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In a thrilling BBL final match Hobart Hurricanes vs Sydney Thunder on 27 January 2025, Hobart Hurricanes stands as a winner by 7 wickets. An iconic player Mitchell Owen who is the backbone of Hobart Hurricanes, has scripted history by running to the fastest BBL hundred in just 39 balls. Owen’s blockbuster inning of 108 (42) has left the previous record of Craig Simmons who plays for Perth Scorchers behind as he had also consumed 39 balls on 16 January 2014 while batting against Adelaide Strikers to score the fastest hundred in a BBL match. He had played an inning of 102 runs off 41 balls and this record remained under his belt for 11 years until Owen launched his aggressive shots at Bellerive Oval, Hobart with a fabulous strike rate of 257.14. An electrifying inning of Mitchell Owen was quickly stretched to a pleasant ton with 11 sixes and 6 fours. Now, this record of the fastest century in the final BBL match is dominated by Jake Weatherald and Mitchell Owen.
EQUAL-FASTEST BBL HUNDRED 😱
— KFC Big Bash League (@BBL) January 27, 2025
Mitch Owen has just brought up a BBL century off 39 balls! #BBL14 pic.twitter.com/sZGbD0Umdh
