Allan Border
140off 338 balls
Allan Border made 140 off 338 balls against New Zealand at Christchurch in 1986. The match was drawn.
Was it a ton of consequence?
No: a good ton. He made 38% of the team's 364. The match was drawn. 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 Allan Border · Wikipedia: Australian cricket team in New Zealand in 1985–86
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+14.147
Clutchness22% weight+10.849
Narrative18% weight+9.452
Conditions & Opposition14% weight+7.654
Historical Weight10% weight+6.060
Perceived Greatness6% weight+3.152
Greatness score on your weighting50.9
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
How divisive is it?
Universally great, 4. Almost everyone agrees. This innings transcends the debate. Across five points of view it scores between 50.7 and 52.9.