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Kumar Sangakkara

157*off 284 balls
v West IndiesKandy2005
Second inningsvs West IndiesNot out

Kumar Sangakkara made 157* off 284 balls against West Indies at Kandy in 2005. Sri Lanka won the match.

Was it a ton of consequence?

No: a good ton. His side led by 2 when his innings began. He made 42% of the team's 375. The match was won by 240 runs. On the facts we have, the match didn't hinge on it. How a ToC is decided

Sources: Wikipedia: List of international cricket centuries by Kumar Sangakkara · Wikipedia: West Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2005

Medium confidence. We rely on match reports. We don't have the score when the batter came in, so the call rests on the result, the innings and the series.

How the score is builtscore · points

Match Impact30% weight+19.264
Clutchness22% weight+16.173
Narrative18% weight+10.860
Conditions & Opposition14% weight+9.266
Historical Weight10% weight+5.555
Perceived Greatness6% weight+4.066
Greatness score on your weighting64.8

Your weighting

  • Match Impact30%Did it decide the course of the game?
  • Clutchness22%The weight of pressure in the moment
  • Narrative18%The story surrounding the innings
  • Conditions & Opposition14%What and who they were up against
  • Historical Weight10%How time and experts have judged it
  • Perceived Greatness6%The consensus of those who watched
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How divisive is it?

Universally great, 6. Almost everyone agrees. This innings transcends the debate. Across five points of view it scores between 62.6 and 65.9.

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