ODI GOAT: Border v Inzamam

win Australia's 1987 World Cup captain accepts Pakistan Heroes '92
The #ODIGOAT is cricket.com.au the knockout competition to determine the greatest ODI player of all time. We started with our top 64 ODI player and now we are asked to do the hard work - that is, narrow it to one down. Set up in the same way as a tennis tournament, every day you will see head-to-head match-ups, with the winners of those progressing to the next round with their next challengers square off. 64, we are now in the round of 32. Next, it is 16, 8, 4 and finally be definitively ours. So your voice down and to decide who is the greatest ODI player in history!
Allan Border (Australia) Figures: Matches: 273 | Runs: 6524 | Average: 30.62 | SR: 71.42 | 100s: 3 | HS: 127no wickets: 73 | Average: 28.36 | SR: 36.4 | Economy: 4.66 | BB: 20:03 | 5FA of: 0
#ODIGOAT Voting: The fans were fairly evenly divided between two legendary captains in the first round - 'AB' and West Indian Clive Lloyd Champion. Border escaped with the victory, claiming 54 percent of the vote, and now squares with large Inzy from. Why it makes the list: The Godfather of Australian cricket, Allan Border has a record we could not refuse. Cotton wool column at a time of transition in Australia brought Border his uncompromising attitude and work ethic of Test cricket in the one-day game. In a career spanning 15 years spans, only Ricky Ponting (230) captained Australia more than 178 games for Border at the helm. His somber, was straightforward most effective against England, averaging 42.46 and scored 105no in his second game against the old enemy. His greatest achievement was bringing together a young team, as "outsiders" from Steve Waugh, Australia Girls Cup 1987 win in the subcontinent. Performance that we loved: Nine days after scoring at the Adelaide Oval 118no from just 88 balls against Sri Lanka, reached limit again triple figures in the first tri-series final at the SCG in February 1985. This time it is against the hall was of Fame West Indies fast bowling trio of Malcolm Marshall, Michael Holding and 'Big Bird' Joel Garner. The input at 2-7 and notch an early blow to the chest from a delivery Garner rises, together with Border Wayne Phillips upwards on 105 for the fifth wicket to set. The southpaw had help from Simon O'Donnell and Geoff Lawson, but it was a one-man show for a majority of the innings. He hit 13 boundaries in his unbeaten 127, Australia to a match-winning total of 6-247 leadership. The 26-run victory snapped the Windies 10 games unbeaten ODI that the summer run. Inzamam-ul-Haq (PAKISTAN) The numbers: Matches: 378 | Runs: 11,739 | Average: 39.52 | SR: 74.24 | 100s: 10 | HS: 137no
#ODIGOAT Voting: Inzy was the shock winner of the first round, garnering great support from his home base South African legend Jacques Kallis with a narrow 55 percent of the vote to refuse. He is again, that need the support when the great Allan Border on Eclipse. Why it makes the list: A batting column in every respect, Inzamam-ul-Haq was a roadblock in the Pakistani middle-order a few could easily overcome. Debuting as a slender 21-year-old in 1991 was an explosive hitter Inzamam able QuickFire cameos at the rear end of an inning. These features were never more evident than in the 1992 World Cup, where his overdue fines Pakistan driven by the title. added over the years and so did his running circumference, turn him into a colossus at the crease, while never losing his fleet feet. However, it came to his bad run between the wickets and help the downfall of many of his batting partner. Imran Khan called "Inzy" the "the best batsman in the world against pace", but he was also raised against spin, more ODI runs than any other Pakistani scoring. His career ended at the close of forgettable World Cup 2007, but not before his place as one of Pakistan's Great cementing. Performance that we loved: Against tournament hosts New Zealand in '92 World Cup semi, Inzy pulled a gem of an innings from Pakistan to lift in the final. The lanky right-hander then all his leverage to whip the Black Caps in all parts of Auckland's Eden Park, registering seven fours and six in his 37-ball vertebrae 60. It was a magical innings for a racket, was the star on the formula used rise, and the momentum Inzamam helped create was worn decider in the tournament and finally the victory.