Battle of the Test Innings

[Blaze]

Bump!

 

[GIMH]

Pollock

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Oi Cassidy, ya mug, finish this.

 

[Tomm NCCC]

Ive just read through this, and because im so lazy, i cant be bothered to look myself... can anyone say if Jayasuriya's 346* against india in columbo 1997 had been nominated?

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

Oi Cassidy, ya mug, finish this.

Good call, this was a top thread.

 

[LongHopCassidy]

After 5 months of voting, Pollock wins 9-6.

The closures and updates will be much shorter than last time, under the pretense of heightened drama.

Next 'un:

Brian Lara 277 v Australia, SCG, 1992
http://aus.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1992-93/WI_IN_AUS/WI_AUS_T3_02-06JAN1993.html

vs.

Viv Richards 117 v England, Edgbaston, 1984
http://aus.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1980S/1984/WI_IN_ENG/WI_ENG_T1_14-18JUN1984.html

 

[James90]

Lara. Will be hard to beat.

 

[andyc]

Lara for mine. Could be just due to arrogance on my part, but I don't see what's special about Viv's knock. He wasn't even top-scorer.

 

[LongHopCassidy]

You tell me - C_C nominated him.

 

[benchmark00]

Laranoski comfortably.

 

[Dasa]

Bcl.

 

[LongHopCassidy]

Stuff it. 4-0 to Lara.

Next up:

Michael Slater 123 vs. England, SCG, 1999
http://aus.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1998-99/ENG_IN_AUS/SCORECARDS/ENG_AUS_T5_02-06JAN1999.html

vs.

Graham Gooch 333 and 123 vs. India, Lord's, 1990
http://aus.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1990/IND_IN_ENG/IND_ENG_T1_26-31JUL1990.html

 

[Autobahn]

Goochy for me

I understand the importance of slaters' knock but i think MacGill was the real difference between the 2 sides in that test, had he not ripped out the lower order in England's first innings even slater's knock wouldn't have saved them.

Gooch wins by sheer weight of runs for me.

 

[bagapath]

Goochy for me

I understand the importance of slaters' knock but i think MacGill was the real difference between the 2 sides in that test, had he not ripped out the lower order in England's first innings even slater's knock wouldn't have saved them.

Gooch wins by sheer weight of runs for me.

Slater.

Gooch played against a very weak Indian bowling attack. Also it was a batting bonanza. Everyone scored heavily. Azhar's knock was more attractive actually. Slater hands down.

 

[Autobahn]

Slater.

Gooch played against a very weak Indian bowling attack. Also it was a batting bonanza. Everyone scored heavily. Azhar's knock was more attractive actually. Slater hands down.

Yeah and to outscore everyone of them says something about the quality of the knock and slater was playing in a dead game anyway.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Slater for me.

And it's about time Cassidy.

 

[Xuhaib]

Gooch.

If the Indian attack was weak (mind you it had Kapil) then the english attck was also no world beater.

 

[Dasa]

Gooch, for sheer weight of runs as Autobahn said. 456 runs in one match!

 

[benchmark00]

Gooch, for sheer weight of runs as Autobahn said. 456 runs in one match!

Agreed.

Gooch (hehe).

 

[GIMH]

Gooch