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Poll Question: Who is the most exciting batsmen in OD cricket ?
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15 [18.52%]
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    Posted: 03 April 2006 at 9:49am
hehehe the funny thing is hussey when he played state had a strike rate of 70. funny how things change so quickly. Maybe this shows that australia still have some good bowling prospects if theyve kept hussey's strike down all this time
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 Trescothick?! Spot the odd one out!! Also no Aussies or South Africans even though they are the only international sides to hot 400? My vote goes to Afridi but a few players missed out from the list methinks.
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Remember theres also much bigger boundaries, and yer hitting them for six isn't impossible symonds and ponting were hitting murali for six in the last vb match and peiterson was hitting warney for six on much smaller boundaries though
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oh yeah i forgot about symonds i would replace boucher with him i think dhoni will smash hogg or warne and macgill for 6
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yer they are all ok but theres only 5 really big hitters in there. don't forgot van der wath, razzaq, symonds, flintoff and im sure there are many other more exciting than hershelle gibbs. When dhoni comes to australia im sure that many people wont regard him as high after he has some failures.
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top 10 most exciting batsmen to me is

  1. mohendra dhoni
  2. michael hussey
  3. sanath jayasuriya
  4. shahid afridi
  5. adam gilchrist
  6. yuvraj singh
  7. mark boucher
  8. kevin pietersen
  9. hercshelle gibbs
  10. justin kemp

 
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nah he isn't the best, he doesnt score enough runs. Best odi batsmen atm would b Gilchrist or hussey (consistency). MY personal favourite is symonds and afridi as exciting
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It is obviously Afridi. Lets be honest he is the best ODI plsyer in the world. The speed he scores runs is an asset to any team and he is a handy bowler
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i think the most exciting batsmen is afridi because you know as an australian that australia are going to win the match so when he bats theres either gonna be a hit out or another cheap wicket
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Johan Van Der Wath for sure
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like gilchrist,afridi,hussey,symonds,razzaq
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The most exciting batsman are those who can always get their strike rate above 100.
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Brian Charles Lara for test match cricket, because of his ability to make bowling attacks pay.

Adam Craig Gilchrist for one day internationals, because of how powerful he is when he strikes that cricket ball.
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Gilchrist and Afridi
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actually i was sticking up for cricket mstr not symonds and it just happened to be about symonds at the time.
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Originally posted by RISE_OF_MACCA

yer face up to a 130km bowler and put him 40 metres into the crowd (over the sight screen) on the mcg then say symonds cant hit the ball


Sir,you are very sensitive when it comes to Symonds.
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yer face up to a 130km bowler and put him 40 metres into the crowd (over the sight screen) on the mcg then say symonds cant hit the ball
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I can hit the ball hard too....doesn't mean I'm any good
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Symonds is guranteed to hit the ball hard every over. Not only is his appearance very distinctive he can hit the ball hard
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i like afridi aswell but symonds plays many good innings of 30-70
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Afridi

 

 

 
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Afridi's batting does get very annoying because he only hits one good inning per year! He has been on the International stage for more than about 10 years now and until now, he still doesn't even have a total of 10 centuries. But his best innings are certianly very exciting to watch. Still, I would not rate him as the most exciting anymore!

My next choice for most exciting batsman is Adam Gilchrist or Andrew Symonds. They're both exciting to watch. Symonds is just a pleasure to watch!
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symonds is very exciting just watched his test match 72 for about the thousandth time very clean hitting!!!!
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I agree. Sehwag in full flpw is also exciting. Maybe not as exciting as Sfridi but he makes 26 runs an over man.
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Afridi is good. But why you can't include jayasuriya in to this list.He had 10,000 runs with srike rate of just about 90.He is pleasure to watch.
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i cant believe he isnt even on the list he made 2 150s in 2 months and if a 150 in od cricket isnt exiting what is???? 8 sixes in the 156 and 4 in the 151
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id rather watch symonds bat plays powerful strokes over cover for six and shots like that really are exiting and he can hit them just as good as afridi, they are both attacking but symonds only puts away bad balls and then puts away any ball at the end of the innings. afridi goes for anything and that explains why his average is (23)

so symonds his the most attacking batsmen in my opinion

afridi attacking slogger (it isnt a fluke but it takes luck or it has to be his day to make a hundred)
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Originally posted by capital_s

I reckon sehwag is the most exciting because although afridi is the
biggest hitter, he gets out stupidly more often than he actually has an
exciting innings, which makes him kind of annoying to watch. Sehwag
however, is more consistent, which makes watching him all the better.


I agree.
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Exciting is the term, Afridi is the choice!
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no it's all about afridi

look at the poll noob
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