Steve Smith smashes incredible Big Bash ton

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Australian superstar Steve Smith has played 1 of the top Big Bash knocks of each time, blasting an unbeaten 125 successful beforehand of a immense SCG crowd.

Smith opened the batting and faced 66 balls during the innings, bully for a onslaught complaint of 189.39.

It included 9 sixes - 1 of which took him from 95 to 101.

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"It's bully to deed a fewer successful the middle, felt beauteous bully retired there," helium said connected the broadcast during the innings break.

But was it the champion he's ever struck the shot successful a T20 match?

"I don't cognize - the different nighttime was beauteous bully I thought," helium laughed, referring to his fireworks successful Coffs Harbour earlier this week.

Former large Mark Waugh asked what changes Smith had made to his attack successful short-form cricket, but the erstwhile skipper said it was beauteous simple.

"The mediate of the bat makes a large quality - I've conscionable brought my manus astir a small spot truthful I'm a spot much open, and I'm a spot much side-on which means I'm much almighty arsenic well," helium said.

"The bat I'm utilizing astatine the infinitesimal is an implicit weapon, truthful that helps. But I consciousness similar I'm conscionable watching the shot and hitting it wherever it's expected to spell and hitting the mediate of the bat much consistently."

Despite playing conscionable 3 matches, Smith is present 3rd successful runs scored for the Sixers this twelvemonth with 262 - 1 solitary tally down James Vince (263), and conscionable implicit 40 down Jordan Silk (304).

The innings ended with the location broadside posting 2-187, skipper Moises Henriques chipping successful with a invaluable 45 disconnected 36.

Henriques came to the crease with the Sixers astatine 2-32 aft 4 overs, but the Thunder would not instrumentality different wicket and look apt to endure a immense defeat.

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