Australia’s greatest ODI player: Final

It all comes down to this.

After more than 1.3 million votes over the past week, the battle to be crowned Australia's greatest ever ODI player will be decided by a showdown between former captain Ricky Ponting and his long-time deputy, Adam Gilchrist.

With the 11th edition of the men’s World Cup to get underway later this month, we've been conducting a fan-led poll to decide Australia's ODI GOAT.

Australia are the most successful one-day side in history, winning more than 60 per cent of their 932 matches and lifting the World Cup trophy a record five times, including three consecutive wins between 1999 and 2007.

Fans have had their say in a series of head-to-head polls over the past week, with votes tallied across cricket.com.au, the CA Live app as well as Instagram, Facebook and Twitter, with Ponting and Gilchrist winning the most votes to set-up a dream 'final' between the pair.

Fans have until Friday evening AEST to pick between Ponting and Gilchrist for the unofficial title of Australia's ODI GOAT - so make sure you have your say!

Final: Adam Gilchrist v Ricky Ponting

VOTING IS NOW CLOSED. Ricky Ponting won 57% of the vote compared to 43% for Adam Gilchrist, meaning Ponting has been voted Australia's greatest ODI player

Adam Gilchrist

ODI record

M: 287 | Runs: 9619 | Ave: 35.89 | SR: 96.94 | 100s: 16 | 50s: 55 | HS: 172 | Ct: 417 | St: 55

World Cup record

M: 31 | Runs: 1085 | Ave: 36.16 | SR: 98.01 | 100s: 1 | 50s: 8 | HS: 149 | Ct: 45 | St: 7

World Cup titles won: 3

Having changed the role of the wicketkeeper-batsman in Test cricket forever, Gilchrist was also part of a revolution in the one-day game that transformed the sport. Moved to the top of the order on a hunch from his skipper Steve Waugh in 1998, Gilchrist scored at an almost a run a ball during his 12-year career, his career average of 36 a stunning measure of consistency given his high-risk approach. The ultimate allrounder, he has the second-most dismissals for an ODI keeper as well, and his match-winning century in the 2007 World Cup final ranks as one of the greatest in the tournament’s history.

Ricky Ponting

ODI record

M: 375 | Runs: 13704 | Ave: 42.03 | SR: 80.39 | 100s: 30 | 50s: 82 | HS: 164

World Cup record

M: 46 | Runs: 1743 | Ave: 45.86 | SR: 79.95 | 100s: 5 | 50s: 6 | HS: 140*

World Cup titles won: 3

Three World Cup wins, two as skipper, 4000 more ODI runs than any other Australian – do we need to say anything more about Ricky Thomas Ponting? For more than 15 years, Ponting held down the No.3 spot in an Australian side that enjoyed an unprecedented level of success, highlighted by the unbeaten World Cup campaigns he skippered in 2003 and 2007. In a career full of great moments, his stunning assault on India’s bowlers in Johannesburg in 2003, on no less a stage than a World Cup final, is an innings that’s difficult to forget.