Almost as soon as we launched the Wisden 100, which assessed and rated every batting and bowling performance in Test cricket, people starting asking when we would be producing a similar table for one-day internationals. It was a daunting task, given the number of matches being played these days – in 31 years of one-day internationals there have already been more individual games than in 135 years of Test cricket – but we've managed it. Most of the factors we used to calculate the Test ratings have been used again this time, with some subtle tweaks and additions to reflect the different nature of the one-day game. Speed of scoring suddenly becomes much more crucial. And in one-day internationals some matches are much more important than others, which isn't often the case in Tests. Performances in the later stages of the World Cup have been given more points than similar scores in qualifying rounds, or less important competitions.

Despite that the top performance in our batting table doesn't come from the World Cup. It's Vivian Richards from 1984 – Viv at his masterful blasterful best – and that searing 189 not out against England at Old Trafford, which dragged West Indies from the depths of 102 for 7 to the luxury of 272 for 9.

In the bowling list top spot goes to Gary Gilmour, the Australian left-arm seamer, whose 6 for 14 decimated England in the semi-final of the first World Cup in 1975.

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