Best innings and spell of the 2010s

[Daemon]

If we’re talking greatest strokeplay then it’s definitely Umesh Yadav’s 31 (10) in Pune

 

[Spikey]

Clarke 151* IMO. Was bigger than the next two team innings combined.

Yes, I'm biased here.

161*

 

[honestbharani]

KP 186 V India in Mumbai.. You can't play spin that easily on a red soil track in India. You just cannot. It was an otherworldly knock.

 

[OverratedSanity]

161*

Overrated as **** imo

 

[vcs]

Overrated as **** imo

Was a great knock. Steyn was breathing fire and pitch was doing plenty.

 

[Spark]

Was a great knock. Steyn was breathing fire and pitch was doing plenty.

Nah the 161* is from the next tour, the one where Morkel broke his collarbone.

 

[vcs]

Nah the 161* is from the next tour, the one where Morkel broke his collarbone.

Ah ok. Didn't watch that one fully.

 

[Daemon]

That Morkel spell was so scary and it only lasted a couple of overs too. Repeat that over the series and you get Johnson's Ashes.

 

[OverratedSanity]

That lofted six off Anderson holy ****

 

[Cabinet96]

Think objectively assessing the best bowling spell is almost impossible. There's too much luck in whether a delivery actually causes a wicket to judge by figures. There's probably been 0-fers where a guy bowled as well as Broad did in the 8-15.

Personally though, Mitchell Johnson at Centurion is the best display of outright fast bowling I've seen in my time watching the sport.

 

[honestbharani]

That lofted six off Anderson holy ****

Debut century? Like the CW usage of the term?

 

[stephen]

A B de Villiers† 33R 220BF 0 0 15.00

AB de Villiers saved his best for Australia didn't he? He was genuinely the batsman I was most scared of since Lara. He just did the business time and time again against us in both test and ODI cricket.

 

[googlyeyes]

Bumrah's 5-7 versus West Indies is up there too for me.

 

[shashy]

Perera 153*
Steyn 7-51

 

[The Battlers Prince]

I enjoyed McCullum’s 302 against India. They were miles behind in the game and then he plays a knock like that to save the match.

Bowling wise I’ve never seen anything like Johnson-mode and the Centurion spell was the best of that.

 

[trundler]

I'm just going to bump this because I've had so much fun rewatching these gems.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Shai Hope's twin centuries at Headingley...I think.

 

[ajdude]

philander’s 5/7 in the match new zealand were all out for 45 was absolute peak philander, the most unplayable i’ve ever seen him bowl. like i’d go as far to say that even though there were scarier, more hostile spells like johnson at centurion and PE (when he killed jacques kallis), vern bowled one of the most unplayable spells i think i’ve seen

 

[Woodster]

For an England fan the best innings I’d seen for a while was the KP against South Africa at Headingley, didn’t think I’d ever seen anything like that.....then Ben Stokes came along in the Ashes, and WOW! It just had so much more!! The tempo of the innings, the ball striking, the batting intelligence, the unbelievable skill, it was ridiculous! No doubt, the best innings I’ve ever seen.

 

[Flem274*]

going to give pat cummins in this test a mention. so tenacious.