Mahela Jayawardene
Mahela Jayawardene made 374 off 572 balls against South Africa at the SSC, Colombo, in July 2006. He and Kumar Sangakkara added 624, the highest partnership in first-class cricket. Sri Lanka declared at 756 for 5 and won by an innings and 153 runs. It is the highest Test score by a Sri Lankan.
Sources: Wikipedia: South African cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2006 · ICC: The best of Mahela Jayawardene, his top Test innings
Was it a ton of consequence?
Yes: carried the innings. He scored 50% of the team's runs. 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, 14. Almost everyone agrees. This innings transcends the debate. Across five points of view it scores between 69.9 and 78.1.
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