Mahela Jayawardene
Mahela Jayawardene made 166 off 269 balls against Bangladesh at Mirpur in 2008. Sri Lanka won the match.
Was it a ton of consequence?
No: a good ton. Sri Lanka won the first Test at Mirpur by 107 runs (166 off 269 balls in a first innings of 405 for 6 declared). On the facts we have, the hundred didn't decide the match. How a ToC is decided
Sources: Wikipedia: List of international cricket centuries by Mahela Jayawardene · Wikipedia: Sri Lankan cricket team in Bangladesh in 2008–09
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, 2. Almost everyone agrees. This innings transcends the debate. Across five points of view it scores between 57.4 and 58.8.
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