Steve Waugh
170off 316 balls
Steve Waugh made 170 off 316 balls against Sri Lanka at Adelaide in 1996. Australia won the match.
Was it a ton of consequence?
No: a good ton. Batted 5, innings 1 of the match. Australia won. How a ToC is decided
Sources: Wikipedia: List of international cricket centuries by Steve Waugh · Wikipedia: Sri Lankan cricket team in Australia in 1995–96
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+17.458
Clutchness22% weight+13.260
Narrative18% weight+11.061
Conditions & Opposition14% weight+9.266
Historical Weight10% weight+6.060
Perceived Greatness6% weight+3.864
Greatness score on your weighting60.7
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, 1. Almost everyone agrees. This innings transcends the debate. Across five points of view it scores between 60.9 and 61.4.
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