Ricky Ponting
Ricky Ponting made 100* off 160 balls against South Africa at Cape Town in 2002. Australia won the match.
Was it a ton of consequence?
Yes: rescued the innings. His side trailed by 330 when his innings began. He made 30% of the team's 334. The match was won by 4 wickets. How a ToC is decided
Sources: Wikipedia: List of international cricket centuries by Ricky Ponting · Wikipedia: Australian cricket team in South Africa in 2001–02 · Wikipedia: Australian cricket team in South Africa in 2001–02
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, 16. Almost everyone agrees. This innings transcends the debate. Across five points of view it scores between 61.7 and 71.4.