Best Test centuries in the Sub Continent since 2000

[honestbharani]

A couple of Damien Martyn's tons in India 2004

Other than Laxman I wouldn't really put any other local player innings on the list tbh, conditions just give local batsman the kind of advantage you don't see anywhere else in the world

Should we say the same about fast bowlers and refuse to rank any non SC bowler spells in non SC conditions?

 

[Jono]

haha. most classic case of anti-SC bias I was talking about in that thread with zinzan.

 

[honestbharani]

Yeah, Sehwag was insane between 2003 and 2010. If only he was good outside subcontinent, which he did raise hopes for initially after scoring a hundred in each of his first tours to SA, ENG and AUS.

He just got lazy in tests circa 2009 or 2010. HE just refused to do the first hour of hard work away from home. His technical frailities outside SC are overplayed IMO. The real issue was that he was mentally lazy and paid the price more in those conditions than in SC.


As for the topic:


1. VVS 281
2. Viru 201
3. KP



Have to admit have not watched as many games in SL as I should have since 2001 or so. Lara's 226 a shout here if we are gonna go crazy about Flem274, surely?

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

A couple of Damien Martyn's tons in India 2004

Other than Laxman I wouldn't really put any other local player innings on the list tbh, conditions just give local batsman the kind of advantage you don't see anywhere else in the world

Yeah just like there is no need to rank any local swing bowler's performance on his home green top

 

[G.I.Joe]

(1) VVS 281
(2) Sehwag double at Galle
(3) As much as it pains me to mention it, Kamran Akmal's 113 in the Irfan Pathan first over hat-trick Test in 2006. Credit where it's due - turned around 26/6 to a win. Extremely neglected innings, IMO.
(4) KP Mumbai
(5) Sehwag 293
(6) Chandimal 2015
(7) Sehwag 309

 

[smash84]

One really superb great innings has been left out so far. The only good thing that kakmal ever did

That century against India in Karachi after Irfan Pathan got a hattrick first up

 

[smash84]

(1) VVS 281
(2) Sehwag double at Galle
(3) As much as it pains me to mention it, Kamran Akmal's 113 in the Irfan Pathan first over hat-trick Test in 2006. Credit where it's due - turned around 26/6 to a win. Extremely neglected innings, IMO.
(4) KP Mumbai
(5) Sehwag 293
(6) Chandimal 2015
(7) Sehwag 319

whoops, missed gi's list. It has been mentioned here. And yeah quite agree. The game seemed all over for Pak until kakmal's century

 

[mr_mister]

Dizzy's 200

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Dizzy's 200

GOAT innings shall not be mentioned !

 

[Furball]

I think my favourite Sehwag innings would be against Sri Lanka from 2010ish, one of the Sri Lankan seamers (possibly Welegedera) had made good use of early conditions and reduced India to 30odd for 3 or 4. Sehwag had survived, spinners came on and he went nuts.

 

[Furball]

Does the UAE count as the SC?

Does New Zealand?

 

[TheJammyTurtle]

Am I an absolute idiot for saying that Chandimals 162 should be worthy of a mention?

 

[TheJediBrah]

Jason Gillespie 200 anyone?

no?

ok

 

[Spark]

A couple of Damien Martyn's tons in India 2004

Other than Laxman I wouldn't really put any other local player innings on the list tbh, conditions just give local batsman the kind of advantage you don't see anywhere else in the world

Yes, which is why all Australian centuries at Brisbane or Perth should henceforth be ignored.

 

[mr_mister]

I also liked Lehmann's against SL

 

[Jono]

Am I an absolute idiot for saying that Chandimals 162 should be worthy of a mention?

nah that's a good shout

 

[Migara]

Gilly's 144 against us in Kandy. I know Martyn scored more but it was Gilly, pushed to No 3 to take on swing bowling did the damage. Vaas and Zoysa was in the middle of a dream spell, and rolled Aussies over for a low score. Aussies went on to win the match by 40 odd runs and then series 3-0.

 

[weldone]

Tendulkar's match-winning double ton vs Australia must be in the top 10. A great innings in SC doesn't have to be against top-class spin bowling on a minefield.

 

[Dan]

Dhawan's debut knock?

And, as much as it pains me to say it, any of Vijay's home tons vs. Australia (when he seemed to only ever score runs vs. Australia at home)

 

[ankitj]

Dhoni's double hundred against Australia was good too. Seized early advantage that lasted the series.