Days of Grace
International Captain
I thought I would put my test performances in one thread and post updates on the ratings of any substantial innings or bowling performances after each series.
I'll start with posting the batting top 100. This has undergone minor adjustments and is now looking very good. New Zealanders in bold.
This first post will be updated with each new entry into the top 100.
1 BC Lara 153* Australia Bridgetown 1999 18.11
2 DG Bradman 270 England Melbourne 1937 17.70
3 VVS Laxman 281 Australia Kolkata 2001 17.65
4 V Sehwag 201* Sri Lanka Galle 2008 17.42
5 GA Gooch 154* West Indies Leeds 1991 17.35
6 IT Botham 149* Australia Leeds 1981 17.23
7 ST Jayasuriya 253 Pakistan Faisalabad 2004 17.20
8 Saeed Anwar 188* India Kolkata 1999 16.62
9 Azhar Mahmood 132 South Africa Durban 1998 16.53
10 Hanif Mohammad 337 West Indies Bridgetown 1958 16.43
11 DPMD Jayawardene 180 England Galle 2012 16.34
12 MA Butcher 173* Australia Leeds 2001 16.18
13 GL Jessop 104 Australia The Oval 1902 16.11
14 C Bannerman 165* England Melbourne 1877 15.84
15 BB McCullum 302 India Wellington 2014 15.81
16 C Hill 188 England Melbourne 1898 15.76
17 DL Amiss 262* West Indies Kingston 1974 15.71
18 KJ Hughes 100* West Indies Melbourne 1981 15.53
19 Mohammad Wasim 192 Zimbabwe Harare 1998 15.49
20 Younis Khan 267 India Bangalore 2005 15.27
21 SM Gavaskar 221 England The Oval 1979 15.27
22 BC Lara 213 Australia Kingston 1999 15.26
23 L Klusener 118 Sri Lanka Kandy 2000 15.25
24 AC Gilchrist 149* Pakistan Hobart 1999 15.15
25 DG Bradman 299* South Africa Adelaide 1932 15.12
26 RT Simpson 156* Australia Melbourne 1951 15.11
27 G.C. Smith 154* England Birmingham 2008 15.11
28 OG Smith 168 England Nottingham 1957 15.07
29 DR Martyn 161 Sri Lanka Kandy 2004 15.05
30 DG Bradman 212 England Adelaide 1937 14.98
31 J Ryder 201* England Adelaide 1925 14.95
32 CG Greenidge 214* England Lord's 1984 14.95
33 DM Jones 184* England Sydney 1987 14.92
34 Younis Khan 200* Zimbabwe Harare 2013 14.82
35 Inzamam-ul-Haq 329 New Zealand Lahore 2002 14.74
36 RT Ponting 156 England Manchester 2005 14.71
37 GJ Bonnor 128 England Sydney 1885 14.63
38 ME Trescothick 180 South Africa Johannesburg 2005 14.62
39 KS Williamson 242* Sri Lanka Wellington 2015 14.60
40 RE Foster 287 Australia Sydney 1903 14.56
41 B Mitchell 164* England Lord's 1935 14.54
42 WW Armstrong 159* South Africa Johannesburg 1902 14.54
43 Inzamam-ul-Haq 138* Bangladesh Multan 2003 14.52
44 Hanif Mohammad 187* England Lord's 1967 14.44
45 PS McDonnell 147 England Sydney 1882 14.41
46 R Dravid 180 Australia Kolkata 2001 14.34
47 RN Harvey 167 England Melbourne 1959 14.32
48 DM Bravo 218 New Zealand Dunedin 2013 14.31
49 KC Sangakkara 156* New Zealand Wellington 2006 14.28
50 MJ Clarke 151 South Africa Cape Town 2011 14.28
51 JV Coney 111* Pakistan Dunedin 1985 14.27
52 AD Nourse 231 Australia Johannesburg 1935 14.26
53 G Kirsten 100* Pakistan Faisalabad 1997 14.26
54 KC Sangakkara 211 Pakistan Abu Dubai 2011 14.16
55 DG Bradman 103* England Melbourne 1933 14.14
56 R Dravid 233 Australia Adelaide 2003 14.14
57 GP Thorpe 113* Sri Lanka Colombo (SSC) 2001 14.13
58 C Hill 160 England Adelaide 1908 14.10
59 AR Border 163 India Melbourne 1985 14.09
60 RN Harvey 151* South Africa Durban 1950 14.07
61 CH Lloyd 161* India Kolkata 1983 14.07
62 ME Waugh 116 South Africa Port Elizabeth 1997 14.04
63 CL Walcott 220 England Bridgetown 1954 14.03
64 GR Viswanath 97* West Indies Chennai 1975 14.02
65 JJ Lyons 134 England Sydney 1892 14.02
66 CG Greenidge 213 New Zealand Auckland 1987 13.98
67 KC Sangakkara 203 New Zealand Wellington 2015 13.89
68 GR Viswanath 114 Australia Melbourne 1981 13.88
69 RR Sarwan 105 Australia St. John's 2003 13.87
70 CG Greenidge 226 Australia Bridgetown 1991 13.86
71 PHB May 285 West Indies Birmingham 1957 13.79
72 NJ Astle 222 England Christchurch 2002 13.78
73 GS Chappell 182* West Indies Sydney 1976 13.77
74 MJ Greatbatch 146* Australia Perth 1989 13.76
75 JT Brown 140 Australia Melbourne 1895 13.73
76 B Mitchell 189* England The Oval 1947 13.66
77 DI Gower 154* West Indies Kingston 1981 13.64
78 Shahid Afridi 141 India Chennai 1999 13.61
79 S Chanderpaul 104 Australia St. John's 2003 13.60
80 I.J.L. Trott 184 Pakistan Lord's 2010 13.60
81 BB McCullum 224 India Auckland 2014 13.59
82 MC Cowdrey 102 Australia Melbourne 1954 13.56
83 IR Redpath 159* New Zealand Auckland 1974 13.55
84 BC Lara 226 Australia Adelaide 2005 13.55
85 Ijaz Ahmed 137 Australia Sydney 1995 13.53
86 GS Chappell 176 New Zealand Christchurch 1982 13.49
87 GA Faulkner 123 England Johannesburg 1910 13.44
88 J Darling 160 England Sydney 1898 13.44
89 KD Walters 104* New Zealand Auckland 1974 13.37
90 DL Amiss 179 India Delhi 1976 13.35
91 JL Langer 127 Pakistan Hobart 1999 13.34
92 GM Turner 110* Australia Christchurch 1974 13.29
93 Saeed Anwar 118 South Africa Durban 1998 13.26
94 JL Langer 191 Pakistan Perth 2004 13.23
95 MEK Hussey 134* Pakistan Sydney 2010 13.22
96 AW Nourse 93* England Johannesburg 1906 13.22
97 DS Atkinson 219 Australia Bridgetown 1955 13.13
98 MA Butcher 116 South Africa Leeds 1998 13.13
99 KS Williamson 161* West Indies Bridgetown 2014 13.12
100 KP Pietersen 186 India Mumbai 2012 13.09
From the just completed England vs. New Zealand series:
AN Cook 162 12.70
BA Stokes 101 10.01
BJ Watling 120 9.47
Criteria and Weighting
Runs scored 20% of the base points
Highest partnership involved in 5%
Strike-rate 5%
Inns/Match index (how substantial was the innings compared to other innings in the match, with double the weightage when comparing to the batsman's teammates in the same team innings) 30%
Percentage of team runs 20%
Point of entry: 5%
Fall of wickets whilst at the crease: 7.5%
Runs with the lower order and tail: 7.5%
Other factors:
Match result
Series result
Opposition
Match situation/Importance of the innings
I'll start with posting the batting top 100. This has undergone minor adjustments and is now looking very good. New Zealanders in bold.
This first post will be updated with each new entry into the top 100.
1 BC Lara 153* Australia Bridgetown 1999 18.11
2 DG Bradman 270 England Melbourne 1937 17.70
3 VVS Laxman 281 Australia Kolkata 2001 17.65
4 V Sehwag 201* Sri Lanka Galle 2008 17.42
5 GA Gooch 154* West Indies Leeds 1991 17.35
6 IT Botham 149* Australia Leeds 1981 17.23
7 ST Jayasuriya 253 Pakistan Faisalabad 2004 17.20
8 Saeed Anwar 188* India Kolkata 1999 16.62
9 Azhar Mahmood 132 South Africa Durban 1998 16.53
10 Hanif Mohammad 337 West Indies Bridgetown 1958 16.43
11 DPMD Jayawardene 180 England Galle 2012 16.34
12 MA Butcher 173* Australia Leeds 2001 16.18
13 GL Jessop 104 Australia The Oval 1902 16.11
14 C Bannerman 165* England Melbourne 1877 15.84
15 BB McCullum 302 India Wellington 2014 15.81
16 C Hill 188 England Melbourne 1898 15.76
17 DL Amiss 262* West Indies Kingston 1974 15.71
18 KJ Hughes 100* West Indies Melbourne 1981 15.53
19 Mohammad Wasim 192 Zimbabwe Harare 1998 15.49
20 Younis Khan 267 India Bangalore 2005 15.27
21 SM Gavaskar 221 England The Oval 1979 15.27
22 BC Lara 213 Australia Kingston 1999 15.26
23 L Klusener 118 Sri Lanka Kandy 2000 15.25
24 AC Gilchrist 149* Pakistan Hobart 1999 15.15
25 DG Bradman 299* South Africa Adelaide 1932 15.12
26 RT Simpson 156* Australia Melbourne 1951 15.11
27 G.C. Smith 154* England Birmingham 2008 15.11
28 OG Smith 168 England Nottingham 1957 15.07
29 DR Martyn 161 Sri Lanka Kandy 2004 15.05
30 DG Bradman 212 England Adelaide 1937 14.98
31 J Ryder 201* England Adelaide 1925 14.95
32 CG Greenidge 214* England Lord's 1984 14.95
33 DM Jones 184* England Sydney 1987 14.92
34 Younis Khan 200* Zimbabwe Harare 2013 14.82
35 Inzamam-ul-Haq 329 New Zealand Lahore 2002 14.74
36 RT Ponting 156 England Manchester 2005 14.71
37 GJ Bonnor 128 England Sydney 1885 14.63
38 ME Trescothick 180 South Africa Johannesburg 2005 14.62
39 KS Williamson 242* Sri Lanka Wellington 2015 14.60
40 RE Foster 287 Australia Sydney 1903 14.56
41 B Mitchell 164* England Lord's 1935 14.54
42 WW Armstrong 159* South Africa Johannesburg 1902 14.54
43 Inzamam-ul-Haq 138* Bangladesh Multan 2003 14.52
44 Hanif Mohammad 187* England Lord's 1967 14.44
45 PS McDonnell 147 England Sydney 1882 14.41
46 R Dravid 180 Australia Kolkata 2001 14.34
47 RN Harvey 167 England Melbourne 1959 14.32
48 DM Bravo 218 New Zealand Dunedin 2013 14.31
49 KC Sangakkara 156* New Zealand Wellington 2006 14.28
50 MJ Clarke 151 South Africa Cape Town 2011 14.28
51 JV Coney 111* Pakistan Dunedin 1985 14.27
52 AD Nourse 231 Australia Johannesburg 1935 14.26
53 G Kirsten 100* Pakistan Faisalabad 1997 14.26
54 KC Sangakkara 211 Pakistan Abu Dubai 2011 14.16
55 DG Bradman 103* England Melbourne 1933 14.14
56 R Dravid 233 Australia Adelaide 2003 14.14
57 GP Thorpe 113* Sri Lanka Colombo (SSC) 2001 14.13
58 C Hill 160 England Adelaide 1908 14.10
59 AR Border 163 India Melbourne 1985 14.09
60 RN Harvey 151* South Africa Durban 1950 14.07
61 CH Lloyd 161* India Kolkata 1983 14.07
62 ME Waugh 116 South Africa Port Elizabeth 1997 14.04
63 CL Walcott 220 England Bridgetown 1954 14.03
64 GR Viswanath 97* West Indies Chennai 1975 14.02
65 JJ Lyons 134 England Sydney 1892 14.02
66 CG Greenidge 213 New Zealand Auckland 1987 13.98
67 KC Sangakkara 203 New Zealand Wellington 2015 13.89
68 GR Viswanath 114 Australia Melbourne 1981 13.88
69 RR Sarwan 105 Australia St. John's 2003 13.87
70 CG Greenidge 226 Australia Bridgetown 1991 13.86
71 PHB May 285 West Indies Birmingham 1957 13.79
72 NJ Astle 222 England Christchurch 2002 13.78
73 GS Chappell 182* West Indies Sydney 1976 13.77
74 MJ Greatbatch 146* Australia Perth 1989 13.76
75 JT Brown 140 Australia Melbourne 1895 13.73
76 B Mitchell 189* England The Oval 1947 13.66
77 DI Gower 154* West Indies Kingston 1981 13.64
78 Shahid Afridi 141 India Chennai 1999 13.61
79 S Chanderpaul 104 Australia St. John's 2003 13.60
80 I.J.L. Trott 184 Pakistan Lord's 2010 13.60
81 BB McCullum 224 India Auckland 2014 13.59
82 MC Cowdrey 102 Australia Melbourne 1954 13.56
83 IR Redpath 159* New Zealand Auckland 1974 13.55
84 BC Lara 226 Australia Adelaide 2005 13.55
85 Ijaz Ahmed 137 Australia Sydney 1995 13.53
86 GS Chappell 176 New Zealand Christchurch 1982 13.49
87 GA Faulkner 123 England Johannesburg 1910 13.44
88 J Darling 160 England Sydney 1898 13.44
89 KD Walters 104* New Zealand Auckland 1974 13.37
90 DL Amiss 179 India Delhi 1976 13.35
91 JL Langer 127 Pakistan Hobart 1999 13.34
92 GM Turner 110* Australia Christchurch 1974 13.29
93 Saeed Anwar 118 South Africa Durban 1998 13.26
94 JL Langer 191 Pakistan Perth 2004 13.23
95 MEK Hussey 134* Pakistan Sydney 2010 13.22
96 AW Nourse 93* England Johannesburg 1906 13.22
97 DS Atkinson 219 Australia Bridgetown 1955 13.13
98 MA Butcher 116 South Africa Leeds 1998 13.13
99 KS Williamson 161* West Indies Bridgetown 2014 13.12
100 KP Pietersen 186 India Mumbai 2012 13.09
From the just completed England vs. New Zealand series:
AN Cook 162 12.70
BA Stokes 101 10.01
BJ Watling 120 9.47
Criteria and Weighting
Runs scored 20% of the base points
Highest partnership involved in 5%
Strike-rate 5%
Inns/Match index (how substantial was the innings compared to other innings in the match, with double the weightage when comparing to the batsman's teammates in the same team innings) 30%
Percentage of team runs 20%
Point of entry: 5%
Fall of wickets whilst at the crease: 7.5%
Runs with the lower order and tail: 7.5%
Other factors:
Match result
Series result
Opposition
Match situation/Importance of the innings
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