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Josh Brown slams historic BBL century

By Atrayo Bhattacharya

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Brown's maiden century

Brisbane Heat opener Josh Brown scored a historic 57-ball 140, his maiden T20 century, in the 2023-24 BBL challenger against the Adelaide Strikers. He guided his team to the final.  

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Impressive knock stats

His knock included 12 sixes and 10 fours, helping Brisbane Heat win by 53 runs. He hammered the most sixes ever in a BBL innings.  

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Third-highest BBL score

Brown's 140 is the third-highest individual score in BBL history.  The 30-year-old dasher is just behind Glenn Maxwell's 154* and Marcus Stoinis' 147*. 

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Joint-second fastest BBL ton

He reached his century in 41 balls, becoming the joint second-fastest centurion in BBL alongside Maxwell. Perth Scorchers star Craig Simmons is still the fastest BBL centurion (39 balls).  

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Third centurion for Brisbane Heat

Brown is the third Brisbane Heat player to score a BBL century, following Luke Pomersbach and Chris Lynn. 

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Record playoff performance

His knock is the highest individual score in a BBL playoff match. Brown surpassed Jake Weatherald's 115-run knock in the 2017-18 final. He also registered the highest score by a Brisbane Heat player. 

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Third-highest run-getter in 2023-24 BBL

Brown now ranks third in the 2023-24 BBL run-getters list with 313 runs from eight matches. He is only behind the likes of  Matthew Short (541) and Aaron Hardie (334).  

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Maiden T20 century

In his T20 career, he has scored 571 runs at an average of 25.95. This was his maiden century in this format. He got his breakthrough for the Brisbane Heat last season.  

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Heat progresses to the final

Brisbane Heat scored 214/7, with Adelaide Strikers managing only 160 in response. Spencer Johnson and Nathan McSweeney claimed three wickets each.  

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