39 balls of madness. How Mitch Owen made BBL history

Mitchell Owen has described his life-changing century in the Big Bash League final as surreal, his breathtaking innings featuring some of the cleanest hitting ever seen in Twenty20 cricket.

Owen’s remarkable 42-ball 108 (a 39-ball century) led his Hobart Hurricanes to their maiden BBL championship on Monday night.

Owen’s pyrotechnics including crunching 11 sixes and six fours. Here’s the tale of how Owen destroyed the Thunder.

If Warner and his men were confident they had enough on the board (182) at Bellerive Oval to claim victory, that soon changed when the Hurricanes thumped 23 off a wayward first over by fast bowler Nathan McAndrew (there were five wides off the first ball of the innings). On the final three deliveries, Owen blazed a six over mid-wicket and back-to-back boundaries to dash to 14, with partner Caleb Jewell yet to score.

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