I very much doubt it, even if he was batting against a minnow side. First of all he bats too low down the order to hit a double century, and he can't bat higher up the order because he will get out due to the ball being new and swinging. He also cannot bat through the middle overs because this is normally the time spinners bowl, as we all know Flintoff is one of the worlds worse players of spin. If you still believe he is capable of scoring a double hundred, then just look at his recent performaces in the world cup, im sure that will change your view.

In my opinon the most likely batsman other than Ponting and Gibbs to reach the 200 figure would be or Dhoni, because he bats on batting paradises found in India, where there will be minimal bounce and movement of the pitch. Also he came close once when he hit a superb 183* off only 145 balls against Murali and co.

Well lets look at it this way then.

Highest individual scores in an ODI match and the position they batted & where they played.

1. Saeed Anwar: 194 off 146 balls vs India at Chennai - Opened
2. IVA Richards: 189* off 170 balls vs England at Manchester - No.4
3. ST Jayasuriya: 189 off 161 balls vs India at Sharjah - Opened
4. G. Kirsten: 188* off 159 balls vs United Arab Emirates at Rawalpindi - Opened
5. SR Tendulkar: 186* off 150 balls vs New Zealand at Hyderabad - Opened
6. MS Dhoni: 183* off 145 balls vs Sri Lanka at Jaipur - No.3
7. SC Ganguly: 183 off 158 balls vs Sri Lanka at Taunton - Opened
8. ML Hayden: 181* off 166 balls vs New Zealand at Hamilton - Opened
9. IVA Richards: 181 off 125 balls vs Sri Lanka at Karachi - No.4
10. N Kapil Dev: 175* off vs Zimbabwe at Turnbridge Wells - No.6

Well the odds are that it will be some one who either opens or bats at three, Richards batted at four, but it is Viv Richards we are talking about who was the most destructive batsman to ever play, the amazing one when I first looked at it was Kapil Dev but they were 4-9 when he came into bat. I can't really be bothered going into detail on where the games were played or who against but this is a list of other scores over 150 and who scored the runs.

Gibbs - 175 & 153
Mark Waugh - 173
Wishart - 172*
Gilchrist - 172 & 154
Turner - 171*
Callaghan - 169*
Lara - 169, 156 & 153
RA Smith - 167*
Ponting - 164
Hudson - 161
Nazir - 160
Mongia - 159*
Gower - 158
Hayden - 158
Jayasuriya - 157
Symonds - 156 & 151
Richards - 153*
Azharuddin - 153*
Ganguly - 153*
Gayle - 153*, 152* & 152
Dravid - 153
Haynes - 152*
Tendulkar - 152
Strauss - 152
Jayasuriya - 152 & 151*
Chanderpaul - 150

Its funny that we are discussing skill over power or visa versa but there is a good mix of both in these lists.

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Tunbridge Wells is a piddley little ground, it makes some of the grounds in the West Indies at the moment look like the MCG.

I still think that, should the combination of small grounds, big hitters and luck all come together, then 200 is no problem.

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No Hayden ? The biggest and best bully on the block ? If he plays against a"minnow" on a road like sabina park, he could easily do it.

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Well, the bully will get his chance tomorrow against Ireland if Oz bat first. It is Friday the 13th to boot!
Personally, I think it will be Gibbs, Ponting or Gayle.

Viv 's in that top ten list twice! wow; what a player.
I'm actually surprised it hasn't happened before when they played 60 overs. (or even 55)
With 50 overs it's a hard task.
What are the chances for a twenty twenty 200?
My guess? Well anyone currently playing on that list would do. I quite fancy Gibbs or Hayden, but why not Alistair Cook?

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Cook? A fine batsman no doubt, but in the traditional Test match mould. He is not a slogger, which one needs to be to get 200 in a day match. I know that Cameron White has made 141 not out in a non-international 20-20, but that's all I know.

well, I dont think breaking records is a big deal when you are playing against minnows. With the introduction of teams like Bermuda and others, any world class batsman has the potential to score 200 runs in an ODI innings. I dont know if this kinda record breaking inning is really worth anything?

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Good point - only for the fact that with Englands top order #6 is near the top of the innings most of the time.

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The reason why they did not make massive scores when it was sixty overs was because they didn't treat the oneday game like they do today, with opening batsman going balistic from ball one.

Just some scores from the 60 over form of the ODI game from the 1987 world cup in England

England vs Australia: Aus: 9/159 (60) def by England 4/160 (47.1)
India vs New Zealand: Ind 10/182 (55.5) def by New Zealand 2/183 (57)

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