WC was on the line for both teams, Maxwell had a bit of extra pressure cause he was chasing instead of batting first and was with the tail pretty much the whole knock, but dev's was unprecedented for his time. So was Maxwell's, tbf, but 175* when the average score is ~250 or less is a lot more meaningful IMO. Ide still take maxwell cause of the cramps and all, but can understand if someone went the other way. Particularly if your Indian.
Think the fact that it was a do or die match and India ended up winning the World Cup adds to the legend too (as does the lack of footage) .
Maxwell's WC numbers in general are pretty insane, honestly. Averages 50+ at a sr of 150+.
Seriously, that's one innings that doesn't gets enough credit for; and in a way, it led the way for Australia being the hyper dominant force in World cricket.
In terms of legacy; yeah, Kapil's innings is better; as it directly led to India winning the cup, resulting in a boom in cricket popularity that ultimately led India to being one of the dominants. Even with loosing this match, Australia 90% would had still played the semis.....
Rashid, Mujeeb, Noor and Nabi are class above that. first two multiple classes.
Actually it is only second to the Viv special. Hence unworthy of comparing with any other.
Hard disagree there. Kapil's and Gilly's innings are definitely in the same tier.
Any minute now before a glowing review of Maharoof's batting.
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I wouldn't say the bowling of the English during Richards' 189* looks exactly crash hot from what's available. Rather similar to the Afghanistan they started very well when the ball was moving around and then bowled rather ordinary length - and often too much to leg - against a batsman who was really laying into that kind of bowling.
Fair enough. They are clearly 1 & 2 with Maxwell, Viv, and Kapil fighting for 3rd.
