Wisden 100

The top-rated batting performance was Donald Bradman's 270 for Australia against England at Melbourne in the 1936–37 Ashes series.

The top-rated bowling performance was Hugh Tayfield's 9/113 for South Africa against England at Johannesburg in the 1956–57 series.

Despite his highly impressive career record, not one of Sachin Tendulkar's innings appeared in the top 100 batting performances.

[3] Wisden defended the list stating that performances which made a major contribution to victory received a much larger weighting than those in which the match was drawn or lost.

However, Wisden stated that Ricky Ponting's 140* against India in the 2003 World Cup final placed him 2nd on the batting list.

[7] Following the launch of the top Test and ODI performances lists, Wisden received many requests asking whether it was possible to create a ranking list of all-time great players by using the same formula and examining the average rating each player received per innings.

[8] In Tests, Donald Bradman was the clear leader in the batting category and Muttiah Muralitharan was ranked as the top bowler.

Harbhajan, pictured here bowling in the nets, was one of only two players to have four bowling performances in the top 100.