Battle of the Test Innings

[SpeedKing]

I doubt if we will find a batsman batting at 100+ at lunch, 200+ at tea and 300 + at close of play in a test match again.

Bradman for me.

Sehwag or Afridi might just have one of those day so don't write it off yet.

I agree though, 300 in one day from one man in that era where 2.5 runs per over was absolute murder, Bradman has got to have it.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Don.

 

[Right arm fast]

bradman

 

[LongHopCassidy]

Voting closed. Bradman canters through, 8-2.

Next up:

Allan Border 98* and 100* v West Indies, Port-of-Spain, 1984
http://aus.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1980S/1983-84/AUS_IN_WI/AUS_WI_T2_16-21MAR1984.html

vs.

Mike Atherton 185* v South Africa, Johannesburg, 1995
http://aus.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1995-96/ENG_IN_RSA/ENG_RSA_T2_30NOV-04DEC1995.html

 

[Burpey]

Border

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Ab

 

[cameeel]

Allan Border

 

[Dasa]

Border.

 

[UncleTheOne]

Athers, truely great innings, one of the ultimate rearguards.

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

Both great, but it's Border for me.

 

[SJS]

The toughest so far.

Atherton - a great fightback against a very good attack in Donald, Pollock, McMillan.

Border - probably facing two of the best bowlers of modern cricket in Marshall and Garner. And Daniell was a fine bowler too. Twice he came in with innings in tatters (16 for 3 and 41 for 3 and battled on while no one else in the team got a fifty in either innings besides him.

Marginally to Border.

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

Marginally to Botham.

Abstaining then?

 

[SJS]

Abstaining then?

OUCH !!!

 

[Xuhaib]

Athers.

I will go by the rule book and compare Athers innings with one of Border innings as after all its a battle of single test innings.

BTW, where is Andy Flower rearguard 232 vs India and since we are allowed to take 2 innings together then his twin centuries against SA also deserves a mention.

 

[LongHopCassidy]

Both great, but it's Border for me.

Shouldn't that be 'All three great'?!

 

[SJS]

Athers.

I will go by the rule book and compare Athers innings with one of Border innings as after all its a battle of single test innings.

Point !

 

[marc71178]

Punters.

After watching the super series (thats what it was called?) debacle i am not willing to believe that people genuinely give their best in these sortof matches.

I disagree about that series - I reckon that they were fully competitive (because they weren't being crammed into an already full schedule)

 

[andyc]

Atherton myself. Hell of a rearguard innings, and it's a bit unfair to rate Border on two innings when everyone else has one.

 

[LongHopCassidy]

It's about performance in a Test, not individual innings. See Steve Waugh and Graham Gooch.

 

[silentstriker]

It's about performance in a Test, not individual innings. See Steve Waugh and Graham Gooch.

So the title of the thread should be "Most valuble batting performances in a test." Subtle, but a big difference. Otherwise no innings that did not result in a win, or at least a draw, would qualify for this.