Australia is really good at cricket. They’ve won a lot of games in different kinds of cricket matches. But it took them a long time to win the shortest kind of cricket match, called T20. Finally, in 2021, under Aaron Finch’s leadership, they won the T20 World Cup.

Australian players often break records in cricket. Finch himself scored the most points in one T20 match, 172. It’s interesting that three out of the four highest scores were made by Australian players. Australia has some really strong players who hit the ball really hard.

In this article, we’ll talk about the five Australian players who scored the fastest centuries in T20 cricket matches

5. Aaron Finch – 50 balls vs Zimbabwe

In July 2018,

Maxwell registered the joint-fastest century for Australia in T20I cricket against India on 27 February 2019. Chasing 190 runs, Australia lost two wickets for 22 runs. However, Maxwell scored a 50-ball century to put his team in the driver’s seat. On the back of the all-rounder’s 55-ball 113 (seven fours and nine sixes), the visitors made 194/3 in 19.4 overs and won the game by 7 wickets.

3. Glenn Maxwell – 49 balls vs Sri Lanka

Promoted as an opener against Sri Lanka in September 2016, Maxwell scored his maiden T20I century. The right-hander scored a 49-ball century and went on to add another 45 runs. His unbeaten 145 runs off just 64 balls with 14 fours and 9 sixes helped Australia post their highest T20I total of 263/3. In reply, the hosts could only manage 178/9 in their 20 overs and lost the game by 85 runs. 

2. Aaron Finch – 47 balls vs England

In 2013, Finch registered the fastest century by an Australian player in T20Is against England in Southampton. In fact, the opening batter became the first-ever batter to score 150 or more runs. Finch did not stop after making a 47-ball century as he finished with 156 runs off just 63 balls, including 11 fours and 14 sixes. Chasing a massive target of 249, England could score only 209/6 and lost the game by 39 runs.

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Josh Inglish smashed his maiden international century and joined Aaron Finch in becoming the joint-second-fastest Australian batter to hit a T20I ton in 47 balls. In the first T20I against India in Visakhapatnam in 2023, the wicketkeeper-batter put in a brilliant performance to take Australia past 200. Inglis struck 11 fours and eight sixes at a strike rate of 224.49 to make 110 runs. 

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