DoG's Test Innings and Bowling Performances. Updates thread.

[Days of Grace]

Makes me feel good when people are instantly calling for my updated ratings following such an innings!

Just below VVS Laxman. The Laxman knock came against a higher rated opposition and in a bleaker match situation (at the beginning of the team's innings). It is however the best-ever innings away from home, and the highest ranked innings in a winning chase.

1 VVS Laxman 281 Australia Kolkata 2001 22.46
2 MDKJ Perera 153* South Africa Durban 2019 22.25
3 IT Botham 149* Australia Leeds 1981 21.56
4 ST Jayasuriya 253 Pakistan Faisalabad 2004 21.49
5 BC Lara 153* Australia Bridgetown 1999 21.28
6 BKG Mendis 176 Australia Pallekele 2016 21.25
7 V Sehwag 201* Sri Lanka Galle 2008 21.05
8 GA Gooch 154* West Indies Leeds 1991 21.04
9 DG Bradman 270 England Melbourne 1937 20.96
10 Saeed Anwar 188* India Kolkata 1999 20.90
11 LD Chandimal 162* India Galle 2015 20.77
12 C Hill 188 England Melbourne 1898 20.40
13 DPMD Jayawardene 180 England Galle 2012 20.04
14 CG Greenidge 214* England Lord's 1984 19.91
15 BB McCullum 302 India Wellington 2014 19.86
16 AC Gilchrist 149* Pakistan Hobart 1999 19.85
17 FDM Karunaratne 158* South Africa Galle 2018 19.73
18 R Dravid 233 Australia Adelaide 2003 19.67
19 KS Williamson 242* Sri Lanka Wellington 2015 19.65
20 GL Jessop 104 Australia TIe Oval 1902 19.61
21 MA Butcher 173* Australia Leeds 2001 19.47
22 DL Amiss 262* West Indies Kingston 1974 19.47
23 SM Gavaskar 221 England The Oval 1979 19.47
24 C Bannerman 165* England Melbourne 1877 19.45
25 DG Bradman 299* South Africa Adelaide 1932 19.42
26 Azhar Mahmood 132 SoutI AIrica Durban 1998 19.35
27 J Darling 160 England Sydney 1898 19.24
28 CL Walcott 220 England Bridgetown 1954 19.23
29 RE Foster 287 Australia Sydney 1903 19.13
30 BC Lara 213 Australia Kingston 1999 19.00
31 DG Bradman 334 England Leeds 1930 19.00
32 DG Bradman 212 England Adelaide 1937 18.99
33 RN Harvey 167 England Melbourne 1959 18.95
34 Hanif Mohammad 337 West Indies Bridgetown 1958 18.90
35 BC Lara 226 Australia Adelaide 2005 18.86
36 Younis Khan 267 India Bengaluru 2005 18.84
37 GC Smith 154* England Birmingham 2008 18.77
38 ME Trescothick 180 South Africa Johannesburg 2005 18.73
39 Younis Khan 171* Sri Lanka Pallekele 2015 18.73
40 KC Sangakkara 232 South Africa Colombo (SSC) 2004 18.72
41 JL Langer 191 Pakistan Perth 2004 18.62
42 R Dravid 180 Australia Kolkata 2001 18.58
43 BB McCullum 224 India Auckland 2014 18.57
44 B Mitchell 164* England Lord's 1935 18.52
45 GS Sobers 168 Australia Sydney 1961 18.48
46 JE Root 190 South Africa Lord's 2017 18.47
47 L Klusener 118 Sri Lanka Kandy 2000 18.45
48 BF Butcher 133 England Lord's 1963 18.44
49 ME Waugh 116 South Africa Port Elizabeth 1997 18.43
50 KC Sangakkara 156* New Zealand Wellington 2006 18.43
51 KJ Hughes 100* West Indies Melbourne 1981 18.41
52 RT Simpson 156* Australia Melbourne 1951 18.39
53 JT Brown 140 Australia Melbourne 1895 18.38
54 Inzamam-ul-Haq 329 New Zealand Lahore 2002 18.37
55 WR Endean 162 Australia Melbourne 1952 18.37
56 GA Headley 270* England Kingston 1935 18.35
57 Azhar Ali 157 England Dubai (DSC) 2012 18.35
58 S Chanderpaul 137* India Bridgetown 1997 18.26
59 JV Coney 111* Pakistan Dunedin 1985 18.25
60 DW Randall 150 Australia Sydney 1979 18.25
61 CG Greenidge 134 England Manchester 1976 18.22
62 SR Tendulkar 214 Australia Bengaluru 2010 18.22
63 GR Viswanath 124 West Indies Chennai 1979 18.18
64 SM Gavaskar 236* West Indies Chennai 1983 18.12
65 HP Tillakaratne 115 Pakistan Faisalabad 1995 18.10
66 DPMD Jayawardene 237 South Africa Galle 2004 18.10
67 PS McDonnell 147 England Sydney 1882 18.09
68 MN Samuels 123 New Zealand Kingston 2012 18.04
69 DG Bradman 304 England Leeds 1934 18.03
70 JO Holder 202* England Bridgetown 2019 18.03
71 VT Trumper 159 South Africa Melbourne 1911 18.03
72 V Sehwag 319 South Africa Chennai 2008 18.01
73 BB McCullum 225 India Hyderabad (Deccan) 2010 17.98
74 DM Jones 184* England Sydney 1987 17.97
75 R Dravid 270 Pakistan Rawalpindi 2004 17.97
76 R Cowper 307 England Melbourne 1966 17.97
77 AD Nourse 231 Australia Johannesburg 1935 17.95
78 J Ryder 201* England Adelaide 1925 17.95
79 DI Gower 173* Pakistan Lahore 1984 17.90
80 GS Chappell 182* West Indies Sydney 1976 17.89
81 CH Gayle 333 Sri Lanka Galle 2010 17.89
82 DG Bradman 226 South Africa Brisbane 1931 17.89
83 LPRL Taylor 290 Australia Perth 2015 17.89
84 DR Martyn 161 Sri Lanka Kandy 2004 17.87
85 DG Bradman 103* England Melbourne 1933 17.87
86 MC Cowdrey 102 Australia Melbourne 1954 17.84
87 Hon.FS Jackson 128 Australia Manchester 1902 17.84
88 WR Hammond 177 Australia Adelaide 1929 17.83
89 WR Hammond 240 Australia Lord's 1938 17.82
90 CG Greenidge 226 Australia Bridgetown 1991 17.82
91 Hanif Mohammad 187* England Lord's 1967 17.82
92 PF Warner 132* South Africa Johannesburg 1899 17.81
93 KC Sangakkara 230 Pakistan Lahore 2002 17.81
94 RG Pollock 125 England Nottingham 1965 17.79
95 PHB May 285* West Indies Birmingham 1957 17.79
96 Mohammad Wasim 192 Zimbabwe Harare 1998 17.78
97 CA Pujara 123 Australia Adelaide 2018 17.78
98 MJ Clarke 151 South Africa Cape Town 2011 17.78
99 Inzamam-ul-Haq 138* Bangladesh Multan 2003 17.77
100 CG Greenidge 213 New Zealand Auckland 1987 17.76

 

[Days of Grace]

True, but he did bowl in the innings. Possibly even bowled to Perera on day 3. Either way I'm not sure exactly how it works

I actually base it only on the opposition's team rating.

I tried in the past to incorporate bowler's ratings/averages, etc. but it all became too complex with too many outliers.

 

[mr_mister]

Awesome. Right up there. Itl become a very famous innings in history I reckon.

 

[stephen]

Bloody Bradman was hax. 4 innings in the top 32 is ridiculous given he only played 50 tests.

 

[Migara]

Best away innings, Sanath jnr takes the title from Sanath Snr.

 

[mr_mister]

Bloody Bradman was hax. 4 innings in the top 32 is ridiculous given he only played 50 tests.

Lara 3 in the top 35 ain't too shabby either

 

[ankitj]

DoG you might want to correct Lobart to Hobart

 

[Days of Grace]

There have been 93,984 innings in test cricket history across 2347 matches.

There have only been 13 innings rated above 20.00.

Therefore an innings of such magnitude as Perera's occurs once every 181 tests, and once every 7230 innings. Expect to see another one in about 4 years (average of 45 tests a year played in the current era).

 

[Days of Grace]

DoG you might want to correct Lobart to Hobart

I can't see where that mistake is.

 

[stephen]

Do you have an equivalent ODI list?

 

[stephen]

I can't see where that mistake is.

#16

 

[Days of Grace]

Do you have an equivalent ODI list?

No, I haven't done ODIs yet. Gotta sort out the top 100 test batsmen first.

 

[Spikey]

There have been 93,984 innings in test cricket history across 2347 matches.

There have only been 13 innings rated above 20.00.

Therefore an innings of such magnitude as Perera's occurs once every 181 tests, and once every 7230 innings. Expect to see another one in about 4 years (average of 45 tests a year played in the current era).

the odds seem to be drastically higher if you're a Sri Lankan. when can we expect the next Sri Lankan innings of 20.00 and higher

 

[Athlai]

I actually base it only on the opposition's team rating.

I tried in the past to incorporate bowler's ratings/averages, etc. but it all became too complex with too many outliers.

Cribb actually has this sort of information.

 

[MagicPoopShovel]

Curious to know where Mathews's 160 v Eng ranks here.

 

[CricAddict]

I actually base it only on the opposition's team rating.

I tried in the past to incorporate bowler's ratings/averages, etc. but it all became too complex with too many outliers.

I think this gives an advantage to players from the lower ranked nations to get into the top 100/20/10 easier. Probably the reason why there are many Srilankans there. But fair enough since we cannot take that factor out of calculation.

 

[Athlai]

the odds seem to be drastically higher if you're a Sri Lankan. when can we expect the next Sri Lankan innings of 20.00 and higher

Yeah of the 13 innings rated above 20.00, there are 4 by different Sri Lankans in the 2010s (and a 5th that missed out by 0.27)

Seems like there might be something to it.

 

[stephen]

Then how did Bradman get 4 innings in the top 32? England never won a series vs Australia for the majority of his career.

 

[mr_mister]

Sri Lanka being so inconsistent as a team could be the reason. Say De Silva didn't get out and him and Perera saw them home together, neither innings would rank too highly.

SL have produced a lot of back to the wall efforts recently, with one guy standing up while everyone else failed. Not many solid partnerships. The exception being those 2 massive ones, but they weren't this decade

 

[a massive zebra]

Then how did Bradman get 4 innings in the top 32? England never won a series vs Australia for the majority of his career.

Yeah, England only won two of Bradman's first three Ashes series.

All seven of Don Bradman's top 100 innings were pre WWII. In Ashes Tests from Bradman's first series until WWII, Australia's win/loss record was an imperious won 10, lost 13.