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The most underrated test innings??
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Burgey
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Sidhu would have been more worried about getting rogered in prison, wouldn't he?
Honestly, at the time, it looked to me as if he would have fancied his chances in prison better than facing Marshall's persistent bumpers from around the wicket. The video reinforced my thought.Plumbinfront
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Kallis' twin centuries at Cape Town' 10 with a bad back against the then number one side with the series on the line.
Satyanash89
Banned
Don't think that performance is underrated to be honest.... most people recognize it as probably Kallis' finest effort. It was amazing, no doubt, because Harbhajan was getting vicious turn and bounce from the pitch, and Kallis just reverse swept him with ease.
As good as Kallis was though, I will never forgive Dhoni for what he did that day... we would have won a historic series if we'd got kallis out, but MS for some inexplicable reason went on the defensive and allowed Kallis to get away.
Probably just the fear of winning, I guess... just complete **** captaincy
karan316
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Kapil's innings at Port Elizabeth vs SA in 1992, seriously think that this innings should be amongst the top 10 best test innings ever. And i think quite a few knocks by Kapil haven't got the recognition it deserves.
Also hoping that some day Rob uploads one of his innings against the brutal WI bowling attack...
Suresh Menon on the best cricket he's watched: Kapil Dev in Port Elizabeth 1992 | Highlights | Cricinfo Magazine | ESPN Cricinfo
Also hoping that some day Rob uploads one of his innings against the brutal WI bowling attack...
Suresh Menon on the best cricket he's watched: Kapil Dev in Port Elizabeth 1992 | Highlights | Cricinfo Magazine | ESPN Cricinfo
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akilana
International 12th Man
I think they got a lot of praise. His efforts in Pakistan that lead to series win were not given enough recognition. I think he hit 3 hundreds and a fifty in 4 innings.
wpdavid
Hall of Fame Member
Andrew Strauss's 100 at The Oval in 2005 is under-rated imo. Perhaps it's forgotten in the drama that followed, especially KP's 158, but it was virtually chanceless on a day when the rest of the batting seemed overwhelmed by the enormity of the situation. If he'd gone cheaply, we'd have struggled to make 200 and Aus would probably have taken the game by the scruff of the neck.
smash84
The Tiger King
Which series are you talking about? Or are you talking about the 1978 series in India?
Satyanash89
Banned
Pretty sure Kallis hasn't played 35 years of international cricket
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
Yet.
akilana
International 12th Man
Days of Grace
International Captain
Update of my list.
1 B.C. Lara 153* Australia Bridgetown 1999 Won 25.47
2 I.T. Botham 149* Australia Leeds 1981 Won 25.21
3 G.A. Gooch 154* West Indies Leeds 1991 Won 25.01
4 V.V.S. Laxman 281 Australia Kolkata 2001 Won 23.08
5 C. Bannerman 165* England Melbourne 1877 Won 23.07
6 D.G. Bradman 270 England Melbourne 1937 Won 22.16
7 Azhar Mahmood 132 South Africa Durban 1998 Won 22.07
8 D.L. Amiss 262* West Indies Kingston 1974 Draw 21.96
9 V. Sehwag 201* Sri Lanka Galle 2008 Won 21.52
10 D.P.M.D. Jayawardene 180 England Galle 2012 Won 21.38
11 C. Hill 188 England Melbourne 1898 Won 21.34
12 G.L. Jessop 104 Australia The Oval 1902 Won 21.15
13 S.T. Jayasuriya 253 Pakistan Faisalabad 2004 Won 20.66
14 K.J. Hughes 100* West Indies Melbourne 1981 Won 20.54
15 L. Klusener 118 Sri Lanka Kandy 2000 Won 20.42
16 Saeed Anwar 188 India Kolkata 1999 Won 20.11
17 S.J. McCabe 232 England Nottingham 1938 Draw 20.10
18 C.G. Greenidge 134 England Manchester 1976 Won 20.08
19 C.L. Walcott 220 England Bridgetown 1954 Won 19.94
20 A.C. Gilchrist 149* Pakistan Hobart 1999 Won 19.91
21 V.V.S. Laxman 167 Australia Sydney 2000 Lost 19.75
22 H.P. Tillakaratne 115 Pakistan Faisalabad 1995 Won 19.74
23 B.C. Lara 213 Australia Kingston 1999 Won 19.57
24 G.S. Chappell 176 New Zealand Christchurch 1982 Won 19.43
25 Asif Iqbal 146 England The Oval 1967 Lost 19.37
26 N.J. Astle 222 England Christchurch 2002 Lost 19.37
27 Inzamam-ul-Haq 329 New Zealand Lahore 2002 Won 19.27
28 M.J. Slater 123 England Sydney 1999 Won 19.18
29 S.M. Gavaskar 236* West Indies Madras 1983 Draw 19.10
30 K.C. Sangakkara 156* New Zealand Wellington 2006 Won 19.09
31 I.J.L. Trott 184 Pakistan Lord's 2010 Won 18.91
32 N. Kapil Dev 129 South Africa Port Elizabeth 1992 Lost 18.88
33 G.R. Viswanath 97* West Indies Madras 1975 Won 18.81
34 M.N. Samuels 123 New Zealand Kingston 2012 Won 18.76
35 Kamran Akmal 113 India Karachi 2006 Won 18.73
36 G.C. Smith 154* England Birmingham 2008 Won 18.70
37 G.J. Bonnor 128 England Sydney 1885 Won 18.60
38 O.G. Smith 168 England Nottingham 1957 Draw 18.53
39 J.L. Langer 191 Pakistan Perth 2004 Won 18.52
40 R. Dravid 233 Australia Adelaide 2003 Won 18.50
41 C.L. Cairns 80 England The Oval 1999 Won 18.46
42 D.G. Bradman 299* South Africa Adelaide 1932 Won 18.34
43 R.E. Foster 287 Australia Sydney 1903 Won 18.26
44 Mohammad Wasim 192 Zimbabwe Harare 1998 Won 18.26
45 G. Kirsten 100* Pakistan Faisalabad 1997 Won 18.11
46 V.T. Trumper 159 South Africa Melbourne 1911 Won 18.09
47 D.G. Bradman 103* England Melbourne 1933 Won 18.08
48 G.R. Viswanath 114 Australia Melbourne 1981 Won 18.03
49 B.C. Lara 226 Australia Adelaide 2005 Lost 17.84
50 G.S. Chappell 182* West Indies Sydney 1976 Won 17.77
51 Hanif Mohammad 187 England Lord's 1967 Draw 17.67
52 P.F. Warner 132* South Africa Johannesburg 1899 Won 17.66
53 G.P. Thorpe 200* New Zealand Christchurch 2002 Won 17.62
54 J. Ryder 201* England Adelaide 1925 Won 17.60
55 V. Sehwag 319 South Africa Chennai 2008 Draw 17.59
56 R.G. Pollock 125 England Nottingham 1965 Won 17.58
57 Hanif Mohammad 337 West Indies Bridgetown 1958 Draw 17.54
58 M.E. Trescothick 180 South Africa Johannesburg 2005 Won 17.49
59 M.A. Butcher 173* Australia Leeds 2001 Won 17.45
60 J.L. Langer 166 Sri Lanka Colombo 2004 Won 17.37
61 Inzamam-ul-Haq 138* Bangladesh Multan 2003 Won 17.37
62 Moin Khan 117* Sri Lanka Sialkot 1995 Lost 17.34
63 D.G. Bradman 334 England Leeds 1930 Draw 17.32
64 S.M. Gavaskar 221 England The Oval 1979 Draw 17.29
65 G.A. Headley 270* England Kingston 1935 Won 17.29
66 S.C.J. Broad 169 Pakistan Lord's 2010 Won 17.26
67 K.C. Sangakkara 92 England Kandy 2007 Won 17.24
68 A.C. Gilchrist 144 Bangladesh Fatullah 2006 Won 17.22
69 B. Mitchell 164* England Lord's 1935 Won 17.21
70 M.J. Clarke 151 South Africa Cape Town 2011 Lost 17.20
71 V.V.S. Laxman 73* Australia Mohali 2010 Won 17.03
72 M.J. Clarke 329* India Sydney 2012 Won 16.96
73 A. Flintoff 73 Australia Birmingham 2005 Won 16.88
74 G.M. Turner 223* West Indies Kingston 1972 Draw 16.83
75 A.R. Border 163 India Melbourne 1985 Draw 16.83
76 D.L. Amiss 179 India Delhi 1976 Won 16.79
77 S.R. Tendulkar 136 Pakistan Chennai 1999 Lost 16.77
78 R.G. Pollock 209 Australia Cape Town 1967 Lost 16.76
79 M.C. Cowdrey 102 Australia Melbourne 1954 Won 16.76
80 A. Flower 199* South Africa Harare 2001 Lost 16.75
81 G.P. Thorpe 119* West Indies Bridgetown 2004 Won 16.66
82 K.P. Pietersen 129 New Zealand Napier 2008 Won 16.62
83 P.S. McDonnell 147 England Sydney 1882 Won 16.62
84 S.J. McCabe 187* England Sydney 1932 Lost 16.55
85 Saleem Malik 237 Australia Rawalpindi 1994 Draw 16.54
86 J.V. Coney 111* Pakistan Dunedin 1985 Won 16.52
87 H.W. Taylor 109 England Durban 1913 Lost 16.42
88 L. Hutton 62* Australia Brisbane 1950 Lost 16.41
89 S. Chanderpaul 137* India Bridgetown 1997 Won 16.36
90 R.G. Pollock 274 Australia Durban 1970 Won 16.33
91 M. Azharuddin 163* South Africa Kanpur 1996 Won 16.32
92 G.P. Thorpe 113* Sri Lanka Colombo 2001 Won 16.31
93 A.M.J. Hilditch 113 West Indies Melbourne 1984 Draw 16.27
94 C.H. Lloyd 161* India Calcutta 1983 Won 16.26
95 G.S. Sobers 168 Australia Sydney 1961 Won 16.22
96 D.G. Bradman 304 England Leeds 1934 Draw 16.19
97 K.D. Walters 104* New Zealand Auckland 1974 Won 16.17
98 L. Hutton 364 Australia The Oval 1938 Won 16.15
99 M.G. Burgess 119* Pakistan Dacca 1969 Draw 16.15
100 GA Faulkner 123 England Johannesburg 1910 Won 16.14
101 K.C. Sangakkara 211 Pakistan Abu Dubai 2011 Draw 16.14
102 K.P. Pietersen 158 Australia The Oval 2005 Draw 16.14
103 Aamer Sohail 133 Australia Karachi 1998 Draw 16.06
104 W.R. Hammond 231* Australia Sydney 1936 Won 16.06
105 A.C. Gilchrist 138* South Africa Cape Town 2002 Won 16.06
106 C.G. Greenidge 213 New Zealand Auckland 1987 Won 16.04
107 G.N. Yallop 121 England Sydney 1979 Lost 16.04
108 G.R. Viswanath 139 West Indies Calcutta 1974 Won 15.98
109 B.F. Butcher 133 England Lord's 1963 Draw 15.95
110 M.L. Hayden 380 Zimbabwe Perth 2003 Won 15.95
111 G.R. Viswanath 124 West Indies Chennai 1979 Won 15.94
112 W.W. Armstrong 159* South Africa Johannesburg 1902 Won 15.93
113 D.G. Bradman 212 England Adelaide 1937 Won 15.90
114 D.M. Jones 184* England Sydney 1987 Won 15.89
115 S. Chanderpaul 100 Australia Georgetown 2003 Lost 15.86
116 D.N. Sardesai 212 West Indies Kingston 1971 Draw 15.85
117 D.J. Cullinan 122* India Johannesburg 1997 Draw 15.83
118 K.P. Pietersen 142 Sri Lanka Birmingham 2006 Won 15.82
119 D.P.M.D. Jayawardene 374 South Africa Colombo 2006 Won 15.79
120 R. Dravid 270 Pakistan Rawalpindi 2004 Won 15.75
121 I.T. Botham 114 India Bombay 1980 Won 15.73
122 L. Hutton 156* Australia Adelaide 1951 Lost 15.72
123 W.R. Hammond 336* New Zealand Auckland 1933 Draw 15.72
124 V.V.S. Laxman 96 South Africa Durban 2010 Won 15.71
125 K.C. Sangakkara 100* New Zealand Christchurch 2006 Lost 15.68
126 C.G. Greenidge 214* England Lord's 1984 Won 15.66
127 J.B. Hobbs 93* South Africa Johannesburg 1910 Won 15.65
128 M.E.K. Hussey 134* Pakistan Sydney 2010 Won 15.64
129 G. Kirsten 275 England Durban 1999 Draw 15.64
130 D.C.S. Compton 278 Pakistan Nottingham 1954 Won 15.61
131 J.N. Rhodes 76* Australia Sydney 1994 Won 15.59
132 L. Hutton 205 West Indies Kingston 1954 Won 15.57
133 B.C. Lara 400* England St. John's 2004 Draw 15.57
134 Younis Khan 267 India Bangalore 2005 Won 15.54
135 R.N. Harvey 167 England Melbourne 1959 Won 15.52
136 E.H. Hendren 205* West Indies Port of Spain 1930 Won 15.51
137 S.R. Tendulkar 169 South Africa Cape Town 1997 Lost 15.48
138 R.T. Simpson 156* Australia Melbourne 1951 Won 15.44
139 J.H. Kallis 162 England Durban 2004 Draw 15.44
140 V. Sehwag 293 Sri Lanka Mumbai 2009 Won 15.43
141 J.R. Reid 142 South Africa Johannesburg 1962 Lost 15.43
142 M.A. Taylor 144 West Indies St. John's 1991 Won 15.40
143 A.R. Morris 206 England Adelaide 1951 Won 15.36
144 M.A. Atherton 185* South Africa Johannesburg 1995 Draw 15.34
145 I.V.A. Richards 182* England Bridgetown 1981 Won 15.29
146 D.J. McGlew 255* New Zealand Wellington 1953 Won 15.29
147 V.V.S. Laxman 59 Australia Kolkata 2001 Won 15.26
148 M. Azharuddin 182 England Calcutta 1993 Won 15.22
149 J.L. Langer 127 Pakistan Hobart 1999 Won 15.22
150 D.I. Gower 173* Pakistan Lahore 1984 Draw 15.21
151 D.I. Gower 154* West Indies Kingston 1981 Draw 15.20
152 R.A. Smith 148* West Indies Lord's 1991 Draw 15.16
153 M.E. Waugh 116 South Africa Port Elizabeth 1997 Won 15.15
154 A. Flower 232* India Nagpur 2000 Draw 15.15
155 K.C. Wessels 162 England Brisbane 1982 Won 15.14
156 V. Sehwag 309 Pakistan Multan 2004 Won 15.14
157 B.C. Lara 176 South Africa Bridgetown 2005 Lost 15.13
158 S.M. Nurse 168 New Zealand Auckland 1969 Won 15.08
159 R.T. Ponting 257 India Melbourne 2003 Won 15.06
160 K.C. Sangakkara 192 Australia Hobart 2007 Lost 15.02
161 B. Sutcliffe 74 England Dunedin 1955 Lost 15.01
162 D.G. Bradman 226 South Africa Brisbane 1931 Won 15.01
1 B.C. Lara 153* Australia Bridgetown 1999 Won 25.47
2 I.T. Botham 149* Australia Leeds 1981 Won 25.21
3 G.A. Gooch 154* West Indies Leeds 1991 Won 25.01
4 V.V.S. Laxman 281 Australia Kolkata 2001 Won 23.08
5 C. Bannerman 165* England Melbourne 1877 Won 23.07
6 D.G. Bradman 270 England Melbourne 1937 Won 22.16
7 Azhar Mahmood 132 South Africa Durban 1998 Won 22.07
8 D.L. Amiss 262* West Indies Kingston 1974 Draw 21.96
9 V. Sehwag 201* Sri Lanka Galle 2008 Won 21.52
10 D.P.M.D. Jayawardene 180 England Galle 2012 Won 21.38
11 C. Hill 188 England Melbourne 1898 Won 21.34
12 G.L. Jessop 104 Australia The Oval 1902 Won 21.15
13 S.T. Jayasuriya 253 Pakistan Faisalabad 2004 Won 20.66
14 K.J. Hughes 100* West Indies Melbourne 1981 Won 20.54
15 L. Klusener 118 Sri Lanka Kandy 2000 Won 20.42
16 Saeed Anwar 188 India Kolkata 1999 Won 20.11
17 S.J. McCabe 232 England Nottingham 1938 Draw 20.10
18 C.G. Greenidge 134 England Manchester 1976 Won 20.08
19 C.L. Walcott 220 England Bridgetown 1954 Won 19.94
20 A.C. Gilchrist 149* Pakistan Hobart 1999 Won 19.91
21 V.V.S. Laxman 167 Australia Sydney 2000 Lost 19.75
22 H.P. Tillakaratne 115 Pakistan Faisalabad 1995 Won 19.74
23 B.C. Lara 213 Australia Kingston 1999 Won 19.57
24 G.S. Chappell 176 New Zealand Christchurch 1982 Won 19.43
25 Asif Iqbal 146 England The Oval 1967 Lost 19.37
26 N.J. Astle 222 England Christchurch 2002 Lost 19.37
27 Inzamam-ul-Haq 329 New Zealand Lahore 2002 Won 19.27
28 M.J. Slater 123 England Sydney 1999 Won 19.18
29 S.M. Gavaskar 236* West Indies Madras 1983 Draw 19.10
30 K.C. Sangakkara 156* New Zealand Wellington 2006 Won 19.09
31 I.J.L. Trott 184 Pakistan Lord's 2010 Won 18.91
32 N. Kapil Dev 129 South Africa Port Elizabeth 1992 Lost 18.88
33 G.R. Viswanath 97* West Indies Madras 1975 Won 18.81
34 M.N. Samuels 123 New Zealand Kingston 2012 Won 18.76
35 Kamran Akmal 113 India Karachi 2006 Won 18.73
36 G.C. Smith 154* England Birmingham 2008 Won 18.70
37 G.J. Bonnor 128 England Sydney 1885 Won 18.60
38 O.G. Smith 168 England Nottingham 1957 Draw 18.53
39 J.L. Langer 191 Pakistan Perth 2004 Won 18.52
40 R. Dravid 233 Australia Adelaide 2003 Won 18.50
41 C.L. Cairns 80 England The Oval 1999 Won 18.46
42 D.G. Bradman 299* South Africa Adelaide 1932 Won 18.34
43 R.E. Foster 287 Australia Sydney 1903 Won 18.26
44 Mohammad Wasim 192 Zimbabwe Harare 1998 Won 18.26
45 G. Kirsten 100* Pakistan Faisalabad 1997 Won 18.11
46 V.T. Trumper 159 South Africa Melbourne 1911 Won 18.09
47 D.G. Bradman 103* England Melbourne 1933 Won 18.08
48 G.R. Viswanath 114 Australia Melbourne 1981 Won 18.03
49 B.C. Lara 226 Australia Adelaide 2005 Lost 17.84
50 G.S. Chappell 182* West Indies Sydney 1976 Won 17.77
51 Hanif Mohammad 187 England Lord's 1967 Draw 17.67
52 P.F. Warner 132* South Africa Johannesburg 1899 Won 17.66
53 G.P. Thorpe 200* New Zealand Christchurch 2002 Won 17.62
54 J. Ryder 201* England Adelaide 1925 Won 17.60
55 V. Sehwag 319 South Africa Chennai 2008 Draw 17.59
56 R.G. Pollock 125 England Nottingham 1965 Won 17.58
57 Hanif Mohammad 337 West Indies Bridgetown 1958 Draw 17.54
58 M.E. Trescothick 180 South Africa Johannesburg 2005 Won 17.49
59 M.A. Butcher 173* Australia Leeds 2001 Won 17.45
60 J.L. Langer 166 Sri Lanka Colombo 2004 Won 17.37
61 Inzamam-ul-Haq 138* Bangladesh Multan 2003 Won 17.37
62 Moin Khan 117* Sri Lanka Sialkot 1995 Lost 17.34
63 D.G. Bradman 334 England Leeds 1930 Draw 17.32
64 S.M. Gavaskar 221 England The Oval 1979 Draw 17.29
65 G.A. Headley 270* England Kingston 1935 Won 17.29
66 S.C.J. Broad 169 Pakistan Lord's 2010 Won 17.26
67 K.C. Sangakkara 92 England Kandy 2007 Won 17.24
68 A.C. Gilchrist 144 Bangladesh Fatullah 2006 Won 17.22
69 B. Mitchell 164* England Lord's 1935 Won 17.21
70 M.J. Clarke 151 South Africa Cape Town 2011 Lost 17.20
71 V.V.S. Laxman 73* Australia Mohali 2010 Won 17.03
72 M.J. Clarke 329* India Sydney 2012 Won 16.96
73 A. Flintoff 73 Australia Birmingham 2005 Won 16.88
74 G.M. Turner 223* West Indies Kingston 1972 Draw 16.83
75 A.R. Border 163 India Melbourne 1985 Draw 16.83
76 D.L. Amiss 179 India Delhi 1976 Won 16.79
77 S.R. Tendulkar 136 Pakistan Chennai 1999 Lost 16.77
78 R.G. Pollock 209 Australia Cape Town 1967 Lost 16.76
79 M.C. Cowdrey 102 Australia Melbourne 1954 Won 16.76
80 A. Flower 199* South Africa Harare 2001 Lost 16.75
81 G.P. Thorpe 119* West Indies Bridgetown 2004 Won 16.66
82 K.P. Pietersen 129 New Zealand Napier 2008 Won 16.62
83 P.S. McDonnell 147 England Sydney 1882 Won 16.62
84 S.J. McCabe 187* England Sydney 1932 Lost 16.55
85 Saleem Malik 237 Australia Rawalpindi 1994 Draw 16.54
86 J.V. Coney 111* Pakistan Dunedin 1985 Won 16.52
87 H.W. Taylor 109 England Durban 1913 Lost 16.42
88 L. Hutton 62* Australia Brisbane 1950 Lost 16.41
89 S. Chanderpaul 137* India Bridgetown 1997 Won 16.36
90 R.G. Pollock 274 Australia Durban 1970 Won 16.33
91 M. Azharuddin 163* South Africa Kanpur 1996 Won 16.32
92 G.P. Thorpe 113* Sri Lanka Colombo 2001 Won 16.31
93 A.M.J. Hilditch 113 West Indies Melbourne 1984 Draw 16.27
94 C.H. Lloyd 161* India Calcutta 1983 Won 16.26
95 G.S. Sobers 168 Australia Sydney 1961 Won 16.22
96 D.G. Bradman 304 England Leeds 1934 Draw 16.19
97 K.D. Walters 104* New Zealand Auckland 1974 Won 16.17
98 L. Hutton 364 Australia The Oval 1938 Won 16.15
99 M.G. Burgess 119* Pakistan Dacca 1969 Draw 16.15
100 GA Faulkner 123 England Johannesburg 1910 Won 16.14
101 K.C. Sangakkara 211 Pakistan Abu Dubai 2011 Draw 16.14
102 K.P. Pietersen 158 Australia The Oval 2005 Draw 16.14
103 Aamer Sohail 133 Australia Karachi 1998 Draw 16.06
104 W.R. Hammond 231* Australia Sydney 1936 Won 16.06
105 A.C. Gilchrist 138* South Africa Cape Town 2002 Won 16.06
106 C.G. Greenidge 213 New Zealand Auckland 1987 Won 16.04
107 G.N. Yallop 121 England Sydney 1979 Lost 16.04
108 G.R. Viswanath 139 West Indies Calcutta 1974 Won 15.98
109 B.F. Butcher 133 England Lord's 1963 Draw 15.95
110 M.L. Hayden 380 Zimbabwe Perth 2003 Won 15.95
111 G.R. Viswanath 124 West Indies Chennai 1979 Won 15.94
112 W.W. Armstrong 159* South Africa Johannesburg 1902 Won 15.93
113 D.G. Bradman 212 England Adelaide 1937 Won 15.90
114 D.M. Jones 184* England Sydney 1987 Won 15.89
115 S. Chanderpaul 100 Australia Georgetown 2003 Lost 15.86
116 D.N. Sardesai 212 West Indies Kingston 1971 Draw 15.85
117 D.J. Cullinan 122* India Johannesburg 1997 Draw 15.83
118 K.P. Pietersen 142 Sri Lanka Birmingham 2006 Won 15.82
119 D.P.M.D. Jayawardene 374 South Africa Colombo 2006 Won 15.79
120 R. Dravid 270 Pakistan Rawalpindi 2004 Won 15.75
121 I.T. Botham 114 India Bombay 1980 Won 15.73
122 L. Hutton 156* Australia Adelaide 1951 Lost 15.72
123 W.R. Hammond 336* New Zealand Auckland 1933 Draw 15.72
124 V.V.S. Laxman 96 South Africa Durban 2010 Won 15.71
125 K.C. Sangakkara 100* New Zealand Christchurch 2006 Lost 15.68
126 C.G. Greenidge 214* England Lord's 1984 Won 15.66
127 J.B. Hobbs 93* South Africa Johannesburg 1910 Won 15.65
128 M.E.K. Hussey 134* Pakistan Sydney 2010 Won 15.64
129 G. Kirsten 275 England Durban 1999 Draw 15.64
130 D.C.S. Compton 278 Pakistan Nottingham 1954 Won 15.61
131 J.N. Rhodes 76* Australia Sydney 1994 Won 15.59
132 L. Hutton 205 West Indies Kingston 1954 Won 15.57
133 B.C. Lara 400* England St. John's 2004 Draw 15.57
134 Younis Khan 267 India Bangalore 2005 Won 15.54
135 R.N. Harvey 167 England Melbourne 1959 Won 15.52
136 E.H. Hendren 205* West Indies Port of Spain 1930 Won 15.51
137 S.R. Tendulkar 169 South Africa Cape Town 1997 Lost 15.48
138 R.T. Simpson 156* Australia Melbourne 1951 Won 15.44
139 J.H. Kallis 162 England Durban 2004 Draw 15.44
140 V. Sehwag 293 Sri Lanka Mumbai 2009 Won 15.43
141 J.R. Reid 142 South Africa Johannesburg 1962 Lost 15.43
142 M.A. Taylor 144 West Indies St. John's 1991 Won 15.40
143 A.R. Morris 206 England Adelaide 1951 Won 15.36
144 M.A. Atherton 185* South Africa Johannesburg 1995 Draw 15.34
145 I.V.A. Richards 182* England Bridgetown 1981 Won 15.29
146 D.J. McGlew 255* New Zealand Wellington 1953 Won 15.29
147 V.V.S. Laxman 59 Australia Kolkata 2001 Won 15.26
148 M. Azharuddin 182 England Calcutta 1993 Won 15.22
149 J.L. Langer 127 Pakistan Hobart 1999 Won 15.22
150 D.I. Gower 173* Pakistan Lahore 1984 Draw 15.21
151 D.I. Gower 154* West Indies Kingston 1981 Draw 15.20
152 R.A. Smith 148* West Indies Lord's 1991 Draw 15.16
153 M.E. Waugh 116 South Africa Port Elizabeth 1997 Won 15.15
154 A. Flower 232* India Nagpur 2000 Draw 15.15
155 K.C. Wessels 162 England Brisbane 1982 Won 15.14
156 V. Sehwag 309 Pakistan Multan 2004 Won 15.14
157 B.C. Lara 176 South Africa Bridgetown 2005 Lost 15.13
158 S.M. Nurse 168 New Zealand Auckland 1969 Won 15.08
159 R.T. Ponting 257 India Melbourne 2003 Won 15.06
160 K.C. Sangakkara 192 Australia Hobart 2007 Lost 15.02
161 B. Sutcliffe 74 England Dunedin 1955 Lost 15.01
162 D.G. Bradman 226 South Africa Brisbane 1931 Won 15.01
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Jono
Virat Kohli (c)
After that knock everyone started putting Kallis ahead of Ponting on CricketWeb. Its probably underrated now in that people have forgotten it as time as gone by (its been less than 3 years though lol) but at the time everyone was like "HOLY **** KALLIS IS A BEAST!"
Don't forget him spreading the field to Boucher too.As good as Kallis was though, I will never forgive Dhoni for what he did that day... we would have won a historic series if we'd got kallis out, but MS for some inexplicable reason went on the defensive and allowed Kallis to get away.
From recent times - Marlon Samuels 123 v NZ. Didn't even get a nomination in CI awards.
2nd Test: West Indies v New Zealand at Kingston, Aug 2-5, 2012 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo
2nd Test: West Indies v New Zealand at Kingston, Aug 2-5, 2012 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo
Teja.
Global Moderator
I reckon both these innings are pretty underrated, particularly the latter. It's easy to forget that the biggest reason for India holding on to number one for a long while was not only because of several circumstances falling in together but as much due to Laxman doing something absolutely miraculous whenever we appeared ****ed.
In 2010 alone, along with those two innings - Laxman also scored a fourth innings ton to get us a win out of a sticky situation in Sri Lanka and a 97 to save us the game from 17-5 against NZ.
Without that insane streak of crisis batting, we'd have drawn against Australia, lost in SA, lost in SL and drawn against NZ at home in 2010.
Apart from that, I reckon Kim Hughes 101* is the greatest innings of all time.
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Satyanash89
Banned
Totally agreed that they're great innings, particularly the Durban knock. That pitch was a really tough one to bat on, no one apart from Laxman looked remotely comfortable. I don't really know if it's underrated though... I consider it one of Laxman's finest efforts overseas and many other people do as well and Cricinfo did name it innings of the year.