List of Big Bash League centuries

In cricket, a batsman reaches a century when he scores 100 or more runs in a single innings. A century is regarded as a landmark score for a batsman, and his number of centuries is generally recorded in his 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 five seasons played including the ongoing one, 13 centuries have been scored by 11 different centurions. Batsmen from six of the eight franchises have scored centuries; the only franchises that have not had a player score a century for them are Sydney Sixers and Hobart Hurricanes.

The first century in BBL was scored in the second match on 17 December 2011 at Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne made by David Warner for Sydney Thunder against the Melbourne Stars.^[2] Since then, 12 more centuries have been scored, including four in the current edition. Of the 13 centuries, only three have been scored by overseas batsmen, i.e. non-Australians (two by Luke Wright and one by Chris Gayle), while 10 of those have been scored by Australian batsmen. Craig Simmons , Usman Khawaja and Luke Wright are the only batsmen to score two centuries in the league's history.^[3]

The below list includes all BBL centuries organised in a chronological order. Teams are initially listed in alphabetical order.^{[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2]}

Key

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

Big Bash League centuries^[3]

#	Score	Balls	S/R	Player	Team	Opposition	Inn.	Venue	Date	Result
1	102*	51	200.00	Warner, DavidDavid Warner	Sydney Thunder	Melbourne Stars	2	MCG, Melbourne	17 December 2011	Won[4]
2	100*	54	185.18	Gayle, ChrisChris Gayle	Sydney Thunder	Adelaide Strikers	2	Stadium Australia, Sydney	23 December 2011	Won[5]
3	117	60	195.00	Wright, LukeLuke Wright	Melbourne Stars	Hobart Hurricanes	1	Bellerive Oval, Hobart	9 January 2012	Won[6]
4	111*	65	170.76	Finch, AaronAaron Finch	Melbourne Renegades	Melbourne Stars	1	Docklands Stadium, Melbourne	7 December 2012	Won[7]
5	112*	70	160.00	Pomersbach, LukeLuke Pomersbach	Brisbane Heat	Melbourne Renegades	1	Docklands Stadium, Melbourne	15 January 2013	Won[8]
6	102	41	248.78	Simmons, CraigCraig Simmons	Perth Scorchers	Adelaide Strikers	1	WACA Ground, Perth	16 January 2014	Won[9]
7	112	58	193.10	Simmons, CraigCraig Simmons	Perth Scorchers	Sydney Sixers	1	SCG, Sydney	5 February 2014	Won[10]
8	105*	60	175.00	Klinger, MichaelMichael Klinger	Perth Scorchers	Melbourne Renegades	1	WACA Ground, Perth	26 December 2014	Won[11]
9	103*	64	160.93	Handscomb, PeterPeter Handscomb	Melbourne Stars	Perth Scorchers	2	MCG, Melbourne	21 January 2015	Won[12]
10	109*	70	155.71	Khawaja, UsmanUsman Khawaja	Sydney Thunder	Melbourne Stars	1	MCG, Melbourne	20 December 2015	Won[13]
11	101	51	198.03	Lynn, ChrisChris Lynn	Brisbane Heat	Hobart Hurricanes	2	The Gabba, Brisbane	29 December 2015	Lost[14]
12	101*	53	190.56	Head, TravisTravis Head	Adelaide Strikers	Sydney Sixers	2	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide	31 December 2015	Won[15]
13	109*	63	173.01	Wright, LukeLuke Wright	Melbourne Stars	Melbourne Renegades	2	MCG, Melbourne	2 January 2016	Won[16]
14	104*	59	176.27	Khawaja, UsmanUsman Khawaja	Sydney Thunder	Adelaide Strikers	2	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide	21 January 2016	Won[17]

Notes

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.

See also

• List of Big Bash League records and statistics

References

1. Thompson, Wright (14 March 2012). "Chasing the century". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 January 2016. 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.
2. "Warner ton powers Thunder home". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
3. "Big Bash League / Records / List of hundreds". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
4. "Big Bash League, Melbourne Stars v Sydney Thunder at Melbourne, Dec 17, 2011 | Cricket Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
5. "Big Bash League, Sydney Thunder v Adelaide Strikers at Sydney, Dec 23, 2011 | Cricket Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
6. "Big Bash League, Hobart Hurricanes v Melbourne Stars at Hobart, Jan 9, 2012 | Cricket Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
7. "Big Bash League, Melbourne Renegades v Melbourne Stars at Melbourne (Docklands), Dec 7, 2012 | Cricket Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
8. "Big Bash League, 1st semi-final: Melbourne Renegades v Brisbane Heat at Melbourne (Docklands), Jan 15, 2013 | Cricket Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
9. "Big Bash League, Perth Scorchers v Adelaide Strikers at Perth, Jan 16, 2014 | Cricket Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
10. "Big Bash League, 2nd Semi-Final: Sydney Sixers v Perth Scorchers at Sydney, Feb 5, 2014 | Cricket Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
11. "Big Bash League, Perth Scorchers v Melbourne Renegades at Perth, Dec 26, 2014 | Cricket Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
12. "Big Bash League, Melbourne Stars v Perth Scorchers at Melbourne, Jan 21, 2015 | Cricket Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
13. "Big Bash League, Melbourne Stars v Sydney Thunder at Melbourne, Dec 20, 2015 | Cricket Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
14. "Big Bash League, Brisbane Heat v Hobart Hurricanes at Brisbane, Dec 29, 2015 | Cricket Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
15. "Big Bash League, Adelaide Strikers v Sydney Sixers at Adelaide, Dec 31, 2015 | Cricket Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
16. "Big Bash League, Melbourne Stars v Melbourne Renegades at Melbourne, Jan 2, 2016 | Cricket Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
17. "Big Bash League, Adelaide Strikers v Sydney Thunder at Adelaide, Jan 21, 2016 | Cricket Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 January 2016.

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