The Wisden ODI 100 continues to evoke strong responses from you, with the batting list proving particularly controversial. Here's another selection of your views ... The Bible of Cricket is really ignoring the great Indian God! I am simply amazed that Sachin Tendulkar's "sandstorm innings" of 143 at Sharjah, against tough Aussie opposition in 1998 does not figure even in the top 100 ODI innings! Would Wisden care to explain to us why?
Raj Malhotra, USA

We asked the man who devised the ratings - who's an Indian himself, by the way - to explain this for us: "First of all, it was an ordinary league match. It was a very important match for India, but not for Australia. Even so we have assigned the innings slightly more in the match-importance column. Secondly, India lost the match. The bowling attack was average (Fleming, Kasprowicz, Warne, Moody, Steve Waugh). Sadly, sandstorms are not included as part of the scorecard. The fact that Sachin may have been given out unfairly is a very subjective statement - for all we know there might have been an earlier decision when the Aussies thought he was lbw. We can only go by what is recorded in the scorecard. The pitch was a rather easy-paced Sharjah one. As far as the Wisden ODI 100 is concerned Tendulkar's next innings - his hundred in the final - was more relevant and carries more rating points than the 143 (188.5 as against 164.2), and lies 33rd in our list."
Y Ananth Narayan

I was quite surprised to see neither of Sachin Tendulkar's knocks in Sharjah against the Aussies in 1998 in the Wisden ODI 100. Those were innings few players, past or present, could play. He single-handedly destroyed the Aussies and carried India to the final. Then in the finals, he tore apart the highly regarded Australian attack. Some shots he played against Shane Warne were amazing: coming down the track and to the leg to hoist the ball over the mid-on ropes. You cannot be the best batsman in the world by playing mediocre innings - you have to play top-notch cricket and Sachin did that in the deserts of Sharjah.
Sandeep Singh
ps - I am not Indian!

These kind of ratings are always controversial. At first sight I was really surprised to see Sachin Tendulkar's first innings appearing only around 20th place in the rating. It's difficult to imagine that a batsman who has scored 31 one-day centuries couldn't make the Top Ten. But if you carefully analyse then you find out that most of his great innings were played in those matches which India lost, and the final result of the match is definitely a parameter for judging the quality of an innings. I hope that this rating and the previous best 100 Test innings rating will inspire Tendulkar to come up with even better innings.
Zen, Singapore

Yes, Tendulkar should have been in at least the Top Ten, but I am not worried, because before his career is over, say by 2010, I'm sure he will have a top-five place, if not the No. 1 spot - his best is yet to come.
Raj Mahraj

Kapil Dev's 175 was THE BEST innings, as it was played under a pressure I haven't seen in any other innings. Viv Richards's 189* was hardly played under pressure - if anything it was played with the knowledge that West Indies had the best four-pronged pace attack in the world - the fact that even if they scored 100 they could shoot out England for under 80. Kapil had no such confidence.
Vineet Bhatia

There are two innings that stand out amongst all in ODIs in terms of class and impact. Javed Miandad's 116* against India in Sharjah in 1986, and Steve Waugh's 120* against SA in the World Cup in 1999. I was surprised that these two innings did not make the Top Ten. The most important thing about both these innings was the impact they have had. Waugh's innings eventually won them the World Cup, while Miandad's had even more impact on Pakistani cricket. It was the first time the Pakistan team actually fought. The fighting spirit that Miandad displayed on that eventful April afternoon was carried on, and eventually led to Pakistan winning the World Cup in 1992. Miandad's six from the last ball of that match still affects the Indian psyche today.
Mujahid Rizvi

I was amused by claims of racism in the Wisden ODI 100 batting list. The only white man in the top 14 is David Gower, which not many people would quibble with. The story's similar in the bowling - apart from Gary Gilmour (and you would have to devise a very strange set of ratings to knock his 6 for 14 in a World Cup semi-final off the top), Shaun Pollock is the only other white man in the top 13. People should stop playing the race card every time they disagree with something.
James Donaldson, London

I don't agree with the Wisden one-day ratings. Most ODI innings tend to fade into the memory very quickly, but not so with the majestic Majid Khan's wonderful hundred against England at Trent Bridge in 1974. Although it was 27-plus years ago, I still recall being spellbound by his strokeplay.
Roddy Neil, Dublin

Having seen the best Test and the ODI list, I think it is a futile exercise to do this compilation. First of all, however hard you try, there is an element of subjectivity. How do you know whether a greatly rated team performed miserably on that day or vice versa? For example, I think Kapil Dev's 175 against Zimbabwe will be under-rated under the system, because Zimbabwe were a low-rated side still ten years away from Test status. But the fact is that they perfomed brilliantly in the first hour of that day.
Saurabh Rajadhya

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