Kumar Sangakkara
Kumar Sangakkara made 192 off 282 balls against Australia at Hobart in November 2007, in the second Test, after making 57 in the first innings. Sri Lanka were chasing 507 and he was the last man out, given caught when, according to Cricket Australia, the ball had come off his helmet. Australia won by 96 runs and took the series 2-0.
Sources: Wikipedia: Sri Lankan cricket team in Australia in 2007-08 · Cricket Australia: Legends Month, the best of Sangakkara
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: 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, 16. Almost everyone agrees. This innings transcends the debate. Across five points of view it scores between 69.6 and 78.9.
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