Whirlwind ODI knocks and hard-hitters

Today, we witnessed two awesome power-packed innings by Afridi and Razzaq. A few days back, Brendon McCullum played not just one but two whirlwind knocks of 48(33) and 50* (25). The first one almost helped NZ win; they lost by just 2 runs. The second knock helped the Kiwis create a world-record by chasing down 331 runs against the Aussies (with an over to spare). Amazing stuff!

2nd ODI scorecard
3rd ODI scorecard

Speaking of hitters, India now has Mahendra Dhoni in addition to Sehwag. Dhoni is clearly a fearsome hitter; you just need to watch the two sixes he hit against SL in the 2nd test match. The first of these didn't feel like a six at all...I think it just went a little bit above the eye-level! The commentator was really surprised when the umpire indicated a six :-)

I think almost every team now has a fierce hitter or two in their team.

England: Pietersen, Flintoff
India: Sehwag, Dhoni (Pathan?)
Pakistan: Afridi, Razzaq
South Africa: Kemp
Australia: Symonds (Gilchrist?)
New Zealand: Brendon McCullum, Chris Cairns

Sri Lanka: ?
West Indies: ?