Mahela Jayawardene
101off 165 balls
Mahela Jayawardene made 101 off 165 balls against England at Kandy in 2001. Sri Lanka 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 Mahela Jayawardene · Wikipedia: English cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2000–01
Medium confidence. We know the result, which innings it was, the team total and where the series stood, but not the score when the batter came in.
How the score is builtscore · points
Match Impact30% weight+14.749
Clutchness22% weight+11.452
Narrative18% weight+9.754
Conditions & Opposition14% weight+9.266
Historical Weight10% weight+5.252
Perceived Greatness6% weight+3.456
Greatness score on your weighting53.7
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, 3. Almost everyone agrees. This innings transcends the debate. Across five points of view it scores between 53.7 and 55.5.
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