Top 5 batting performances - The Ashes in England 2013

1) Shane Watson (176, 5th Test, 1st innings)

Shane Watson celebrates his century during day one of the 5th Investec Ashes Test match between England and Australia at the Kia Oval on August 21, 2013 in London, England. (Getty Images)

It’s the first day of the last Test match of what has been a gruellingly disastrous tour. Your team has already surrendered the Ashes and is now just playing for pride. You yourself have been a shadow of your past great self and, after innumerable shunts up and down the order, now find yourself at the new position of number 3 where none of your predecessors have made a Test century in the past two years. What do you do?

You simply start to take the bowling by the scruff of its neck and do what you do best – bat. You feast on the two debutant bowlers of the opposition giving one of them permanent nightmares, which a lifetime of paying through the nose to the psychiatrist would not cure. You bat like Shane Watson bats. 25 boundaries and one almighty six later, Australia was one step closer to posting their first victory on tour. They can only blame the increment weather for the same and thank the bad light for preventing a reverse.