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Following the success of the list for Test cricket, the Wisden 100 list for ODI cricket was released on 1 February 2002. The top-rated batting performance was Viv Richards ' 189* for West Indies against England at Manchester in 1984. 7 of Richards' innings appeared in the top 100, more than any other batsman.
Australian cricketer Sir Don Bradman, often recognized as the greatest batsman of all time, [1] [2] [3] scored twenty-nine Test cricket centuries during his international career which lasted from 1928 to 1948. [N 1] However, his cricketing career was interrupted from 1940 to 1946 due to the outbreak of World War II, followed by poor health. [4]
Australian Donald Bradman, widely considered the greatest batsman of all time, [8] [9] holds several personal and partnership records. He scored the most runs in a series, has the most double centuries and was a part of the record 5th wicket partnership.
Sir Donald George Bradman AC (27 August 1908 – 25 February 2001), nicknamed "The Don", was an Australian international cricketer, widely acknowledged as the greatest batsman of all time. [3] His cricketing successes have been claimed by Shane Warne, among others, as making Bradman the "greatest sportsperson" in history.
The late West Indian player Malcolm Marshall has the best bowling average (20.94) among those who have achieved the milestone. [12] Fellow West Indian Lance Gibbs is the most economical player with 1.98 runs per over, while South African fast bowler Kagiso Rabada has the best strike rate of 38.5 balls per wicket. [6]
The player rankings are a weighted average of all a player's performances, with recent matches weighted most heavily (so the overall effect of a good or bad performance decline over time). Each match performance is given a rating out of 1000, based on a set of pre-determined criteria, and these figures averaged. [4]
He is widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen to have played for South Africa, and one of the greatest opening batsmen of all time. He is a right-handed batsman and holds the record for the highest individual Test score of any South African batsman of 311 not out, scored against England at The Oval, London in July 2012. [3]
Gavaskar is acknowledged as one of the greatest opening batsmen of all time. Gavaskar was widely admired for his technique against fast bowling, with a particularly high average of 65.45 against the West Indies, who possessed a four-pronged fast bowling attack, widely regarded as the most vicious in Test history.