Players performing above their usual level

[Burgey]

Watching the highlights of that spell of Malcolm's it was just sheer, sustained pace. First ball set the tone, and the rest of the day followed. Seriously fast bowling.

 

[anil1405]

Sunil Joshi - 5 wickets for 6 runs vs Proteas - That game was the first time I had seen an Indian side dominate a test playing nation in all three departments of the game.
Rahul Dravid - 50 off 22 balls in an ODI
Nathan Astle fastest double ton - i mean who would have imagined Astle to hold that record for 16 years (and counting) before he actually scored that
Browne & Bradshaw partnership in the 2004 champions trophy final
Charles Coventry - 194* in an ODI
Andrew Hall's century against India in a test match while opening the batting at Kanpur
Azhar Mahmood vs South Africa in tests
Ian Bell - most runs by an English batsman in ODI cricket and looks like he will hold that record for couple of years to come

 

[TheJediBrah]

Sunil Joshi - 5 wickets for 6 runs vs Proteas - That game was the first time I had seen an Indian side dominate a test playing nation in all three departments of the game.
Rahul Dravid - 50 off 22 balls in an ODI
Nathan Astle fastest double ton - i mean who would have imagined Astle to hold that record for 16 years (and counting) before he actually scored that
Browne & Bradshaw partnership in the 2004 champions trophy final
Charles Coventry - 194* in an ODI
Andrew Hall's century against India in a test match while opening the batting at Kanpur
Azhar Mahmood vs South Africa in tests
Ian Bell - most runs by an English batsman in ODI cricket and looks like he will hold that record for couple of years to come

last one doesn't really fit the thread but otherwise these are all great examples

 

[Zinzan]

Remind me what Mahmood did in that SA series? Something like 3 hundreds in a row yeah?

 

[sledger]

Rahul Dravid basically made his entire career out of doing this.

 

[mr_mister]

Yeah 3 ridic tons against a full bowling strength SA when Pakistan were 5 for nothing, 3 times out of 3. Never even scored a fifty against a team other than South Africa it's the best example yet in this topic

 

[anil1405]

last one doesn't really fit the thread but otherwise these are all great examples

Yea fair enough. Its more a reflection of how average England have been in ODIs over the years.

 

[anil1405]

Remind me what Mahmood did in that SA series? Something like 3 hundreds in a row yeah?

Century and half century on debut at Rawalpindi and then scored two more centuries when Pakistan toured South Africa few months after the home series.

 

[Top_Cat]

Watching the highlights of that spell of Malcolm's it was just sheer, sustained pace. First ball set the tone, and the rest of the day followed. Seriously fast bowling.

Yeah, definitely one which fits the thread.

This guy averaged near 40 in Tests.

 

[vic_orthdox]

That Peter Kirsten shot - urgh.

 

[fredfertang]

Basil Butcher played in 44 Tests - decent batsman of course but also an occasional leggie - he only ever got five wickets, all in the same innings though in this well known match

 

[Burgey]

That Peter Kirsten shot - urgh.

Remember when McGrath nailed him on the scone in Perth the preceding summer in an ODI? Was a sickening blow.

As for the Malcolm clip, Dat first ball.

Just have that.

 

[Shri]

Stuart Binny 6/4 Mayanti Langer

Fixed.

 

[wpdavid]

Richard Ellison in the last couple of 1985 Ashes tests.

 

[Furball]

Michael Vaughan c. 2001-03.

 

[wpdavid]

James Kirtley at Trent Bridge in 2003.

Bowled (sort of) us to victory against a good SA side, and I don't recall him doing much else in any of his tests.

 

[kingkallis]

- Ramiz Raja hitting Allan Donald for SIX!
- Gillespie's 200
- Chris Pringle's 11 wickets in a test match in Faisalabad
- Mohammad Zahid's debut match
- Shane Thomson's ton against Wasim, Waqar
- Bryan Young's 267*
- Aasif Karim's crazy spell against Australia in WC 2003
- Micheal Bevan's 10fer against WI
- Dwayne Leverock's catch

 

[mr_mister]

how about Stewie Macgill when he first made his mark in the 1999 Sydney Test against England. Never looked near that good again

 

[Noble One]

John Davison against the West Indies in the 2003 World Cup.

A journeyman off spinner with a modest first class record had no right to break the World Cup record for the fastest century.

 

[cnerd123]

- Aasif Karim's crazy spell against Australia in WC 2003

I don't think that belongs. Asif karm was legitimately a very, very good bowler.