Recalling the seven most expensive spells in men’s ODIs, when some of the format’s biggest names ended up with forgettable figures.
They say the game tends to favor the batter – the next bowler who has fallen victim to a few hard hits on a bad day will quickly agree. Unsurprisingly, his seven most expensive spells in ODIs all came at the turn of the century, when the introduction of the T20 format took his ODI power hits to a new level.
Nuwan Pradeep (10-0-106-0)
Sri Lanka v India, Mohali, 2017
Pradeep was not in the Sri Lankan squad when Rohit Sharma scored a record-breaking 264 runs against Lanka in 2014, but three years later he sparked outrage with Rohit’s 208-run masterclass. I calmed down and ended up with an economy rate of 10. , 6, there is no wicket next to his name. In total, he conceded nine of his fours and five of his sixes on the night, giving him 67, or 30%, of Rohit’s runs conceded.
It started slowly. Pradeep scored just 5 runs in his first two overs, but his form wasn’t too bad after that. He scored 51 runs in the last three overs as Rohit geared up to third gear and completed his third double century in this format. It was three days after Pradeep bowled his four maidens in his match of 2 for 37 in Dharamsala.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar (10-0-106-1)
India v South Africa, Mumbai, 2015
Bhuvneshwar Kumar had a strong image of being a frugal man who made early breakthroughs, but he became the victim of a stunning attack by South Africa’s Big Three. On a day when Quinton de Kock, Faf du Plessis and AB de Villiers all scored centuries, Bhuvneshwar himself scored ‘hundreds’, hitting fours and 12. He allowed 6 hits and 6 hits. The yorkers disappeared, the short balls were sent, the slower balls had no effect at all, but the South African batsmen gradually and irreparably repelled the Indian attack. He took the repechage wicket of de Villiers, but by that point the 47th was over and the total was out of India’s reach.
Rashid Khan (9-0-110-0)
Afghanistan v England, Manchester, 2019
No.1 T20I bowler Rashid Khan is all about slumps punctuated by frequent wickets, but Afghanistan’s encounter with England in the World Cup was a spectacular anomaly. Rashid faced a red-hot Eoin Morgan, who recovered from a broken leg to make seven of his 17 sixes on the day.
The Afghanistan spearhead ended up with the most expensive ODI match ever in a World Cup match with a total of 11 sixes and three fours raided. In the next game, Rashid returned to his natural form with his score of 1-38, but the scars from that Manchester game may not be forgotten anytime soon.
Wahab Riaz (10-0-110-0)
Pakistan v England, Nottingham, 2016
Rias was an outstanding white ball bowler of his time and tended to score a lot of runs when things didn’t go his way. Rias has conceded more than 85 runs on four occasions in his 89 ODIs, but the most runs he has conceded in an ODI was in 2016 when England conceded 85 or more runs in his 50 overs. It was during England’s record-breaking runfest at Nottingham, where they conceded 444 runs.
Rias conceded more than 40% of those runs, conceding 12 fours and four sixes in an unforgettable spell. Rias scored 24 runs in the last over, including 18 runs in England’s 48 innings, conceding just six runs.
Mick Lewis (10-0-113-0)
Australia v South Africa, Johannesburg, 2006
Although not as great as other bowlers, Mick Lewis was the most unlucky victim of the Johannesburg carnage, playing his full quota but ending up with an economy of 11.3 (to keep things To put it into perspective, the economies of List A stand) 4.91). Surprisingly, his score of 21 was the second best among Australia’s six bowlers on the day, but his remaining 39 deliveries were 113, including 13 fours and four sixes. It was held in a run. After all, within two months of this great match, he lost his Australian cricket contract. That fateful game was the last time he wore the yellow and green jersey.
Adam Zampa (10-0-113-0)
Australia v South Africa, Centurion, 2023
With South Africa 1-2 down in the series, Heinrich Klaasen (174 off 83) and David Miller (82* off 45) turned up the heat against Australia. Zampa conceded 69 off his eight overs when he came to bowl at the end of the 42nd over. The Klaasen-Miller duo lashed on the wrist-spinner to take 44 runs off his last two. Zampa was pummeled all over the park as the home team reached 416 at the loss of five wickets. The tweaker had a forgettable day and became the 16th bowler to leak over 100 runs in an innings. He joins compatriot Mick Lewis, who achieved the same infamous feat in 2006 for the highest ODI run chase ever recorded by South Africa (438-9).
Bas de Leede (10-0-115-2)
Australia v Netherlands, New Delhi, 2023
After the first few runs, with Marnus Labuscagne (62) and Josh Inglis (14) dismissed in consecutive overs, De Lied looked set to fight back in the 2023 World Cup match. It looked like. When Glenn Maxwell reached the crease at the end of the 39th over, de Reid’s bowling record was 2-51 from six overs. Maxwell wreaked havoc on Dutch bowlers, including De Lied, en route to reaching the fastest World Cup hundred in just 40 balls. De Lied, who was at the tail end of Maxwell’s attack, conceded 28 runs in his final over. Maxwell took him to the cleaners with three sixes and two fours, including a maximum after a no-ball in the 49th over. De Lied finished with undesirable figures of 2 wins and 115 losses, making him the highest-paid bowler in ODIs.
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