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Test batting performances     Test bowling performances

Unlike conventional ratings, which usually assess players' entire careers or recent form, this Test performances ratings system considers individual performances - batting and bowling. A complicated set of factors is applied to each performance, and the greatest batting and bowling performances in Test history emerge.

Brian Lara sits on top of the batting list, with the 153* that squeaked West Indies to a one-wicket victory over Australia at Bridgetown in 1998-99.

Hugh Tayfield's 9-113 under pressure against England at Johannesburg in 1956-57, comes out on top of the bowling table.

Top ten Test batting performances

Rank Player Score Team Vs Venue Year Rating
1 Brian Lara 153* WI AUS Bridgetown 1998-99 400.0
2 Venkata Laxman 281 IND AUS Calcutta 2000-01 362.4
3 Ian Botham 149* ENG AUS Headingley 1981 361.9
4 Reginald Foster 287 ENG AUS Sydney 1903-04 357.3
5 Charles Bannerman 165* AUS ENG Melbourne 1876-77 343.9
6 Clyde Walcott 220 WI ENG Bridgetown 1953-54 337.6
7 Sunil Gavaskar 236* IND WI Chennai 1983-84 330.9
8 Gilbert Jessop 104 ENG AUS The Oval 1902 327.1
9 Kim Hughes 100* AUS WI Melbourne 1981-82 322.7
10 Graham Gooch 154* ENG WI Headingley 1991 319.8

Click here for the Top 100 Test batting performances and to find out more about the ratings selection criteria.

Top ten Test bowling performances

Rank Player Figures Team Vs Venue Year Rating
1 Hugh Tayfield 9-113 SA ENG Johannesburg 1956-57 400.0
2 Jim Laker 10-53 ENG AUS Old Trafford 1956-57 393.0
3 John White 8-126 ENG AUS Adelaide 1928-29 389.4
4 Richard Hadlee 9-52 NZ AUS Brisbane 1985-86 387.8
5 Anil Kumble 10-74 IND PAK Delhi 1998-99 384.7
6 Hugh Trumble 6-53 AUS ENG Old Trafford 1902 384.5
7 Dean Headley 6-60 ENG AUS Melbourne 1998-99 381.7
8 Bob Willis 8-43 ENG AUS Headingley 1981 381.5
9 Percival Hornibrook 7-92 AUS ENG The Oval 1930 381.3
10 Norman Cowans 6-77 ENG AUS Melbourne 1982-83 379.2

Click here for the Top 100 Test bowling performances and to find out more about the ratings selection criteria.

 

 

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Last updated: 09/11/06.