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Sachin Tendulkar

169off 254 balls
v South AfricaCape Town1997
vs South Africa

Sachin Tendulkar made 169 off 254 balls against South Africa at Cape Town in 1997. India 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 Sachin Tendulkar · Wikipedia: Indian cricket team in South Africa in 1996–97

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+17.458
Clutchness22% weight+13.260
Narrative18% weight+11.061
Conditions & Opposition14% weight+9.266
Historical Weight10% weight+5.959
Perceived Greatness6% weight+3.864
Greatness score on your weighting60.6

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, 1. Almost everyone agrees. This innings transcends the debate. Across five points of view it scores between 60.7 and 61.3.

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