Allan Border
Allan Border made 115 off 296 balls against England at W.A.C.A in 1979. Australia won the match.
Was it a ton of consequence?
Yes: carried the innings. His side led by 16 when his innings began. He made 34% of the team's 337. The match was won by 138 runs. Also one of the 100 best Test batting performances in Wisden's 2001 list. How a ToC is decided
Called one of the greats: Wisden 100 (2001): rated the No. 83 Test batting performance of all time (Wisden 100, via Rediff)
Sources: Wikipedia: List of international cricket centuries by Allan Border · in.rediff.com · Wikipedia: English cricket team in Australia in 1979–80
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
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, 1. Almost everyone agrees. This innings transcends the debate. Across five points of view it scores between 63.8 and 64.6.