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Steve Smith’s 41-Ball Hundred and Record Over Power Sixers Past Thunder

The victory pushed Sydney Sixers toward a finals berth as David Warner’s unbeaten 110 marked a rare T20 milestone in defeat.

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David Warner hit a second BBL century in four games to enter an elite T20 club previously featuring Chris Gayle and Babar Azam.
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Overview

  • Smith cracked 100 off 42 balls with nine sixes, including a 107-metre roof strike, and took 32 off one over to seal a five-wicket chase with 16 balls spare.
  • Warner’s 110 not out from 65 balls was his second BBL ton of the season and his 10th in T20s, moving him past Virat Kohli on the all-time centuries list.
  • A 141-run opening stand with Babar Azam (47) set up the Sixers’ pursuit of 190; a brief wobble at 5-169 was closed out by Lachlan Shaw and Jack Edwards.
  • The win lifted the Sixers to fourth and close to qualification ahead of a decisive trip to the Brisbane Heat, while the Thunder stayed bottom after an eighth loss.
  • A day earlier, Finn Allen’s maiden BBL century (101 off 53) booked Perth Scorchers’ finals spot, and AJ Tye announced his BBL retirement to join Yorkshire on a two-year deal.