Best finisher/lower-order hitter in world cricket?

[ExpressPacer]

There's plenty of powerhitters up top that include the likes of Hales, Finch, Sharjeel, Dhawan, Guptill and even Tamim but who do you think is the best in the lower order?

Earlier the throne was cemented for Dhoni but with his recent poor form and promotion in the batting, he clearly doesn't fit the bill.

Imad or Sarfraz are good batsmen but can't hit well enough or consistently. I think it's pretty tight between Buttler and Pandya but Buttler may edge over him because of his prowess vs Fast bowling.

 

[Chief Destroyer]

Andre Russel and Pandya.

 

[aloo paratha]

Jos butler

 

[ExpressPacer]

Andre Russel and Pandya.

Yeah, totally forgot about him ever since the ban. Wasn't the ban being extended or something?

 

[Justcrazy]

Andre Russell is the best one , can start hitting from the go.

 

[Rayyman]

From each team:

Australia: Glenn Maxwell

England: Jos Buttler

India: Hardik Pandya

New Zealand: Corey Anderson

Pakistan: Imad Wasim

South Africa: David Miller

All of these guys are great power-hitters and have strike rates of 100+.

If I had to choose who is the best, I would go with Glenn "The Big Show" Maxwell or David "Killer" Miller.

 

[King-Misbah]

From each team:

Australia: Glenn Maxwell

England: Jos Buttler

India: Hardik Pandya

New Zealand: Corey Anderson

Pakistan: Imad Wasim

South Africa: David Miller

All of these guys are great power-hitters and have strike rates of 100+.

If I had to choose who is the best, I would go with Glenn "The Big Show" Maxwell or David "Killer" Miller.

Wake up, Imad Wasim is no power hitter.

 

[Abdullah719]

From each team:

Australia: Glenn Maxwell

England: Jos Buttler

India: Hardik Pandya

New Zealand: Corey Anderson

Pakistan: Imad Wasim

South Africa: David Miller

All of these guys are great power-hitters and have strike rates of 100+.

If I had to choose who is the best, I would go with Glenn "The Big Show" Maxwell or David "Killer" Miller.

Nice list, but most of the other names have hit as many sixes in ONE ODI innings as Imad has hit in his whole ODI career so far.

You're trying to back him which is admirable, but the problem is that he isn't a power hitter. Never was, never will be. He actually has the ability to bat decently but being pigeonholed into a lower order hitter's position has completely killed his batting over the past few months. He can be a decent middle/lower-middle order batsman IF he bats properly and doesn't try to flat bat every ball for boundaries.

 

[Rayyman]

Nice list, but most of the other names have hit as many sixes in ONE ODI innings as Imad has hit in his whole ODI career so far.

You're trying to back him which is admirable, but the problem is that he isn't a power hitter. Never was, never will be. He actually has the ability to bat decently but being pigeonholed into a lower order hitter's position has completely killed his batting over the past few months. He can be a decent middle/lower-middle order batsman IF he bats properly and doesn't try to flat bat every ball for boundaries.

Yes I know, but legit every batter in Pakistan these days seems to be an accumulator. Even Shadab and Amir are not power hitters. Imad might not ever be as good as Afridi, but he can become a better hitter. I know you are talking about that ugly cut shot to deep cover that Imad does. Hitting technique can be worked on though. Good thing is that he is probably the strongest guy in the team physically. And you need muscle to get boundaries on slow UAE pitches/long outfield.

 

[Suleiman]

Pandya right now, Woakes is also underrated in this regard. He has a classical technique but is fully capable of finishing things off.

Faulkner was good, haven't seen him with the bat for a while now so no idea where he stands now. Was a beast in the 2014-2015 season though with the bat.

I like Santner too, he is also like Woakes. He won't score a 100 but is a pretty handy lower order bat.

I don't recall Jadeja doing anything of note in recent times, but he too was a great lower order bat 3 years ago, played a gun innings vs NZ chasing 315 to tie the game.

 

[ahmedwaqas92]

The Ball Eating (in a good way), the swash buckling, the Heart Throbbing, the one and only.......


Star Man Shahid 'Lala' Afridi !!!!!!!!!!

 

[Rayyman]

From each team:

Australia: Glenn Maxwell

England: Jos Buttler

India: Hardik Pandya

New Zealand: Corey Anderson

Pakistan: Imad Wasim

South Africa: David Miller

All of these guys are great power-hitters and have strike rates of 100+.

If I had to choose who is the best, I would go with Glenn "The Big Show" Maxwell or David "Killer" Miller.

Minnows like Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and West Indies have no power hitters to speak of in ODIs.

 

[The_Odd_One]

No AB?

None can demolish a bowling attack like AB when the platform is set.

 

[ExpressPacer]

No AB?

None can demolish a bowling attack like AB when the platform is set.

The thread is for lower-order hitters and finishers. AB bats in the top order.

 

[ExpressPacer]

Pandya right now, Woakes is also underrated in this regard. He has a classical technique but is fully capable of finishing things off.

Faulkner was good, haven't seen him with the bat for a while now so no idea where he stands now. Was a beast in the 2014-2015 season though with the bat.

I like Santner too, he is also like Woakes. He won't score a 100 but is a pretty handy lower order bat.

I don't recall Jadeja doing anything of note in recent times, but he too was a great lower order bat 3 years ago, played a gun innings vs NZ chasing 315 to tie the game.

Woakes doesn't seem the strongest. I'd take Stokes in that regard but he bats up top.

 

[pakistanigoneaussie]

I am hoping Hussain Talat becomes that player for us.

I know it's not his natural position but he can hit big and rotate strike, plus I doubt he will get much chance in the top order for us

 

[SarfiBabarHaris]

Faheem Ashraf for Pakistan.

Dhoni as finisher.

Buttler/Russel as lower order hitters.

 

[Suleiman]

Woakes doesn't seem the strongest. I'd take Stokes in that regard but he bats up top.

He scored 91 when England were in shambles,chasing 299, not the biggest hitter though, yeah.

I'd say Narine as well. He has transformed his game in the last year or so. He opens in t20 premier leagues now. But am sure in ODIs he would pack a punch.

 

[Abdullah719]

The thread is for lower-order hitters and finishers. AB bats in the top order.

AB should bat in the top order but he usually bats 4-5. Rarely bats in the top 3.

The likes of Buttler and Miller often bat at around the same position.

 

[KhalidRafi]

Hardik Pandya

 

[KhalidRafi]

Faheem Ashraf for Pakistan.

Dhoni as finisher.

Buttler/Russel as lower order hitters.

Ashraf has played one match and his stats in domestic are far from impressive. Too early to say much about him

In Indian team, Pandya has easily overtaken Dhoni as the finisher, whose place in the team is even starting to become a question mark.

 

[KhalidRafi]

Russell is so overrated. How many times has he even won ODI matches for West Indies with the bat? Let's not forget the guy is also serving a one-year ban for doping

 

[Justcrazy]

Russell is so overrated. How many times has he even won ODI matches for West Indies with the bat? Let's not forget the guy is also serving a one-year ban for doping

He has ability to hit from the word go.

 

[KhalidRafi]

He has ability to hit from the word go.

Pandya >>Russell

Any day, any game, any format.

 

[backfootpunch]

Hardik Pandya and Maxwell

 

[backfootpunch]

Also add Buttler but currently out of form

 

[ads101]

The names been floating around aren't really finishers. Low order hitter doesn't translate to finisher any more, the lower order hitters often their runs are considered bonuses they're not expected to take the bulk of the responsibility. Kohli is probably the best finisher in the world atm, as he sees his team home a lot of the time. Before Kohli was probably Dhoni but he isn't as good as he used to be. Sarfraz is the best from Pakistan IMO.

As a pure lower order hitter it's probably Jos Buttler, consistently gets runs down the order quickly. Average of over 37 at a SR of around 120 is absurdly good really, probably should get more credit than he does.

Russell is a fantastic hitter, never struggles to score quickly, but isn't really a batsman, he doesn't score consistently enough , no surprise he's in the team for his bowling mainly. Pandya it's just too early to mention him in the names, hardly has many knocks at all yet, only 10 innings in total.

I'm not sure what Imad is lol. He struggles to hit (as we saw in CT final), isn't really a finisher. Sometimes he just comes across as a bowler who can bat. Yet he does score runs and doesn't do it slowly. Think his stats flatter him a bit much, but he has put up runs, something which we've struggled to do at no.7. I think perhaps his strength is a little similar to Sarfraz, he's fairly innovative so he looks out to get runs and is hard to pin down as a result.

 

[The_Odd_One]

The thread is for lower-order hitters and finishers. AB bats in the top order.

No, he does not. He usually bats at #5 or sometimes even at #6.

 

[SarfiBabarHaris]

One guy who I forgot to mention is Asela Gunaratne of SL.
Think he is currently one of the best finisher in world.

 

[SarfiBabarHaris]

The names been floating around aren't really finishers. Low order hitter doesn't translate to finisher any more, the lower order hitters often their runs are considered bonuses they're not expected to take the bulk of the responsibility. Kohli is probably the best finisher in the world atm, as he sees his team home a lot of the time. Before Kohli was probably Dhoni but he isn't as good as he used to be. Sarfraz is the best from Pakistan IMO.

As a pure lower order hitter it's probably Jos Buttler, consistently gets runs down the order quickly. Average of over 37 at a SR of around 120 is absurdly good really, probably should get more credit than he does.

Russell is a fantastic hitter, never struggles to score quickly, but isn't really a batsman, he doesn't score consistently enough , no surprise he's in the team for his bowling mainly. Pandya it's just too early to mention him in the names, hardly has many knocks at all yet, only 10 innings in total.

I'm not sure what Imad is lol. He struggles to hit (as we saw in CT final), isn't really a finisher. Sometimes he just comes across as a bowler who can bat. Yet he does score runs and doesn't do it slowly. Think his stats flatter him a bit much, but he has put up runs, something which we've struggled to do at no.7. I think perhaps his strength is a little similar to Sarfraz, he's fairly innovative so he looks out to get runs and is hard to pin down as a result.

Yes a finisher is different from hitter. As you said Russel is a fantastic hitter but that cant be said about him as a finisher.

From Pakistan I think Fahim is the best lower order hitter we have but havent seen enough of him to make an opinion about his finishing abilities.

 

[Rayyman]

One guy who I forgot to mention is Asela Gunaratne of SL.
Think he is currently one of the best finisher in world.

His strike rate is only 80-odd.

 

[Titan24]

All the people saying Pandya is the best hitter should realize that though he is a very good hitter especially against spin but hasnt played and won a lot of ODIs that is if any. Also needs to work on his hitting against pacers as u r not gonna get spinners in the last few overs. He has won may be one ODI against England if I remember correctly.

To me its Buttler undoubtedly with the number of wins he has given England and is exceptional against both the spinners and the pacers.

Russel and Faulkner were both turning out to be good but both lost their way.

 

[Titan24]

His strike rate is only 80-odd.

Finishing is not only about strike rate but how you absorb pressure and than unleash the shots at the right time.

 

[ads101]

Yes a finisher is different from hitter. As you said Russel is a fantastic hitter but that cant be said about him as a finisher.

From Pakistan I think Fahim is the best lower order hitter we have but havent seen enough of him to make an opinion about his finishing abilities.

I haven't seen much of him, and I don't look into a warm up too much, especially given Bangladesh's bowling attack in the CT was poor. Only played 1 game in ODIs. I'm not thrilled by his domestic averages for batting (though in bowling they are very good). If he did enter the team I'd play him at 7 and drop Imad down to 8 (or vice versa). I don't really want a guy who isn't proven with the bat domestically batting at 6.

Best hitter in terms of ability from Pak I've seen is Umar Akmal. Hits with ease, easily rotates strike (or used to before his fitness went down). Had the ability to become a top batsman, but did have good hitting ability/talent unlike many of the batsmen we had. Always thought that if the plan of becoming a great middle order batsman didn't work out, maybe the best way to use him was a hitter, turn his weaknesses into a strength. Might be wasting his potential though, so I dunno. Either way though, won't be in the team for some time now anyway.

Maqsood was pretty promising too in that department too.

As for pure finishers I don't see many really. We're very reliant on Sarfraz for that. Also might be why perhaps we should stick with Malik a little bit longer, these days despite the poor CT he isn't doing a bad job at finisher. And he is an excellent finisher in domestic even though as his career as a whole hasn't translated that into internationals.

 

[khurram39]

Pandya, Buttler and Maxwell

 

[Hasan123]

Maxi,Buttler,Russell,and Pandaya.

 

[saeedhk]

Suresh Raina.