Grace Harris smashes WBBL records with 42-ball century

Only Deandra Dottin, who made a hundred off 38 balls in the 2010 T20 World Cup, has made a century quicker.

Harris finished on 101* to take Heat to a 10-wicket win over Melbourne Stars on Wednesday, 19 December at the Gabba. Her team needed just 10.5 overs to chase down a target of 133.

With the scores level and in her nineties, Harris was set to take the one run needed for the win, but Beth Mooney waved her back. Harris then duly brought up the milestone and sealed victory with her sixth six of the match, a massive one smashed down the ground.

Her knock included 13 fours as well. The half-century had come off 23 balls, meaning she needed just 19 more for the second fifty.

Dropped on 92, she made the most of it to bring up her second century in the tournament.

“I’ve been working ... on a back-of-the-length baseball type slog, and so when it sits up and comes into my hip, I can just have a swing and clear the fence, because I’m strong enough,” she said after the game.

The previous record for a WBBL ton was Ash Gardner’s 47-ball effort in the last edition.