Wisden, the renowned name in Cricket announced a list of top 10 test innings & one day innings :
The One-Day Wisden 100 - Top Ten International Innings
No Player Score Year Result Venue
1 Richards I.V.A 189* (170) 1984 WI won by 104 runs Old Trafford
2 Richards I.V.A 138* (157) 1979 WI won by 92 runs Lord's
3 Jayasuriya S.T 189 (161) 2000 Sri Lanka won by 245 runs Sharjah
4 Kapil Dev N 175 (150) 1983 India won by 31 runs Nevill Ground,
Turnbridge Wells
5 Saeed Anwar 194 (146) 1997 Pakistan won by 35 runs M.A Chidambaram
6 Gower D I 158 (118) 1983 England won by 54 runs Woolloongabba
7 Lara B.C 169 (129) 1995 WI won by 4 runs 120*
8 De Silva P.A 107* (124) 1996 Lanka won by 17 runs Gaddafi Stadium
9 Lloyd C.H 102 (85) 1975 WI won by 17 runs Lord's
10 Lara B.C 153 (143) 1993 WI won by 6 wickets Sharjah
The above list is for the top 10 ONE DAY innings.
WHILE KAPIL's MAGNIFICIENT 175 N.O. , a captain's innings feature above, THERE IS NO MENTION ABOUT SACHIN
As per them Sachin though scored so many centuries, none of them ARE FIT ENOUGH & QUALIFY to be part of top 10
INTERESTINGLY, LARA's NAME APPEARES TWICE
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