New Feature: The Greatest Test Innings

[JBMAC]

Enough Said.


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[Days of Grace]

Update: Every innings rated over 15.00


1 I.T. Botham 149* Australia Leeds 1981 26.32

Ian Botham 149 Not Out 1981 3rd Test Headingly - YouTube

2 B.C. Lara 153* Australia Bridgetown 1999 24.56

Brian Lara 153* vs Australia 1999 Barbados - YouTube

3 V.V.S. Laxman 281 Australia Kolkata 2001 23.73

Indian Cricket_VVS Laxman 281 vs Aussies - YouTube

4 G.A. Gooch 154* West Indies Leeds 1991 23.55

GRAHAM GOOCH 154* vs West Indies 1991 - BEST INNINGS OF ALL TIME - YouTube

5 D.G. Bradman 270 England Melbourne 1937 23.51

6 G.L. Jessop 104 Australia The Oval 1902 23.05

7 C. Bannerman 165* England Melbourne 1877 22.64

8 Azhar Mahmood 132 South Africa Durban 1998 22.18

Azhar Mahmood 132 Vs South Africa 1998 Durban - YouTube

9 C. Hill 188 England Melbourne 1898 21.72

10 D.P.M.D. Jayawardene 180 England Galle 2012 21.42

Mahela Jayawardene 180 vs England 1st Test 2012 HD - YouTube




11 A.C. Gilchrist 149* Pakistan Hobart 1999 21.39
12 V. Sehwag 201* Sri Lanka Galle 2008 20.89
13 C.L. Walcott 220 England Bridgetown 1954 20.52
14 N.J. Astle 222 England Christchurch 2002 20.47
15 K.J. Hughes 100* West Indies Melbourne 1981 20.27
16 B.C. Lara 213 Australia Kingston 1999 20.16
17 S.T. Jayasuriya 253 Pakistan Faisalabad 2004 20.08
18 G.J. Bonnor 128 England Sydney 1885 19.64
19 L. Klusener 118 Sri Lanka Kandy 2000 19.64
20 Inzamam-ul-Haq 329 New Zealand Lahore 2002 19.60
21 Saeed Anwar 188 India Kolkata 1999 19.58
22 I.J.L. Trott 184 Pakistan Lord's 2010 19.38
23 G.S. Chappell 176 New Zealand Christchurch 1982 19.23
24 D.L. Amiss 262* West Indies Kingston 1974 19.19
25 S.M. Gavaskar 236* West Indies Madras 1983 19.17
26 Younis Khan 200* Zimbabwe Harare 2013 18.94
27 G.C. Smith 154* England Birmingham 2008 18.88
28 G.S. Chappell 182* West Indies Sydney 1976 18.85
29 J.L. Langer 191 Pakistan Perth 2004 18.80
30 C.G. Greenidge 214* England Lord's 1984 18.73
31 R. Dravid 233 Australia Adelaide 2003 18.71
32 Kamran Akmal 113 India Karachi 2006 18.60
33 J. Ryder 201* England Adelaide 1925 18.56
34 G. Kirsten 100* Pakistan Faisalabad 1997 18.43
35 Mohammad Wasim 192 Zimbabwe Harare 1998 18.42
36 D.G. Bradman 299* South Africa Adelaide 1932 18.34
37 G.R. Viswanath 97* West Indies Madras 1975 18.33
38 R.E. Foster 287 Australia Sydney 1903 18.27
39 Hanif Mohammad 337 West Indies Bridgetown 1958 18.21
40 G.P. Thorpe 200* New Zealand Christchurch 2002 18.17
41 V.T. Trumper 159 South Africa Melbourne 1911 18.14
42 D.G. Bradman 334 England Leeds 1930 18.13
43 C.L. Cairns 80 England The Oval 1999 18.11
44 K.C. Sangakkara 156* New Zealand Wellington 2006 18.05
45 N. Kapil Dev 129 South Africa Port Elizabeth 1992 18.03
46 Asif Iqbal 146 England The Oval 1967 17.96
47 R.G. Pollock 125 England Nottingham 1965 17.94
48 M.N. Samuels 123 New Zealand Kingston 2012 17.81
49 M.J. Clarke 151 South Africa Cape Town 2011 17.80
50 S.C.J. Broad 169 Pakistan Lord's 2010 17.72
51 C.G. Greenidge 134 England Manchester 1976 17.70
52 P.F. Warner 132* South Africa Johannesburg 1899 17.69
53 Inzamam-ul-Haq 138* Bangladesh Multan 2003 17.67
54 B.C. Lara 226 Australia Adelaide 2005 17.62
55 H.P. Tillakaratne 115 Pakistan Faisalabad 1995 17.58
56 D.L. Amiss 179 India Delhi 1976 17.51
57 Hanif Mohammad 187 England Lord's 1967 17.42
58 M.A. Butcher 173* Australia Leeds 2001 17.38
59 S.J. McCabe 232 England Nottingham 1938 17.29
60 O.G. Smith 168 England Nottingham 1957 17.28
61 V. Sehwag 319 South Africa Chennai 2008 17.28
62 G.A. Headley 270* England Kingston 1935 17.26
63 D.G. Bradman 103* England Melbourne 1933 17.16
64 C.H. Lloyd 161* India Calcutta 1983 17.15
65 S. Chanderpaul 137* India Bridgetown 1997 17.11
66 B. Mitchell 164* England Lord's 1935 17.09
67 P.S. McDonnell 147 England Sydney 1882 17.09
68 M.J. Slater 123 England Sydney 1999 17.08
69 M.J. Clarke 329* India Sydney 2012 17.07
70 G.R. Viswanath 114 Australia Melbourne 1981 17.07
71 C.G. Greenidge 213 New Zealand Auckland 1987 16.99
72 R.N. Harvey 167 England Melbourne 1959 16.99
73 J.V. Coney 111* Pakistan Dunedin 1985 16.98
74 Saleem Malik 237 Australia Rawalpindi 1994 16.92
75 M.E. Trescothick 180 South Africa Johannesburg 2005 16.87
76 J.L. Langer 166 Sri Lanka Colombo 2004 16.82
77 M. Azharuddin 163* South Africa Kanpur 1996 16.73
78 V.V.S. Laxman 167 Australia Sydney 2000 16.71
79 A.C. Gilchrist 144 Bangladesh Fatullah 2006 16.71
80 G.P. Thorpe 113* Sri Lanka Colombo 2001 16.70
81 W.W. Armstrong 159* South Africa Johannesburg 1902 16.69
82 K.D. Walters 104* New Zealand Auckland 1974 16.65
83 E.H. Hendren 205* West Indies Port of Spain 1930 16.63
84 M.C. Cowdrey 102 Australia Melbourne 1954 16.60
85 G.S. Sobers 168 Australia Sydney 1961 16.60
86 V.V.S. Laxman 73* Australia Mohali 2010 16.54
87 J.L. Langer 127 Pakistan Hobart 1999 16.51
88 G. Kirsten 275 England Durban 1999 16.49
89 J.B. Hobbs 93* South Africa Johannesburg 1910 16.46
90 I.V.A. Richards 182* England Bridgetown 1981 16.44
91 K.C. Sangakkara 92 England Kandy 2007 16.42
92 D.G. Bradman 226 South Africa Brisbane 1931 16.40
93 L. Hutton 205 West Indies Kingston 1954 16.31
94 S.M. Gavaskar 221 England The Oval 1979 16.30
95 J.P. Duminy 166 Australia Melbourne 2008 16.30
96 G.P. Thorpe 119* West Indies Bridgetown 2004 16.28
97 M.E.K. Hussey 134* Pakistan Sydney 2010 16.21
98 A. Flintoff 73 Australia Birmingham 2005 16.20
99 D.G. Bradman 212 England Adelaide 1937 16.18
100 W.R. Hammond 336* New Zealand Auckland 1933 16.18
101 Younis Khan 267 India Bangalore 2005 16.14
102 V. Sehwag 293 Sri Lanka Mumbai 2009 16.12
103 P.A. de Silva 143* Zimbabwe Colombo 1998 16.04
104 J.N. Rhodes 76* Australia Sydney 1994 16.04
105 K.C. Sangakkara 211 Pakistan Abu Dubai 2011 16.02
106 M.L. Hayden 380 Zimbabwe Perth 2003 16.01
107 K.P. Pietersen 158 Australia The Oval 2005 16.00
108 I.T. Botham 114 India Bombay 1980 16.00
109 D.J. McGlew 255* New Zealand Wellington 1953 15.98
110 V. Sehwag 309 Pakistan Multan 2004 15.93
111 R.G. Pollock 209 Australia Cape Town 1967 15.90
112 S.J. McCabe 187* England Sydney 1932 15.88
113 R.G. Pollock 274 Australia Durban 1970 15.87
114 D.G. Bradman 304 England Leeds 1934 15.87
115 M.E. Waugh 116 South Africa Port Elizabeth 1997 15.84
116 R. Dravid 270 Pakistan Rawalpindi 2004 15.77
117 GA Faulkner 123 England Johannesburg 1910 15.75
118 G.R. Viswanath 139 West Indies Calcutta 1974 15.75
119 D.P.M.D. Jayawardene 374 South Africa Colombo 2006 15.74
120 L. Hutton 364 Australia The Oval 1938 15.73
121 L. Hutton 62* Australia Brisbane 1950 15.67
122 V.V.S. Laxman 96 South Africa Durban 2010 15.64
123 W.R. Hammond 231* Australia Sydney 1936 15.62
124 R.T. Simpson 156* Australia Melbourne 1951 15.58
125 K.C. Wessels 162 England Brisbane 1982 15.55
126 S.M. Nurse 168 New Zealand Auckland 1969 15.54
127 A.C. Gilchrist 138* South Africa Cape Town 2002 15.52
128 M. Azharuddin 182 England Calcutta 1993 15.47
129 W.R. Hammond 240 Australia Lord's 1938 15.47
130 G.M. Turner 223* West Indies Kingston 1972 15.44
131 D.M. Jones 184* England Sydney 1987 15.40
132 K.P. Pietersen 142 Sri Lanka Birmingham 2006 15.39
133 R.A. Smith 148* West Indies Lord's 1991 15.35
134 D.G. Bradman 244 England The Oval 1934 15.33
135 G.S. Sobers 198 India Kanpur 1958 15.31
136 D.N. Sardesai 212 West Indies Kingston 1971 15.30
137 D.C.S. Compton 278 Pakistan Nottingham 1954 15.27
138 D.G. Bradman 103 England Leeds 1938 15.24
139 S.R. Tendulkar 169 South Africa Cape Town 1997 15.23
140 A.R. Border 163 India Melbourne 1985 15.19
141 K.P. Pietersen 129 New Zealand Napier 2008 15.18
142 A. Flower 232* India Nagpur 2000 15.16
143 J.H. Kallis 162 England Durban 2004 15.13
144 S.R. Tendulkar 136 Pakistan Chennai 1999 15.10
145 W.H. Ponsford 266 England The Oval 1934 15.02

 

[OverratedSanity]

Do it till 12.50... Every "great" innings ever. Would probably be too long to post, maybe, I dunno... Must be hundreds between 12.50 and 15

 

[Days of Grace]

There's a ton. Unless I rate every batsman in history there is no way of knowing how many great innings there are. I can be fairly sure of how many 15.00+ innings there are, though, and I'll leave it at that.

 

[bagapath]

Where does Shastri's 107 in Barbados stand? It was scored against marshall, walsh, bishop and ambrose. Must be a good one.

 

[watson]

Where does Shastri's 107 in Barbados stand? It was scored against marshall, walsh, bishop and ambrose. Must be a good one.

Apparently India lost by 8 wickets though. I wonder whether this would down-grade Shastri's innings and take it out the 'Greatest' category? (Most of the innings in DoGs list seem to be made on behalf of the winning team)


2nd Test: West Indies v India at Bridgetown, Apr 7-12, 1989 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

 

[OverratedSanity]

There's a ton. Unless I rate every batsman in history there is no way of knowing how many great innings there are. I can be fairly sure of how many 15.00+ innings there are, though, and I'll leave it at that.

Yeah thought so. Wanted the to see the extended list because I felt a greatest innings list without Punter's 156 is kinda incomplete

Apart from that though, very few notable exceptions... your formula seems to have worked superbly

 

[Days of Grace]

Wow. McCullum's two centuries in the last two weeks both enter the top 30 of alltime. The fascinating thing is that if New Zealand ended up winning the second test, McCullum's effort would be at no.4. The list has been revised somewhat in the last two months since I last published it.

1 B.C. Lara 153* Australia Bridgetown 1999 23.39
2 G.A. Gooch 154* West Indies Leeds 1991 23.25
3 I.T. Botham 149* Australia Leeds 1981 23.01
4 D.G. Bradman 270 England Melbourne 1937 21.75
5 V.V.S. Laxman 281 Australia Kolkata 2001 21.40
6 C. Hill 188 England Melbourne 1898 21.30
7 Azhar Mahmood 132 South Africa Durban 1998 21.16
8 C. Bannerman 165* England Melbourne 1877 21.12
9 V. Sehwag 201* Sri Lanka Galle 2008 19.92
10 C.L. Walcott 220 England Bridgetown 1954 19.56
11 K.J. Hughes 100* West Indies Melbourne 1981 19.30
12 D.P.M.D. Jayawardene 180 England Galle 2012 19.20
13 B.C. Lara 213 Australia Kingston 1999 19.14
14 B.B. McCullum 302 India Wellington 2014 19.14
15 Younis Khan 200* Zimbabwe Harare 2013 19.04
16 A.C. Gilchrist 149* Pakistan Hobart 1999 18.90
17 R.N. Harvey 167 England Melbourne 1959 18.77
18 G.L. Jessop 104 Australia The Oval 1902 18.65
19 C.G. Greenidge 214* England Lord's 1984 18.54
20 S.T. Jayasuriya 253 Pakistan Faisalabad 2004 18.43
21 S.M. Gavaskar 236* West Indies Madras 1983 18.42
22 Mohammad Wasim 192 Zimbabwe Harare 1998 18.37
23 L. Klusener 118 Sri Lanka Kandy 2000 18.26
24 D.G. Bradman 334 England Leeds 1930 18.15
25 P.F. Warner 132* South Africa Johannesburg 1899 18.11
26 J. Ryder 201* England Adelaide 1925 18.01
27 G.S. Chappell 182* West Indies Sydney 1976 17.98
28 B.B. McCullum 224 India Auckland 2014 17.89
29 D.L. Amiss 262* West Indies Kingston 1974 17.86
30 Saeed Anwar 188 India Kolkata 1999 17.82
31 N. Kapil Dev 129 South Africa Port Elizabeth 1992 17.78
32 B.C. Lara 226 Australia Adelaide 2005 17.74
33 Asif Iqbal 146 England The Oval 1967 17.73
34 I.J.L. Trott 184 Pakistan Lord's 2010 17.71
35 G.S. Chappell 176 New Zealand Christchurch 1982 17.71
36 Hanif Mohammad 337 West Indies Bridgetown 1958 17.70
37 G.C. Smith 154* England Birmingham 2008 17.66
38 M.J. Clarke 151 South Africa Cape Town 2011 17.66
39 K.C. Sangakkara 156* New Zealand Wellington 2006 17.39
40 D.G. Bradman 299* South Africa Adelaide 1932 17.26
41 S.M. Gavaskar 221 England The Oval 1979 17.01
42 C.G. Greenidge 134 England Manchester 1976 16.97
43 R. Dravid 233 Australia Adelaide 2003 16.95
44 R.E. Foster 287 Australia Sydney 1903 16.95
45 O.G. Smith 168 England Nottingham 1957 16.82
46 B. Mitchell 164* England Lord's 1935 16.81
47 D.L. Amiss 179 India Delhi 1976 16.79
48 M.E. Trescothick 180 South Africa Johannesburg 2005 16.77
49 M.A. Butcher 173* Australia Leeds 2001 16.77
50 V.V.S. Laxman 167 Australia Sydney 2000 16.72
51 M.N. Samuels 123 New Zealand Kingston 2012 16.71
52 M.C. Cowdrey 102 Australia Melbourne 1954 16.70
53 G. Kirsten 100* Pakistan Faisalabad 1997 16.62
54 S.J. McCabe 232 England Nottingham 1938 16.61
55 G.A. Headley 270* England Kingston 1935 16.51
56 D.G. Bradman 212 England Adelaide 1937 16.50
57 S.C.J. Broad 169 Pakistan Lord's 2010 16.44
58 G.J. Bonnor 128 England Sydney 1885 16.40
59 J.L. Langer 166 Sri Lanka Colombo 2004 16.34
60 M.E. Waugh 116 South Africa Port Elizabeth 1997 16.32
61 C.H. Lloyd 161* India Calcutta 1983 16.31
62 G.R. Viswanath 114 Australia Melbourne 1981 16.24
63 G.R. Viswanath 97* West Indies Madras 1975 16.23
64 P.S. McDonnell 147 England Sydney 1882 16.17
65 M.J. Slater 123 England Sydney 1999 16.16
66 G.P. Thorpe 113* Sri Lanka Colombo 2001 16.04
67 Hanif Mohammad 187 England Lord's 1967 16.00
68 J.V. Coney 111* Pakistan Dunedin 1985 16.00
69 Saleem Malik 237 Australia Rawalpindi 1994 15.98
70 G.P. Thorpe 119* West Indies Bridgetown 2004 15.98
71 V. Sehwag 319 South Africa Chennai 2008 15.97
72 V.T. Trumper 159 South Africa Melbourne 1911 15.95
73 L. Hutton 62* Australia Brisbane 1950 15.95
74 J.L. Langer 191 Pakistan Perth 2004 15.90
75 R.N. Harvey 151* South Africa Durban 1950 15.90
76 C.G. Greenidge 213 New Zealand Auckland 1987 15.78
77 R.T. Simpson 156* Australia Melbourne 1951 15.77
78 S.R. Tendulkar 169 South Africa Cape Town 1997 15.75
79 S.J. McCabe 187* England Sydney 1932 15.72
80 Inzamam-ul-Haq 329 New Zealand Lahore 2002 15.68
81 R.A. Smith 148* West Indies Lord's 1991 15.66
82 D.G. Bradman 226 South Africa Brisbane 1931 15.65
83 GA Faulkner 123 England Johannesburg 1910 15.62
84 R.G. Pollock 125 England Nottingham 1965 15.62
85 Inzamam-ul-Haq 138* Bangladesh Multan 2003 15.60
86 W.W. Armstrong 159* South Africa Johannesburg 1902 15.60
87 C.L. Cairns 80 England The Oval 1999 15.58
88 K.C. Sangakkara 211 Pakistan Abu Dubai 2011 15.54
89 G.P. Thorpe 200* New Zealand Christchurch 2002 15.53
90 K.P. Pietersen 158 Australia The Oval 2005 15.45
91 C.G. Greenidge 226 Australia Bridgetown 1991 15.40
92 Kamran Akmal 113 India Karachi 2006 15.37
93 D.G. Bradman 304 England Leeds 1934 15.28
94 G. Kirsten 275 England Durban 1999 15.21
95 J.L. Langer 127 Pakistan Hobart 1999 15.21
96 D.G. Bradman 103* England Melbourne 1933 15.17
97 K.C. Sangakkara 92 England Kandy 2007 15.08
98 A.C. Gilchrist 144 Bangladesh Fatullah 2006 15.07
99 I.V.A. Richards 182* England Bridgetown 1981 15.05
100 H.P. Tillakaratne 115 Pakistan Faisalabad 1995 15.04


Martin Crowe's 299 against Sri Lanka is rated at 13.16.

 

[Furball]

Does that mean that McCullum has more great innings than Kallis?

 

[OverratedSanity]

That settles the Laxman vs mccullum debate I think. Thank god NZ didn't ein
I kid... Brilliant stuff from mccullum. To play two of the top 30 innings of all time is incredible. Honestly didn't expect the double to be so high

 

[G.I.Joe]

Did Dhoni's double against Australia not make the cut?

 

[Days of Grace]

Does that mean that McCullum has more great innings than Kallis?

Definitely. In fact, McCullum's 225 in Hyderabad in 2010 fetches a rating of 12.91.

 

[Days of Grace]

Did Dhoni's double against Australia not make the cut?

13.64


I'll be glad to do any other requests for recent innings that may have made the cut for great innings (12.00).

 

[Xuhaib]

Younis 200 vs zim so high?

 

[Days of Grace]

The problem is that Zimbabwe's bowling attack is rated quite high because they haven't played too many matches against top opposition. If and when they do, I'm sure Younis' innings will drop down the list.

 

[G.I.Joe]

13.64


I'll be glad to do any other requests for recent innings that may have made the cut for great innings (12.00).

Thanks mate!

 

[OverratedSanity]

13.64


I'll be glad to do any other requests for recent innings that may have made the cut for great innings (12.00).

Can you do Kohli/Pujara and du plessis/ABdV in the Johannesburg draw?

 

[Spark]

Wow, surprised by the 224 being so high. I guess that's what happens when both sides get rolled immediately afterwards...

 

[Binkley]

Nathan Astle's 222 vs England seems to have dropped off your revised list (it was at 14 in your original list). Was his score revised downwards or is its absence just an oversight?

 

[sambha]

definitely...McCullum's triple century will go into one of the best innings since he played way against his natural game and saved a losing match.
Honestly McCullum is just a good t20 player.
But the kind of Captain's innings he played vs India.....makes me wonder if he has more to him that just that