Which one is the greatest test inning of all time

[OverratedSanity]

Perhaps the best ever test knocks too in the same order.

Gooch 154 has to be top 5 imo. It has a seriously strong argument to be number 1.

 

[Johan]

Yeah I definitely feel sometimes I overrate that innings maybe coz of the atmosphere I watched it at. At the British Airways Lounge at the Heathrow with drunk screaming fans... I took my seat just as Buttler and Stokes got together and (with the flight delays) didn't have to budge till the presentations were done.

I was at home readying myself to go on a rant online about the patheticness of English Cricket that day and Stokes played the knock and it was probably the most fun I had watching sports with family in more than a decade, just an absolute nail-biting thriller from ball one, 2019 Ashes was one of the great ones.

 

[Johan]

Opening, dukes, literally the GOAT pace attack, only two other Batsmen made more than 6 runs and nobody crossed 27. Wonderful inning.

 

[honestbharani]

Gooch 154 has to be top 5 imo. It has a seriously strong argument to be number 1.

Probably.. but I think the others were just more memorable being 4th innings match winning knocks (except VVS obviously but I think its clearly a small subtier below the 153s)..

 

[Coronis]

Man I was just watching robelinda’s uploads of Astle’s 222

Don’t think I’ve ever heard the ball sound that good off the willow.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Man I was just watching robelinda’s uploads of Astle’s 222

Don’t think I’ve ever heard the ball sound that good off the willow.

Those three consecutive sixes off Caddick... Just absolutely ridiculous.

 

[OverratedSanity]

VVS Laxman’s 167 at Sydney is the best test innings I have seen in a losing cause and he had Oh My God such elegant strokes on that day

Clarke 151 Capetown 2011 imo. In terms of one player seemingly playing on a completely different pitch to everyone else, it has no equal. No hackish slogging too, just relentless, perfect stroke play on a very difficult pitch.

 

[vidiq]

This Goated Ashes inning also deserves a mention

 

[Coronis]

Those three consecutive sixes off Caddick... Just absolutely ridiculous.

I know McCullum has the century record at 54, iirc Astle took 39 balls to go from 100 to 200. I wonder if thats the fastest to score 100 runs at any point in an innings.

 

[govinda indian fan]

This Goated Ashes inning also deserves a mention

Man you are making me hate smith

 

[subshakerz]

Opening, dukes, literally the GOAT pace attack, only two other Batsmen made more than 6 runs and nobody crossed 27. Wonderful inning.

Definitely a top 5 innings of all time.

Interestingly in the same test Viv scored a breezy 73 showing again he can master blast in any conditions.