Sean Abbott joins the list of fastest centuries in T20 cricket

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Sean Abbott joins the list of fastest centuries in T20 cricket, Fastest Centuries inT20 Blast and T20 cricket

Hitting fours and sixes is common in T20 cricket. New records are made and broken every day in this format. Only strong batsmen do the work of setting new records in 20 over cricket. However, if we tell you that in the T20 format, a bowler wreaking havoc with the bat has scored a century in just 34 balls, then perhaps you will find it difficult to believe. Kangaroo bowler Sean Abbott has shown this feat in the T20 Blast tournament being played on the soil of England.

Sean Abbott joins the list of fastest centuries in T20 cricket, Sean Abbott rocked the bat while playing for Surrey in the T20 Blast tournament. When Abbott came to the crease, the team was looking in trouble after losing four wickets on the score of 64. After this, the kangaroo bowler got such a color with the bat that everyone became a fan of his stormy innings. During this stormy inning played on the soil of England, Abbott scored four fours and 11 sixes. Sean Abbott brings up his century in just 34 balls. Abbott remained unbeaten in an explosive inning of 110 runs in 41 balls, due to which Surrey's team managed to score 223 runs losing 5 wickets on the scoreboard.

Fastest Centuries in T20 Blast

Batter	Balls faced	Team	Versus	Year
Sean Abbott	34	Surrey	Kent	2023
Andrew Symonds	34	Kent	Middlesex	2004
Martin Guptill	35	Worcestershire	Northants	2018
Scott Styris	37	Sussex	Gloucestershire	2012
Dan Christian	37	Nottinghamshire	Northants	2018

Sean Abbott holds the record for the joint-fastest century in T20 cricket on English soil. Prior to Abbott, Symonds scored a century in 34 balls while playing for Middlesex in England in 2004. The Kangaroo bowler has now equaled Symonds' record.

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Fastest centuries in T20 cricket

Balls taken	Player	Team	Opponent	Year
30	Chris Gayle	RCB	Pune Warriors	2013
32	Rishabh Pant	Delhi	Himachal Pradesh	2018
33	Wihan Lubbe	North West	Limpopo	2018
34	Andrew Symonds	Kent	Middlesex	2004
34	Sean Abbott	Surrey	Kent	2023
35	David Miller	South Africa	Bangladesh	2017
35	Rohit Sharma	India	Sri Lanka	2017
35	Louis van der Westhuizen	Namibia	Kenya	2011
35	Sudesh Wickramasekara	Czech Republic	Turkey	2019
35	Martin Guptill	Worcestershire	Northamptonshire	2018

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