Greatest innings?

[BlackCap_Fan]

whats the greatest innings you've ever seen?

Mine is astles 222.after he got to about 80,he went BALLISTIC.He went from 150 to 200 in 17 balls.

17 BALLS.

Too bad we fell 99 runs short.I thought hed get man of the match,but thorpe also got a 200,but it wasnt in the class as "astle 200"

 

[deeps]

steve waugh's 63* against the windies....or his 200* against the windies.....but i liked the 63 for sheer grit

 

[FRAZ]

All the innings played By Javed Miandad in the 1992 world cup. He was the one who really won the world cup for Pakistan but unfortunately Wasim Akram and Inzimam got the attention of the media.

 

[FRAZ]

And I remember Robin Singh playing a wonderful ining of 40 odd against Pakistan in Pakistan in Karachi in mid 90's some where . I remember So many bookies lost money .

 

[nibbs]

Astle's 222 is obviously the best innings in test history. I was so glad I didn't go to cricket that day. That innings was something else...

Danny Morrisons's 42 vs Pakistan way back in the early 90s was pretty good as well. He at the time had the most ducks in test cricket. Somehow he defied Akram and Younis in a masterful display. Go Danny...

 

[marc71178]

Too bad we fell 99 runs short.I thought hed get man of the match,but thorpe also got a 200,but it wasnt in the class as "astle 200"

No, Thorpe's was made under pressure and won his side the game, Astle's was just swing swing swing!

So Thorpe's wasn't in the same class, it was in a higher class!

 

[marc71178]

Danny Morrisons's 42 vs Pakistan way back in the early 90s was pretty good as well. He at the time had the most ducks in test cricket. Somehow he defied Akram and Younis in a masterful display. Go Danny...

Didn't he do something similar against England (came in with 2 sessions to play and NZ 8 ahead with last pair together)

IIRC he remained unbeaten, and never played again?

 

[Neil Pickup]

Lara's 153, Athers' 185 or Waugh's 200.

 

[ReallyCrazy]

-M. Kaif's 87* against england, chasing 325 to win. India were 150/5 at one stage if I recall correctly.

-Robin Singh's innings against Zimbabwe in 1997. India were 170 odd for 7 after 46 overs chasing 236 and Singh started pummeling the ball and it ended in a tie!

-Tendulkar's 98 against Pak in the WC

-Desilva's 107* in the '96 WC final

 

[Neil Pickup]

http://statserver.cricket.org/link_...EYS/SBIODS/IND_ZIM_SBIODS_ODI3_27JAN1997.html - The tie.

Singh got run out off the penultimate ball for 48 (31b, 2x4, 2x6)

India were 146-5 in the NatWest Final when Yuvraj and Kaif did what seemed impossible.

I think, in terms of ODIs, it has to be this one, by a guy called Isaac.

 

[raju]

Lara'a 153* v Aus about 5 years ago.
Gooch's 100+ v WI in 1991...made on a bowlers paradise against a very strong attack.

 

[Tom Halsey]

thorpe also got a 200,but it wasnt in the class as "astle 200"

Ahem.

Astle's innings was slogging with luck, Thorpe's innings was a proper innings.

 

[aussie_beater]

VVS Laxman's 281 vs Aus at Calcutta has to be right up there.

 

[Tom Halsey]

Athers 185.

The greatest rearguard action EVER.

 

[Langeveldt]

Re: Re: Greatest innings?

Ahem.

Astle's innings was slogging with luck, Thorpe's innings was a proper innings.

Ahem... Watching it on TV at whatever hour of the morning, it looked quite proper to me... Chillingly so...

 

[nibbs]

Didn't he do something similar against England (came in with 2 sessions to play and NZ 8 ahead with last pair together)

IIRC he remained unbeaten, and never played again?

Yes. He made 14* or something off 100+ balls. Astle made a century, as he and Morrison shared a century stand for the last wicket. When Astle got his 100 the game ended as England must have decided it was too hard to get the runs to win. I'm pretty sure NZ lost that series...

 

[nibbs]

Re: Re: Greatest innings?

No, Thorpe's was made under pressure and won his side the game, Astle's was just swing swing swing!

So Thorpe's wasn't in the same class, it was in a higher class!

no no no no no. It all wasn't swing swing swing. He hit drives, cover drives, you know, normal cricket shots.. The fact that he did it ball after ball in the later part of the innings, unlike Thrope means his innings was greater.

 

[Salamuddin]

AA's 100 (109 I think he scored exactly) against England at Lords 2002.

 

[Deja moo]

THE ultimate iniings............Kapil Dev's 175* against Zimbabwe in the 83 world cup......IndiA were 17 for 5 when he walked in......

 

[FRAZ]

Innings played by Sadgoppan Ramesh and Dravid in a sharjah cup match 1999 played against Pakistan. They took so many blows from Shoaib and Zahid and Waqar too , on their bodies .They were 3 down . They were chasing only a modest total of 198 . That was a big achievment by Indian cricket by not losing any other wicket and completing the score .That was really unbelieveable that they faced such a pace but still won.