Which was the best innings ever in a test match by an opening batsmen against express pace?

[Harsh Thakor]

1.Roy Frederick's 169 at Perth in 1975-76

2.Graham Gooch 153 at Kingston in 1981

3.Graham Gooch 154 at Leeds in 1991 v West Indies

4.Majid Khan 167 at Georgetown in 1977

5.Sunil Gavaskar 90 at Ahmedabad in 1983.v West Indies

6.Hanif Mohammad 337 at Barbados in 1957-58

7.Sunil Gavaskar 129 at Delhi in 1983 v West Indies

8.Geoff Boycott in 1981 in West Indies at Antigua

9.Graham Gooch  83 at the Oval in 1980 v West Indies

10.Anshuman Gaekwad 81 at Kingston in 1975-76

11.Sunil Gavaskar at Faisalabad in 1982-83.

12.Graham Gooch 146 v Pakistan at Old Trafford

13Dennis Ammis 203 v West Indies at the Oval in 1976

14.Mohsin Khan 149 at Adelaide in 1983-84

15.Sunil Gavaskar 156 at Trinidad in 1975-76.

 

Above I have ranked in order of merit my best innings by an opening batsmen in a test match against express pace bowling.Placed Roy Frederick's at the top as he literally lambasted Lillee and Thomson at their fastest on the quickest  of wickets .Reminiscent of a tiger tearing apart a lion taking batting domination of genuine pace to regions of the sublime.Never witnessed a demolition job at such depth against lightning speed.Graham Gooch brilliantly counter-attacked the best ever attack in the history of the game at Kingston in 1981 blending the skillsof a technician with the power of a bulldozer.At leeds he displayed crfatsman ship rarely ever seem on a difficult wicket but verusus a lesser Calypso attack.Majid took Pakistan out of the depths of despair at Georgetwon in 1977 facing the great foursome.Gavaskar's 90 at Ahmedabad was a masterpiece on the most venomous of wickets where he resembled a surgeon and boxer rolled into one.One of the best counter-attacks ever on a bad wicket.

 

I have only considered knocks against express pace attacks and not fast-medium .I feel by early 1980's Lillee was fast-medium more than fast.I have also considered the pace of the wicket in this ranking,in addition to the strength of the pace attacks.

 

Edited March 19, 2019 by Harsh Thakor