Overview
- Smith reached his century in 41 balls and finished on 100 off 42, striking nine sixes including a reported 107-metre blow onto the SCG roof.
- He took 32 off one Ryan Hadley over during the Power Surge, the most expensive over in Big Bash League history.
- Sydney chased 190 with 16 balls to spare, built on a 141-run opening stand with Babar Azam’s 47 and completed by late cameos from Jack Edwards and Lachlan Shaw.
- The hundred made Smith the BBL’s all-time leader in centuries with four, moving past David Warner and Ben McDermott.
- Warner’s unbeaten 110 off 65 lifted the Thunder to 189-6, yet the Sixers’ win moved them to fourth with a chance to clinch finals by beating Brisbane Heat next.