Steve Smith wants to play the 2028 Olympics for Australia; Shows form in BBL (Image Credit: Daily Mail)
With several greats of Australian cricket, like David Warner, Steve Smith, Aaron Finch, and Glenn Maxwell, having played in the Big Bash League, only a few could rank up higher to score hundreds in the BBL.
Steve Smith, who made a commanding rise in the shorter format ever since he was dropped from Australia’s T20 World Cup squad in 2024. Smith scored multiple hundreds at a blazing strike rate in the last BBL despite minimum appearances made. He next went on to win the Major League Cricket title in 2024 with the Washington Freedom as their skipper and leading run scorer alongside Travis Head.
In 2025, Smith made another mark on the shorter format as he became only the second batter in the history of the Big Bash League to have scored three hundred, especially with less than 50 appearances made.
The 35-year-old veteran, who is just 1 run away from completing 10,000 test runs, has 1000+ runs in T20Is but has been neglected in the format in both franchise level and international cricket. Smith went unsold in this IPL auction as well for the third consecutive time; however, showing his fitness and positive intent, Smith has reflected on his deep desire to feature in the 2028 Olympic games and represent his country in the international games.
Steven Smith said, “I’d like to play the 2028 Olympics. We’ll see how far I go in terms of long-form cricket. But I’m going to play short-form cricket for a while I think when I do finish”. pic.twitter.com/L8mfs07YP9
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) January 12, 2025
Three Players with the Most Centuries in the BBL:
3. CJ Simmons
Craig Simmons, the big New South Wales batter, made his BBL debut for the Perth Scorchers in 2014, as he starred over two seasons, the first with the Scorchers followed by the next season with the Strikers.
In his short BBL career of just 20 matches, the opening batter, who had a career strike rate of nearly 145, scored two breathtaking centuries for which he remains one of the finest to have played the BBL ever.
Though several more players like Alex Carey, former English all-rounder Luke Wright, Usman Khawaja, Darcy Short, former Aussie T20 World Cup-winning skipper Aaron Finch, and Glenn Maxwell all had scored two centuries in the history of the Big Bash League.
2. Ben McDermott
McDermott has often been considered one of the greatest to have scored more than 4,500 T20 runs, and the opening batter has also been a star in the history of the Big Bash League.
The legendary player went on to score three hundred in the history of the IPL and became the first player in the history of the BBL to achieve this unique milestone before the Aussie veteran Steve Smith passed him with the record.
1. Steve Smith
Steve Smith – 3 hundreds in BBL (Image Credit: X)
Legendary Steve Smith has not had immense success for Australia in the shortest format of the game. Smith has not played several international matches in T20Is and has scored just 1000+ runs in the format.
While great, Steve Smith has featured in only 32 matches in the Big Bash League; he has scored 1147 runs in the format with a great average above 45.88, as he scored 3 hundred, two of which came in the last BBL season played in 2023-24, with the latest hundred being on his BBL return game this season against the Perth Scorchers.
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