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Top 10 Australian Batsmen in ODIs

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Our One Day International (ODI) ratings take into account all matches from the first ODI match on January 5, 1971 till the below mentioned last update date. Brief explanation of the ratings is given before each section (Detailed Explanation). Here are the Top 10 Australian batsmen in ODI Cricket of all time.

*Note: All ODI Ratings are updated till 2025-02-15

CONTENTS
1. THE CRITERIA
2. QUALIFICATION
3. PRIMARY CRITERIA
3.1. PROLIFIC
3.2. CONSISTENT
3.2.1. Against All Teams
3.2.2. Against Top Teams
3.3. ATTACKING
3.3.1. Against All Teams
3.3.2. Against Top Teams
3.4. BIG INNINGS POTENTIAL (NWT)
3.5. QUICK INNINGS POTENTIAL (NWT)
3.6. PRIMARY RATING
4. CONDITIONS CRITERIA
4.1. HOME/AWAY
4.1.1. At Home
4.1.2. Away From Home
4.2. FAMILIAR/UNFAMILIAR CONDITIONS
4.2.1. Familiar Conditions Rating
4.2.1.1. Non Asians Outside Asia
4.2.2. Unfamiliar Conditions Rating
4.2.2.1. Non Asians In Asia
4.3. CONDITIONS RATING
5. SECONDARY CRITERIA
5.1. WORLD CUP
5.2. TOP FORM
5.3. IMPACT INNINGS
5.4. SECONDARY RATING
6. OVERALL RATING
7. NON WEAK TEAMS
8. TOP TEAMS
Nations Filter

This rating filters the OVERALL Rating to show players only from Australia.

  • The Rating of the players from Australia remains the same as in the original OVERALL Rating.
  • Thus the Trend Setter can be from any nation and is not necessarily from Australia.

THE CRITERIA

CRITERIA CONSTITUENTS
Primary Runs, Average, Strike Rate, Top Inns (Runs and SR)
Conditions Home, Away, In Asia, Outside Asia
Secondary World Cup, Top Form, Impact Inns
The Trend Setter (TS)

TS is the player which does the best in a criteria. The rating of all other players are calculated taking the TS as the benchmark. Know All About TS. Here is an example:-

  • TS Runs: 2,000; Player X Runs: 1,000; Section Points: 250.00
  • TS Points: 250.00(Max); Player X Points: Runs/TS Runs X 250 = 1,000/2,000 X 250 = 125.00
  • Ratings of all sections are calculated similarly with Runs being replaced by the Criteria Stat.
Top Teams (TT) and Non Weak Teams (NWT)

Some sections consider performances only against the top teams and non weak teams. Here is some information:-

  • Win/Loss Ratio is used to determine TT and NWT.
  • They are calculated by decades.
  • A batsman’s performace is counted in TT or NWT if it comes against that team in the specific decade.
  • Knock Out and Super Six matches of ODI World Cup are also counted.
  • TT and NWT may be found in the last section.

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings (TT) 40

PRIMARY CRITERIA

The Primary Rating is divided into 5 main sections:-

CRITERIA STAT POINTS
Prolific Runs Scored 200.00
Consistent Average 300.00
Attacking Strike Rate 300.00
Big Innings Potential Top Inns (Runs) 100.00
Quick Innings Potential Top Inns (SR) 100.00

PROLIFIC

The Eras

The time period of ODI cricket is divided into eras for this section. This is because less cricket was played earlier. To make it fair for earlier players they are compared with players of the same period with a slight reduction in points. Know More About Eras.

Era 1 MP before 1991
Era 2 MP between 1990 And 2011
Era 3 MP greater than 2010

Criteria: Points For Runs Scored

RANK ERA 1 NAT FP LP MP INNS RUNS RAT
TS DL Haynes WI 1978 1994 1986 237 8648 150.00
1 DM Jones AUS 1984 1994 1989 161 6068 105.25
RANK ERA 2 NAT FP LP MP INNS RUNS RAT
TS SR Tendulkar IND 1989 2012 2000.5 452 18426 200.00
1 RT Ponting AUS 1995 2012 2003.5 365 13704 148.75
2 AC Gilchrist AUS 1996 2008 2002 279 9619 104.41
3 MG Bevan AUS 1994 2004 1999 196 6912 75.02
4 ML Hayden AUS 1993 2008 2000.5 155 6133 66.57
5 SR Watson AUS 2002 2015 2008.5 169 5758 62.50
6 MEK Hussey AUS 2004 2012 2008 157 5442 59.07
7 A Symonds AUS 1999 2009 2004 161 5088 55.23
RANK ERA 3 NAT FP LP MP INNS RUNS RAT
TS V Kohli IND 2008 2025 2016.5 290 14181 180.00
1 DA Warner AUS 2009 2023 2016 159 6932 87.99
2 GJ Maxwell AUS 2012 2025 2018.5 136 3990 50.65

CONSISTENT

R Ave

Relative Average (R Ave) is a more accurate type of average. Know How It Is Calculated. Briefly, it takes into account:-

  • Strength of Opposition.
  • Positions at which a batsman has played.
  • Venues at which he has played.
  • Time Period in which he has been active

Criteria: Points For Relative Average

Min Qualification For TS
Min Runs 2500
Min Runs (TT) 2500

Against All Teams

RANK BATSMAN INNS NO RUNS 50s AVE R AVE RAT
TS MG Bevan 196 67 6912 46 53.58 56.67 100.00
1 MG Bevan 196 67 6912 46 53.58 56.67 100.00
2 MEK Hussey 157 44 5442 39 48.16 49.92 88.09
3 DM Jones 161 25 6068 46 44.62 46.89 82.74
4 DA Warner 159 6 6932 33 45.31 44.83 79.11
5 ML Hayden 155 15 6133 36 43.81 44.82 79.10
6 RT Ponting 365 39 13704 82 42.04 42.83 75.59
7 A Symonds 161 33 5088 30 39.75 41.36 72.98
8 SR Watson 169 27 5758 33 40.55 41.13 72.59
9 AC Gilchrist 279 11 9619 55 35.89 37.11 65.49
10 GJ Maxwell 136 18 3990 23 33.81 35.31 62.31

Against Top Teams

RANK BATSMAN INNS NO RUNS 50s AVE R AVE RAT
TS MG Bevan 143 47 5120 34 53.33 56.41 150.00
1 MG Bevan 143 47 5120 34 53.33 56.41 150.00
2 MEK Hussey 94 27 3408 27 50.87 52.72 140.20
3 ML Hayden 97 7 4137 23 45.97 47.03 125.07
4 A Symonds 109 22 3633 21 41.76 43.45 115.54
5 DA Warner 113 2 4842 24 43.62 43.16 114.79
6 DM Jones 126 19 4340 31 40.56 42.62 113.35
7 SR Watson 98 17 3327 18 41.07 41.66 110.80
8 RT Ponting 246 20 8914 49 39.44 40.19 106.88
9 AC Gilchrist 186 4 6330 37 34.78 35.96 95.63
10 GJ Maxwell 104 10 2833 19 30.14 31.47 83.70

ATTACKING

R SR

Relative Strike Rate (R SR) is calculated using the same method as R Ave with average being replaced with SR.

Criteria: Points For R SR

Min Qualification For TS
Min Runs 2500
Min Runs (TT) 2500
Min Average 25

Against All Teams

RANK BATSMAN RUNS BF SR R SR RAT
TS GJ Maxwell 3990 3148 126.75 112.45 100.00
1 GJ Maxwell 3990 3148 126.75 112.45 100.00
2 AC Gilchrist 9619 9922 96.95 97.54 86.74
3 A Symonds 5088 5503 92.46 91.16 81.06
4 DA Warner 6932 7127 97.26 86.70 77.10
5 SR Watson 5758 6365 90.46 84.47 75.12
6 MEK Hussey 5442 6244 87.16 83.20 73.99
7 DM Jones 6068 8353 72.64 81.81 72.76
8 RT Ponting 13704 17053 80.36 80.75 71.81
9 ML Hayden 6133 7767 78.96 78.52 69.83
10 MG Bevan 6912 9289 74.41 76.82 68.32

Against Top Teams

RANK BATSMAN RUNS BF SR R SR RAT
TS GJ Maxwell 2833 2409 117.60 104.33 150.00
1 GJ Maxwell 2833 2409 117.60 104.33 150.00
2 AC Gilchrist 6330 6437 98.34 98.94 142.24
3 A Symonds 3633 3757 96.70 95.34 137.07
4 DA Warner 4842 4918 98.45 87.76 126.17
5 MEK Hussey 3408 3759 90.66 86.54 124.42
6 SR Watson 3327 3799 87.58 81.77 117.57
7 ML Hayden 4137 5137 80.53 80.08 115.14
8 RT Ponting 8914 11226 79.40 79.79 114.71
9 DM Jones 4340 6202 69.98 78.81 113.31
10 MG Bevan 5120 6876 74.46 76.87 110.52

BIG INNINGS POTENTIAL (NWT)

Ave HS

In this criteria, we have taken the top 7 scores of the batsman against Non Weak Teams of all time. Average High Score (Ave HS) is simply the total runs in the 7 innings divided by 7.

Criteria: Points For Runs Scored In The Top 7 Inns

RANK ERA 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 AVE HS RAT
TS IVA Richards 189* 181 153* 149 138* 119* 119 149.71 150.00
1 DM Jones 145 121 117* 107 104 102* 101 113.86 114.07
RANK ERA 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 AVE HS RAT
TS SR Tendulkar 200* 186* 175 163* 143 141* 141 164.14 150.00
1 SR Watson 185* 161* 143 136* 126 122 116* 141.29 129.11
2 RT Ponting 164 145 141* 140* 134* 129 126 139.86 127.81
3 ML Hayden 181* 158 146 126 117 114 111 136.14 124.41
4 AC Gilchrist 154 149 131 128 124 122 121* 132.71 121.28
5 A Symonds 156 151 143* 107* 104* 103* 91* 122.14 111.62
6 MG Bevan 108* 107 106 103 102* 101* 87* 102.00 93.21
7 MEK Hussey 109* 108 105 88* 85 84 83* 94.57 86.42
RANK ERA 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 AVE HS RAT
TS RG Sharma 264 209 208* 171* 162 159 152* 189.29 150.00
1 DA Warner 179 173 166 163 163 156 130 161.43 127.92
2 GJ Maxwell 201* 108 102 98 96 95 92 113.14 89.66

QUICK INNINGS POTENTIAL (NWT)

QI SR

In this criteria, we have taken the top 5 innings of the batsman with highest strike rate against Non Weak Teams. Quick Innings Strike Rate (QI SR) is the Relative SR of the batsmen in the 5 innings.

Criteria: Points For R SR In The Top 5 Inns by SR

RANK BATSMAN 1 2 3 4 5 QI SR RAT
TS BB McCullum 77/25 33/11 80/28 51/22 59/26 253.15 150.00
1 GJ Maxwell 60/22 45/19 63/29 39/18 70/33 203.10 120.35
2 SR Watson 49/22 65/32 185/96 72/40 67/41 177.05 104.91
3 AC Gilchrist 38/20 69/37 51/29 83/50 76/46 175.24 103.84
4 A Symonds 34/13 37/20 47/26 66/39 71/47 173.38 102.74
5 MEK Hussey 49/28 28/17 32/20 51/32 81/51 155.44 92.11
6 DM Jones 34/23 59/42 55/42 99/77 40/33 148.95 88.26
7 RT Ponting 164/105 35/23 50/35 43/33 93/74 143.28 84.90
8 ML Hayden 101/68 41/30 59/48 66/54 45/37 130.91 77.57
9 DA Warner 56/34 29/18 35/23 179/128 78/56 129.75 76.88
10 MG Bevan 33/25 29/22 53/42 36/30 32/27 129.40 76.68

PRIMARY RATING

The total of the above five criteria comes out to be 1,000.00 points. The Primary Rating is the addition of the points a batsman scored in the five criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is half of the OVERALL Rating, i.e. 500 pts.

RANK BATSMAN PRO CON ATT BIP QIP RAT PRI PTS
1 RT Ponting 148.75 182.47 186.52 127.81 84.90 730.45 365.22
2 AC Gilchrist 104.41 161.12 228.98 121.28 103.84 719.62 359.81
3 DA Warner 87.99 193.90 203.27 127.92 76.88 689.96 344.98
4 DM Jones 105.25 196.08 186.06 114.07 88.26 689.73 344.87
5 A Symonds 55.23 188.52 218.13 111.62 102.74 676.23 338.12
6 MG Bevan 75.02 250.00 178.84 93.21 76.68 673.75 336.88
7 SR Watson 62.50 183.38 192.69 129.11 104.91 672.59 336.30
8 MEK Hussey 59.07 228.29 198.41 86.42 92.11 664.30 332.15
9 ML Hayden 66.57 204.17 184.96 124.41 77.57 657.68 328.84
10 GJ Maxwell 50.65 146.01 250.00 89.66 120.35 656.66 328.33

CONDITIONS CRITERIA

The Conditions Rating is calculated by applying the five criteria of Primary Rating to various conditions. If Innings are less than the Qualification than the Player gets 50% of the Points. Click on the Rating Titles to see how they were calculated.

The four conditions criteria and thier weightage is as follows:-

CRITERIA POINTS
Home 200.00
Away 800.00
Familiar Conditions 200.00
Unfamiliar Conditions 800.00

HOME/AWAY

HOME/AWAY RATING

Points to note:-

  • U.A.E. is considered as a second Home for Pakistan and Afghanistan.
  • All Home and Away stats of Pakistani and Afghani batsmen are calculated accordingly.

At Home

Min Innings Vs Non Weak Teams: 10

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 DM Jones 104 4069 47.31 70.96 721.86 144.37
2 AC Gilchrist 110 3960 37.01 98.75 680.99 136.20
3 RT Ponting 150 5406 39.17 79.28 661.02 132.20
4 DA Warner 65 3013 47.08 99.80 628.31 125.66
5 MG Bevan 80 2849 55.86 72.38 611.88 122.38
6 GJ Maxwell 50 1499 35.69 126.39 595.64 119.13
7 MEK Hussey 65 2115 47.00 86.08 568.92 113.78
8 A Symonds 68 1768 28.98 93.25 533.27 106.65
9 ML Hayden 56 1994 39.10 73.72 528.91 105.78
10 SR Watson 55 1736 36.94 88.39 519.78 103.96

Away From Home

Min Innings Vs Non Weak Teams: 20

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 RT Ponting 215 8298 44.14 81.08 759.41 607.53
2 A Symonds 93 3320 49.55 92.04 707.83 566.26
3 AC Gilchrist 169 5659 35.15 95.72 699.32 559.45
4 DA Warner 94 3919 44.03 95.40 697.95 558.36
5 SR Watson 114 4022 42.34 91.39 697.83 558.27
6 ML Hayden 99 4139 46.51 81.77 687.93 550.34
7 GJ Maxwell 86 2491 32.78 126.96 686.90 549.52
8 MG Bevan 116 4063 52.09 75.90 673.80 539.04
9 MEK Hussey 92 3327 48.93 87.85 670.36 536.29
10 DM Jones 57 1999 39.98 76.33 597.62 478.10

FAMILIAR/UNFAMILIAR CONDITIONS

FAMILIAR/UNFAMILIAR CONDITIONS RATING

Points to note:-

  • Unfamiliar Conditions (UC) is Outside Asia for Asians and In Asia for Non Asians.
  • Familiar Conditions (FC) are the opposite.

Familiar Conditions Rating

Non Asians Outside Asia

Min Innings Vs Non Weak Teams: 20

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 RT Ponting 279 10595 42.72 81.58 809.54 161.91
2 AC Gilchrist 226 7779 35.85 97.21 775.49 155.10
3 DA Warner 119 5321 46.68 97.83 731.73 146.35
4 DM Jones 132 5025 45.27 72.02 725.91 145.18
5 MG Bevan 137 4811 54.06 73.19 697.15 139.43
6 A Symonds 125 3878 38.40 94.13 693.06 138.61
7 ML Hayden 129 4879 42.06 78.10 687.47 137.49
8 MEK Hussey 129 4313 46.38 86.78 666.83 133.37
9 SR Watson 127 3972 37.83 88.82 652.96 130.59
10 GJ Maxwell 92 2457 30.71 124.03 632.86 126.57

Unfamiliar Conditions Rating

Non Asians In Asia

Min Innings Vs Non Weak Teams: 10

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 GJ Maxwell 44 1533 40.34 131.36 791.97 633.57
2 RT Ponting 86 3109 39.86 76.48 784.27 627.41
3 SR Watson 42 1786 48.27 94.35 738.86 591.09
4 DA Warner 40 1611 41.31 95.44 708.52 566.81
5 MG Bevan 59 2101 52.53 77.36 706.92 565.54
6 AC Gilchrist 53 1840 36.08 95.83 688.93 551.14
7 MEK Hussey 28 1129 56.45 88.62 624.40 499.52
8 A Symonds 36 1210 44.81 87.49 614.21 491.36
9 ML Hayden 26 1254 52.25 82.50 613.28 490.62
10 DM Jones 29 1043 41.72 75.80 565.78 452.63

CONDITIONS RATING

The total of the above four criteria comes out to be 2,000.00 points. The Conditions Rating is the addition of the points a batsman scored in the four criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is 200 pts.

RANK BATSMAN AWAY HOME UC FC TOT CON PTS
1 RT Ponting 607.53 132.20 627.41 161.91 1,529.06 152.91
2 GJ Maxwell 549.52 119.13 633.57 126.57 1,428.79 142.88
3 AC Gilchrist 559.45 136.20 551.14 155.10 1,401.89 140.19
4 DA Warner 558.36 125.66 566.81 146.35 1,397.18 139.72
5 SR Watson 558.27 103.96 591.09 130.59 1,383.90 138.39
6 MG Bevan 539.04 122.38 565.54 139.43 1,366.39 136.64
7 A Symonds 566.26 106.65 491.36 138.61 1,302.89 130.29
8 ML Hayden 550.34 105.78 490.62 137.49 1,284.24 128.42
9 MEK Hussey 536.29 113.78 499.52 133.37 1,282.96 128.30
10 DM Jones 478.10 144.37 452.63 145.18 1,220.28 122.03

SECONDARY CRITERIA

The Secondary Rating consists of three parts. If Innings are less than the Qualification than the Player gets 50% of the Points. Click on the Rating Titles to see how they were calculated.

The three secondary criteria and thier weightage is as follows:-

CRITERIA POINTS
World Cup 1,000.00
Top Form 1,000.00
Impact Innings 1,000.00

WORLD CUP

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 5

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 DA Warner 29 1527 56.56 101.46 791.30 791.30
2 RT Ponting 42 1743 45.87 79.95 756.20 756.20
3 GJ Maxwell 25 901 47.42 160.32 688.92 688.92
4 ML Hayden 21 987 51.95 92.94 659.63 659.63
5 AC Gilchrist 31 1085 36.17 97.92 652.56 652.56
6 A Symonds 13 515 103.00 93.30 586.00 586.00
7 SR Watson 19 643 53.58 108.07 575.32 575.32
8 DM Jones 16 590 42.14 72.66 574.70 574.70
9 MEK Hussey 9 156 19.50 82.11 500.00 500.00
10 MG Bevan 18 537 44.75 64.39 482.13 482.13
TOP FORM RATING

Points to note:-

  • Top Form is calculated by taking the best 50 consecutive innings of a batsman.
  • Only Inns against Non Weak Teams are considered in the rating.
  • Non Weak Teams may be found in the last section.

TOP FORM

Min Innings Vs Non Weak Teams: 20

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 DM Jones 50 2451 62.85 73.49 749.24 749.24
2 DA Warner 50 2800 59.57 101.49 738.46 738.46
3 RT Ponting 50 2406 55.95 90.55 737.29 737.29
4 SR Watson 50 2291 49.80 97.16 736.02 736.02
5 ML Hayden 50 2357 51.24 83.82 717.87 717.87
6 MG Bevan 50 2095 72.24 79.69 698.76 698.76
7 A Symonds 50 1941 48.53 97.20 686.28 686.28
8 AC Gilchrist 50 1947 39.73 104.06 681.16 681.16
9 MEK Hussey 50 1692 58.34 90.53 641.40 641.40
10 GJ Maxwell 50 1696 38.55 126.10 639.70 639.70
Impact Innings (II)

Impact Innings are those innings which have an impact in terms of Runs or Strike Rate. Know All About II. Points to note about II:-

  • Both Inns are clubbed together.
  • A Batsman should score at least 25 runs to qualify.
  • An Inn is included in II if it is 30.00% of the total runs of the higher total or
  • The runs are 10.00% of the total runs and
  • The SR is high or in a successful chase while being Not Out.

IMPACT INNINGS

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 30

RANK BATSMAN DIS II II/Dis % RAT WTG
1 MEK Hussey 113 43 38.05 698.94 698.94
2 GJ Maxwell 118 46 38.98 691.16 691.16
3 MG Bevan 129 44 34.11 610.53 610.53
4 AC Gilchrist 268 78 29.10 605.00 605.00
5 DM Jones 136 41 30.15 582.79 582.79
6 A Symonds 128 38 29.69 570.43 570.43
7 ML Hayden 140 39 27.86 486.69 486.69
8 DA Warner 153 39 25.49 469.59 469.59
9 RT Ponting 326 71 21.78 446.85 446.85
10 SR Watson 142 34 23.94 433.99 433.99

SECONDARY RATING

The total of the above three criteria comes out to be 3,000.00 points. The Secondary Rating is the addition of the points a batsman scored in the five criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is 300 pts.

RANK BATSMAN WC TF II SEC RAT
1 GJ Maxwell 68.89 63.97 69.12 201.98
2 DA Warner 79.13 73.85 46.96 199.93
3 RT Ponting 75.62 73.73 44.69 194.03
4 AC Gilchrist 65.26 68.12 60.50 193.87
5 DM Jones 57.47 74.92 58.28 190.67
6 ML Hayden 65.96 71.79 48.67 186.42
7 A Symonds 58.60 68.63 57.04 184.27
8 MEK Hussey 50.00 64.14 69.89 184.03
9 MG Bevan 48.21 69.88 61.05 179.14
10 SR Watson 57.53 73.60 43.40 174.53

OVERALL RATING

OVERALL Rating is the addition of the points of all the above criteria. The rating is out of 1,000 Pts.

RANK OV RANK BATSMAN NAT PRI PTS CON PTS SEC PTS FIN RAT
1 10 RT Ponting AUS 365.22 152.91 194.03 712.16
2 12 AC Gilchrist AUS 359.81 140.19 193.87 693.87
3 15 DA Warner AUS 344.98 139.72 199.93 684.63
4 17 GJ Maxwell AUS 328.33 142.88 201.98 673.19
5 22 DM Jones AUS 344.87 122.03 190.67 657.57
6 25 A Symonds AUS 338.12 130.29 184.27 652.68
7 26 MG Bevan AUS 336.88 136.64 179.14 652.66
8 28 SR Watson AUS 336.30 138.39 174.53 649.22
9 30 MEK Hussey AUS 332.15 128.30 184.03 644.48
10 31 ML Hayden AUS 328.84 128.42 186.42 643.68

NON WEAK TEAMS

DECADE OF MAT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1970s WI ENG AUS NZ PAK SL IND
1980s WI ENG AUS PAK IND NZ SL ZIM
1990s SA AUS PAK WI IND SL ENG NZ ZIM
2000s AUS SA SL PAK IND NZ ENG WI BAN
2010s IND SA AUS ENG NZ PAK SL BAN WI
2020s IND PAK NZ AUS SL SA BAN ENG WI AFG

TOP TEAMS

DECADE OF MAT 1 2 3 4 5 6
1970s WI ENG AUS NZ PAK SL
1980s WI ENG AUS PAK IND NZ
1990s SA AUS PAK WI IND SL
2000s AUS SA SL PAK IND NZ
2010s IND SA AUS ENG NZ PAK
2020s IND PAK NZ AUS SL SA
FULL RATING WITH ALL NATIONS

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