Dean Elgar
127off 163 balls
Dean Elgar made 127 off 163 balls against Sri Lanka at Johannesburg in 2021. South Africa won the match.
Was it a ton of consequence?
Yes: carried the innings. In at 0 for 0, 157 behind. He made 42% of the team's 302, and no one else came close. The team won by 10 wickets. The series was still to be settled in this Test. It was a Boxing Day or New Year Test. 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
Match Impact30% weight+15.953
Clutchness22% weight+12.155
Narrative18% weight+10.357
Conditions & Opposition14% weight+9.266
Historical Weight10% weight+4.242
Perceived Greatness6% weight+3.559
Greatness score on your weighting55.2
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
How divisive is it?
Universally great, 6. Almost everyone agrees. This innings transcends the debate. Across five points of view it scores between 53.4 and 57.3.
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