Steve Waugh
199off 376 balls
Steve Waugh made 199 off 376 balls against West Indies at Bridgetown in 1999. Australia lost the match.
Was it a ton of consequence?
No: a good ton. Batted 5, innings 1 of the match. West Indies won by 1 wicket. How a ToC is decided
Sources: Wikipedia: List of international cricket centuries by Steve Waugh · Wikipedia: Australian cricket team in the West Indies in 1998–99 · Wikipedia: Australian cricket team in West Indies in 1998–99
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+18.662
Clutchness22% weight+14.164
Narrative18% weight+11.564
Conditions & Opposition14% weight+9.266
Historical Weight10% weight+5.858
Perceived Greatness6% weight+4.067
Greatness score on your weighting63.3
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, 2. Almost everyone agrees. This innings transcends the debate. Across five points of view it scores between 62.7 and 63.8.
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Kingston · 1995 · 3rd overall91.5177* v England
Leeds · 1989 · 1402nd overall61.7116 v England
Manchester · 1997 · 1568th overall61.1170 v Sri Lanka
Adelaide · 1996 · 1671st overall60.7164 v South Africa
Adelaide · 1994 · 1838th overall60.2160 v South Africa
Johannesburg · 1997 · 1976th overall59.8