Battle of the post-1980 Test Hundreds

[Blaze 18]

Are we done with the nominations?

 

[Burgey]

Noms close midnight Sunday AEST.

Will start the rounds Monday.

So gagf.

 

[weldone]

I've lost counts of which innings were nominated, and which were not. So, nominating the best 5 from the rest will be very cumbersome. I shall just nominate the 5 best Tendulkar centuries I've seen live (in chronological order):

1. 114 at Perth vs Australia (1991-92)
HowSTAT! Match Scorecard
First time he dominated pace in hell. This was a picturesque inning. The square cuts from the teenager were spellbinding.

2. 136 at Chennai vs Pakistan (1998-99)
http://www.howstat.com/cricket/Statistics/Matches/MatchScorecard.asp?MatchCode=1456
The best inning I've seen from anyone for a losing cause. This 4th innings knock against Wasim, Waqar and Saqlain was a gem, had all the ingredients for an all-time classic. India were well on course even when he got out, but yeah he couldn't finish the job.

3. 153 at Adelaide Oval vs Australia (2007-08)
HowSTAT! Match Scorecard
This one and the ton in the previous test at Sydney were both special. Tendulkar came to the form of his life (which is still ongoing) with these 2 back-to-back away hundreds against the-then world no. 1. This one was particularly better than the previous one from a technical point of view.

4. 214 at M. Chinnaswamy vs Australia (2010-11)
HowSTAT! Match Scorecard
Probably this is his best match-winning century. I considered 160 against Newzealand at Seddon Park, 193 at Headingley against England, 194* at Multan against Pakistan and 155* against Australia at M. Chidambaram Stadium among his other match-winning tons; but this one was probably better than those, even without considering the special effort in the 2nd innings too.

5. 146 at Newlands vs South Africa (2010-11)
HowSTAT! Match Scorecard
This was a special inning against Dale Steyn and co. Though this test has been memorable for injured Kallis' batting efforts, and Tendulkar's 1997's century in South Africa was special too; I personally find this his best inning in SA - specially because this showed his mastery in very testing conditions against Dale Steyn in the form of his life with his superb display of pace and swing bowling. And I am saying this without forgetting that during his other 4 centuries in SA also he faced Donald, Pollock and Steyn at times and the pitches were not roads in any of those cases.

 

[vcs]

I've lost counts of which innings were nominated, and which were not. So, nominating the best 5 from the rest will be very cumbersome. I shall just nominate the 5 best Tendulkar centuries I've seen live (in chronological order):

1. 114 at Perth vs Australia (1991-92)
HowSTAT! Match Scorecard
First time he dominated pace in hell. This was a picturesque inning. The square cuts from the teenager were spellbinding.

2. 136 at Chennai vs Pakistan (1998-99)
HowSTAT! Match Scorecard
The best inning I've seen from anyone for a losing cause. This 4th innings knock against Wasim, Waqar and Saqlain was a gem, had all the ingredients for an all-time classic. India were well on course even when he got out, but yeah he couldn't finish the job.

3. 153 at Adelaide Oval vs Australia (2007-08)
HowSTAT! Match Scorecard
This one and the ton in the previous test at Sydney were both special. Tendulkar came to the form of his life (which is still ongoing) with these 2 back-to-back away hundreds against the-then world no. 1. This one was particualrly better than the previous one from a technical point of view.

4. 214 at M. Chinnaswamy vs Australia (2010-11)
HowSTAT! Match Scorecard
Probably this is his best match-winning century. I considered 160 against Newzealand at Seddon Park, 193 at Headingley against England, 194* at Multan against Pakistan and 155* against Australia at M. Chidambaram Stadium among his other match-winning tons; but this one was probably better than those, even without considering the special effort in the 2nd innings too.

5. 146 at Newlands vs South Africa (2010-11)
HowSTAT! Match Scorecard
This was a special inning against Dale Steyn and co. Though this test has been memorable for injured Kallis' batting efforts, and Tendulkar's 1997's century in South Africa was special too; I personally find this his best inning in SA - specially because this showed his mastery in very testing conditions against Dale Steyn in the form of his life with his superb display of pace and swing bowling. And I am saying this without forgetting that during his other 4 centuries in SA also he faced Donald, Pollock and Steyn at times and the pitches were not roads in any of those cases.

That's a good list. Could have a "Battle of the Tendulkar tons" alone TBF.

 

[Spark]

Has Kallis's twin tons in that Test been nominated? Out of curiosity

 

[vcs]

Has Kallis's twin tons in that Test been nominated? Out of curiosity

Not AFAIK. Definitely deserve it.

 

[Burgey]

Right, we'll kick this off soon. If I've omitted any we want included, please let me know.

I've basically let in every knock nominated. Last chance saloon is this evening Aussie time if you want anything else added.

Here's a list of those so far.

Kim Hughes 100* vs WI, Melbourne 1981-82
1st Test: Australia v West Indies at Melbourne, Dec 26-30, 1981 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

Gordon Greenidge 214* v England, Lord's 1984
2nd Test: England v West Indies at Lord's, Jun 28-Jul 3, 1984 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

Viv Richards 110* v England, St John's 1985-86
5th Test: West Indies v England at St John's, Apr 11-16, 1986 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

Sunil Gavaskar 121 v WI, Delhi 1983-84
2nd Test: India v West Indies at Delhi, Oct 29-Nov 3, 1983 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

Graham Gooch 154* v WI, Leeds 1991
1st Test: England v West Indies at Leeds, Jun 6-10, 1991 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

Brian Lara 277 vs Australia, Sydney 1992-93
3rd Test: Australia v West Indies at Sydney, Jan 2-6, 1993 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

Hayden 380 vs Zimbwawe
1st Test: Australia v Zimbabwe at Perth, Oct 9-13, 2003 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

Nathan Astle 222 vs England
1st Test: New Zealand v England at Christchurch, Mar 13-16, 2002 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

Adam Gilchrist 204 v SA
1st Test: South Africa v Australia at Johannesburg, Feb 22-24, 2002 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

Adam Gilchrist 149* vs Pakistan

Andy Flower 199* v South Africa, 2001

Andy Flower 232* v India, 2000

Michael Vaughan 177 v Australia, 2002-03

Ricky Ponting 156 v England, 2005

Nasser Hussain 206 v Australia, 1997

Ajit Agarkar 109* at Lords 2002

Anil Kumble 110* at Oval 2007

Irfan Pathan 102 at Bangalore 2007

Harbhajan Singh 115 at Ahmedabad 2010

Harbhajan Singh 111* at Hyderabad 2010

rahul dravid's 233 in melbourne 2003-04

azhar mehmood's 108 against SA in the late 90s

rasvi shastri's 110 vs WI in 1988-89 in Barbados

VVS Laxman 169 vs Australia, Sydney 2000


[
Andrew Strauss,[URL="http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/345971.html"] 161 at Lord's 2009

Jonathan Trott, 119 at the Oval 2009

Umar Akmal, 129 at Dunedin 2009

VVS Laxman, 103* at Colombo 2010

Jacques Kallis 109* at Cape Town 2011

Atherton's 185*

Pietersen's 158

Cook's 235*

Ponting's 156

Brian Lara's 226 vs Australia, Adelaide 2005

Brian Lara's 221 vs Sri Lanka, Colombo 2001

Brian Lara's 132 vs Australia, Perth 1997

Sachin Tendulkar's 169 vs South Africa, Cape Town 1997

Sachin Tendulkar's 136 vs Pakistan, Chennai 1999 [/QUOTE]

Dean Jones 200 in the tied test:
1st Test: India v Australia at Chennai, Sep 18-22, 1986 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

Sachin Tendulkar 136 vs Pakistan:
1st Test: India v Pakistan at Chennai, Jan 28-31, 1999 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

Sehwag 200 against Sri Lanka:
2nd Test: Sri Lanka v India at Galle, Jul 31-Aug 3, 2008 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

lara 153
laxman 281
gooch 150ish
tendulkar 136

hussein 200 in 1997
hayden 100 in Sharjah vs Pakistan


Damien Martyn 101, Jo'burg 06[/url]


Ricky Ponting 143*, SCG 06 (2nd innings)

Anwar and Azhar [URL="http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63790.html"]here[/QUOTE]

Martyn's 100 in the 2nd innings of the Chennai 2004

Kakmal 113

Miandad 102

Afridi 141 Can't believe this idiot thought he can't play test cricket dominated Kumble like no ever did to him in India.[/QUOTE]

[Inzamam 118.
2nd Test: Australia v Pakistan at Hobart, Nov 18-22, 1999 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

Inzamam 123
3rd Test: West Indies v Pakistan at St John's, May 1-6, 1993 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

Inzamam 138
3rd Test: Pakistan v Bangladesh at Multan, Sep 3-6, 2003 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

Mohammad Yousuf 111 (scored at a SR of 82)
2nd Test: Australia v Pakistan at Melbourne, Dec 26-29, 2004 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo[/QUOTE]

Yusuf twin hundred on the 00 tour to Windies (anyone got a venue for these? And should I include both?

Sehwag 201

Ponting 156


]Ian Botham's 149* at Headingley in 1981

Ian Botham's 118 at Old Trafford in 1981

Slater 123 [url]http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63818.html
YouTube - ‪Michael Slater 123 vs England SCG 1999‬‏

Lara 226, the innings which he broke Border's record.
3rd Test: Australia v West Indies at Adelaide, Nov 25-29, 2005 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

Trevor Franklin, 101
2nd Test England at Lord's, 1990

Azhar Mahmood 132 vs South Africa, Durban 1998
2nd Test: South Africa v Pakistan at Durban, Feb 26-Mar 2, 1998 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

Steve Waugh's ton at the SCG in 2003?

Michael Vaughan 105 vs Sri Lanka, Kandy 2003.
2nd Test: Sri Lanka v England at Kandy, Dec 10-14, 2003 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

Anwar's 188* in the 3rd innings out of 316?
1st Match: India v Pakistan at Kolkata, Feb 16-20, 1999 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

azhar mahmood and anwar's 100s in this match
2nd Test: South Africa v Pakistan at Durban, Feb 26-Mar 2, 1998 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

i loved smiths 154* in the 4th innings too
3rd Test: England v South Africa at Birmingham, Jul 30-Aug 2, 2008 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

3rd Test: South Africa v India at Port Elizabeth, Dec 26-29, 1992 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

Graham Thorpe's unbeaten 113 versus SL, scored in an England total of 249 in which no-one else passed 26, in the deciding 3rd test at the SSC in Colombo in 2001.

Alistair Cook's unbeaten 235 at The Gabba after England had conceded a first innings deficit of 221 in the first test of the 2010/11 Ashes.
Mark Butcher's 173* at Headingley in the 4th test of the 2001 Ashes

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[/SIZE]Zim Vs SL

Sangakkara 192 - 2nd Test: Australia v Sri Lanka at Hobart, Nov 16-20, 2007 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

Jayawardene 119 - 1st Test: England v Sri Lanka at Lord's, May 11-15, 2006 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

Jayasuriya 253 - 1st Test: Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Faisalabad, Oct 20-24, 2004 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

Nasser Hussain vs NZ (1st Test: New Zealand v England at Christchurch, Mar 13-16, 2002 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo).

Fleming's 274* against SL in 2003 (1st Test: Sri Lanka v New Zealand at Colombo (PSS), Apr 25-29, 2003 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo).[/QUOTE]

Tendulkar 114 at Perth vs Australia (1991-92)
HowSTAT! Match Scorecard

Tendulkar 136 at Chennai vs Pakistan (1998-99)
HowSTAT! Match Scorecard

Tendulkar 153 at Adelaide Oval vs Australia (2007-08)
HowSTAT! Match Scorecard

Tendulkar 214 at M. Chinnaswamy vs Australia (2010-11)
HowSTAT! Match Scorecard

Tendulkar 146 at Newlands vs South Africa (2010-11)
HowSTAT! Match Scorecard

Jaques Kallis twin tons v India at Newlands 2010-2011 - as with the earlier twin hundreds, do we want both included, and if only one, which?


Ok, as you may have figured out, I've just copy-pasted the noms. If there is duplication I will get it together and fix it before we kick off.

Last chance ladies and gentlemen. Subject to further noms, which I plan on accpeting, the first battle(s) will kick off tomorrow AEST.

Apologies for the delay.

 

[weldone]

Have Dravid's match-winning double-century at Adelaide and Sehwag's triple centuries been nominated yet? If not, will someone nominate them?

 

[centurymaker]

I've lost counts of which innings were nominated, and which were not. So, nominating the best 5 from the rest will be very cumbersome. I shall just nominate the 5 best Tendulkar centuries I've seen live (in chronological order):

1. 114 at Perth vs Australia (1991-92)
HowSTAT! Match Scorecard
First time he dominated pace in hell. This was a picturesque inning. The square cuts from the teenager were spellbinding.

2. 136 at Chennai vs Pakistan (1998-99)
HowSTAT! Match Scorecard
The best inning I've seen from anyone for a losing cause. This 4th innings knock against Wasim, Waqar and Saqlain was a gem, had all the ingredients for an all-time classic. India were well on course even when he got out, but yeah he couldn't finish the job.

3. 153 at Adelaide Oval vs Australia (2007-08)
HowSTAT! Match Scorecard
This one and the ton in the previous test at Sydney were both special. Tendulkar came to the form of his life (which is still ongoing) with these 2 back-to-back away hundreds against the-then world no. 1. This one was particularly better than the previous one from a technical point of view.

4. 214 at M. Chinnaswamy vs Australia (2010-11)
HowSTAT! Match Scorecard
Probably this is his best match-winning century. I considered 160 against Newzealand at Seddon Park, 193 at Headingley against England, 194* at Multan against Pakistan and 155* against Australia at M. Chidambaram Stadium among his other match-winning tons; but this one was probably better than those, even without considering the special effort in the 2nd innings too.

5. 146 at Newlands vs South Africa (2010-11)
HowSTAT! Match Scorecard
This was a special inning against Dale Steyn and co. Though this test has been memorable for injured Kallis' batting efforts, and Tendulkar's 1997's century in South Africa was special too; I personally find this his best inning in SA - specially because this showed his mastery in very testing conditions against Dale Steyn in the form of his life with his superb display of pace and swing bowling. And I am saying this without forgetting that during his other 4 centuries in SA also he faced Donald, Pollock and Steyn at times and the pitches were not roads in any of those cases.

Here's my top 5 tendulkar knocks (excluding the ones already picked)- in no particular order.
155* v australia 1998 chennai
155 v southafrica 2001 Bloemfontein
193 V england 2002 leeds
122 v england 1996 edgbaston (2nd highest score in the innings was 18 LOL)
1st Test: England v India at Birmingham, Jun 6-9, 1996 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo
160 v NZ 2009 hamilton

 

[Burgey]

Dravid's has I think. Don't believe Sehwag's have. You may consider them nom'ed

 

[ankitj]

Kapil's century in SA?

 

[Spark]

JP Duminy's 150-odd at the MCG probably deserves a nom.

 

[weldone]

Azharuddin's 192 at Eden Park in 1989-90 against Richard Hadlee and co. was very special. I didn't watch that inning live as I started watching cricket starting from the 1991-92 series downunder. My dad would always tell me that I could never properly judge Azhar's genius because I started watching cricket after he was past his prime.

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