Welcome to The Wisden 100 Don Bradman: Two of the top five innings of all time and five in the top 100  ©Allsport Introduction by Steven Lynch, Wisden's Database Director The Wisden 100 is generated by the new ratings system from Wisden Online. Unlike conventional ratings, which usually assess players' entire careers or recent form, the Wisden 100 considers every innings in Test cricket - over 54,000 of them - and every bowling spell as well. A complicated set of factors is applied to each innings, and the greatest batting and bowling performances in Test history emerge. Fittingly, Don Bradman sits on top of the batting list, with an innings of 270 against England at Melbourne in 1936-37. Hugh Tayfield, South Africa's accurate offspinner of the 1950s, is a surprise No. 1 in the bowling table. Top 10 batting performances name score match rating 1 DG Bradman 270 Aust v Eng, Melbourne, 1936-37 262.4   2 BC Lara 153* WI v Aust, Bridgetown, 1998-99 255.2 3 GA Gooch 154* Eng v WI, Headingley, 1991 252.0 4 IT Botham 149* Eng v Aust, Headingley, 1981 240.8 5 DG Bradman 299* Aust v SA, Adelaide, 1931-32 236.8   6 VVS Laxman 281 India v Aust, Calcutta, 2000-01 234.8   7 C Hill 188 Aust v Eng, Melbourne, 1897-98 234.2   8 Azhar Mahmood 132 Pak v SA, Durban, 1997-98 232.6   9 KJ Hughes 100* Aust v WI, Melbourne, 1981-82 229.7   10 BC Lara 375 WI v Eng, St John's, 1993-94 228.1     Top 10 bowling performances name figures match rating 1 HJ Tayfield 9-113 SA v Eng, Johannesburg, 1956-57 253.9   2 A Kumble 10-74 India v Pak, Delhi, 1998-99 248.6   3 JC Laker 10-53 Eng v Aust, Old Trafford, 1956 241.7   4 JC White 8-126 Eng v Aust, Adelaide, 1928-29 238.8   5 RJ Hadlee 9-52 NZ v Aust, Brisbane, 1985-86 237.1   6 DE Malcolm 9-57 Eng v SA, The Oval, 1994 234.4   7 RGD Willis 8-43 Eng v Aust, Headingley, 1981 226.1   8 H Verity 8-43 Eng v Aust, Lord's, 1934 225.1   9 WJ O'Reilly 7-54 Aust v Eng, Trent Bridge, 1934 224.3   10 GD McKenzie 8-71 Aust v WI, Melbourne, 1968-69 224.1

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