How good Ranatunga as an ODI batsman?

[thongale]

Ranatunga IMO never seems to get appriciated for his batsmanship. Whenever talked about him it's all about being a leader, being a ***** and charisma. Aravinda walks away with all the accolades. But lookign closely, he averages more than Aravinda, and averages 50+ with the bat against West Indies whom arguably had the best attack, as well as averaging 50+ in SAF and in Pakistan and 47 in NZ. Only places he seemed to struggle was Australia and England. And all this was, playing in a minnow team. During the same time Tendulkar averaged 42 against the WI, Javed averaged 37 and Mark Waugh 35. How good was Arjuna with the bat in ODIs?

[-Robin-]

He played only 2 matches in WI and averages 34 :hysterical: His averages in SA and NZ is impressive but career average is 35 whats the fuss??

[G_B_]

What i admired about him was the way he ran or walked between wickets. His game was based on picking up singles.

[kira]

lol,the guy who wanted a runner for being fat :hysterical:

[The Outsider]

He was pretty good. Kind of a precursor to the Bevan kind of finisher. Tremendous match and situation awareness. Probably would have averaged 5 more today, what he lacked was the Gear X like DeSilva. An analogy would be Dravid in the Indian team, though Dravid was better in pretty much every aspect.

[Jimmy Cliff]

Pretty good. Although I think his only scoring shot was the nudge down to third man..

[Tapioca]

He was pretty good. Kind of a precursor to the Bevan kind of finisher. Tremendous match and situation awareness. Probably would have averaged 5 more today' date=' what he lacked was the Gear X like DeSilva. An analogy would be Dravid in the Indian team, though Dravid was better in pretty much every aspect.[/quote'] He was a more effective ODI batsman than Dravid. The Ranatunga of the 80s was different from what we saw in the 90s (surely you remember that). He would occasionally play innings like the 86* v WI in the Reliance cup when he took Walsh apart (Patterson had to bowl waist high beamers to prevent WI from losing), a 64 against India in an ODI in SL (followed on radio, DD screwed up), the 80 odd in the first successful 300+ chase v Zim in the 1992 World Cup etc.

[JaFanatic]

^No Dravid has played more responsible knocks than Ranatunga and has won a man of the series award in 99 world cup something Ranatunga isn't good enough to achieve

[coffee_rules]

good effective ODI bat ,might have averaged better with a runner!

[Tapioca]

^No Dravid has played more responsible knocks than Ranatunga and has won a man of the series award in 99 world cup something Ranatunga isn't good enough to achieve

I wouldn't argue about 'responsible knocks' but in the middle three (out of 5) world cups, Ranatunga averaged 252 @ 84 in 1987, 262 @ 52 in 1992 and 241 @ 120 in the 1996 World cup. Dravid had 65, 63 and 40.

[JaFanatic]

I wouldn't argue about 'responsible knocks' but in the middle three (out of 5) world cups' date=' Ranatunga averaged 252 @ 84 in 1987, 262 @ 52 in 1992 and 241 @ 120 in the 1996 World cup. Dravid had 65, 63 and 40.[/quote'] Dravid in world cups - 61.42 Ranatunga - 46.14 You said Ranatunga was a different batsman in the 80s yes I agree with you averaging in 20s in 5(3 of them at less than 25) out of 8 years he played in that decade :agree:

[Tapioca]

Dravid in world cups - 61.42 Ranatunga - 46.14 You said Ranatunga was a different batsman in the 80s yes I agree with you averaging in 20s in 5(3 of them at less than 25) out of 8 years he played in that decade :agree:

Stats could be twisted any which way. They played together for four years (1996-99) and Ranatunga , who was long past his best, had the better average in three of them :)

[kira]

Seriously, are people really comparing ranatunga to DRAVID :facepalm:

[JaFanatic]

Stats could be twisted any which way. They played together for four years (1996-99) and Ranatunga ' date=' who was long past his best, had the better average in three of them :)[/quote'] Lol you started nitpicking the stats in Ranatunga's favour to prove something but whats your point ? despite not being at his best he did better than his glorius 80s :giggle: Those four years were the first four of Dravid's ODI career and he was'nt at his best for most part of that period. Are you trying to imply that Ranatunga was a better batsman than Dravid ? :hmmm:

[Marco Polo]

That fat ass is responsible for so many chuckers playing these days. He was hyper sensitive and stupid. His batting was a joke.

[achilles]

As a batsman, the perception has always been that he is a mentally strong player with a solid technique.

That fat ass is responsible for so many chuckers playing these days. He was hyper sensitive and stupid. His batting was a joke.

That fat ass has done more for his country than anyone did at that time.

[kira]

As a batsman, the perception has always been that he is a mentally strong player with a solid technique. That fat ass has done more for his country than anyone did at that time.

That fatass is the reason world cricket is infested with so many chuckers

[achilles]

That fatass is the reason world cricket is infested with so many chuckers

Yes, lets single out Arjuna for standing up for his teammate. While you're at it, I'm curious to know your viewpoint on Warne's drugging antiques and CA backing him, England tampering the ball with mints (as reported by Trescothick) and their captain and board backing it, Stuart Broad stepping on cricket balls to alter conditions, Mark Waugh selling information to bookies, Pakistan and its unending list of match fixers. Lets blame them all equally then.

[kira]

Yes, lets single out Arjuna for standing up for his teammate. While you're at it, I'm curious to know your viewpoint on Warne's drugging antiques and CA backing him, England tampering the ball with mints (as reported by Trescothick) and their captain and board backing it, Stuart Broad stepping on cricket balls to alter conditions, Mark Waugh selling information to bookies, Pakistan and its unending list of match fixers. Lets blame them all equally then.

apples and oranges. Do you see people taking drugs or people tampering ball with mints and not getting punished. WE sure do see a lot of chuckers don't we? So do the math genius which is more harmful for cricket :haha: And yes Pakistan is to be blamed for fixing I agree with you on that

[achilles]

apples and oranges. Do you see people taking drugs or people tampering ball with mints and not getting punished. WE sure do see a lot of chuckers don't we? So do the math genius which is more harmful for cricket :haha: And yes Pakistan is to be blamed for fixing I agree with you on that

My friend, do you think people who cleared Muralitharan were uneducated idiots, having no idea of their trade and were simply following the orders from an island that ppl can't even point on a map? No. Do you think Ranatunga is actually responsible for global chucking turning? If yes, how do you think he executed this mass campaign? Teleported his aatma into ppl's bodies and influenced them? Gimme a break. Appreciate what a man has done! I know there is peer pressure when it comes to criticizing, but think a bit logically.