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Kumar Sangakkara

287off 457 balls
v South AfricaColombo (SSC)2006
Double centuryvs South Africa

Kumar Sangakkara made 287 off 457 balls against South Africa at Colombo (SSC) in 2006. Sri Lanka won the match.

Was it a ton of consequence?

TON OF CONSEQUENCE · TON OF CONSEQUENCE ·ToC

Yes: carried the innings. He made 287, 38% of Sri Lanka's 756, after coming in at 1 for 6 with the team 163 behind. Sri Lanka won by an innings and 153 runs. Another hundred came in the same innings. How it works

How the score is builtscore · points

Match Impact30% weight+21.973
Clutchness22% weight+16.374
Narrative18% weight+13.173
Conditions & Opposition14% weight+9.266
Historical Weight10% weight+6.060
Perceived Greatness6% weight+4.677
ToC score on your weighting71.2

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, 2. Almost everyone agrees. This innings transcends the debate. Across five points of view it scores between 69.6 and 70.8.

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