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

[Socerer 01]

Thanks.

So I am correct to say that this Indian line up was among the best test cricket has seen.

dont let subs hear you say that

 

[Days of Grace]

Updated top 100 test innings:

1​	MDKJ Perera	153*	South Africa	23.11	778	Durban	2019	4	Won	1 wkt	21.09
2​	OJD Pope	196	India	23.01	781	Hyderabad	2024	3	Won	28 runs	20.47
3​	IT Botham	149*	Australia	26.13	683	Leeds	1981	3	Won	18 runs	20.14
4​	BC Lara	153*	Australia	23.57	763	Bridgetown	1999	4	Won	1 wkt	19.86
5​	VVS Laxman	281	Australia	28.32	615	Kolkata	2001	3	Won	171 runs	19.23
6​	GA Gooch	154*	West Indies	25.50	703	Leeds	1991	3	Won	115 runs	18.78
7​	KR Mayers	210*	Bangladesh	31.85	505	Chattogram	2021	4	Won	3 wkts	18.71
8​	V Sehwag	201*	Sri Lanka	29.78	569	Galle	2008	1	Won	170 runs	18.33
9​	DG Bradman	270	England	30.45	548	Melbourne	1937	3	Won	365 runs	18.23
10​	ST Jayasuriya	253	Pakistan	33.58	453	Faisalabad	2004	3	Won	201 runs	17.96
11​	BA Stokes	135*	Australia	27.56	639	Leeds	2019	4	Won	1 wkt	17.96
12​	C Bannerman	165*	England	19.72	514	Melbourne	1877	1	Won	45 runs	17.95
13​	Saeed Anwar	188*	India	31.87	504	Kolkata	1999	3	Won	46 runs	17.84
14​	Azhar Mahmood	132	South Africa	25.64	699	Durban	1998	1	Won	29 runs	17.83
15​	RN Harvey	167	England	24.00	750	Melbourne	1959	2	Won	8 wkts	17.72
16​	BKG Mendis	176	Australia	31.19	525	Pallekele	2016	3	Won	106 runs	17.63
17​	KJ Hughes	100*	West Indies	23.01	781	Melbourne	1981	1	Won	58 runs	17.30
18​	BC Lara	213	Australia	25.39	707	Kingston	1999	2	Won	10 wkts	17.18
19​	MA Butcher	173*	Australia	24.11	747	Leeds	2001	4	Won	6 wkts	17.14
20​	LD Chandimal	162*	India	34.33	432	Galle	2015	3	Won	63 runs	17.12
21​	DG Bradman	212	England	27.21	650	Adelaide	1937	3	Won	148 runs	17.06
22​	GL Jessop	104	Australia	24.70	550	TIe Oval	1902	4	Won	1 wkt	17.00
23​	AC Gilchrist	149*	Pakistan	31.37	520	Hobart	1999	4	Won	4 wkts	16.73
24​	C Hill	188	England	26.06	498	Melbourne	1898	1	Won	8 wkts	16.68
25​	CG Greenidge	214*	England	33.83	446	Lord's	1984	4	Won	9 wkts	16.65
26​	RT Simpson	156*	Australia	22.51	797	Melbourne	1951	2	Won	8 wkts	16.52
27​	Younis Khan	200*	Zimbabwe	33.02	469	Harare	2013	3	Won	221 runs	16.41
28​	DPMD Jayawardene	180	England	31.61	512	Galle	2012	1	Won	75 runs	16.32
29​	JE Root	115*	New Zealand	25.66	698	Lord's	2022	4	Won	5 wkts	16.30
30​	Mohammad Wasim	192	Zimbabwe	31.16	526	Harare	1998	2	Won	3 wkts	16.29
31​	DG Bradman	299*	South Africa	35.67	397	Adelaide	1932	2	Won	10 wkts	16.27
32​	FDM Karunaratne	158*	South Africa	31.28	522	Galle	2018	1	Won	278 runs	16.27
33​	VT Trumper	159	South Africa	25.13	533	Melbourne	1911	3	Won	89 runs	16.14
34​	JE Root	190	South Africa	27.26	648	Lord's	2017	1	Won	211 runs	16.09
35​	GA Headley	270*	England	30.27	554	Kingston	1935	1	Won	Inns & 161 runs	15.99
36​	ME Waugh	116	South Africa	29.83	568	Port Elizabeth	1997	4	Won	2 wkts	15.94
37​	DG Bradman	334	England	31.37	520	Leeds	1930	1	Draw		15.91
38​	KC Sangakkara	232	South Africa	28.73	602	Colombo (SSC)	2004	1	Won	313 runs	15.89
39​	L Klusener	118*	Sri Lanka	30.59	544	Kandy	2000	1	Won	7 runs	15.88
40​	WR Endean	162	Australia	25.25	711	Melbourne	1952	3	Won	82 runs	15.87
41​	BB McCullum	302	India	33.72	449	Wellington	2014	3	Draw		15.84
42​	WW Armstrong	159*	South Africa	28.82	402	Johannesburg	1902	3	Won	159 runs	15.80
43​	MC Cowdrey	102	Australia	25.33	708	Melbourne	1954	1	Won	128 runs	15.77
44​	CG Greenidge	213	New Zealand	28.82	599	Auckland	1987	1	Won	10 wkts	15.69
45​	KC Sangakkara	156*	New Zealand	30.76	539	Wellington	2006	1	Won	217 runs	15.69
46​	DW Randall	150	Australia	30.10	559	Sydney	1979	3	Won	93 runs	15.64
47​	R Dravid	233	Australia	29.93	565	Adelaide	2003	2	Won	4 wkts	15.61
48​	DM Jones	184*	England	30.24	555	Sydney	1987	1	Won	55 runs	15.60
49​	HW Taylor	176	England	29.66	573	Johannesburg	1922	3	Won	168 runs	15.57
50​	Hanif Mohammad	337	West Indies	36.79	370	Bridgetown	1958	3	Draw		15.56
51​	DL Amiss	262*	West Indies	33.48	456	Kingston	1974	3	Draw		15.51
52​	NC Johnson	107	Pakistan	26.63	668	Peshawar	1998	2	Won	7 wkts	15.46
53​	CL Walcott	220	England	33.49	456	Bridgetown	1954	1	Won	181 runs	15.43
54​	Younis Khan	267	India	31.36	520	Bengaluru	2005	1	Won	168 runs	15.40
55​	GR Viswanath	97*	West Indies	27.01	656	Chennai	1975	1	Won	100 runs	15.38
56​	AD Nourse	231	Australia	28.27	617	Johannesburg	1935	3	Draw		15.36
57​	JJ Lyons	134	England	17.29	635	Sydney	1892	3	Won	72 runs	15.30
58​	GS Sobers	168	Australia	28.52	609	Sydney	1961	1	Won	222 runs	15.26
59​	R Dravid	180	Australia	28.32	615	Kolkata	2001	3	Won	171 runs	15.24
60​	V Sehwag	319	South Africa	28.61	606	Chennai	2008	2	Draw		15.09
61​	Shahid Afridi	141	India	31.01	531	Chennai	1999	3	Won	12 runs	15.08
62​	DR Martyn	161	Sri Lanka	31.75	508	Kandy	2004	3	Won	27 runs	15.05
63​	BC Lara	182	Australia	23.34	771	Adelaide	2000	1	Lost	5 wkts	15.04
64​	Abdullah Shafique	160*	Sri Lanka	32.44	486	Galle	2022	4	Won	4 wkts	15.03
65​	DG Bradman	226	South Africa	35.37	405	Brisbane	1931	1	Won	Inns & 163 runs	14.99
66​	DG Bradman	103*	England	29.96	564	Melbourne	1933	3	Won	111 runs	14.93
67​	Saeed Anwar	118	South Africa	26.97	657	Durban	1998	3	Won	29 runs	14.91
68​	CG Greenidge	226	Australia	31.79	507	Bridgetown	1991	3	Won	343 runs	14.91
69​	ME Trescothick	180	South Africa	31.69	510	Johannesburg	2005	3	Won	77 runs	14.91
70​	GC Smith	154*	England	33.40	458	Birmingham	2008	4	Won	5 wkts	14.89
71​	CA Pujara	123	Australia	29.37	582	Adelaide	2018	1	Won	31 runs	14.88
72​	MJ Clarke	151	South Africa	28.97	595	Cape Town	2011	1	Lost	8 wkts	14.88
73​	PF Warner	132*	South Africa	32.29	305	Johannesburg	1899	3	Won	32 runs	14.86
74​	Hanif Mohammad	187*	England	29.77	570	Lord's	1967	2	Draw		14.85
75​	BB McCullum	224	India	33.25	462	Auckland	2014	1	Won	40 runs	14.84
76​	MA Butcher	116	South Africa	28.55	608	Leeds	1998	1	Won	23 runs	14.80
77​	WH Ponsford	266	England	28.17	620	The Oval	1934	1	Won	562 runs	14.77
78​	DS Atkinson	219	Australia	28.42	612	Bridgetown	1955	2	Draw		14.75
79​	MJ Slater	123	England	30.37	551	Sydney	1999	3	Won	98 runs	14.74
80​	GS Chappell	204	India	31.85	505	Sydney	1981	2	Won	Inns & 4 runs	14.74
81​	V Kohli	153	South Africa	25.55	701	Centurion	2018	2	Lost	135 runs	14.71
82​	SM Gavaskar	221	England	34.42	430	The Oval	1979	4	Draw		14.66
83​	L Hutton	156*	Australia	22.81	787	Adelaide	1951	2	Lost	274 runs	14.63
84​	GP Thorpe	113*	Sri Lanka	29.53	577	Colombo (SSC)	2001	2	Won	4 wkts	14.61
85​	DL Amiss	179	India	30.40	550	Delhi	1976	1	Won	Inns & 25 runs	14.61
86​	OG Smith	168	England	27.13	652	Nottingham	1957	3	Draw		14.60
87​	CG Greenidge	134	England	32.94	472	Manchester	1976	1	Won	425 runs	14.59
88​	PHB May	285*	West Indies	34.59	425	Birmingham	1957	3	Draw		14.58
89​	GS Chappell	176	New Zealand	32.59	482	Christchurch	1982	1	Won	8 wkts	14.56
90​	KD Walters	104*	New Zealand	30.83	536	Auckland	1974	1	Won	297 runs	14.55
91​	DPMD Jayawardene	237	South Africa	30.39	550	Galle	2004	1	Draw		14.54
92​	D Elgar	141*	Australia	28.51	609	Cape Town	2018	1	Won	322 runs	14.51
93​	HP Tillakaratne	115	Pakistan	30.70	541	Faisalabad	1995	1	Won	42 runs	14.50
94​	Azhar Ali	157	England	31.70	509	Dubai (DSC)	2012	3	Won	71 runs	14.44
95​	LPRL Taylor	290	Australia	29.88	566	Perth	2015	2	Draw		14.39
96​	VVS Laxman	167	Australia	26.05	686	Sydney	2000	3	Lost	Inns & 141 runs	14.39
97​	G Kirsten	100*	Pakistan	28.26	617	Faisalabad	1997	1	Won	53 runs	14.37
98​	DG Bradman	244	England	28.17	620	The Oval	1934	1	Won	562 runs	14.36
99​	GJ Bonnor	128	England	21.03	451	Sydney	1885	2	Won	8 wkts	14.35
100​	J Ryder	201*	England	34.17	437	Adelaide	1925	1	Won	11 runs	14.35

The rating of each bowling attack is based on the career averages at the end of the series in question of the top 5 bowlers by overs bowled, in addition to any other bowler who bowled 10% of the overs. That big advantage to this is that you get a snapshot of the strength and/or reputation of each bowler at the time the series was played. And I can also apply these bowling attack ratings when adjusting the career averages of test batsmen.

Another way to do it would be to just base the strength of each bowling attack on the career home or away/neutral averages but as I posted before, the disadvantage to this is that bowlers such as Imran Khan, Richard Hadlee and Tim Southee would be rated on their careers in their first 10 appearances, rather than their bowling averages at the time, which were very high. I would appreciate any thoughts on this conundrum.

 

[Days of Grace]

Top 10 New Zealand test innings:

1​	BB McCullum	302	India	33.72	449	Wellington	2014	3	Draw		15.84
2​	BB McCullum	224	India	33.25	462	Auckland	2014	1	Won	40 runs	14.84
3​	LPRL Taylor	290	Australia	29.88	566	Perth	2015	2	Draw		14.39
4​	KS Williamson	121*	Sri Lanka	32.01	500	Christchurch	2023	4	Won	2 wkts	14.33
5​	KS Williamson	132	England	30.30	553	Wellington	2023	3	Won	1 run	14.30
6​	KS Williamson	242*	Sri Lanka	44.53	219	Wellington	2015	3	Won	193 runs	14.17
7​	MG Burgess	119*	Pakistan	32.07	498	Dhaka	1969	3	Draw		14.09
8​	BA Edgar	161	Australia	27.17	651	Auckland	1982	2	Won	5 wkts	13.94
9​	JV Coney	111*	Pakistan	35.74	395	Dunedin	1985	4	Won	2 wkts	13.90
10​	MS Sinclair	150	South Africa	25.18	713	Port Elizabeth	2000	1	Lost	7 wkts	13.85

 

[Nintendo]

Updated top 100 test innings:

1​	MDKJ Perera	153*	South Africa	23.11	778	Durban	2019	4	Won	1 wkt	21.09
2​	OJD Pope	196	India	23.01	781	Hyderabad	2024	3	Won	28 runs	20.47
3​	IT Botham	149*	Australia	26.13	683	Leeds	1981	3	Won	18 runs	20.14
4​	BC Lara	153*	Australia	23.57	763	Bridgetown	1999	4	Won	1 wkt	19.86
5​	VVS Laxman	281	Australia	28.32	615	Kolkata	2001	3	Won	171 runs	19.23
6​	GA Gooch	154*	West Indies	25.50	703	Leeds	1991	3	Won	115 runs	18.78
7​	KR Mayers	210*	Bangladesh	31.85	505	Chattogram	2021	4	Won	3 wkts	18.71
8​	V Sehwag	201*	Sri Lanka	29.78	569	Galle	2008	1	Won	170 runs	18.33
9​	DG Bradman	270	England	30.45	548	Melbourne	1937	3	Won	365 runs	18.23
10​	ST Jayasuriya	253	Pakistan	33.58	453	Faisalabad	2004	3	Won	201 runs	17.96
11​	BA Stokes	135*	Australia	27.56	639	Leeds	2019	4	Won	1 wkt	17.96
12​	C Bannerman	165*	England	19.72	514	Melbourne	1877	1	Won	45 runs	17.95
13​	Saeed Anwar	188*	India	31.87	504	Kolkata	1999	3	Won	46 runs	17.84
14​	Azhar Mahmood	132	South Africa	25.64	699	Durban	1998	1	Won	29 runs	17.83
15​	RN Harvey	167	England	24.00	750	Melbourne	1959	2	Won	8 wkts	17.72
16​	BKG Mendis	176	Australia	31.19	525	Pallekele	2016	3	Won	106 runs	17.63
17​	KJ Hughes	100*	West Indies	23.01	781	Melbourne	1981	1	Won	58 runs	17.30
18​	BC Lara	213	Australia	25.39	707	Kingston	1999	2	Won	10 wkts	17.18
19​	MA Butcher	173*	Australia	24.11	747	Leeds	2001	4	Won	6 wkts	17.14
20​	LD Chandimal	162*	India	34.33	432	Galle	2015	3	Won	63 runs	17.12
21​	DG Bradman	212	England	27.21	650	Adelaide	1937	3	Won	148 runs	17.06
22​	GL Jessop	104	Australia	24.70	550	TIe Oval	1902	4	Won	1 wkt	17.00
23​	AC Gilchrist	149*	Pakistan	31.37	520	Hobart	1999	4	Won	4 wkts	16.73
24​	C Hill	188	England	26.06	498	Melbourne	1898	1	Won	8 wkts	16.68
25​	CG Greenidge	214*	England	33.83	446	Lord's	1984	4	Won	9 wkts	16.65
26​	RT Simpson	156*	Australia	22.51	797	Melbourne	1951	2	Won	8 wkts	16.52
27​	Younis Khan	200*	Zimbabwe	33.02	469	Harare	2013	3	Won	221 runs	16.41
28​	DPMD Jayawardene	180	England	31.61	512	Galle	2012	1	Won	75 runs	16.32
29​	JE Root	115*	New Zealand	25.66	698	Lord's	2022	4	Won	5 wkts	16.30
30​	Mohammad Wasim	192	Zimbabwe	31.16	526	Harare	1998	2	Won	3 wkts	16.29
31​	DG Bradman	299*	South Africa	35.67	397	Adelaide	1932	2	Won	10 wkts	16.27
32​	FDM Karunaratne	158*	South Africa	31.28	522	Galle	2018	1	Won	278 runs	16.27
33​	VT Trumper	159	South Africa	25.13	533	Melbourne	1911	3	Won	89 runs	16.14
34​	JE Root	190	South Africa	27.26	648	Lord's	2017	1	Won	211 runs	16.09
35​	GA Headley	270*	England	30.27	554	Kingston	1935	1	Won	Inns & 161 runs	15.99
36​	ME Waugh	116	South Africa	29.83	568	Port Elizabeth	1997	4	Won	2 wkts	15.94
37​	DG Bradman	334	England	31.37	520	Leeds	1930	1	Draw		15.91
38​	KC Sangakkara	232	South Africa	28.73	602	Colombo (SSC)	2004	1	Won	313 runs	15.89
39​	L Klusener	118*	Sri Lanka	30.59	544	Kandy	2000	1	Won	7 runs	15.88
40​	WR Endean	162	Australia	25.25	711	Melbourne	1952	3	Won	82 runs	15.87
41​	BB McCullum	302	India	33.72	449	Wellington	2014	3	Draw		15.84
42​	WW Armstrong	159*	South Africa	28.82	402	Johannesburg	1902	3	Won	159 runs	15.80
43​	MC Cowdrey	102	Australia	25.33	708	Melbourne	1954	1	Won	128 runs	15.77
44​	CG Greenidge	213	New Zealand	28.82	599	Auckland	1987	1	Won	10 wkts	15.69
45​	KC Sangakkara	156*	New Zealand	30.76	539	Wellington	2006	1	Won	217 runs	15.69
46​	DW Randall	150	Australia	30.10	559	Sydney	1979	3	Won	93 runs	15.64
47​	R Dravid	233	Australia	29.93	565	Adelaide	2003	2	Won	4 wkts	15.61
48​	DM Jones	184*	England	30.24	555	Sydney	1987	1	Won	55 runs	15.60
49​	HW Taylor	176	England	29.66	573	Johannesburg	1922	3	Won	168 runs	15.57
50​	Hanif Mohammad	337	West Indies	36.79	370	Bridgetown	1958	3	Draw		15.56
51​	DL Amiss	262*	West Indies	33.48	456	Kingston	1974	3	Draw		15.51
52​	NC Johnson	107	Pakistan	26.63	668	Peshawar	1998	2	Won	7 wkts	15.46
53​	CL Walcott	220	England	33.49	456	Bridgetown	1954	1	Won	181 runs	15.43
54​	Younis Khan	267	India	31.36	520	Bengaluru	2005	1	Won	168 runs	15.40
55​	GR Viswanath	97*	West Indies	27.01	656	Chennai	1975	1	Won	100 runs	15.38
56​	AD Nourse	231	Australia	28.27	617	Johannesburg	1935	3	Draw		15.36
57​	JJ Lyons	134	England	17.29	635	Sydney	1892	3	Won	72 runs	15.30
58​	GS Sobers	168	Australia	28.52	609	Sydney	1961	1	Won	222 runs	15.26
59​	R Dravid	180	Australia	28.32	615	Kolkata	2001	3	Won	171 runs	15.24
60​	V Sehwag	319	South Africa	28.61	606	Chennai	2008	2	Draw		15.09
61​	Shahid Afridi	141	India	31.01	531	Chennai	1999	3	Won	12 runs	15.08
62​	DR Martyn	161	Sri Lanka	31.75	508	Kandy	2004	3	Won	27 runs	15.05
63​	BC Lara	182	Australia	23.34	771	Adelaide	2000	1	Lost	5 wkts	15.04
64​	Abdullah Shafique	160*	Sri Lanka	32.44	486	Galle	2022	4	Won	4 wkts	15.03
65​	DG Bradman	226	South Africa	35.37	405	Brisbane	1931	1	Won	Inns & 163 runs	14.99
66​	DG Bradman	103*	England	29.96	564	Melbourne	1933	3	Won	111 runs	14.93
67​	Saeed Anwar	118	South Africa	26.97	657	Durban	1998	3	Won	29 runs	14.91
68​	CG Greenidge	226	Australia	31.79	507	Bridgetown	1991	3	Won	343 runs	14.91
69​	ME Trescothick	180	South Africa	31.69	510	Johannesburg	2005	3	Won	77 runs	14.91
70​	GC Smith	154*	England	33.40	458	Birmingham	2008	4	Won	5 wkts	14.89
71​	CA Pujara	123	Australia	29.37	582	Adelaide	2018	1	Won	31 runs	14.88
72​	MJ Clarke	151	South Africa	28.97	595	Cape Town	2011	1	Lost	8 wkts	14.88
73​	PF Warner	132*	South Africa	32.29	305	Johannesburg	1899	3	Won	32 runs	14.86
74​	Hanif Mohammad	187*	England	29.77	570	Lord's	1967	2	Draw		14.85
75​	BB McCullum	224	India	33.25	462	Auckland	2014	1	Won	40 runs	14.84
76​	MA Butcher	116	South Africa	28.55	608	Leeds	1998	1	Won	23 runs	14.80
77​	WH Ponsford	266	England	28.17	620	The Oval	1934	1	Won	562 runs	14.77
78​	DS Atkinson	219	Australia	28.42	612	Bridgetown	1955	2	Draw		14.75
79​	MJ Slater	123	England	30.37	551	Sydney	1999	3	Won	98 runs	14.74
80​	GS Chappell	204	India	31.85	505	Sydney	1981	2	Won	Inns & 4 runs	14.74
81​	V Kohli	153	South Africa	25.55	701	Centurion	2018	2	Lost	135 runs	14.71
82​	SM Gavaskar	221	England	34.42	430	The Oval	1979	4	Draw		14.66
83​	L Hutton	156*	Australia	22.81	787	Adelaide	1951	2	Lost	274 runs	14.63
84​	GP Thorpe	113*	Sri Lanka	29.53	577	Colombo (SSC)	2001	2	Won	4 wkts	14.61
85​	DL Amiss	179	India	30.40	550	Delhi	1976	1	Won	Inns & 25 runs	14.61
86​	OG Smith	168	England	27.13	652	Nottingham	1957	3	Draw		14.60
87​	CG Greenidge	134	England	32.94	472	Manchester	1976	1	Won	425 runs	14.59
88​	PHB May	285*	West Indies	34.59	425	Birmingham	1957	3	Draw		14.58
89​	GS Chappell	176	New Zealand	32.59	482	Christchurch	1982	1	Won	8 wkts	14.56
90​	KD Walters	104*	New Zealand	30.83	536	Auckland	1974	1	Won	297 runs	14.55
91​	DPMD Jayawardene	237	South Africa	30.39	550	Galle	2004	1	Draw		14.54
92​	D Elgar	141*	Australia	28.51	609	Cape Town	2018	1	Won	322 runs	14.51
93​	HP Tillakaratne	115	Pakistan	30.70	541	Faisalabad	1995	1	Won	42 runs	14.50
94​	Azhar Ali	157	England	31.70	509	Dubai (DSC)	2012	3	Won	71 runs	14.44
95​	LPRL Taylor	290	Australia	29.88	566	Perth	2015	2	Draw		14.39
96​	VVS Laxman	167	Australia	26.05	686	Sydney	2000	3	Lost	Inns & 141 runs	14.39
97​	G Kirsten	100*	Pakistan	28.26	617	Faisalabad	1997	1	Won	53 runs	14.37
98​	DG Bradman	244	England	28.17	620	The Oval	1934	1	Won	562 runs	14.36
99​	GJ Bonnor	128	England	21.03	451	Sydney	1885	2	Won	8 wkts	14.35
100​	J Ryder	201*	England	34.17	437	Adelaide	1925	1	Won	11 runs	14.35

Is there any reason stokes stokes innings from https://www.espncricinfo.com/series...-vs-australia-2nd-test-1336044/full-scorecard doesn't make the top 100?

 

[Burgey]

Said it plenty of times before, but love your work with this DoGgo

 

[Days of Grace]

Is there any reason stokes stokes innings from https://www.espncricinfo.com/series...-vs-australia-2nd-test-1336044/full-scorecard doesn't make the top 100?

I checked that last night. It gets a rating of 13.03.

BA Stokes

155

Australia

27.68

635

Lord's

2023

4

Lost

43 runs

13.03​

If England had won by one wicket then the innings would be rated around 18.00. The result counts for a lot, especially in 4th innings chases.

 

[Xix2565]

SNIP

Always looking forward to updates for this, so thanks. Fascinating to see some of the bowling ratings though in these innings, 797 for Simpson's 156* seems incredible to me. Apparently you've got 14 of these innings coming against 700+ rated bowling attacks, is there no innings worth consideration against 800+ rated attacks or is that just something that hasn't happened yet?

 

[Coronis]

Interesting - out of the 4 innings in losses we have two in SA and two in Aus.

 

[Days of Grace]

Always looking forward to updates for this, so thanks. Fascinating to see some of the bowling ratings though in these innings, 797 for Simpson's 156* seems incredible to me. Apparently you've got 14 of these innings coming against 700+ rated bowling attacks, is there no innings worth consideration against 800+ rated attacks or is that just something that hasn't happened yet?

Great question.

Here is the breakdown of Australia's attack for Simpson's 156*. Remember that I only rate the top 5 bowlers by overs bowled and any other bowler that bowled more than 10% of the innings. The average is the sum of the weightage of % of overs bowled by each bowler.

	Inns	Wkts	Ave	Adj. Ave			Overs	BPO	Balls	Runs Con.	Wkts
KR Miller	46​	74​	21.01​	21.01​	5.35​		21.7​	8​	175​	76​	4​
RR Lindwall	45​	92​	19.80​	19.80​	4.84​		21​	8​	168​	77​	3​
JB Iverson	8​	21​	15.23​	25.29​	5.89​		20​	8​	160​	52​	2​
WA Johnston	37​	88​	18.47​	18.47​	2.58​		12​	8​	96​	55​	0​
IWG Johnson	38​	58​	30.01​	30.01​	3.84​		11​	8​	88​	40​	0​
GB Hole							5​	8​	40​	10​	1​
					22.51​			727​	687​

Iverson's average is adjusted because he had bowled in less than 20 innings in his career by the end of the series. The formula for adjustment is: IF(AND(Inns<20,Average<32),(((Ave*Inns)+(32*(20-Inns)))/20),Average)

IF(Attack average<=32,((Attack average/32)*-1000+1500),((32/Attack average)*1000-500))

32 is the era average for all bowlers from 1920 to the present day.

So for an attack to be rated 800 or more (from 1920 to the present day), the overall attack average must be 22.40 or less, which is incredibly rare. You're welcome to try to find one!

Other eras:
1877-1893: 20.00
1894-1914: 26.00

 

[Xix2565]

SNIP

Woah, thanks a lot for explaining that DoG. Will certainly keep this to look up later.

 

[Xix2565]

Interesting - out of the 4 innings in losses we have two in SA and two in Aus.

3 in Australia, actually. Lara in Adelaide 2000, Hutton in Adelaide 1951 and Laxman in Sydney 2000.

 

[capt_Luffy]

Updated top 100 test innings:

1​	MDKJ Perera	153*	South Africa	23.11	778	Durban	2019	4	Won	1 wkt	21.09
2​	OJD Pope	196	India	23.01	781	Hyderabad	2024	3	Won	28 runs	20.47
3​	IT Botham	149*	Australia	26.13	683	Leeds	1981	3	Won	18 runs	20.14
4​	BC Lara	153*	Australia	23.57	763	Bridgetown	1999	4	Won	1 wkt	19.86
5​	VVS Laxman	281	Australia	28.32	615	Kolkata	2001	3	Won	171 runs	19.23
6​	GA Gooch	154*	West Indies	25.50	703	Leeds	1991	3	Won	115 runs	18.78
7​	KR Mayers	210*	Bangladesh	31.85	505	Chattogram	2021	4	Won	3 wkts	18.71
8​	V Sehwag	201*	Sri Lanka	29.78	569	Galle	2008	1	Won	170 runs	18.33
9​	DG Bradman	270	England	30.45	548	Melbourne	1937	3	Won	365 runs	18.23
10​	ST Jayasuriya	253	Pakistan	33.58	453	Faisalabad	2004	3	Won	201 runs	17.96
11​	BA Stokes	135*	Australia	27.56	639	Leeds	2019	4	Won	1 wkt	17.96
12​	C Bannerman	165*	England	19.72	514	Melbourne	1877	1	Won	45 runs	17.95
13​	Saeed Anwar	188*	India	31.87	504	Kolkata	1999	3	Won	46 runs	17.84
14​	Azhar Mahmood	132	South Africa	25.64	699	Durban	1998	1	Won	29 runs	17.83
15​	RN Harvey	167	England	24.00	750	Melbourne	1959	2	Won	8 wkts	17.72
16​	BKG Mendis	176	Australia	31.19	525	Pallekele	2016	3	Won	106 runs	17.63
17​	KJ Hughes	100*	West Indies	23.01	781	Melbourne	1981	1	Won	58 runs	17.30
18​	BC Lara	213	Australia	25.39	707	Kingston	1999	2	Won	10 wkts	17.18
19​	MA Butcher	173*	Australia	24.11	747	Leeds	2001	4	Won	6 wkts	17.14
20​	LD Chandimal	162*	India	34.33	432	Galle	2015	3	Won	63 runs	17.12
21​	DG Bradman	212	England	27.21	650	Adelaide	1937	3	Won	148 runs	17.06
22​	GL Jessop	104	Australia	24.70	550	TIe Oval	1902	4	Won	1 wkt	17.00
23​	AC Gilchrist	149*	Pakistan	31.37	520	Hobart	1999	4	Won	4 wkts	16.73
24​	C Hill	188	England	26.06	498	Melbourne	1898	1	Won	8 wkts	16.68
25​	CG Greenidge	214*	England	33.83	446	Lord's	1984	4	Won	9 wkts	16.65
26​	RT Simpson	156*	Australia	22.51	797	Melbourne	1951	2	Won	8 wkts	16.52
27​	Younis Khan	200*	Zimbabwe	33.02	469	Harare	2013	3	Won	221 runs	16.41
28​	DPMD Jayawardene	180	England	31.61	512	Galle	2012	1	Won	75 runs	16.32
29​	JE Root	115*	New Zealand	25.66	698	Lord's	2022	4	Won	5 wkts	16.30
30​	Mohammad Wasim	192	Zimbabwe	31.16	526	Harare	1998	2	Won	3 wkts	16.29
31​	DG Bradman	299*	South Africa	35.67	397	Adelaide	1932	2	Won	10 wkts	16.27
32​	FDM Karunaratne	158*	South Africa	31.28	522	Galle	2018	1	Won	278 runs	16.27
33​	VT Trumper	159	South Africa	25.13	533	Melbourne	1911	3	Won	89 runs	16.14
34​	JE Root	190	South Africa	27.26	648	Lord's	2017	1	Won	211 runs	16.09
35​	GA Headley	270*	England	30.27	554	Kingston	1935	1	Won	Inns & 161 runs	15.99
36​	ME Waugh	116	South Africa	29.83	568	Port Elizabeth	1997	4	Won	2 wkts	15.94
37​	DG Bradman	334	England	31.37	520	Leeds	1930	1	Draw		15.91
38​	KC Sangakkara	232	South Africa	28.73	602	Colombo (SSC)	2004	1	Won	313 runs	15.89
39​	L Klusener	118*	Sri Lanka	30.59	544	Kandy	2000	1	Won	7 runs	15.88
40​	WR Endean	162	Australia	25.25	711	Melbourne	1952	3	Won	82 runs	15.87
41​	BB McCullum	302	India	33.72	449	Wellington	2014	3	Draw		15.84
42​	WW Armstrong	159*	South Africa	28.82	402	Johannesburg	1902	3	Won	159 runs	15.80
43​	MC Cowdrey	102	Australia	25.33	708	Melbourne	1954	1	Won	128 runs	15.77
44​	CG Greenidge	213	New Zealand	28.82	599	Auckland	1987	1	Won	10 wkts	15.69
45​	KC Sangakkara	156*	New Zealand	30.76	539	Wellington	2006	1	Won	217 runs	15.69
46​	DW Randall	150	Australia	30.10	559	Sydney	1979	3	Won	93 runs	15.64
47​	R Dravid	233	Australia	29.93	565	Adelaide	2003	2	Won	4 wkts	15.61
48​	DM Jones	184*	England	30.24	555	Sydney	1987	1	Won	55 runs	15.60
49​	HW Taylor	176	England	29.66	573	Johannesburg	1922	3	Won	168 runs	15.57
50​	Hanif Mohammad	337	West Indies	36.79	370	Bridgetown	1958	3	Draw		15.56
51​	DL Amiss	262*	West Indies	33.48	456	Kingston	1974	3	Draw		15.51
52​	NC Johnson	107	Pakistan	26.63	668	Peshawar	1998	2	Won	7 wkts	15.46
53​	CL Walcott	220	England	33.49	456	Bridgetown	1954	1	Won	181 runs	15.43
54​	Younis Khan	267	India	31.36	520	Bengaluru	2005	1	Won	168 runs	15.40
55​	GR Viswanath	97*	West Indies	27.01	656	Chennai	1975	1	Won	100 runs	15.38
56​	AD Nourse	231	Australia	28.27	617	Johannesburg	1935	3	Draw		15.36
57​	JJ Lyons	134	England	17.29	635	Sydney	1892	3	Won	72 runs	15.30
58​	GS Sobers	168	Australia	28.52	609	Sydney	1961	1	Won	222 runs	15.26
59​	R Dravid	180	Australia	28.32	615	Kolkata	2001	3	Won	171 runs	15.24
60​	V Sehwag	319	South Africa	28.61	606	Chennai	2008	2	Draw		15.09
61​	Shahid Afridi	141	India	31.01	531	Chennai	1999	3	Won	12 runs	15.08
62​	DR Martyn	161	Sri Lanka	31.75	508	Kandy	2004	3	Won	27 runs	15.05
63​	BC Lara	182	Australia	23.34	771	Adelaide	2000	1	Lost	5 wkts	15.04
64​	Abdullah Shafique	160*	Sri Lanka	32.44	486	Galle	2022	4	Won	4 wkts	15.03
65​	DG Bradman	226	South Africa	35.37	405	Brisbane	1931	1	Won	Inns & 163 runs	14.99
66​	DG Bradman	103*	England	29.96	564	Melbourne	1933	3	Won	111 runs	14.93
67​	Saeed Anwar	118	South Africa	26.97	657	Durban	1998	3	Won	29 runs	14.91
68​	CG Greenidge	226	Australia	31.79	507	Bridgetown	1991	3	Won	343 runs	14.91
69​	ME Trescothick	180	South Africa	31.69	510	Johannesburg	2005	3	Won	77 runs	14.91
70​	GC Smith	154*	England	33.40	458	Birmingham	2008	4	Won	5 wkts	14.89
71​	CA Pujara	123	Australia	29.37	582	Adelaide	2018	1	Won	31 runs	14.88
72​	MJ Clarke	151	South Africa	28.97	595	Cape Town	2011	1	Lost	8 wkts	14.88
73​	PF Warner	132*	South Africa	32.29	305	Johannesburg	1899	3	Won	32 runs	14.86
74​	Hanif Mohammad	187*	England	29.77	570	Lord's	1967	2	Draw		14.85
75​	BB McCullum	224	India	33.25	462	Auckland	2014	1	Won	40 runs	14.84
76​	MA Butcher	116	South Africa	28.55	608	Leeds	1998	1	Won	23 runs	14.80
77​	WH Ponsford	266	England	28.17	620	The Oval	1934	1	Won	562 runs	14.77
78​	DS Atkinson	219	Australia	28.42	612	Bridgetown	1955	2	Draw		14.75
79​	MJ Slater	123	England	30.37	551	Sydney	1999	3	Won	98 runs	14.74
80​	GS Chappell	204	India	31.85	505	Sydney	1981	2	Won	Inns & 4 runs	14.74
81​	V Kohli	153	South Africa	25.55	701	Centurion	2018	2	Lost	135 runs	14.71
82​	SM Gavaskar	221	England	34.42	430	The Oval	1979	4	Draw		14.66
83​	L Hutton	156*	Australia	22.81	787	Adelaide	1951	2	Lost	274 runs	14.63
84​	GP Thorpe	113*	Sri Lanka	29.53	577	Colombo (SSC)	2001	2	Won	4 wkts	14.61
85​	DL Amiss	179	India	30.40	550	Delhi	1976	1	Won	Inns & 25 runs	14.61
86​	OG Smith	168	England	27.13	652	Nottingham	1957	3	Draw		14.60
87​	CG Greenidge	134	England	32.94	472	Manchester	1976	1	Won	425 runs	14.59
88​	PHB May	285*	West Indies	34.59	425	Birmingham	1957	3	Draw		14.58
89​	GS Chappell	176	New Zealand	32.59	482	Christchurch	1982	1	Won	8 wkts	14.56
90​	KD Walters	104*	New Zealand	30.83	536	Auckland	1974	1	Won	297 runs	14.55
91​	DPMD Jayawardene	237	South Africa	30.39	550	Galle	2004	1	Draw		14.54
92​	D Elgar	141*	Australia	28.51	609	Cape Town	2018	1	Won	322 runs	14.51
93​	HP Tillakaratne	115	Pakistan	30.70	541	Faisalabad	1995	1	Won	42 runs	14.50
94​	Azhar Ali	157	England	31.70	509	Dubai (DSC)	2012	3	Won	71 runs	14.44
95​	LPRL Taylor	290	Australia	29.88	566	Perth	2015	2	Draw		14.39
96​	VVS Laxman	167	Australia	26.05	686	Sydney	2000	3	Lost	Inns & 141 runs	14.39
97​	G Kirsten	100*	Pakistan	28.26	617	Faisalabad	1997	1	Won	53 runs	14.37
98​	DG Bradman	244	England	28.17	620	The Oval	1934	1	Won	562 runs	14.36
99​	GJ Bonnor	128	England	21.03	451	Sydney	1885	2	Won	8 wkts	14.35
100​	J Ryder	201*	England	34.17	437	Adelaide	1925	1	Won	11 runs	14.35

The rating of each bowling attack is based on the career averages at the end of the series in question of the top 5 bowlers by overs bowled, in addition to any other bowler who bowled 10% of the overs. That big advantage to this is that you get a snapshot of the strength and/or reputation of each bowler at the time the series was played. And I can also apply these bowling attack ratings when adjusting the career averages of test batsmen.

Another way to do it would be to just base the strength of each bowling attack on the career home or away/neutral averages but as I posted before, the disadvantage to this is that bowlers such as Imran Khan, Richard Hadlee and Tim Southee would be rated on their careers in their first 10 appearances, rather than their bowling averages at the time, which were very high.

It's a bit a fascinating that there among the 5 innings coming in for losses, 2 are from Indians; but they aren't the two most famous ones, which are considered among if not the best knocks of India's Top 2 and World top 10 batsmen; Sachin Tendulkar's 136 and Sunil Gavaskar's 96, both against Pakistan. I believe it might be as they were in home and against weak on paper attacks? Also, what was the rating of Vijay Hazare's 145 in Melbourne?

 

[Days of Grace]

Said it plenty of times before, but love your work with this DoGgo

Thanks, mate. No AB innings in the top 100, sadly. Any particular ones you want me to rate?

 

[Burgey]

The obvious ones would be the 100 and 98 in 1984, but I think an under rated one of his was the ton at the MCG in the 92/93 series against Ambrose, Walsh and Bishop. IIRC it ended a pretty big century drought for him too. Came in at with them in a bit of strife too.

 

[Days of Grace]

The obvious ones would be the 100 and 98 in 1984, but I think an under rated one of his was the ton at the MCG in the 92/93 series against Ambrose, Walsh and Bishop. IIRC it ended a pretty big century drought for him too. Came in at with them in a bit of strife too.

None of those rate particularly highly, unfortunately because the West Indies spinners such as Gomes, Hooper, and Richards bowled plenty of overs, which totally rekt the overall ratings of the attacks.

98* 8.69
100* 7.07
110 in 1992/93 8.75

 

[Burgey]

Cheers mate. Appreciate you taking the time to do it

 

[Days of Grace]

It's a bit a fascinating that there among the 5 innings coming in for losses, 2 are from Indians; but they aren't the two most famous ones, which are considered among if not the best knocks of India's Top 2 and World top 10 batsmen; Sachin Tendulkar's 136 and Sunil Gavaskar's 96, both against Pakistan. I believe it might be as they were in home and against weak on paper attacks? Also, what was the rating of Vijay Hazare's 145 in Melbourne?

Gavaskar's 96 gets a rating of 11.63.

Tendulkar's 136 gets a rating of 12.98.

The main issue with Tendulkar's rating is the average-at-end-of-series of Nadeem Khan:

Saqlain Mushtaq	33​	85​	29.54​	29.54​	10.02​		32.2​	6​	194​	93​	5​
Wasim Akram	149​	363​	22.85​	22.85​	5.27​		22​	6​	132​	80​	3​
Shahid Afridi	6​	8​	24.12​	29.64​	4.97​		16​	6​	96​	23​	0​
Nadeem Khan	4​	2​	115.00​	64.00​	8.73​		13​	6​	78​	18​	0​
Waqar Younis	103​	277​	21.96​	21.96​	2.76​		12​	6​	72​	26​	2​
					31.76​			572​	572​

Nadeem Khan's average of 115 is adjusted to 64, which is double the era avearage of 32. I do this so one bowler with an extremely high average doesn't totally ruin the attack's overall rating.

Take Nadeem's overs out and the Pakistan attack has an overall average of 26.67.

 

[capt_Luffy]

Gavaskar's 96 gets a rating of 11.63.

Tendulkar's 136 gets a rating of 12.98.

The main issue with Tendulkar's rating is the average-at-end-of-series of Nadeem Khan:

Saqlain Mushtaq	33​	85​	29.54​	29.54​	10.02​		32.2​	6​	194​	93​	5​
Wasim Akram	149​	363​	22.85​	22.85​	5.27​		22​	6​	132​	80​	3​
Shahid Afridi	6​	8​	24.12​	29.64​	4.97​		16​	6​	96​	23​	0​
Nadeem Khan	4​	2​	115.00​	64.00​	8.73​		13​	6​	78​	18​	0​
Waqar Younis	103​	277​	21.96​	21.96​	2.76​		12​	6​	72​	26​	2​
					31.76​			572​	572​

Nadeem Khan's average of 115 is adjusted to 64, which is double the era avearage of 32. I do this so one bowler with an extremely high average doesn't totally ruin the attack's overall rating.

Take Nadeem's overs out and the Pakistan attack has an overall average of 26.67.

Thanks DoG. And what about Hazare's 145 in Melbourne?

 

[Days of Grace]

Thanks DoG. And what about Hazare's 145 in Melbourne?

11.87. Sidney Barnes actually bowled a number of overs which meant Australia's bowling attack was only rated at 636.

Hazare's first innings ton was actually scored against a better attack: 743.

 

[_00_deathscar]

None of those rate particularly highly, unfortunately because the West Indies spinners such as Gomes, Hooper, and Richards bowled plenty of overs, which totally rekt the overall ratings of the attacks.

98* 8.69
100* 7.07
110 in 1992/93 8.75

So in short, he was overrated.