Battle of the Test Innings

[LongHopCassidy]

Voting closed. Border takes it out 8-1.

Next up:

Mark Taylor 144 v West Indies, St John's, 1991
http://www.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1990-91/AUS_IN_WI/AUS_WI_T5_27APR-01MAY1991.html

vs.

Mark Waugh 116 v South Africa, Port Elizabeth, 1997
http://www.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1996-97/AUS_IN_RSA/AUS_RSA_T2_14-17MAR1997.html

 

[andyc]

Mark Waugh. There was only one other fifty made in that match, so he gets my vote. Must say I got a bit confused; he made a century in the Mark Taylor match as well.

 

[Dasa]

Waugh.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Junior.

 

[Burpey]

Waugh

 

[LongHopCassidy]

Voting closed. 4-0 to Afghanistan.

Next up:

Graham Gooch 154* v West Indies, Headingley, 1991
http://www.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1991/WI_IN_ENG/WI_ENG_T1_06-10JUN1991.html

vs.

Bert Sutcliffe 80* v South Africa, Johannesburg, 1954
http://www.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1950S/1953-54/NZ_IN_RSA/NZ_RSA_T2_24-29DEC1953.html

 

[bagapath]

Gooch by miles. No disrespect to Sutcliffe though. Very few knocks in the history of the game could equal Gooch's. A real gem!

 

[Autobahn]

Gooch, because when you consider it was achieved under incredible pressure with only two other batsmen making double figures which both took them over two hours and both only reaching 27.

One of the best knocks ever.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Gooch.

 

[Dasa]

Gooch.

 

[marc71178]

Gooch here as well.

IIRC wasn't it rated the best ever innings by the then PWC ratings?

 

[silentstriker]

Gooch

 

[Jungle Jumbo]

Gooch here as well.

IIRC wasn't it rated the best ever innings by the then PWC ratings?

Yes

 

[cricketboy29]

Gooch

 

[cameeel]

Again, Gooch

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

Gooch. In the top 5 of all time imo.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Sutcliffe, for narrative imperative

 

[oz_fan]

Gooch

 

[andyc]

Gooch.

 

[LongHopCassidy]

Voting closed. Gooch doubles his second round appearances by winning 11-1.

Next up:

Hanif Mohammad 337 v West Indies, 1957
http://www.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1950S/1957-58/PAK_IN_WI/PAK_WI_T1_17-23JAN1958.html

vs.

Sachin Tendulkar 136 v Pakistan, Chennai, 1999
http://aus.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1998-99/PAK_IN_IND/SCORECARDS/PAK_IND_T1_28JAN-01FEB1999.html