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Sachin Tendulkar

155*off 191 balls
v AustraliaChennai1998
Second inningsvs AustraliaNot out

Sachin Tendulkar made 155* off 191 balls against Australia at Chennai in 1998. India won the match.

Was it a ton of consequence?

No: a good ton. His side trailed by 71 when his innings began. He made 37% of the team's 418. The match was won by 179 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 Sachin Tendulkar · Wikipedia: Australian cricket team in India in 1997–98

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+5.959
Perceived Greatness6% weight+4.066
Greatness score on your weighting65.2

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, 5. Almost everyone agrees. This innings transcends the debate. Across five points of view it scores between 63.4 and 66.2.

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