Greatest innings?

[ReallyCrazy]

welcome yo mama

yep i remember that match! I was actually at the Sharjah cricket ground for that match!! It's come to be known as the "sandstorm" innings. How did I forget it ?

 

[Craig]

I blame Richard's parents.

You think they are responsibile for Richard's therioes?

 

[Tom Halsey]

He oviously does...

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

You think they are responsibile for Richard's therioes?

No. Richard is responsible for his theories. His parents are responsible for him.

But enough about Richard's parents...

 

[imranrabb]

Shahid Afridi made 100 off 36 balls against sri lanka

 

[Tom Halsey]

Like Astle's it was slogging with luck.

 

[Armadillo]

my fav innings has to be that of shahid afridi i mean 100 of 37 islike 3 runs off every ball, hes crazy

 

[Tom Halsey]

We know he's crazy. His shot selection is.

Need I remind you of the world cup match between us and Pakistan?

1st ball 6, 2nd ball out.

 

[Armadillo]

shut it tom (halsey) hes better than your trescothick, stock delivery outside off stump oh hes knicked it!

 

[Tom Halsey]

You even admitted it to me at school that he's rubbish!!!

 

[Neil Pickup]

Trescothick v Afridi? No contest...

 

[imranrabb]

The greatest innings has to be saeed anwars 194 against India in India.

 

[twctopcat]

I heard that wisden has some system where they literally work out the greates test innings by taking into account opposition, conditions etc, is this true, if so which innings did they rate as the best?

 

[Craig]

The greatest innings has to be saeed anwars 194 against India in India.

And I bet the Indian captain on that day wished he never granted Saeed a runner.

 

[Deja moo]

AAWW....the greatst innings has to be Kapil's 175*....ok,the opponents were Zim, but this was the same Zim who had defeated Australia in their first ever match a few days ago.....and they had India on the mat at 17-5........

He even added an unbeaten 126 for the 9th ( or 10th) wicket....I dont remember which......

 

[FRAZ]

Match Date : 17th Jan 1958 to 23rd Jan 1958
Venue : Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
Toss : West Indies
Result : Match Drawn
Umpires : HBdeC Jordan (WI) and J Walcott (WI)

West Indies 1st Innings
Batsman Status Runs
Conrad Hunte ct Imtiaz Ahmed b Fazal Mahmood 142
Rohan Kanhai ct W Mathias b Fazal Mahmood 27
Gary Sobers ct W Mathias b Mahmood Hussain 52
EdeC Weekes ct Imtiaz Ahmed b Mahmood Hussain 197
Clyde Walcott ct W Mathias b AH Kardar 43
OG Smith ct W Mathias b Alim-ud-Din 78
DStE Atkinson b Mahmood Hussain 4
EStE Atkinson b Fazal Mahmood 0
Franz Alexander(C)(W) b Mahmood Hussain 9
Alfred Valentine not out 5
Roy Gilchrist DNB -
Extras : 4-Leg Bye 3-Wide 6-No Ball 9-Bye 22
Total: (declared for 9 wickets in 172.2 overs) 579
Fall Of Wickets : 1/122, 2/209, 3/266, 4/356, 5/541, 6/551, 7/556, 8/570, 9/579

Bowling Analysis
Bowler Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Runs/Ov
Fazal Mahmood 62 21 145 3 2.34
Mahmood Hussain 41.2 4 153 4 3.70
AH Kardar 32 4 107 1 3.34
Haseeb Ahsan 21 0 84 0 4.00
Nasim-ul-Ghani 14 1 51 0 3.64
Alim-ud-Din 2 0 17 1 8.50

Pakistan 1st Innings
Batsman Status Runs
Hanif Mohammad b EStE Atkinson 17
Imtiaz Ahmed(W) lbw b Roy Gilchrist 20
Alim-ud-Din ct EdeC Weekes b Roy Gilchrist 3
Saeed Ahmed st Franz Alexander b OG Smith 13
Wazir Mohammad lbw b Alfred Valentine 4
W Mathias ct Franz Alexander b OG Smith 17
AH Kardar(C) ct DStE Atkinson b OG Smith 4
Fazal Mahmood b Roy Gilchrist 4
Nasim-ul-Ghani run out 11
Mahmood Hussain b Roy Gilchrist 3
Haseeb Ahsan not out 1
Extras : 5-Leg Bye 4-Bye 9
Total: (all out in 42.2 overs) 106
Fall Of Wickets : 1/35, 2/39, 3/44, 4/53, 5/81, 6/84, 7/91, 8/93, 9/96, 10/106

Bowling Analysis
Bowler Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Runs/Ov
Roy Gilchrist 15 4 32 4 2.13
EStE Atkinson 8 0 27 1 3.38
OG Smith 13 4 23 3 1.77
Alfred Valentine 6.2 1 15 1 2.37

Pakistan 2nd Innings (Following On)
Batsman Status Runs
Hanif Mohammad run out 337
Imtiaz Ahmed(W) lbw b Roy Gilchrist 91
Alim-ud-Din ct Franz Alexander b Gary Sobers 37
Saeed Ahmed ct Franz Alexander b OG Smith 65
Wazir Mohammad ct Franz Alexander b EStE Atkinson 35
W Mathias lbw b EStE Atkinson 17
AH Kardar(C) not out 23
Fazal Mahmood b Alfred Valentine 19
Nasim-ul-Ghani b Alfred Valentine 0
Mahmood Hussain not out 0
Haseeb Ahsan DNB -
Extras : 7-Leg Bye 7-No Ball 19-Bye 33
Total: (declared for 8 wickets in 319.0 overs) 657
Fall Of Wickets : 1/152, 2/264, 3/418, 4/539, 5/598, 6/626, 7/649, 8/649

Bowling Analysis
Bowler Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Runs/Ov
Roy Gilchrist 41 5 121 1 2.95
EStE Atkinson 49 5 136 2 2.78
OG Smith 61 30 93 1 1.52
Alfred Valentine 39 8 109 2 2.79
DStE Atkinson 62 35 61 1 0.98
Gary Sobers 57 25 94 1 1.65
Clyde Walcott 10 5 10 0 1.00

West Indies 2nd Innings
Batsman Status Runs
Conrad Hunte not out 11
Rohan Kanhai not out 17
Gary Sobers DNB -
EdeC Weekes DNB -
Clyde Walcott DNB -
OG Smith DNB -
DStE Atkinson DNB -
EStE Atkinson DNB -
Franz Alexander(C)(W) DNB -
Alfred Valentine DNB -
Roy Gilchrist DNB -
Extras : 0
Total: (for no loss in 11.0 overs) 28
Fall Of Wickets :

Bowling Analysis
Bowler Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Runs/Ov
Fazal Mahmood 2 1 3 0 1.50
AH Kardar 3 1 13 0 4.33
Hanif Mohammad 3 1 10 0 3.33
Saeed Ahmed 2 2 0 0 0.00
Wazir Mohammad 1 0 2 0 2.00
I have read so many articles about this 337 inning played by Hanif Mohammad . It was really a great innings . I think it was considered to be the best inning under pressure of all times . I saw some pictures and read some material of that particular match . The spectators were stunned and I believe it was the highest score scored in the second inning by an individual . I am not sure it stands now or not ..

 

[FRAZ]

AAWW....the greatst innings has to be Kapil's 175*....ok,the opponents were Zim, but this was the same Zim who had defeated Australia in their first ever match a few days ago.....and they had India on the mat at 17-5........

He even added an unbeaten 126 for the 9th ( or 10th) wicket....I dont remember which......

I guess Zimbabweans should have got test status at that time . Am I right or Wrong ?

 

[Adamc]

I heard that wisden has some system where they literally work out the greates test innings by taking into account opposition, conditions etc, is this true, if so which innings did they rate as the best?

Bradman's 270 in the 3rd test vs. England at Melbourne, 1937. Aus were 2-0 down in the Ashes, Bradman came in with the score at 5/97 in the 2nd innings (he put tailenders up the order so that the pitch would be dry when he came in) and shared a (record, I think) 346-run 6th wicket stand with Jack Fingleton. Bradman made 270 off 375 balls, Fingleton made 136 and Aus ended up with 564, enabling them to bowl out England and win the match. They then won the next two tests to take the series 3-2, the first and only time a team has come back from 2-0 down to win.
2nd on the list is Lara's 153* vs Aus, when WI won by 1 wicket.

 

[Gaijin-san]

I'm pretty sure the greatest ranked ODI innings was by Viv Richards in the WC semi-final or something. As I recall, WI were up the creek without a paddle, he came in, smashed a hundred, got them a total and they won. As I said though, this is all from my memory, which isn't that great. Although if I do recall correctly without the Master Blaster they would have made less than 100.

 

[Adamc]

I'm pretty sure the greatest ranked ODI innings was by Viv Richards in the WC semi-final or something. As I recall, WI were up the creek without a paddle, he came in, smashed a hundred, got them a total and they won. As I said though, this is all from my memory, which isn't that great. Although if I do recall correctly without the Master Blaster they would have made less than 100.

Yep you're right . It was by Viv against England in 1984 (not WC though), WI had collapsed... 2/11... 4/63... 7/102... 9/166... with Viv scoring just about all the runs. Then he added 106 for last wicket with Holding (who scored 12) to take WI through the full 55 overs. Viv scored 189* off 170, 21x4 and 5x6.

Ponting's 140* in the WC final was 2nd. Kapil Dev's 175* and Lara's 169 were up there too I recall.