Is Andrew Flintoff underrated in Odis?

[Nikola]

I think Flintoff is really underrated in odis. As batsman he could score quick runs if needed lower down the order and as a bowler i think he has been as good as anyone to play this format. He had pace, bounce, accuracy, yorker, swing, seam everything great bowler needs to have. With bat he averaged 46 with strike rate of 94.33 at #5 position (48 innings). As bowler he averaged 24 in odis (141 matches) which is great for any era even as pure bowler.

 

He got better since 2003 and here are his stats since then.

 

With Bat only KP had better average than him (since 2003 till his retirement)

 

As bowler he was well ahead of his bowling partners.

 

I think he would have have been in top 5 odi cricketers of all time if he would have played bit more cricket and maybe for better team. What do you guys think?

Edited January 31, 2021 by Nikola

[Nikola]

As bowler he can bowl 145+ easily. Here are few of his yorkers.

 

 

 

 

If conditions favored him a bit he was unplayable for great batsman as well.

 

 

Edited January 31, 2021 by Nikola

[Tibarn]

Well Cricviz did name him the ODI player of the century, so...

 

https://www.cricviz.com/andrew-flintoff-named-21st-century-odi-mvp

 

On a serious note, it's obvious he was a good player. The rest of the English team was terrible in ODIs otherwise his all-around skill would be appreciated. On their team of that era, he was just wasted. 

[rkt.india]

One of the most difficult bowlers to score runs of.

[kohli]

In odi klusner & Flintoff are greatest all rounder 

[kohli]

In odi Flintoff has  atg bowling record 

[Serpico]

He's overrated in tests and underrated in ODIs. Easily their best ever ODI bowler and will walk into their current champion team ahead of wood or archer

Edited February 1, 2021 by Serpico

[Majestic]

He is an ODI legend and a great test all-rounder.

[Adamant]

2 hours ago, kohli said:

In odi klusner & Flintoff are greatest all rounder 

Kapil dev is the greatest. 

Edited February 1, 2021 by Adamant

[kohli]

2 hours ago, Adamant said:

Kapil dev is the greatest. 

Yes kapil, klusner & Flintoff 

[Soldier]

19 hours ago, Serpico said:

He's overrated in tests and underrated in ODIs. Easily their best ever ODI bowler and will walk into their current champion team ahead of wood or archer

easily. archer is the better bowler though i would say. archer is a special talent. up there with starc and bumrah in odi. 

flintoff defo one of the best if not the best all rounders in odi. shame he played for a weak england team in his prime. 

Edited February 2, 2021 by Soldier

[Majestic]

Kapil, Klusenar, Flintoff and Jayasuriya top 4 IMO.