Posts featuring the Sri Lankan batsman Aravinda de Silva including content about his statistics and performances in Tests and ODIs
Average and Strike Rates (SR) of batsmen in ODI cricket has gone up with time. Moreover batsmen who play in the top order usually have a higher average while those playing down have a higher SR. To negate these advantages, we found out the averages and SR of all batsmen in the period a player … Read more
* All stats in the article are updated till 31/12/2020 If we take a minimum of 2,500 runs scored in career and an average of at least 32, Glenn Maxwell of Australia has the best strike rate (SR) ever in ODI cricket. He is followed by Jos Buttler of England. The first list on our … Read more
Desmond Haynes of West Indies was the first batsman to score 8,000 runs in ODI cricket. He ended his career as the highest run-scorer in ODIs with 8648 runs. His record for most runs was broken by Mohammad Azharuddin of India. He pushed the record to 9378 runs by the time he finished his career. … Read more
To find out the best ODI batsmen in run chases, we considered all the batsmen who had a chance of coming in the top 25 based on our criteria. We then judged the batsmen who qualified on the basis of five criteria to arrive at the final top 25 batsmen in run chases. It is … Read more
To find out the best ODI batsmen in World Cup cricket, we considered all the batsmen who had a chance of coming in the top 25 based on our criteria. We then judged the batsmen who qualified on the basis of four criteria to arrive at the final top 25 batsmen in World Cups. It … Read more
To find out the best Asian ODI batsmen in Asia, we considered all the batsmen who had a chance of coming in the top 15 based on our criteria. We then judged the batsmen who qualified on the basis of four criteria to arrive at the final top 15 Asian batsmen in Asia (A in … Read more
To find out the best Asian ODI batsmen outside Asia, we considered all the batsmen who had a chance of coming in the top 15 based on our criteria. We then judged the batsmen who qualified on the basis of four criteria to arrive at the final top 15 Asian ODI batsmen outside Asia (A … Read more
To find out the best ODI batsmen in foreign conditions (i.e. away from home including neutral venues), we considered all the batsmen who had a chance of coming in the top 25 based on our criteria. We then judged the batsmen who qualified on the basis of four criteria to arrive at the final top … Read more
First things first, all the records in this article are from 01/01/1960. This date has been taken throughout the site as a benchmark for the ratings in test cricket. Two important criteria in our overall rating in tests are based on the performance of a player in away matches and in matches in unfamiliar conditions. … Read more
To find out the best ODI batsmen of all time, we considered all the batsmen who had a chance of coming in the top 25 based on our criteria. We then judged the batsmen who qualified on the basis of 4 Primary criteria, 4 criteria based on Conditions and 6 Secondary criteria to arrive at the … Read more