Which one is the greatest test inning of all time

[DrWolverine]

Winning after a follow on has happened like 3-4 times in history - Botham’s 149* was a crazy knock as well

 

[subshakerz]

Eh It's one particular metric for rating an innings. Just like how laxmans innings wins out on how dire the situation was.

To be frank I think the Aussies underestimated him because the situation looked hopeless. Not to take away from the brilliance of how Laxman played. But with Lara it seemed the Aussies were really putting the kitchen sink in to get him out, especially McGrath.

 

[OverratedSanity]

To be frank I think the Aussies underestimated him because the situation looked hopeless. Not to take away from the brilliance of how Laxman played. But with Lara it seemed the Aussies were really putting the kitchen sink in to get him out, especially McGrath.

They must have stopped underestimating him sometime over the course of those two days tbf.

 

[Johan]

They must have stopped underistimating him sometime over the course of those two days tbf.

This.

I know the convicts are braindead but surely not that idiotic.

 

[honestbharani]

Lara's 153
KP's 153
Stokes 153
VVS 281


Best I have seen in that order. Perhaps the best ever test knocks too in the same order.

 

[subshakerz]

They must have stopped underestimating him sometime over the course of those two days tbf.

I mean, duh. Just saying that Waugh as captain often let things hanging waiting for a wicket.

 

[DrWolverine]

VVS Laxman’s 167 at Sydney is the best test innings I have seen in a losing cause and he had Oh My God such elegant strokes on that day

 

[vidiq]

Lara's 153
KP's 153
Stokes 153
VVS 281


Best I have seen in that order. Perhaps the best ever test knocks too in the same order.

Other than kp , all 3 came in familiar home condition.

 

[vidiq]

VVS Laxman’s 167 at Sydney is the best test innings I have seen in a losing cause and he had Oh My God such elegant strokes on that day

McGrath took a ten fer in that match.

 

[honestbharani]

Other than kp , all 3 came in familiar home condition.

I think Stokes had the easiest batting conditions, followed by VVS and then KP. I dont understand how home or away matters. In the 4th innings, all that matters is how tough the pitch actually was.

 

[Johan]

Stokes's knock is the most theatrical knock I've seen, it feels out of a movie.

 

[subshakerz]

VVS Laxman’s 167 at Sydney is the best test innings I have seen in a losing cause and he had Oh My God such elegant strokes on that day

Sachin 136

 

[subshakerz]

Stokes's knock is the most theatrical knock I've seen, it feels out of a movie.

Most box office knock I've seen.

 

[Johan]

Most box office knock I've seen.

Yeah, 67 all out first inning, game looked lost after Root's wicket, Sixes just over the boundary, that LBW, Lyon fumbling the Ashes with the easy run out, the air punch and crowd roar perfectly coinciding, it's so perfect you can't even stage it.

 

[Coronis]

Yeah, 67 all out first inning, game looked lost after Root's wicket, Sixes just over the boundary, that LBW, Lyon fumbling the Ashes with the easy run out, the air punch and crowd roar perfectly coinciding, it's so perfect you can't even stage it.

Perera tho

 

[subshakerz]

Perera tho

Better innings but the drama of Stokes knock was unbelievable. Ashes on the line and just so many twists and turns.

 

[Johan]

two ATG fifties

 

[DrWolverine]

Most box office knock I've seen.

Second imo

Astle’s 222 was the craziest century

 

[Arachnödouche2.0]

A filled-out stadium adds so much to how you recall an innings. I'm not the biggest fan of Perera's innings though it's obviously a monumental achievement. But imagine that going down in front of a crowd as big and hyped as the others.

 

[honestbharani]

Yeah, 67 all out first inning, game looked lost after Root's wicket, Sixes just over the boundary, that LBW, Lyon fumbling the Ashes with the easy run out, the air punch and crowd roar perfectly coinciding, it's so perfect you can't even stage it.

Yeah I definitely feel sometimes I overrate that innings maybe coz of the atmosphere I watched it at. At the British Airways Lounge at the Heathrow with drunk screaming fans... I took my seat just as Buttler and Stokes got together and (with the flight delays) didn't have to budge till the presentations were done.