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Has Ben Stokes played the greatest World Cup innings of all time?

Yes, he’s en route now to truly be ATG ODI allrounder.
 
Player of the tournament regardless of what happens in the remainder of this game.
 
Masterclass.. Lots of respect for him. Became a fan today.. Well done, 🏆
 
No.

Dhoni and Gilchrist' innings were easily better.

Stokes didn't even win the match.
 
This is the greatest knock ever and also his contribution in the super over
 
One of the greatest but Viv, Ponting, Ghilcrist., De Silva & even Imran Khan played some blinders .
 
Played an outstanding innings, but how different would the opinions been had boult taken that catch.
 
No. The best was Dhoni's as it came in chasing. Stokes fumbled at the end. Two dot balls and the lucky 4 and he freaking couldn't win with 3 runs to win in 2 balls.
 
rhony said:
No. The best was Dhoni's as it came in chasing. Stokes fumbled at the end. Two dot balls and the lucky 4 and he freaking couldn't win with 3 runs to win in 2 balls.
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Stokes innings also come in chasing

Stokes has one man army
Dhoni innings was also brilliant but Gambir score 90+ too in that match and pitch was also not this much difficult
 
Definitely. Played so well considering the occasion and with the wickets tumbling after Butler got out. These runs are more important than any other innings he'll play in his life. No debate now that he is overated, he will go down in history forever after this knock.
 
I would not call it best innings in WC history but it is definitely one of the best. It is definitely the best in my lifetime.
 
BAT OF GOD - By Ben Stokes!

A very simple question. Very simple:

Have you ever seen an incredible moment in the history of cricket/sport than that deflection off Ben Stokes’ bat?

In the context of changing the complexion of the game.
 
Dhoni innings was not even the more important innings imo. He was helped a lot by Gautam Gambhir whose 95 was more important.
 
Very well coined, but Maradona did it intentionally, and Ben Stokes was unintentional.
 
The bat of God indeed. Changed the game and from that point I knew the higher power wanted England to take it all. A freak show....this game had everything.
 
Poetic justice.

Guptil ran out Dhoni in the SF, and it was Guptil who helped with the bat of god.
 
Ben "Chokes" they used to call him. A phenomenal cricket who will go down as one of the greatest to have ever played the game.
 
This is so dumb.

Stokes didn't break the rules, he benefited from the rules. Maradonna cheated, handballs are not legal in football.
 
The baffling thing is when a throw comes in and the ball hit's the batsmen and runs away, on the majority, if not all occasions, the batsmen don't run because it's not in respect of the game and yet it's hits the batsmen and runs away to the boundary it's okay?

I find that odd and the rules need to be seriously looked at. That game might have been done and dusted at the point but the 4 extra runs didn't help NZ.
 
Afhan Ali said:
Stokes innings also come in chasing

Stokes has one man army
Dhoni innings was also brilliant but Gambir score 90+ too in that match and pitch was also not this much difficult
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Stokes didn't win the game.
 
Chokli said:
Would've been better if it wasn't for the rain
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It was still the best ever. Rain is a part of the game, weather be it good or bad has always had an impact on the game. Plenty of stories were being told during each game, plenty of moments in other games had deep impact on the final outcome.

The 2015 World Cup did not give us such thrilling moments
 
Stokes is a bonafide legend now in my eyes. Great player!
 
Sherlock said:
The baffling thing is when a throw comes in and the ball hit's the batsmen and runs away, on the majority, if not all occasions, the batsmen don't run because it's not in respect of the game and yet it's hits the batsmen and runs away to the boundary it's okay?

I find that odd and the rules need to be seriously looked at. That game might have been done and dusted at the point but the 4 extra runs didn't help NZ.
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Thats the thing that baffles me, ball hit bat, stokes didnt run, had that not been boundary no runs would have been conceded.

Stoopid rule.. By no way stokes fault..
 
Divine interference to say the least .This game was provided to the world by England and yet they had not won it till now even once. So the super power thought it to make it for them the most memorable by all those magical moments thru out the match , that deflection being the most emphatic one and making this the best ODI of all time and eventually ENG winning the cup.
 
It will take a hell of a performance to overtake this performance. The slog sweep six off boult in the last over was the point when I thought England have won the World Cup.
 
difficult to say ...... very difficult .... Kapil's 175*, Aravinda's 100+ in final, Dhoni's & Gambhir's inns , Inzamam's 60 odd all these comes to mind. Each one of these knocks has its own specialities. Mind you Stokes didn't win the match with the inns.
 
For his team, he played the knock of his life.
Wickets falling
Losing buttler.
Batting with the tail
That crucial last over.
Coming back out to bat in the Super Over.

Played the match of his life and it paid off
 
Would've lost the game if not for the freak overthrow, not better than De Silva, Ponting or Collis King or :viv among innings in the final alone.
 
One of the greatest for sure, right up there with Dhoni’s.
 
Perhaps, but has any player ever had a more clutch World Cup? He has been a man possessed since game one.
 
Yes, it is the greatest IMO. He single-handedly won the match or rather a trophy for England.

Inzy didn't do it alone..
Gambhir had Dhoni with him..
de Silva had support from middle order..

Stokes didn't have up till the last second.. That makes this the greatest ODI inning.
 
Don´t know about the great World Cup innings of all times, but the title for the greatest ODI World Cup Final innings solely lies with Gambhir alone. I´ve many issues with this guy, but despite that, and even as a huge fan of Dhoni, I´ve maintained this always and will continue to say till my last breath that he deserved the Man of the Match award ahead of MS that evening. What a brave innings from otherwise a small kind of guy (not intended as an insult!). A great innings!
 
Mamoon said:
Perhaps, but has any player ever had a more clutch World Cup? He has been a man possessed since game one.
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Don´t doubt that one bit. I´ve highlighted each performance of his in my posts throughout the tournament and have become a fan of this incredibly brave cricketer. He´s up there amongst my top five most favourite players right now. Each time England got a not-so-flat or a difficult pitch, he was the only man to stand tall. An excellent innings yesterday too. When he walked out to bat, this is what I said to my father: Stokes is one brave guy made for such a stage. He could stand between New Zealand and the victory.

And so it happened! :najam
 
Brilliant innings don't get me wrong, but he almost bottled it, god knows what he was doing trying to straight drive the final ball, but redemption especially after the trouble he has had in the last year or so and since the wt20 final.
 
He played well against India in the must win game as well. Gun crunch player. But for him they probably would have missed last 4 as well.
 
After his almost jailing he seems a changed man..completely different in deamanour etc..that episode really affected him for the better. Is it the best world cup innings..its right up there..not many better..inmho I still rate Inzis semi final innings as the best ive seen because we were done and dusted till he came in..stokes is up there but he didnt get them over the line..Pontings in 2003 was a sheer tour de force too..
 
Sir Viv....1979....and that last ball moving to off side and sending it 6 rows back on the leg side...gee whiz...
 
He is lucky boult stepped on the boundary line , he is lucky the ball came off his bat, he is lucky NZ didnt score enough boundaries. Butlers innings was more clutch than stokes. Stokes = dhoni, and butler = jadeja, now look at it again and tell me who played the better innings. Difference between stokes doing a dhoni was a foot on the boundary line.
 
Not at all both Butler and Stoke messed up the chase after taking so many balls to play themselves in, considering they are renowned for big hitting - it was frustrating to see them struggle for big hits. Luck played a big part in Stoke inning to level the scores.There have been so many better innings in the world cup.
 
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Yes, it is the greatest IMO. He single-handedly won the match or rather a trophy for England.

Inzy didn't do it alone..
Gambhir had Dhoni with him..
de Silva had support from middle order..

Stokes didn't have up till the last second.. That makes this the greatest ODI inning.
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Butler provided a big support to Stoke as well
 
No, Buttler's innings was more smoother and got England back into the game. Stokes remained at the end though.

Also, Buttler hit the last ball of the super over for a boundary too.
 
Would have been nicer if stokes had hit the penultimate ball for a 6. Would stop all the talk.
That would have made it the best ever I reckon. That bonus 4 and the fact it was tied means it falls just short
 
i think if the sheeer magnitude, match situation , singlehandedness, domination, share of team total all are taken into account it has to be Kapil's 175*.

in a do or die match, coming in at 9/4 & then 17/5 , scoring 175* of only 137 balls in a team total of 266 by a captain .... that is out of the world knock.
 
Have to admit it takes a lot of mental strength to perform in such a situation after being humiliated in 2016 World T20.

He is no choker for sure.
 
That shot for a six by Stokes off the third ball of the last over is the greatest shot that I´ve ever seen in an ODI World Cup Final. Just pure brilliance given the situation and the pressure that he was under. To slog sweep a fast bowler of Boult´s quality, from outside off-stump, requires serious talent and ability on the batsman´s part. Awesome!

Talking of sixes in an ODI World Cup Final, Gilchrist´s six over mid-wicket (I think) off Vaas in 2007 too was brilliant. Simply dismantled the bowler and his colleagues. I still think that that Final was won off that single delivery, a single moment. Dhoni´s six over backward point off Perera in 2011 also was a brilliant strokes. It´s never an easy shot to play. I´ll never forget these three sixes.

As for a boundary, in terms of class and elegance, Tendulkar´s straight drive from the 2011 Final will never be matched. What a beauty it was! One of those brilliant shots from the great man which keeps replaying in my mind quite often.
 
Sycamore said:
He is lucky boult stepped on the boundary line , he is lucky the ball came off his bat, he is lucky NZ didnt score enough boundaries. Butlers innings was more clutch than stokes. Stokes = dhoni, and butler = jadeja, now look at it again and tell me who played the better innings. Difference between stokes doing a dhoni was a foot on the boundary line.
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Well, I would say he did well to hit it so hard that Boult was forced to step onto the rope, the fielder should have thrown it to the bowler’s end cutting the runs scored to two not six, and the Kiwis were collectively not good enough to hit more than sixteen boundaries.

Buttler did well to get the score moving but then got out, and Stokes was there to force the super over.
 
The English cricketer who broke a nation's heart is among early nominations for the New Zealander of the Year Award.

Kiwi-born Ben Stokes is among nominations for the award; along with gutsy Black Caps captain Kane Williamson, Newstalk ZB host Simon Barnett, former league star Manu Vatuvei and one of the heroes of the Christchurch mosque attacks, Abdul Aziz.

Stokes, who moved to England when he was 12 with his parents, proved to be England's match-winner in Monday's Cricket World Cup final, smashing 92 runs during the dramatic win which has left Kiwi cricket fans and players heartbroken.

Prior to his nomination being confirmed, British PM contender Boris Johnson also promised he would knight Stokes.

New Zealander of the Year Awards chief judge Cameron Bennett said both Stokes and Williamson had received several nominations after the World Cup final.

"The way he [Williamson] conducted himself, not only in the face of such devastating disappointment at Lord's but throughout the tournament, resonated powerfully with Kiwis from all walks of life. He's been the embodiment of the qualities we cherish as New Zealanders – courage, fairness, humility.

"Interesting, too, to see some character having a bob each way: we also received nominations for England's hero, Ben Stokes.

"He might not have been playing for the Black Caps but, having been born in Christchurch, where his parents now live, and with Maori ancestry, there's clearly a few Kiwis about who think we can still claim him."

Nominations close for the award on September 15.

A shortlist of 10 will be announced in December, with the winner to be confirmed next February.

Not only did Stokes impress with his match-winning batting, he also showed incredible sportsmanship after asking the umpires to take away four runs they had awarded to him after a throw from Black Cap Martin Guptill struck his bat and headed to the boundary.

But the umpires stuck by their call to award him six runs – four overthrows and the two runs he was in the process of completing.

His act of good sportsmanship was revealed by Stokes' England test teammate Jimmy Anderson.

Earlier this week, Stokes' proud father, former league coach Gerard Stokes, said a draw would have been nice in the final given he was supporting both the Black Caps and his son.

"[A draw] would've been nice but there's always got to be a winner in a world cup.

"The way that Ben batted was a tribute to both teams in the way that they tried so hard to win that cup.

"He was over the moon being a part of that match and also have an influence on the result as well ... the way he played epitomised both teams I think."

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12250938
 
the flukiest? yes. the best? not even the best innings in a world cup final.
NAH MAN, imho Pontings innings in 2003 world cup final best world cup innings, no fluke needed.
 
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