Best five (each) batting and bowling performances you ever saw

[austerlitz]

I'm curious on what were the best 5 innings you ever saw as a fan(ODI/test combined).Any country,any player.Will be curious to compare the older members's choices with new ones.

 

[Cuts_and_cuts_hard]

Test batting:

Gooch 154 vs WI
Laxman 281
Lara 153
Michael Clarke 151 vs SA, 2011
Border 100 and 98* vs WI

Bowling:
Hadlee 15 wickets vs Australia, Brisbane
Marshall 7 wickets with broken hand vs England
Ambrose 7fer at Perth
Dale Steyn 7/51 vs India, Nagpur
Imran Khan 11 wickets vs WI, 1988

 

[austerlitz]

Batting -

Ponting 154* vs england ashes 2005
Lara 153 vs Australia
Tendulkar 136 vs pakistan 1999 chennai
Tendulkar 98 vs pakistan centurion 2003
Laxman 281 vs australia 2001

Steyn 7-51 vs india.
Mcgrath 5-21 ashes 2005 lords.
Shoaib 6-16 vs NZ
Ambrose vs england 47 all out
Warne vs SA 1999 semi final.

 

[Bilal7]

I'll just mention those that happened over the last decade:

Batting (No specific order):

1) Abdul Razzaq's century against South Africa, 2010 (ODI).
2) Amla's 300+ in England, 2012(Test).
3) Pietersen's century against South Africa, 2012 (Test).
4) Amla's 196 and ABD's 160 against Australia, 2012 (Test).
5) Kohli's 180 against Pakistan (ODI).

Bowling:

1) Steyn's 10-fer in Nagpur, 2010 (Tests).
2) Ajmal's 10-fer in South Africa, 2013 (Tests).
3) Starc's whole 2015 WC campaign (ODI).
4) Amir against India at the finals of the 2017 CT (ODI)
5) MJ's Ashes + Tests of the following series against South Africa (Tests).

I grouped a few matches together because I felt like you would have to watch all of them to get a feel of how well a bowler/batsman was doing at the time. I'm sure a lot of worthy innings/spells have missed out but these 10 are the ones that stuck with me most and made me appreciate the talent of the players involved.

 

[babajee]

The sweetest bowling and batting performances of all time

Batting
1) Fakhar Zaman 114(106)
2) Mohammad Hafeez 57*(37)

Bowling
1) Mohammad Amir 3-16(6)
2) Hasan Ali 3-19(6.3)

 

[wrongun]

I'd love to include AB's 100 & 98* vs WI but I never watched it live (just old replays of highlights)

So I have the following in no particular order.

Laxman 281 vs Oz- 2001 tests. Unbelievable mix of elegant style, match-winning, series turning importance, toughness and endurance vs an attack that had looked like world beaters so far in the series.

KP 158 vs Oz- 2005 tests, the Oval. Rode his luck but took England- who had been setting up for a classic choke until then- home. Provided the aggression, guts & winning mentality England had lacked for more than a decade.

S Waugh 120* vs SA 1999 WC (coming in at 3-48 vs Donald, Pollock & co. Played the hook, defying those who said he couldn't, proving he just usually chose not to)

S Waugh 200 vs WI, 1995 Jamaica. On a quick, but up & down pitch, Waugh would drop his hands when bowled the bumper instead of raising his bat to play & protect (and this risk the edge or the glove). Was black & purple all over after the game but his courage and batsmanship vs Ambrose & Walsh in their heyday saw Australia finally end decades of WI dominance and announce the new Oz era.

Tendulkar 114 Vs Oz, Perth 1992. Didn't end up a match winner but this was incredible. An 18 year old kid, an Indian player, at the WACA at its very fastest vs bully Oz fast bowlers and he's batting like a dream. Could see he was born to bat. Brave, classic technique and calmness shone through as more experienced colleagues tumbled around him. One thing about Sachin, I watched his whole career and from start to finish he could take your breath away with the perfection of a shot.

Bowling to follow later.