Allan Border
123*off 356 balls
Allan Border made 123* off 356 balls against England at Manchester in 1981. Australia 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: Wikipedia: List of international cricket centuries by Allan Border · Wikipedia: Australian cricket team in England in 1981
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+21.070
Clutchness22% weight+18.383
Narrative18% weight+11.564
Conditions & Opposition14% weight+10.978
Historical Weight10% weight+6.262
Perceived Greatness6% weight+4.474
Greatness score on your weighting72.3
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, 9. Almost everyone agrees. This innings transcends the debate. Across five points of view it scores between 69.3 and 74.5.