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Kumar Sangakkara

232off 357 balls
v South AfricaColombo (SSC)2004
Double centuryvs South Africa

Kumar Sangakkara made 232 off 357 balls against South Africa at Colombo (SSC) in 2004. Sri Lanka won the match.

Was it a ton of consequence?

No: a good ton. He made 49% of the team's 470. The match was won by 313 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: South African cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2004

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+19.866
Clutchness22% weight+15.068
Narrative18% weight+12.167
Conditions & Opposition14% weight+9.266
Historical Weight10% weight+6.161
Perceived Greatness6% weight+4.371
Greatness score on your weighting66.4

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, 1. Almost everyone agrees. This innings transcends the debate. Across five points of view it scores between 65.9 and 66.5.

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