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Yahoo
4 days ago
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- Yahoo
Cricket world erupts as Tim David re-writes Australian history in staggering scenes
Tim David has blasted his way into Australian cricket history with a record-breaking innings that sealed a six-wicket victory and an unassailable 3-0 lead in their five-match T20I series against the West Indies. Chasing the home side's formidable target of 215, the big-hitting David helped dig the tourists out of a hole with the fastest-ever century for Australia in the shortest format of the game. David's historic ton came off just 37 deliveries and his unbeaten 102 included a staggering 11 sixes and six boundaries to help Australia chase down the target with 23 balls to spare. David had already etched his name in the record books with a Australia's quickest T20i fifty, off just 16 balls. But the records kept tumbling as the middle-order powerhouse belted the Windies' bowlers to all parts of the ground in St Kitts. David shared in an unbroken 128-run stand with the impressive Mitch Owen (36 not out off 16 balls) to guide Australia home to their third-straight victory in the five-match series. David's record feat was all the more remarkable considering the Aussies had slumped to 4-92 in the ninth over after West Indies openers Shai Hope (102 not out off 57 balls) and Brandon King (62 off 36) lay the platform for the home side's big total. Windies skipper Hope notched his highest T20I score after reaching his first century off 55 deliveries, having been sent in to bat for the third straight game. The West Indies' 4-214 looked like being more than enough when Australia lost 4-56 after racing out to 30 runs off the first two overs without losing a wicket. But the Aussie downfall started when Glenn Maxwell - promoted to opener - was run out for 20 (off seven), before Josh Inglis' cameo (15 off six) ended when he hit a ball straight to the fielder at deep square leg. Skipper Mitch Marsh (22 off 19) was caught behind off a thick outside edge and Cameron Green (11 off 14) departed soon after from a top edge. RELATED: Pat Cummins makes call on Sam Konstas after struggles continue Marnus Labuschagne spotted in strange moment amid Aussie win Tim David hits fastest-ever T20i century for Australia But the introduction of David turned the match on its head as the middle order slogger singlehandedly destroyed the hapless Windies' bowling attack. David launched an extraordinary assault on the three West Indies spinners, blasting nine sixes in a match-changing three-over onslaught, including four in a row off Gudakesh Motie. He was dropped on 90 at wide long on but completed Australia's fastest T20I century and sealed the win with a leg-glanced boundary with 23 balls remaining. "I didn't think I would have the opportunity to score a hundred for Australia, so I'm so grateful for that opportunity and pretty stoked," David told ESPN. "The pitch was good and obviously there was a strong breeze and small boundaries, so you've got to back your strengths and it's probably best when I'm attacking them." The century also saw David eclipse his previous best T20I score of 92 for Singapore, which was the nation of his birth. TIM DAVID SMASHES THE RECORD FOR THE FASTEST 100 IN AUSTRALIAN T20I HISTORY! 🤯 Reaching his century in just 37 balls, David comfortably beats the previous record of 43 👏 Catch every ball of Australia's tour of the West Indies live on ESPN on Disney+ 📺 — ESPN Australia & NZ (@ESPNAusNZ) July 26, 2025 𝗙𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗧𝟮𝟬𝗜 𝗖𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝘃𝘀 𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧-𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗬𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 🧨🔥 Rohit Sharma – 35 balls🔥 David Miller – 35 balls🔥 Tim David – 37 balls*🔥 Abhishek Sharma – 37 ballsTim David enters elite territory! 💥 — Cricket Addictor (@AddictorCricket) July 26, 2025 ✅ Fastest T20I fifty for Australia✅ Fastest T20I hundred for Australia✅ His first T20I hundred ✅ Australia win ✅ Series win Tim David has had the perfect day — Sachin Parihar (@cricketnewsh) July 26, 2025 TIM DAVID SCORED 102*(37) BALLS. 4, 1, 1, 1, 1, 6, 1, 4, 0, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 4, 6, 0, 1, 0, 0, 6, 6, 0NB, 4, 6, 1, 1, 6, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 4, 1, 4. - 16 Balls fastest fifty by AUS in T20. - 37 Balls Hundred fastest by AUS in T20.#rcb #rcbblood — (@Rahmaan777) July 26, 2025 🚀 History made! Tim David has just smashed the fastest T20I century for Australia, hitting an incredible 11 sixes! 🎉 A phenomenal display of power and skill. This performance will be remembered for ages. #TimDavid #T20I #Cricket #Australia 🇦🇺🏏: — jain Sumeet China (coffee with sumeet jain) (@Sumeetmountain) July 26, 2025 with AAP
The Guardian
4 days ago
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- The Guardian
Tim David smashes Australia's fastest T20 century in victory against West Indies
Tim David has blasted Australia's fastest T20I hundred from 37 balls as the tourists chased down a 215-run target with six wickets in hand to seal a series-winning victory over the West Indies in St Kitts. The middle-order powerhouse smashed 11 sixes and six boundaries to reach a century off 37 balls, while Mitch Owen joined David for an unbroken 128-run stand to guide Australia home. David etched his name in the record books with a brutal hitting display as he first posted Australia's quickest T20 fifty from 16 balls, then hit a boundary to both reach 102 not out and seal the win with 23 balls remaining. Shai Hope had earlier helped lift the West Indies to 214-4 with his maiden T20 century after setting up the competitive total with Brandon King in a 125-run opening stand. Australia slumped to 87 for 4 in the ninth over of the chase before David's fireworks quickly took the game away from the hosts. More to follow …
The Australian
21-07-2025
- Sport
- The Australian
Cricket: Mitch Owen reveals simple plan after brilliant debut
The elevation in arenas was significant for Mitch Owen, but the idea to just 'swing hard' remained his guiding principle after a stunning international debut in which he joined the most esteemed company. Only fellow Tasmanian Ricky Ponting and David Warner had made a half-century on T20 debut for Australia before Owen, shuffled down the order having made his name as an opener, blasted six sixes in an unforgettable 27-ball 50 under the bright lights in Jamaica. With his parents and girlfriend in the stands at Sabina Park, Owen, who has been 'on the go' since putting his name in the headlines with a century in the Big Bash final, took a wicket with the ball, then made his mark immediately with a fourth-ball six, his first scoring shot, as a signal of intent with the bat. That was the plan too, always is for Owen, who was modest post-match about his brilliant first-up performance. 'I'm firstly happy we got the win and it was nice to contribute,' he said. Mitchell Owen blasts one of six sixes at Sabina Park. Picture: Randy Brooks / AFP 'But yeah, it's great to join those class players. 'For me, I've been trying to play positive over the last six to eight months and today wasn't any different, going out there, trying to put the pressure back on the bowlers and I was lucky enough I got a few away early and was able to work into my innings.' Owen, noting the extra fielders out in the deep the only real difference between coming in as an opener and in the middle order, said his batting plans hardly changed. 'I still went out there and tried to hit six first then work my way down,' he said. 'The difference is five fielders out, but I tried to put that to the back of my mind and just swing hard.' Owen and Cameron Green put on 80 runs. Picture: Randy Brooks / AFP Owen put on 80 runs off just 40 balls with Cameron Green, who also made a half-century, forming what could be an imposing long-term partnership between two players still in the infancy of their careers 'It was great to bat with Greeny, it was the first time I've experienced that,' he said 'He was great, kept me nice and calm and to my process. Hopefully, we can do it a lot more.' Owen's stunning turn in the Big Bash, scoring two hundreds including his whirlwind 108 off just 42 balls in the final in Hobart, resulted in contracts around the international T20 circuit. He started in South Africa in January, then got gigs in the Pakistan Super League and hit the big-time playing with a call-up to the Indian Premier League, albeit getting just a single game. Most recently, Owen has been blasting bowlers in Major League Cricket in the US where he was named player of the tournament after making 313 runs and taking 14 wickets in 12 games. Owen celebrates his half-century. Picture: Randy Brooks / AFP His efforts landed him an Australian call-up ahead of the 2026 T20 World Cup, with a spot up the top, or in the middle as a slugging partner for Hurricanes teammate Tim David, all now live options. 'Any time you get a young kid who comes in and performs like that in his first game for Australia, it's always exciting,' Australian captain Mitch Marsh said after Owen's Sabina Park heroics. 'We're pumped for him. 'We want him to come in here and be as relaxed as possible. We understand he's going to be nervous playing for Australia but try and create a relaxed environment where he can hopefully keep doing that for us.'
Yahoo
21-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Mitch Owen equals Ricky Ponting and David Warner with historic feat on Aussie debut
Tasmanian Mitch Owen has etched his name alongside Aussie greats Ricky Ponting and David Warner after becoming just the third man to hit a Twenty20 half century on debut for Australia. Big Bash hero Owen - whose record-equalling century fired the Hobart Hurricanes to last season's title - also claimed a wicket to go with his maiden 50 in T20i cricket to help Australia clinch a nervy three-wicket win in the first match against the West Indies. Owen was named man of the match in his first game in the national colours of Australia, with the 23-year-old belting six sixes in his eye-catching 50 (off 27 balls) in Kingston. Owen and Cameron Green combined for a match-defining 80-run stand for the Aussies, who chased down the Windies' 8-189 with seven balls to spare after slumping to 4-78 in the ninth over. The stunning fifth-wicket stand from Owen and Green changed the complexion of the run chase after Australia's top order fell cheaply. Skipper Mitch Marsh (24 from 17), Josh Inglis (18 from 8), Glenn Maxwell (11 from 10) and Jake Fraser-McGurk (2 from 7) were all dismissed inside nine overs to leave the Windies in the driving seat after Roston Chase (60 from 32) and captain Shai Hope (55 from 39) helped the hosts set a competitive total. Mitch Owen emulates Aussie greats in historic knock But Owen - who earnt his national call-up after a record-equalling 39-ball century for the Hurricanes in last January's BBL final - showed exactly why he's been earmarked as a star of the future. The Tassie all-rounder got off the mark with a big six over mid-off to open his account for Australia in style. And in combination with Green - who hit five sixes in his own half century (51 off 26) - the pair blasted 80 runs in less than six overs to change the course of the game. They took the total to 4-158 in the 15th over before Green was caught out the very next ball after bringing up his 50. Owen kept up the assault and brought up his historic half century with another big six but was also caught out off the next ball when he skied one to mid-on. The damage had largely been done though, as Owen emulated Aussie greats Ponting and Warner as the only men to score half centuries on their T20 debuts for Australia. 50 on his Australian debut 🙌You're the man, Mitch Owen 👏 #WIvAUS — KFC Big Bash League (@BBL) July 21, 2025 Great response 👏 — cricFusion Aashi (@cricket_x_Ashi) July 21, 2025 Mitchell Owen's debut was box-office stuff-• Power-hitting masterclass: 50 off 27 with six sixes•Smart with the ball: Removed the dangerous Shai 23, he's ticking all the T20 boxes — future star loading! 🚀 — Rafi (@rafi4999) July 21, 2025 Congrats Owen 👏🏻 — SportyCinema (@CinemaSporty) July 21, 2025 MITCHELL OWEN HAS ARRIVED IN INTERNATIONAL CRICKET...!!!- Coming to bat at 6.- Scored 50(27) with 6 sixes.- Wicket of Shai Hope.A Package in T20I, he is just 23 years old, big future 👌 — Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) July 21, 2025 Aussies survive late scare to clinch three-wicket win Despite the batting heroics of Owen and Green, it was a tense finish for Australia, who required just seven runs from 13 balls left when Sean Abbott was dropped on the boundary. It would have left the Aussies eight wickets down and facing an even more nervous chase but the massive let-off gave the visitors breathing space and they were able to wrap up the three-wicket victory. RELATED: Pat Cummins makes call on Sam Konstas after struggles continue Marnus Labuschagne spotted in strange moment amid Aussie win Paceman Ben Dwarshuis was the pick of the bowlers for Australia after claiming a career-best 4-36 that featured three wickets in four balls. Chase and Windies skipper Hope led the way with the bat after notching half centuries for the home side, while Shimorn Hetmyer chipped in with a vital late 39 from 18. Dwarshuis and spinner Cooper Connolly (1-24 from two overs) were the only two Aussies to pick up wickets inside the first 15 overs but the tourists rallied with 6-37 in the last five overs. Dwarshuis set up a hat-trick after grabbing back-to-back wickets in the penultimate over of the innings, which was his fourth and final over. Jason Holder successfully defended the West Australian's hat-trick ball but caught on the boundary the very next ball to hand the Aussie his career-best figures. The series continues on Wednesday in Kingston before three games in St Kitts on Saturday, Sunday and Tuesday (all times AEDT). MITCH OWEN 50 ON DEBUT!! 💪What a start in Aussie colours it has been for the Hobart Hurricanes star!! 🌪️Catch every ball of Australia's tour of the West Indies live on ESPN on #disneyplusau / #disneyplusnz 📺 — ESPN Australia & NZ (@ESPNAusNZ) July 21, 2025 with AAP
News.com.au
21-07-2025
- Sport
- News.com.au
Cricket world blown away by debutant Mitch Owen as he leads Australia to victory over the West Indies
Mitch Owen has sent the cricket world into raptures after scoring a sizzling half-century on debut, lifting Australia to a win over the West Indies on Monday. Owen – who emerged as a white-ball star with a century in the Big Bash final opening the batting for the Hobart Hurricanes last summer – was given a middle-order role for Australia's first T20 against the Windies in Jamaica, and he took the opportunity with both hands. Chasing a 190-run target for victory, Australia were in a spot of bother at 4-78 in the ninth over before Owen came to the crease and took the match by the scruff of the neck. His blistering 26-ball half century made waves, as he produced several big strokes to turn the match on its head. The 23-year-old Tasmanian powerhouse swatted his first ball down the ground for a massive six off retiring veteran Andre Russell. And from there, he added five more maximums as he stormed to 50, reaching his half century with another six before being dismissed the very next ball. His bold batting effort, set the tailenders up for success as they easily chased down the West Indies' 8-189 with seven balls to spare. Owen's incredible debut, where he also took a wicket with the ball, saw him awarded man of the match honours. 'I'm firstly happy we got the win, it was nice to contribute,' Owen said during the post-match presentation. 'I was lucky enough to got a few away early and was able to settle into my innings.' Owen's half century also saw him join the game's elites. The Tasmanian joins just Ricky Ponting and David Warner as the only Aussie men to make 50 in their T20 international debuts. And his performance sent the cricket world into a spin as Aussie fans suddenly felt Australia's future is looking bright. 'Mitch Owen is the future, what a debut, what a player,' one fan wrote on X following his barnstorming debut. 'Future star. Wow,' another added. While a third wrote: 'Mitch Owen absolutely outstanding on debut for Australia. Doesn't look out of place at all.' Others added, 'he makes it look so easy' and 'Mitchell Owen, remember the name'. Jake Fraser-McGurk fails to impress Fraser-McGurk didn't deserve a national call-up, give his horror recent form, and there was no turnaround at Sabina Park, casting a cloud over the future of the one-time batting dynamo. The 23-year-old had scored just 45 runs in his past five T20 innings, playing for the San Francisco Unicorns in the Major League cricket tournament, after a shocking stint in the IPL on a seven-figure contract. By virtue of his location, being next door to the West Indies, Fraser-McGurk was called in as an injury replacement and inserted as opener after first-choice Matt Short suffered a side strain. But he never looked like making an impact. It took six balls for him to get off the mark, with a wafty swipe to the leg side, and after three plays and misses, before miscuing a drive to be caught at mid-off for two. While Short has been ruled out of the series, it would be unpalatable for every other Australian white-ball hopeful if Fraser-McGurk was given another chance. In his 15 games for Australia across T20s and ODIs, he's made just 213 runs, with just one half-century.
