Best and worst Triple Century and above knock ?

[TheJediBrah]

This is some dumbass virtue signalling against virtue signalling.

Yes I am better than those pathetic virtue signallers

 

[mr_mister]

This is some dumbass virtue signalling against virtue signalling.

I mean we've seen the real side of Clarke now. I don't consider him a particularly altruistic person

 

[CricAddict]

Lara's, Hayden's and Jayasuriya's knocks are all strong contenders. Any 200/300 hit after the match result is virtually known is a contender for the most terrible knock.

 

[TheJediBrah]

At least Hayden's was in a win. Lara's 400 and Jayasuriya's made no attempt at a result. Just batted for selfish reasons, should have called the game off. The other extreme of the Clarke virtue scale.

 

[subshakerz]

Lara's, Hayden's and Jayasuriya's knocks are all strong contenders. Any 200/300 hit after the match result is virtually known is a contender for the most terrible knock.

Jayasurias was fine. India had scored 500 odd and Jayasuria got out at 615. Hayden's was in a win.

Laras is unforgivable especially since England got out in their first innings for less than 300. WI could have easily batted twice and won the game on the last day.

 

[CricAddict]

Jayasurias was fine. India had scored 500 odd and Jayasuria got out at 615. Hayden's was in a win.

Laras is unforgivable especially since England got out in their first innings for less than 300. WI could have easily batted twice and won the game on the last day.

Yeah that Jayasuriya knock was of no fault of his. Not sure at which session he got out. But Srilanka should have declared after he got out and tried bowling India out cheaply in the second innings.

 

[Starfighter]

Yeah that Jayasuriya knock was of no fault of his. Not sure at which session he got out. But Srilanka should have declared after he got out and tried bowling India out cheaply in the second innings.

I don't think there's any way that test gets a result without an extra day. Jayasuriya got out in the fourth over of the last day with a lead of only 78. Considering how easy the pitch was for batting it would have been very hard to bowl India out in time to chase.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Jayasurias was fine. India had scored 500 odd and Jayasuria got out at 615. Hayden's was in a win.

Laras is unforgivable especially since England got out in their first innings for less than 300. WI could have easily batted twice and won the game on the last day.

Yeah good point. SL batting until 900+ makes the Jayasuriya innings look worse than it was

 

[kyear2]

Jayasurias was fine. India had scored 500 odd and Jayasuria got out at 615. Hayden's was in a win.

Laras is unforgivable especially since England got out in their first innings for less than 300. WI could have easily batted twice and won the game on the last day.

Yes, you've mentioned Lara 3 times in 3 pages, we get it. You disagreed, I don't.

We were not a good team, and the memory of the record will last longer than a single victory. Hayden's was seen as serious punching down and Lara and the Caribbean for the most part wanted him to reclaim it.

 

[subshakerz]

Yes, you've mentioned Lara 3 times in 3 pages, we get it. You disagreed, I don't.

We were not a good team, and the memory of the record will last longer than a single victory. Hayden's was seen as serious punching down and Lara and the Caribbean for the most part wanted him to reclaim it.

I accept your points but I can't respect any cricketer literally choosing self glory over team achievement. And I am a Lara fan (yes it's true).

 

[Burgey]

In modern times, I'd say Hayden's. Overall, arguably Hammond's vs NZ which was against relatively similar opposition, probably even worse.

 

[Chin Music]

Can only remember Karun Nair's, Amla's, Gooch's and Lara's two efforts in any detail because obviously they were against England. Arguably Lara's 375 was the better of the two innings that he played. I would say that Amla's knock at the Oval was the best. I saw a good chunk of that in the flesh too. That set the tone for the series and deflated England straight away. Swann was severely neutered for that series and was never the same bowler after that point. Tim Bresnan, in one match went from having a bowling average of 25 to above 30 and he was brutally exposed after his elbow operation as not being quick enough to take out top batsmen.

 

[wpdavid]

* I've heard excellent things about Lawrence Rowe, it wasn't on a total road and the attack was strong

Here's the scorecard for Rowe's triple.

WI vs ENG Cricket Scorecard, 3rd Test at Bridgetown, March 06 - 11, 1974

Get cricket scorecard of 3rd Test, WI vs ENG, England tour of West Indies 1973/74 at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados dated March 06 - 11, 1974.

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Whilst not remotely relevant to this thread, I was struck by England's weird batting order. It probably owed something to the middle order collapsing in the previous two tests, but dropping Boycott to 4 was looks perverse. Especially with the captain promoting himeslf to open instead of him.

 

[Burgey]

Tony Grieg last out for 148 then taking six fer across 46 overs presumably just shaded for MOTM.

Also presumably pretty tired.

 

[Sunil1z]

Can only remember Karun Nair's, Amla's, Gooch's and Lara's two efforts in any detail because obviously they were against England. Arguably Lara's 375 was the better of the two innings that he played. I would say that Amla's knock at the Oval was the best. I saw a good chunk of that in the flesh too. That set the tone for the series and deflated England straight away. Swann was severely neutered for that series and was never the same bowler after that point. Tim Bresnan, in one match went from having a bowling average of 25 to above 30 and he was brutally exposed after his elbow operation as not being quick enough to take out top batsmen.

For 12 months that bowling line up of Anderson + Broad + Tremlet + Bresnan was absolute nightmare for any batting line .

 

[Chin Music]

For 12 months that bowling line up of Anderson + Broad + Tremlet + Bresnan was absolute nightmare for any batting line .

It's a fair comment, that's why I reckoned Amla's innings could be claimed to be the best of those triple tons that I watched in any detail. It wasn't an innings that relied on doing it against very weak bowling and although the Oval was/is batting friendly it wasn't on the same level as the Antigua Recreation Ground.

 

[SteveNZ]

* Inzaman did it in a game where Shoaib took 6/11 (though peak Shoaib could do **** like that)

I've talked to a guy who played in that game, and was dismissed by Shoaib in that innings...it's hyperbole, generally, when a batsman says they couldn't see the ball, but there were many deliveries where the NZ guys genuinely couldn't. If you watch the highlights, it's six guys either lbw or bowled, who don't even react or move. He said the changing room was akin to something you'd find in a World War bunker, guys white as a sheet post-innings or frightened to pop their head up and bat.

 

[SteveNZ]

Incidentally, the answer is Matthew Hayden. Gross bullying of Trevor Gripper and co, the rest of his team mates showed they didn't give an F, but watching it you could tell Hayden had designs the whole way along of gaining the world record for the highest solo innings. Which is why it was awesome when Lara stole it 6 months later. At least Lara could say he got his side to 700 against a good team, and could justify needing the runs...Australia never needed 700 against Zimbabwe.

 

[OverratedSanity]

I've talked to a guy who played in that game, and was dismissed by Shoaib in that innings...it's hyperbole, generally, when a batsman says they couldn't see the ball, but there were many deliveries where the NZ guys genuinely couldn't. If you watch the highlights, it's six guys either lbw or bowled, who don't even react or move. He said the changing room was akin to something you'd find in a World War bunker, guys white as a sheet post-innings or frightened to pop their head up and bat.

Haha the highlights video of that spell is just shoaib spamming 150 kph yorkers constantly, insane to watch

 

[SteveNZ]

The McCullum 300, obviously I'm seen as a Baz sycophant, but that was about as cool as it gets. It literally stopped a lot of the nation, who got around TV sets on the morning of day 5 to see him bring up triple figures. He scored 224 in the previous Test, too, having gone 3 years without a Test hundred, copping heat for the Ross Taylor captaincy fiasco/all out 45 in Cape Town etc. It was a huge turning point in Baz's career, NZ's confidence and the public perception of our team.