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Hashim Amla - a potential ODI choker?
Perhaps a sensitive thread because the guy has some serious devotees on this forum but regardless, the fact is that the guy is a bottler in ODIs.
He is widely regarded as the best batsman in the world and while that may hold true for tests, it is certainly not true in ODIs.
At the moment it would be far more fitting to deem him the best test batsman in the world although Clarke may have something to say about that.
To be the best you need more than just a highly impressive average on paper; you need to deliver in big matches and on big moments. Amla has done that in tests and his triple hundred in England in a high profile series determining the number one test team in the world is testament to that.
But in ODIs he has scored a lot of soft runs and has crumbled on big occasions.
It is universal fact that the ICC events such as the World Cup, Champions Trophy and World T20 are the most important and prestigious events in limited overs cricket.
Before this Champions Trophy, he had played in 3 ICC events.
The 2011 World Cup, the 2009 Champions Trophy and the 2012 World T20.
He isn't a T20 player and I doubt if he'd play again but it is fitting to include the World T20 here in context because it is an ICC event nonetheless and South Africa badly need some.
In the 2011 World Cup, he averaged 32 if you ignore the cakewalk against Netherlands and if you start counting in performances against associates and minnows then perhaps Mccullum is a legend of the game.
In the 2009 Champions Trophy, he averaged 20.
In the the 2012 World T20, he averaged 17.
Matter of fact, Amla has failed to stand up and deliver on big occasions in Limited overs cricket and once again today he has failed.
Scoring tons of runs in bilaterals will make you look good on paper but won't propel you to greatness.
Ricky Ponting in ODIs is not remembered for the tons of runs he scored in the VB series for example but for performances like the one in the 2003 World Cup final.
Amla needs to stand up and start delivering in matches that count most to cement himself as a true great in this format.
For the record, IMO, Dhoni is head and shoulders above everyone else and is easily the number one ODI batsman and a proper great in this format.
Perhaps a sensitive thread because the guy has some serious devotees on this forum but regardless, the fact is that the guy is a bottler in ODIs.
He is widely regarded as the best batsman in the world and while that may hold true for tests, it is certainly not true in ODIs.
At the moment it would be far more fitting to deem him the best test batsman in the world although Clarke may have something to say about that.
To be the best you need more than just a highly impressive average on paper; you need to deliver in big matches and on big moments. Amla has done that in tests and his triple hundred in England in a high profile series determining the number one test team in the world is testament to that.
But in ODIs he has scored a lot of soft runs and has crumbled on big occasions.
It is universal fact that the ICC events such as the World Cup, Champions Trophy and World T20 are the most important and prestigious events in limited overs cricket.
Before this Champions Trophy, he had played in 3 ICC events.
The 2011 World Cup, the 2009 Champions Trophy and the 2012 World T20.
He isn't a T20 player and I doubt if he'd play again but it is fitting to include the World T20 here in context because it is an ICC event nonetheless and South Africa badly need some.
In the 2011 World Cup, he averaged 32 if you ignore the cakewalk against Netherlands and if you start counting in performances against associates and minnows then perhaps Mccullum is a legend of the game.
In the 2009 Champions Trophy, he averaged 20.
In the the 2012 World T20, he averaged 17.
Matter of fact, Amla has failed to stand up and deliver on big occasions in Limited overs cricket and once again today he has failed.
Scoring tons of runs in bilaterals will make you look good on paper but won't propel you to greatness.
Ricky Ponting in ODIs is not remembered for the tons of runs he scored in the VB series for example but for performances like the one in the 2003 World Cup final.
Amla needs to stand up and start delivering in matches that count most to cement himself as a true great in this format.
For the record, IMO, Dhoni is head and shoulders above everyone else and is easily the number one ODI batsman and a proper great in this format.