Jake Fraser-McGurk of South Australia made history by scoring the fastest century in List A cricket, achieving the feat in just 29 deliveries during a domestic one-day match against Tasmania. Fraser-McGurk reached his century in the eighth over of the run chase, surpassing the previous record held by South Africa's AB de Villiers, who had reached his century in 31 deliveries in 2015 against the West Indies.
The 21-year-old opener also set an Australian one-day domestic record by scoring a half-century off just 18 deliveries. He needed only 11 more balls to reach his century, including taking 32 runs off one over. Fraser-McGurk was eventually dismissed for 125 off 38 balls, which included ten fours and 13 sixes.
South Australia was chasing Tasmania's formidable total of 435-9, which is the highest total in Australian domestic one-day cricket history. Fraser-McGurk's remarkable achievement came a day after South Africa's Aiden Markram set the record for the fastest century in a World Cup match, reaching his century in 49 balls.
"I went out there with some good intent, had my plans and process, and seemed like everything went my way," he said. "I've made a few 30s playing in twos [2nd XI] and stuff, felt like I've been hitting them reasonably well but probably not that well so definitely surprised myself."
Asked if he'd ever played like that before, he joked: "Maybe a video game or something. Definitely not in real life, that's for sure."
Tasmania captain Jordan Silk, whose own century ended up on the winning side, said: "It's probably an innings I'll never see maybe ever again. It was some of the cleanest ball-striking I've seen and sometimes you've just got to tip your cap to players like that that can do that. Whilst it was frustrating to watch it was also amazing to watch."