Tim David shattered the record books with a thunderous knock in St. Kitts on Tuesday night as he recorded the fastest T20I century for Australia in 37 balls during a steep 215-run chase against the West Indies.
Walking in on the last ball of the Powerplay at the fall of the third wicket, David got to the thick of things immediately with a four first ball. His strides grew rapidly with two monstrous overs of six-hitting, smashing nine maximums in three consecutive overs against tweakers Gudakesh Motie, Akeal Hosein and Roston Chase. David soared past 50 in only 16 balls, bettering the joint-Australian record held by Marcus Stonis and Travis Head with half-centuries in 17 balls.
Registering his maiden T20 hundred, David broke the Australian men’s record held by his teammate Josh Inglis, who registered a 43-ball hundred against Scotland in Edinburgh last year.
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Tim David absolutely monsters his way to the half-century off 16 balls.
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Forging a 128-run stand for the fourth wicket with Mitchell Owen, who played a brisk cameo of 36 in only 16 deliveries, David put the finishing touches with his sixth boundary, earning him his milestone hundred and the win for Australia in only 16.1 overs, extending the visitors to an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match series.
Playing his first competitive innings since May 23 when he suffered a hamstring injury and subsequently missed out on Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s victorious run in the Playoffs en route to their maiden title, David’s 11 maximums are only bettered by Aaron Finch (14) in an innings among Australian batters.
Fastest T20I hundreds (matches involving Full-Member nations)
| Player | Balls | Match | Venue |
| DA Miller | 35 | South Africa v Bangladesh | Potchefstroom |
| RG Sharma | 35 | India v Sri Lanka | Indore |
| Tim David | 37 | West Indies vs Australia | St. Kitts |
| Abhishek Sharma | 37 | India v England | Wankhede |
| Johnson Charles | 39 | West Indies v South Africa | Centurion |
| Sanju Samson | 40 | India v Bangladesh | Hyderabad |
