Josh Brown
The year 2024 is very special for the T20 World Cup. T20 World Cup is to be played in the month of June this year. This is the reason why almost all the teams are focusing more on T20 cricket. During this time, the Australian team will play T20 series against West Indies from 09 February. And some Australian players are playing BBL. Meanwhile, before the start of the T20 World Cup, the Australian team has got a player who has scored a strong century in the BBL. This player faced only 41 balls and scored a century.
The team reached the final
Brisbane Heat opener Josh Brown has scored the second fastest century in Big Bash League history by scoring a career-best 140 against Adelaide Strikers in Monday evening’s Challenger at the Gold Coast. The 30-year-old hit a record 12 sixes and ten fours during his 57-ball innings at the Carrara Stadium. This is the third highest score in BBL history. With this innings, he has also taken his team to the finals.
Batsman who played the biggest innings in Big Bash League
- Glenn Maxwell – 154* runs
- Marcus Stoinis – 147* runs
- Josh Brown – 140 runs
- Matthew Wade – 130* runs
- Ben McDermott – 127 runs
Brown, along with Heat captain Nathan McSweeney, shared a 119-run partnership for the second wicket and took the hosts to a strong score of 7-214. The right-handed batsman missed out on making the record of the fastest century in the Big Bash. Craig Simmons scored a century in 39 balls against the Strikers in 2014 and Josh Brown missed out on breaking his record by just two balls.
Fastest Big Bash League century
- Craig Simmons – 39 balls
- Glenn Maxwell – 41 balls
- Josh Brown – 41 balls
- Luke Wright – 44 balls
- Ben McDermott – 47 balls
In this match, Brown finally became the victim of Strikers’ fast bowler David Payne in the 17th over, one of his balls went high into the Gold Coast sky and was caught by wicketkeeper Harry Nielsen. Apart from this, he also made the record of hitting the most number of sixes in an innings of BBL. The winner of the Challenger will take on the Sydney Sixers in the final at the SCG on Wednesday evening.
Batsman who hit most sixes in an innings of Big Bash League
- Josh Brown – 12 sixes
- Chris Gayle – 11 sixes
- Craig Simmons – 11 sixes
- Chris Lynn – 11 sixes
- Chris Lynn – 11 sixes
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