Michael Atherton is one of the leading broadcasters in English cricket since the past decade Plus and he has become the leading voice of Sky Cricket. He has also been one of the best English cricketers in recent history. He has played 115 Test Matches for England and in those Matches he has scored 7728 runs at an average of 37.70. He has hit 16 Hundreds in Test Cricket for England. He has also played in 54 ODIs for England and has made 1791 runs for England.
Let’s look at the Top 5 Best Innings of Michael Atherton
1) 185* vs South Africa (1995)
The highest score by Michael Atherton in international cricket is this incredible knock that he played in the fourth innings of this test match. He was opening the batting and he batted throughout the Innings. He Batted for 492 balls hitting 29 hours meaning 116 runs in boundaries. He had a strike rate of 38 in this test innings. He batted for 165 overs to ensure that England draw this test match. This was a special fourth innings knock.
2) 160 vs India (1996)
This is one of his best test innings and it was played against a good Indian team in 1996. England were replying and Michael Atherton once again stood up for England. He made 160 runs and he played for 376 balls in this innings. He hit 20 tours in this innings meaning 80 runs in boundaries. He had a strike rate of 47 and this test match was a draw. Michael Atherton was the leading batter for England.
3) 151 vs New Zealand (1990)
The third score of over 150 in the test career of Michael Atherton was his very first test hundred. He made this hundred in 1990 against New Zealand. He Batted for 382 balls in this innings and he hit 16 fours in this Sublime knock meaning 64 runs in boundaries. He ran for 87 runs and had a strike rate of 40 in this innings. Michael Atherton announced himself to the world stage and there was no looking back.
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4) 144 vs West Indies (1994)
This is the 4th different opposition that Michael Atherton hit a big hundred against in Test Cricket. This time it was the mighty West Indies who in 1994 were one of the best teams in cricket. England were batting first and he hit 144 of the most beautiful runs. He Batted for 296 balls in which he hit 17 fours meaning 68 runs in boundaries. He had a strike rate of 49 in this innings. Michael Atherton had made it a habit of making big hundreds against quality opponents.
5) 127 vs West Indies (1995)
The highest ODI score in the career of Michael Atherton was against West Indies in 1995. In this ODI Match England were batting first. He Batted really well and he played for 160 Balls. He hit 14 fours and 1 six meaning 62 runs in boundaries. He had a strike rate of 79 and he made sure that England won this ODI Match by 73 runs. Michael Atherton was not able to play as many ODIs.
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