List of Big Bash League centuries

In cricket, a batter reaches a century when he or she scores 100 or more runs in a single innings. A century is regarded as a landmark score for a batter, and their number of centuries is generally recorded in their career statistics.[1] The Big Bash League (BBL) is a professional league for Twenty20 cricket in Australia, which has been held annually since its first edition in 2011–12. In the eleven seasons played, 37 centuries have been scored. Batters from all of the eight franchises have scored centuries.

The first century in BBL was scored in the second match on 17 December 2011 at MCG by David Warner for Sydney Thunder against the Melbourne Stars.[2] Of the 36 centuries, only five have been scored by overseas batters, i.e. non-Australians (two by Luke Wright, one by Chris Gayle, one by Alex Hales and one by Colin Munro), while 27 of those have been scored by Australian batters. Ben McDermott is the only player to have scored three BBL centuries, while Alex Carey, Craig Simmons, Usman Khawaja, Luke Wright, D’Arcy Short, Aaron Finch, Glenn Maxwell and Steve Smith have all scored 2 centuries in the league.[3]

As of 2024, the record for the highest individual score in the BBL is held by Glenn Maxwell, who is the captain of the Melbourne Stars (154 runs*, off 64 balls). Jake Weatherald is the only player to score a century in the final. He achieved the feat against Hobart Hurricanes in the final of BBL 2016-17. Josh Brown hit the most sixes (12) in an innings in BBL history en route to scoring 140 runs in 71 balls against Adelaide Strikers in BBL 2023-24. Out of the 36 centuries, only three times the century has been scored in a losing cause, while one resulted in a No result.

The below list includes all BBL centuries organised in a chronological order. Teams are initially listed in alphabetical order.[a][b]

Symbol Meaning
# Serial number of century
* Remained not out
Captained the respective team
Balls Balls faced during the innings
S/R. Strike rate during the innings
Inn. The innings of the match
Won The match was won by the team for which the player played
Lost The match was lost by the team for which the player played

Centuries

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Big Bash League centuries[3]
# Score Balls S/R Player Team Opposition Inn. Venue Date Result
1 102* 51 200.00 David Warner Sydney Thunder Melbourne Stars 2 MCG, Melbourne 17 December 2011 Won [4]
2 100* 54 185.18 Chris Gayle Sydney Thunder Adelaide Strikers 2 Stadium Australia, Sydney 23 December 2011 Won [5]
3 117 60 195.00 Luke Wright (1/2) Melbourne Stars Hobart Hurricanes 1 Bellerive Oval, Hobart 9 January 2012 Won [6]
4 111* 65 170.76 Aaron Finch(1/2) Melbourne Renegades Melbourne Stars 1 Docklands Stadium, Melbourne 7 December 2012 Won [7]
5 112* 70 160.00 Luke Pomersbach Brisbane Heat Melbourne Renegades 1 Docklands Stadium, Melbourne 15 January 2013 Won [8]
6 102 41 248.78 Craig Simmons (1/2) Perth Scorchers Adelaide Strikers 1 WACA Ground, Perth 16 January 2014 Won [9]
7 112 58 193.10 Craig Simmons (2/2) Perth Scorchers Sydney Sixers 1 SCG, Sydney 5 February 2014 Won [10]
8 105* 60 175.00 Michael Klinger Perth Scorchers Melbourne Renegades 1 WACA Ground, Perth 26 December 2014 Won [11]
9 103* 64 160.93 Peter Handscomb Melbourne Stars Perth Scorchers 2 MCG, Melbourne 21 January 2015 Won [12]
10 109* 70 155.71 Usman Khawaja (1/2) Sydney Thunder Melbourne Stars 1 MCG, Melbourne 20 December 2015 Won [13]
11 101 51 198.03 Chris Lynn Brisbane Heat Hobart Hurricanes 2 The Gabba, Brisbane 29 December 2015 Lost [14]
12 101* 53 190.56 Travis Head Adelaide Strikers Sydney Sixers 2 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide 31 December 2015 Won [15]
13 109* 63 173.01 Luke Wright (2/2) Melbourne Stars Melbourne Renegades 2 MCG, Melbourne 2 January 2016 Won [16]
14 104* 59 176.27 Usman Khawaja (2/2) Sydney Thunder Adelaide Strikers 2 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide 21 January 2016 Won [17]
15 114 52 219.23 Ben McDermott (1/3) Hobart Hurricanes Melbourne Renegades 2 Docklands Stadium, Melbourne 12 January 2017 Won [18]
16 122* 69 176.81 D'Arcy Short (1/2) Hobart Hurricanes Brisbane Heat 1 The Gabba, Brisbane 10 January 2018 Won [19]
17 100 56 176.81 Alex Carey (1/2) Adelaide Strikers Hobart Hurricanes 1 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide 17 January 2018 Won [20]
18 115 69 164.30 Jake Weatherald Adelaide Strikers Hobart Hurricanes 1 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide 4 February 2018 Won [21]
19 100 62 161.29 Shane Watson Sydney Thunder Brisbane Heat 1 The Gabba, Brisbane 17 January 2019 No result [22]
20 113* 53 213.21 Callum Ferguson Sydney Thunder Perth Scorchers 2 Optus Stadium, Perth 24 January 2019 Won [23]
21 103* 70 147.14 D'Arcy Short (2/2) Hobart Hurricanes Perth Scorchers 1 Optus Stadium, Perth 5 January 2020 Won [24]
22 147* 79 186.08 Marcus Stoinis Melbourne Stars Sydney Sixers 1 MCG, Melbourne 12 January 2020 Won [25]
23 109 68 160.29 Aaron Finch(2/2) Melbourne Renegades Sydney Sixers 1 SCG, Sydney 25 January 2020 Lost [26]
24 130* 61 213.11 Matthew Wade Hobart Hurricanes Adelaide Strikers 1 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide 26 January 2020 Won [27]
25 101 62 162.90 Alex Carey (2/2) Adelaide Strikers Brisbane Heat 1 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide 21 January 2021 Won [28]
26 110 56 196.43 Alex Hales Sydney Thunder Sydney Sixers 1 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide 22 January 2021 Won [29]
27 114* 73 156.16 Colin Munro Perth Scorchers Adelaide Strikers 1 Sydney Showground Stadium, Sydney 11 December 2021 Won [30]
28 100* 60 166.66 Mitchell Marsh Perth Scorchers Hobart Hurricanes 1 Bellerive Oval, Hobart 14 December 2021 Won [31]
29 103 57 180.70 Glenn Maxwell(1/2) Melbourne Stars Sydney Sixers 1 MCG, Melbourne 15 December 2021 Lost [32]
30 110* 60 183.33 Ben McDermott (2/3) Hobart Hurricanes Adelaide Strikers 2 Bellerive Oval, Hobart 27 December 2021 Won [33]
31 127 65 195.38 Ben McDermott (3/3) Hobart Hurricanes Melbourne Renegades 1 Docklands Stadium, Melbourne 29 December 2021 Won [34]
32 154* 64 240.62 Glenn Maxwell(2/2) Melbourne Stars Hobart Hurricanes 1 MCG, Melbourne 19 January 2022 Won [35]
33 101* 66 153.03 Joe Clarke Melbourne Stars Hobart Hurricanes 1 MCG, Melbourne 16 December 2022 Won [36]
34 100* 59 169.49 Matthew Short Adelaide Strikers Hobart Hurricanes 2 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide 5 January 2023 Won [37]
35 101 56 180.35 Steve Smith (1/2) Sydney Sixers Adelaide Strikers 1 Coffs Harbour International Stadium, Coffs Harbour 17 January 2023 Won [38]
36 125* 66 189.39 Steve Smith (2/2) Sydney Sixers Sydney Thunder 1 SCG, Sydney 21 January 2023 Won [39]
37 140 57 245.61 Josh Brown Brisbane Heat Adelaide Strikers 1 Carrara Stadium, Gold Coast 22 January 2024 Won [40]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ To sort these tables by any statistic, click on the   icon in the column title.
  2. ^ These statistics do not cover any of the matches played in the Champions League Twenty20.

References

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