Joe Root
Joe Root made 138* off 206 balls against Australia at Brisbane in 2025. England lost the match.
Was it a ton of consequence?
No: a good ton. A loss: even a great hundred can't be a ton of consequence in a defeat. How a ToC is decided
Sources: Cricsheet ball-by-ball data
High confidence. We have the full ball-by-ball record: the score when the batter came in, the lead and what the series rode on.
Hello Sport on this innings2 moments
First Test ton in Australia, but "the ton means nothing" because England lost; an early version of the tons of consequence idea
Open on YouTube at 21:14Live reaction to his 40th Test ton: one behind Ponting, third most Test hundreds; Kallis tangent
Open on YouTube at 6:48:36
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How the score is builtscore · points
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, 7. Almost everyone agrees. This innings transcends the debate. Across five points of view it scores between 53.7 and 58.