23.17 yes he might have a strick rate of 108.58 but he has only made 4 hundreds and his highest score is only 109. He may have the fastest hundred but that is only one innings. Comparing the scores varies massively if the game is in Asia or somewhere else in thw world.

This is a list of the highest individual scores by a batsman in an ODI match (Current players only)
Big hitters
Class
Class and Power
  1. Jayasuriya 189 (in United Arab Emirates)
  2. Tendulkar 186* (in India)
  3. Dhoni 183* (in India)
  4. Ganguly 183 (in England)
  5. Gibbs 175 (in South Africa)
  6. Gilchrist 172 (in Aus)
  7. Vincent 172 (in Zimbabwe)
  8. Lara 169 (in United Arab Emirates)
  9. Ponting 164 (in Africa)
  10. Mongia 159* (in India)
  11. Jayasuriya 157 (in Netherlands)
  12. Symonds 156 (in NZ)
  13. Gilchrist 154 (in Aus)
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