Best ever sub 100 innings

[OverratedSanity]

Not sure if this has been discussed....

Best I've seen are probably Dravid's twin fifties at Sabina on a crazy pitch and Ponting's 70 odd at Headingley in 2009 . Came in with the crowd putting on a disgracefully disrespectful display of booing, at a time when Australia needed to size the initiative, and that's exactly what he did... Virtually finished the game in an hour of brilliant attacking batting

Of ones I haven't seen, Gavaskar's famous last innings stands out. Any others?

 

[GuyFromLancs]

Ashley Giles' 8* at Trent Bridge in 05.

 

[Expressway76]

Shane Watson's next fluent run a ball 35.

 

[Prince EWS]

Rob Quiney's 9.

 

[Prince EWS]

On a serious note, DoG's list of great innings suggests that Viswanath's 97* against the West Indies is the greatest sub-100 innings. Chris Cairns's 1999 innings of 90 against England also rates highly, as does the innings that immediately came to my mind when I saw the thread - Laxman's 73* against Australia in 2010.

 

[ankitj]

Will be of interest: rediff.com: cricket channel: The Top 5 Sub-100 Innings

Laxman's 96 in Durban 2010-11 was also a great, great knock. Cricinfo rated it the best knock of 2010 ahead of Laxman's 73 against Australia in Mohali.

 

[GuyFromLancs]

Ashley Giles 59 at the Oval in 2005

 

[GuyFromLancs]

Flintoff's 68 at Birmingham in 05 (with the shoulder injury and cloesly followed by his rampaging over with the ball)

 

[GuyFromLancs]

Hick's 98* in Adelaide, just to prove how cruel a sport cricket is.

 

[Spikey]

probably agar's 98

 

[GIMH]

The two that came to mind first for me, not necessarily the best but the ones that popped into my head, have both been mentioned. Ponting at Headingley 09 (reckon its the best I've watched live full stop tbh) and Freddie at Edgbaston 05.

 

[GuyFromLancs]

Flintoff's is my personal favourite. It was right there and then I thought "this f*cker is actually going to make a real impact on this series, even if it's using willpower alone".

I also fondly remember Warne congratulating him after bowling him. That day I started drinking 12 cans of Fosters at 11:30 and finished them just in time for close of play.

 

[GIMH]

I drank a lot that day but never saw a single ball live. Was at the footy, remember getting constant updates on the way down and then cheering each wicket on TMS on the way back, lifting the gloom from the whites' miserable performance. Then I snapped a fork in half eating my dinner as I settled down to the highlights in an absolute drunken mess. Just remember the astonishment at Freddie's batting, one armed at first. Incredible. WAFG.

 

[Prince EWS]

I drank a lot that day but never saw a single ball live. Was at the footy, remember getting constant updates on the way down

I bet those updates weren't even nearly as good as my awesome BBM coverage of India's tour of England.

 

[GIMH]

Haha, that was superb. Skipping down Gadbrook Road as Cribb outperforms cricinfo.

 

[Howe_zat]

Laxman's 96 in Durban 2010-11 was also a great, great knock. Cricinfo rated it the best knock of 2010 ahead of Laxman's 73 against Australia in Mohali.

That's the one I thought of.

Also Brezza's 90

 

[Howe_zat]

Haha, that was superb. Skipping down Gadbrook Road as Cribb outperforms cricinfo.

Haha. Which day?

 

[GIMH]

Day five of the first test. Had the game on in work but then had to leave to get the train. Cribb came to my rescue.

 

[Prince EWS]

I actually meant India's tour of England ftr, will edit that. Was this match:

1st Test: England v India at Lord's, Jul 21-25, 2011 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

India were five down at tea on Day 5 and I gave him ball by ball updates as Anderson and Broad brought it home.

 

[benchmark00]

Mitchell Starc holds the record for most runs in a single innings under 100.