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 |
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# | 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 |
# | Score | Balls | S/R | Player | Team | Opposition | Inn. | Venue | Date | Result |
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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] |
For cricket neophytes, a century is when a player scores 100 runs in one at-bat. It is like a basketball player dropping 50 points in a game, but more prestigious.