In an easy 70-run win over Scotland on Friday, Josh Inglis broke the record for the fastest century by an Australian men’s cricket player.
The second T/20 International between Scotland and Australia was played on a pitch that seemed more like a gym than a cricket field, making it difficult for batsmen on both sides to score runs freely. Try saying that to Josh Inglis, though. He was the only batter to achieve a record century by blazing his way past the pitch and the conditions. To set the stage for his team’s comfortable 70-run victory on Friday, the right-handed wicketkeeper-batter broke the record for the fastest century by an Australian men’s cricket player. Australia now leads the three-match series 2-0 and can’t be defeated after this victory.
After his departure, however, Inglis, a wicketkeeper from Leeds, came to the bat. The number three hit seven fours and as many sixes as he raced to three figures in just forty-three balls, just four balls short of the previous record for the fastest hundred for Australia in men’s T20Is, which was shared by Inglis, Glenn Maxwell, and former captain Aaron Finch.
Ultimately, Inglis scored 103 off of 49 balls. Australia’s 196-4 was built around his knock, with Scotland only scoring 126 all out in response. The last six players in Australia scored 89 runs off 73 balls between them, to put the innings in perspective. On Friday, Inglis amassed more fours and sixes than all other Australian batsmen put together. Compared to the other Australian batsmen who faced at least ten balls, his strike rate of 210 was nearly twice as high.
Fastest T20I hundreds for Australia (by balls taken)
43 – Josh Inglis vs SCO, Edinburgh, 2024*
47 – Aaron Finch vs ENG, Southampton, 2013
47 – Josh Inglis vs IND, Visakhapatnam, 2023
47 – Glenn Maxwell vs IND, Guwahati, 2023
49 – Glenn Maxwell vs SL, Pallekele, 2016
