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  1. 1Javed MiandadJaved MiandadBorn 12 Jun 1957Miandad's six off the last ball from Chetan Sharma to beat India in the 1986 Austral-Asia Cup final at Sharjah, with four needed, is the founding legend of one-day finishing. It was not a fluke: he was a master of manipulating the field and running between the wickets, and he regularly saw chases…0i
  2. 2Michael BevanMichael BevanBorn 8 May 1970Bevan was the first specialist one-day finisher, with an average above 50 and a huge proportion of not-out innings for Australia in the 1990s and early 2000s. He rarely hit sixes; instead he worked singles and twos into gaps and calculated the chase ball by ball. His last-ball four to beat the West…0
  3. 3Lance KlusenerLance KlusenerBorn 4 Sept 1971Klusener's 1999 World Cup was a run of brutal finishes, striking at over 120 and averaging well above 100 as South Africa's lower-order hitter, and he was player of the tournament. The semi-final at Edgbaston, where he brought South Africa to within a run before the famous run-out tie, is the…0i
  4. 4MS DhoniMS DhoniBorn 7 Jul 1981Dhoni's method was to take a chase deeper than seemed safe, keeping wickets in hand and backing his own power at the death. His six to win the 2011 World Cup final at Mumbai is the image, but the record is the real case: over 10,000 one-day runs with an average above 50 from the middle order, and…0i
  5. 5Michael HusseyMichael HusseyBorn 27 May 1975Mr Cricket averaged around 50 in one-day internationals, largely from the lower middle order, and was Australia's chase-closer in the late 2000s. His 60 not out off 24 balls in the 2010 World T20 semi-final against Pakistan, finishing it with a flurry of sixes off Saeed Ajmal in the last over, is…0i
  6. 6Kieron PollardKieron PollardBorn 12 May 1987Pollard built a whole career as a T20 death-overs hitter, playing more T20 matches than almost anyone and winning multiple IPL titles with Mumbai Indians, often from the final overs. He also hit six sixes in an over in a T20 international in 2021. He is the template of the franchise-era finisher:…0i
  7. 7Jos ButtlerJos ButtlerBorn 8 Sept 1990Before he became an opener, Buttler was England's one-day finisher, with a range of scoops and ramps that let him score off yorkers. He ran out Martin Guptill to complete the 2019 World Cup final super over win and later led England to the 2022 T20 World Cup. His finishing years from 2014 to 2019…0i
  8. 8AB de VilliersAB de VilliersBorn 17 Feb 1984De Villiers could finish from almost anywhere, with an average above 50 and a strike rate above 100 in one-day cricket and a range of shots that made field settings irrelevant. His 31-ball hundred against the West Indies in 2015 is the record, but the case rests on how often he turned South…0i
  9. 9Ben StokesBen StokesBorn 4 Jun 1991Stokes's 84 not out in the 2019 World Cup final at Lord's, batting with the tail and then in the super over, is the defining pressure innings in English white-ball history. Three years later he made an unbeaten 52 to win the 2022 T20 World Cup final in Melbourne. He did not always finish, but in…0i
  10. 10Glenn MaxwellGlenn MaxwellBorn 14 Oct 1988Maxwell's 201 not out against Afghanistan at the 2023 World Cup, from 91 for 7 chasing 292 and batting with cramp on one leg, is perhaps the greatest one-day chase innings. His reverse sweeps and switch hits make him hard to set fields to, though his consistency has varied. Australia have trusted…0i