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Alastair Cook

263off 528 balls
v PakistanAbu Dhabi2015
Double centuryvs Pakistan

Alastair Cook made 263 off 528 balls against Pakistan at Abu Dhabi in 2015. The match was drawn.

Was it a ton of consequence?

No: a good ton. A draw against a lower-tier side: a hundred doesn't save a draw against a side like that. 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

Match Impact30% weight+21.070
Clutchness22% weight+15.872
Narrative18% weight+12.670
Conditions & Opposition14% weight+9.266
Historical Weight10% weight+5.555
Perceived Greatness6% weight+4.474
Greatness score on your weighting68.6

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, 3. Almost everyone agrees. This innings transcends the debate. Across five points of view it scores between 66.7 and 68.6.

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