Stats - Smith, Short shatter BBL batting records on Super Saturday
All the stats highlights from the two high-scoring matches at the BBL
Namooh Shah
11-Jan-2025
Matthew Short made 109 off 54 balls in the match against Brisbane Heat • Getty Images
1 For the first time in the history of the BBL, two players scored a hundred on the same day: 121* by Steven Smith and 109 by Matthew Short.
251 for 5 by Adelaide Strikers is the second-highest team total in the BBL after 273 for 2 by Melbourne Stars in 2022. It was only the second time a team crossed the 250-run mark in men's T20s in Australia.
3 Hundreds by Smith is the joint most by any player in BBL, equaling Ben McDermott's record.
446 Runs scored in the match between Strikers and Heat, is the second most in a BBL game, bettered only by 459 runs in the game between Strikers and Hurricanes in 2023. The 426 runs by Sydney Sixers and Perth Scorchers earlier on Saturday is the sixth highest.
220 for 3 by Sixers is their highest total in the BBL, going past 213 for 4 they scored against Stars in 2021.
49 Balls taken by Short to complete his hundred is the fastest by a Strikers player, bettering Travis Head's 53-ball hundred on New Year's Eve against Sixers in 2015.
134 Runs scored by Strikers in the first 10 overs is the second most by a team in a BBL innings, behind 158 runs by Heat against Stars in 2019.
26 Number of sixes in the match between Strikers and Heat, is the joint most in a BBL match, equaling the sixes scored during the match between Sixers and Stars in 2020.
The 60 boundaries in the match between Strikers and Heat is also the second most behind the 61 by Strikers and Stars in 2023.
14 Sixes by Strikers against Heat is the most by them in a BBL innings, going past their previous best of 12 sixes in 2014.
1 - Only the first time when three bowlers conceded 50-plus runs in an innings in BBL - Michael Neser (53), Xavier Bartlett (53), Matthew Kuhnemann (50). It is also the first time in a BBL innings where five bowlers conceded 40-plus runs.
Namooh Shah is a stats analyst at ESPNcricinfo