Kumar Sangakkara
Kumar Sangakkara made 319 against Bangladesh at Chittagong in February 2014, his career best and first Test triple century, with 32 fours and eight sixes. It was the second Test, and Sri Lanka were 1-0 up after winning the first by an innings and 248 runs. Sri Lanka made 587 and the match was drawn, so they won the series 1-0.
Sources: Wikipedia: Sri Lankan cricket team in Bangladesh in 2013-14 · Cricket Australia: Sangakkara smashes career-best 319
Was it a ton of consequence?
No: a good ton. A draw against a lower-tier side: a hundred doesn't save a draw against a side like that. 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.
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, 16. Almost everyone agrees. This innings transcends the debate. Across five points of view it scores between 63.7 and 73.4.
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