Five Cricket Retired Legends With Highest ODI Conversion Rates
Since its start, One Day International cricket has seen some of the top batsmen in the sport from around the world. While some players were noted for getting their teams off to a hot start, others stayed still and helped to stabilize their team’s batting. They went from hundreds to tonnes and then into what we now refer to as “daddy hundreds” during the course of this.
Now that the game moves so quickly and the rules favour the batsmen, it’s not uncommon to see scores of 150 or more. However, back in the day, when the rules and playing conditions were more difficult, there were some who still managed to get to the big scores, leading their teams to massive totals of 150 or more.
5 retired legends, who had some of the best conversion rates to 150 runs, will be examined in this article.
It is important to note that all of the batters on this list have scored at least 10 one-day international hundreds.
1.Sir Vivian Richards (West Indies, 27.3 percent )
Sir Vivian has been ranked as one of the greatest cricketers of all time, and several of the people on this list were inspired by him to take up the sport. The West Indies cricket team’s domination over other nations was always a result of the strong bowlers and equally fierce batsmen that played for the team, and Vivian was surely a significant name. In those days, new cricketers copied his batting technique, flowing stroke play, and famed walk back to the pavilion, which included him flicking gum with his bat. ‘Swagger’ is the only term that comes to mind when describing his style of play. At an average of 47 in one-day international cricket, Sir Viv scored 6721 runs for West Indies. The most remarkable thing about him is that he is able to convert centuries into scores of more than 150. On three of the 11 occasions he passed 100 runs, he went on to score more than 150 runs, with his highest score being 189 runs.
2.Gautam Gambhir (India, 18.2 percent )
In 2011, Gautam Gambhir, the underappreciated hero of India’s victories in the World Cup and World Twenty20, was a force to be reckoned with for bowlers. There were few players on the field more aggressive and intelligent than the left-handed hitter. He possessed an incredible batting awareness that allowed him to know when to press the accelerator and when to take his foot off the gas. The combination of him and Virender Sehwag, another Delhi-born opener, made him one of the most devastating opening duos in Indian cricket history. In the 143 one-day internationals he played for India, he scored 5238 runs, including 11 centuries and two scores of more than 150 runs.
3.Brian Lara (West Indies, 15.8 percent )
When discussing cricket, Brian Charles Lara is a name that cannot be ignored. He will always be regarded as one of the greatest cricketers of all time, among the likes of Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting, and Jacques Kallis. As a West Indies batsman, Lara had a wizardly style of batting and taking his wicket used to be a point of pride for any bowler. He became dependent on his ability to score runs. As a result, his test and one-day international records were nearly identical. There were two hundred and ninety-nine innings in which he surpassed the 100-run mark, and he did so three times. As long as there are cricket fans, he will live on as an inspiration for the next generation of young players, not just in the Caribbean but around the globe.
4.Hashim Amla (South Africa, 14.8 percent )
As one of South Africa’s finest batsmen, Amla’s innings were a joy to witness. It’s impossible to forget the vision of him standing tall and striking the ball to the boundary off the back foot. However, in one-day international cricket, he was a class above the rest. Getting him out early in the match used to be a huge relief for the bowlers, since he holds the marks for the fastest 2000, 3000, 4000, 5000, and 6000 ODI runs. Because once he had his sights set, he stayed on the field for a long period. The record books bear this out. In the 177 innings he played in one-day internationals, he scored 27 hundreds and converted four of those into 150-plus runs, which is a remarkable achievement.
5.Tillakaratne Dilshan (Sri Lanka, 13.6 percent )
He was one of the greatest openers in cricket history. In several cases, his innings have helped Sri Lanka achieve triumphs they could never have imagined. In the 2011 World Cup against England, he scored 108 runs without being dismissed, and he also hit 160 off 124 balls against India, who were chasing a huge total of 400 runs. However, he had a penchant for transforming his tonnage into much higher totals. Sri Lankan cricketer scored a maximum of 161 runs in his 22 centuries for the national team. In the 303 innings he played in one-day international cricket, he amassed a total of 10290 runs.
