Lara's match-winning performance of 153 not out against Australia in Bridgetown, Barbados in 1999 has been rated by Wisden as the second best batting performance in the history of Test cricket, next only to the 270 runs scored by Sir Donald Bradman in The Ashes Test match of 1937.

He finished with a batting average of 23. 21 ( nine 50s, no 100s, cumulative score of 2113 runs ), and a bowling average of 28. 5 ( strike rate 43. 24, 145 wickets in total, best figures 4 / 31 ).

Whilst this was dubious in terms of batting technique, it seemed the best way to cope with the barrage, and Bradman averaged 56. 57 in the series ( an excellent average for most, but well short of his career average of 99. 94 ), while being struck above the waist by the ball only once.

Rose had his best offensive season in 1969, setting a career high in batting (. 348 ) and tying his career-best 16 homers.

As one of the four top all rounders of his time, the others being Imran Khan, Kapil Dev and Ian Botham, Hadlee was possibly the best bowler of them all, however his batting was generally considered weakest of the group.

Yastrzemski enjoyed his best season in, when he won the American League Triple Crown with a. 326 batting average, 44 home runs ( tied with Harmon Killebrew ) and 121 RBIs.

In the 1980 championship series against the Philadelphia Phillies, Puhl set a then NL-championship series record with a. 526 batting average in a losing cause, the best performance ever by a hitter in a play-off series ( It has since been superseded ).

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Sweeney had one of the best, if not the best, seasons of his career in 2002, hitting. 340 for the second-highest batting average in the American League and the 2nd-highest in club history only to George Brett's. 390 in 1980.

That year, Reese had his best Series, batting. 345 with 10 hits, one home run and four RBI.

Considered one of the best offensive and defensive center fielders in the history of Major League Baseball, he compiled a career batting average of. 345 ( sixth all-time ), and still holds the record of 792 career doubles.

Mendoza, a lifetime. 215 hitter, is best known as the threshold for batting aptitude, with the " Mendoza Line ", meaning a batting average of. 200.

His best year during that period was, when his batting average was. 300, with 162 hits, including 34 doubles and 15 home runs.

Manager Eddie Stanky had a reluctant Musial pitch to Frank Baumholtz, the runner-up to Musial for the best batting average in the NL that season.

In the 1979 – 80 season, Kapil showed his batting talent with a maiden century against Delhi when he scored his career best 193.

He topped both the batting and bowling averages at South Australia, his best performance being against champions New South Wales at the Adelaide Oval when he scored 251 and took 3 / 51 and 6 / 72.

Following the advice of Rogers Hornsby, he began using a heavier bat and blossomed into one of the National League's best hitters in 1923 when, he hit above. 300 for the first time with a. 338 batting average along with 12 home runs and 101 runs batted in.

Griffey's best season came in 1976, when he came just short of winning the batting title behind Bill Madlock of the Chicago Cubs.

In 1998, still with Michigan, he was converted to play catcher and responded with his best season in the minors, with a. 349 batting average and 19 home runs.

Though his. 282 batting average was low by the standards he would set later, Heilmann ranked among the American League leaders with 30 doubles ( seventh best ), 73 RBIs ( seventh best ) and 43 extra base hits ( eighth best ).

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When Peate returned to the pavilion he was reprimanded by his captain for not allowing his partner, Charles Studd ( one of the best batsman in England, having already hit two centuries that season against the colonists ) to get the runs.

After winning the opening game of the season on March 31 on the road against the Cincinnati Reds, the Diamondbacks found themselves with the best record in Major League Baseball, 20 – 8, by the start of May.

Its fiery leader Ban Johnson railed against the National League and promised to build a new league that would grab the best players and field the best teams.

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The Wisden 100 rates Lara's 153 not out against Australia in Bridgetown in 1998 – 99 as the second best innings ever after Sir Donald Bradman's 270 against England in Melbourne in 1936 – 37.

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Although they had their best season in decades at 92 – 70, they lost key games against the Mets and finished the season a disappointing eight games out of first place while the Mets exploded past them by winning 39 of their last 50 games.

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" In the longer text of the Martyrs of Palestine, chapter 12, Eusebius states: " I think it best to pass by all the other events which occurred in the meantime: such as [...] the lust of power on the part of many, the disorderly and unlawful ordinations, and the schisms among the confessors themselves ; also the novelties which were zealously devised against the remnants of the Church by the new and factious members, who added innovation after innovation and forced them in unsparingly among the calamities of the persecution, heaping misfortune upon misfortune.

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In the 1566 Battle of Szigetvár, Miklós Zrínyi defended Szigetvár for 30 days against the largest Ottoman army ever seen up to that day, and died leading his remaining few soldiers on a final suicide charge to become one of the best known national heroes.

The 1986 National League Championship Series against the New York Mets was noted for great drama and is considered one of the best postseason series ever.

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The team finished with a franchise best 14 – 2 regular season record and the NFC West division championship.

In a notable event of the tour, the touring side presented the Currie Cup to Griqualand West, the province they thought produced the best performance on the tour.

They next went on to achieve their second best result in the 1990 World Cup by finishing fourth – losing again to West Germany in a semi-final finishing 1 – 1 after extra time, then 3 – 4 in England's first penalty shoot-out.

The East-Pakistan had extremely friendly relations with the Soviet Union, although the Soviet government tried its best to keep East Pakistan intact with the West Pakistan.

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The West African kora is the most complicated and best known of these instruments.

In his defence, 9 of his matches as captain were against the best team of that era, the West Indies, who won 12 out of the next 13 Tests played against England.

Along with Phil Spector, Brian Wilson, and Lee Hazlewood, Berry enjoyed a reputation as one of the best record producers on the West Coast.

The West Indies teams of the 1980s, which regularly fielded a bowling attack comprising some of the best fast bowlers in cricket history, were perhaps the most feared exponents.

He is best known for his book The Decline of the West ( Der Untergang des Abendlandes ), published in 1918 and 1922, where he proposed a new theory, according to which the lifespan of civilizations is limited and ultimately they decay.

Managed by Bruce Bochy and aided by the talents of players such as Tony Gwynn, Ken Caminiti, Wally Joyner, Steve Finley, pitcher Andy Ashby and premier closer Trevor Hoffman ( 4 – 2, 1. 48 ERA and 53 saves ) – who tied the then-National League record for saves in a single season and finished second in the Cy Young voting that year – the Padres had their best year in history, finishing 98 – 64 and winning the NL West division crown.

The Rangers would finish the season with yet another sub -. 500 record ( 79 – 83 ), yet ended the season second in the West, the club's best finish since 1999.

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Carey's best performance for 2003 once again came in the finals, an Elimination Final against West Coast, when he had the most kicks and marks afield and became the 14th player to kick 700 career goals in AFL / VFL history.

This may have resulted in a backlash amongst conservative tango aficionados in Argentina, but in the rest of the West it was the key to his extremely sympathetic reception among classical and jazz musicians, both seeing some of the best aspects of their musical practices reflected in his work.

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Ansel Easton Adams ( 1902 – 1984 ) was a photographer, best known for his black-and-white photographs of the American West.