Key Takeaways:

• John Wright was one of New Zealand’s most dependable batters, scoring 5,334 runs in 82 Tests at an average of 37.83.

• He hit 12 Test centuries, with a career-best score of 185 against India in 1990.

• Wright's top five batting performances came against India, Australia, England, Pakistan, and West Indies.

• He played 149 ODIs, scoring 3,891 runs with one century.

John Wright is known as one of the best coaches in the sport of cricket. However before that he was also a very good batter for New Zealand. John Wright has been one of the most dependable batters. He has played 82 Test Matches for New Zealand. In those Matches he has scored 5334 runs at an average of 37.83. He has hit 12 hundreds in Test Cricket with a highest score of 185. John Wright has also played in 149 ODIs for New Zealand. He has made 3891 runs at an average of 26.47 with 1 hundred in ODI Cricket.

What are John Wright's best Test innings?

John Wright’s best Test innings was his 185 against India in 1990. He faced 443 balls and hit 23 fours, ensuring New Zealand’s dominant 10-wicket victory. This remains his highest score in international cricket.

Top 5 Best Innings of John Wright in Test Cricket

1) 185 vs India (1990)

This is the best batting performance of John Wright in his international career. This was in a Test Match against India in 1990. He was at his prime and in this mammoth innings he batted for 443 balls to make 185. He had a strike rate of 41.78 In this innings. He hit 23 fours in this innings meaning 92 runs were scored in boundaries. He was the man who made sure that New Zealand won this match by 10 Wickets.

2) 141 vs Australia (1982)

John Wright played against an incredible Australian attack and made 141 against them in the second batting innings for New Zealand. New Zealand lost this match by 8 Wickets but this performance by John Wright has to be mentioned. New Zealand were in all sorts of trouble and then John Wright made a sensational 141 runs in 262 balls. He hit 26 fours in this innings meaning a total of 104 runs out of 141 in boundaries. He had a good strike rate of 53.72. Due to this innings, New Zealand did not lose this match by an innings. John Wright showed this day that he is a special player.

3) 130 vs England (1984)

John Wright was smashing all the top teams in the world for brilliant hundreds. In this innings he took apart the English bowling which had the likes of Bob Willis and Ian Botham. John Wright was opening the batting and he made 130 runs from 297 balls. He had a strike rate of 43.77. He hit 24 fours in this innings meaning 96 runs in boundaries. John Wright also made 11 not out in the second innings and this test match was a draw.

4) 107 vs Pakistan (1984)

This was one of his best overseas hundreds in Test Cricket. This was in 1984 against Pakistan in Karachi. In this match, Pakistan had made 328 in the first innings. While replying, John Wright made an impactful 107 runs in the first innings. He batted for 200 balls and he had a strike rate of 53.50. He smashed 17 fours and 1 six which means 74 runs in boundaries out of 107. John Wright helped New Zealand to get to 426 in their first innings. This test match was a draw.

5) 138 vs West Indies (1987)

The 5th innings in this list is against West Indies and it was in 1987. This test match was a close one and this was the third innings of the match. John Wright was batting at the top and he absolutely tired the West Indies bowling. The West Indies bowling for this match included Malcolm Marshall, Joel Garner, Courtney Walsh and Michael Holding. He hit 138 runs while facing these 4 fast bowlers. He hit 14 fours in this innings meaning 56 runs in boundaries. John Wright showed to the world that he is one of the best in the world. He had also made 75 runs in the first innings and in 172 balls. He made 213 runs in this Test match and faced 637 balls.

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