Which were the best innings ever in a world cup semi-final?

[Harsh Thakor]

My 6 best innings ever in a world cup semi-final

1.Inzamam Ul Haq innings of 60 v New Zealand in 1992

 

2.Aravinda De Silva 66 v India in 1996

 

3.Mahela Jayewardene v New Zealand in 2007

 

4.Grant Elliot 84 v South Africa in 2015

 

5.Zaheer Abbas 93 v West Indies in 1979

 

6.Mohsin Khan 70 v West Indies in 1983.

 

1.Placed Inzy's 60 at the top as it was craftsmanship at its highest zenith taking Pakistan out of the depths of despair to reach the pinnacle of glory.

 

2.Aravinda displayed mastery on a broken track at Kolkata reminding one of a medical surgeon skillfully operating.

 

3.Jaywardene's century was grace personified expressing the sweetness of the sound of a flute and above all won the game for his country.

 

4.Grant Elliot displayed iron nerves in taking his team over the line with a glorious dispaly of controlled hitting.Did exactly what the doctor ordered

 

5.Zaheer Abbas took cricketing art to heights of the sublime taking the graetset pace atck by the sword.

 

6.Mohsin Khan displayed great technical skill against.the best pace attack ever when every other Pakistani batsmen failed on the fastest of tracks.

 

 

Edited June 20, 2019 by Harsh Thakor

[zen]

I guess Gooch in 87 and De Silva in 96 vs Ind in Ind were special knocks. Will go with Gooch’s 115 

[R!TTER]

Mohsin Khan 70 in 1983 

[sandeep]

Its telling that this greenbro troll leaves off the best innings by the best batsman out of the list.  

 

DRS BCCICC for the win bruh.

[Stuge]

Where is Raina innings vs Pakistan ,2011 :P

 

[Pollack]

13 minutes ago, sandeep said:

Its telling that this greenbro troll leaves off the best innings by the best batsman out of the list.  

 

DRS BCCICC for the win bruh.

That wasn't a great innings though from a neutral viewer point of view.

[sandeep]

7 minutes ago, Pollack said:

That wasn't a great innings though from a neutral viewer point of view.

why are you bringing logic into a troll thread?

[Gollum]

Majid Majid Majid

[Haarkarjeetgaye]

Micheal Bevan in 96 and 99

i think the best two semi final knocks 

[MechEng]

 

 

 

Edited June 20, 2019 by MechEng

[Laaloo]

Majid Miami obviously

[velu]

aravinda de silva

 

batting mastery at its highest zenith taking SL out of the depths of despair to reach the pinnacle of glory.

his batting in SF was grace personified expressing the sweetness of the sound of a flute and also displayed iron nerves in taking his team over the line with a glorious dispaly of controlled hitting. de silva  took cricketing art to heights of the sublime taking the graetset spin atck by the sword.

 

 

[philcric]

15 minutes ago, velu said:

aravinda de silva

 

batting mastery at its highest zenith taking SL out of the depths of despair to reach the pinnacle of glory.

his batting in SF was grace personified expressing the sweetness of the sound of a flute and also displayed iron nerves in taking his team over the line with a glorious dispaly of controlled hitting. de silva  took cricketing art to heights of the sublime taking the graetset spin atck by the sword.

 

 

 

You missed phoenix and rising from ashes.

 

[Sean Bradley]

Faak all of the above, Michael Husseys 60 of 24 balls was the greatest semifinal innings ever played across all the formats in all of the ICC tournaments. 

[R!TTER]

No it wasn't, if you remove Chuckmal from the equation Hussey didn't face too many threatening bowlers.

[Vilander]

i wanted to vote maajid khan but selected moshin khan by mistake. trick question form harris takqueer.

[Jimmy Cliff]

Aloo and De Silva. Honorable mention to Symonds' 91 in the 2003 WC SF and Grant Elliot's 80-odd in the 2015 Semi vs RSA. 

[MechEng]

3 hours ago, Jimmy Cliff said:

Aloo and De Silva. Honorable mention to Symonds' 91 in the 2003 WC SF and Grant Elliot's 80-odd in the 2015 Semi vs RSA. 

Yeah that Symonds knock was a great one. Aus managed only 217 and Symmo was not out with a SR of 77. Shows some seriously good bowling from Vaas and Murali.

 

 

[MechEng]

Mohsin Khan 70 gets mentioned in the poll then why not Sachin's 65 in 1996 semis? SL bowlers were spinning it huge.

[Haarkarjeetgaye]

Very unfair if michael bevans two innings are missing. Both times he walked in under sever pressure. In 96 it was 16 for 4. In 99 also it was similar.

 

rockstar knocks. In both games Mark Waugh went for a duck