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Kumar Sangakkara

287off 457 balls
v South AfricaColombo (SSC)2006
Double centuryvs South Africa

Kumar Sangakkara made 287 off 457 balls against South Africa at Colombo (SSC) in 2006. Sri Lanka won the match.

Was it a ton of consequence?

No: a good ton. The match was won. On the facts we have, the match didn't hinge on it. How a ToC is decided

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+21.973
Clutchness22% weight+16.374
Narrative18% weight+13.173
Conditions & Opposition14% weight+9.266
Historical Weight10% weight+6.060
Perceived Greatness6% weight+4.677
Greatness score on your weighting71.2

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
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How divisive is it?

Universally great, 2. Almost everyone agrees. This innings transcends the debate. Across five points of view it scores between 69.6 and 70.8.

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