Shane Watson scores extraordinary T20 century

Sutherland District Cricket Club | September 23, 2024

This is a media release that was issued on 10 December 2017:

Shane Watson played a quite extraordinary innings at Allan Border Oval in the Sixers Conference T20 semi-final today. Chasing Mosman’s 8/150 off 20 overs, Sutherland cruised to victory with 22 balls to spare, as they made 2/156 off 16.2 overs. Shane spearheaded the run-chase with 114 not out off 53 balls, with a remarkable 16 sixes and one four – 100 runs in boundaries. He shared a first wicket partnership of 149 with Jarryd Biviano, who was unluckily out for 36 off 35 balls with only two runs needed for victory. Shane hit the first ball of the innings for four and was 4 runs off his first 7 balls. He then scored 110 runs off his next 46 balls, including the 16 sixes, meaning he averaged a six every three balls!

 The stats for his innings were as follows:

·      50 off 29 balls, with 7 sixes and 1 four

·      100 off 50 balls, with 14 sixes and 1 four

·      114 off 53 balls, with 16 sixes and 1 four

Shane’s innings read as follows:

4……6…1.6….62.66.1.6.6.6116616..112nb1611.666.6

 

It was the first T20 century scored for Sutherland, surpassing the previous highest score of 85no by Steve Smith in 2008-09. The 16 sixes is the most scored in an innings for Sutherland in any form of cricket, surpassing the 12 sixes Phil Jaques hit in his 321 in 1st Grade in 2006-07. In fact, Shane is now equal second on the list of sixes scored in an innings in all 1st Grade cricket, behind only Victor Trumper (22 sixes in 335 scored in 1902-03) and equal with Tibby Cotter (16 sixes in 156 scored in 1906-07).

The partnership of 149 between Shane and Jarryd is the highest partnership for any wicket for Sutherland in T20 cricket. The previous highest for any wicket was 121 by Matthew Bradley & Steve Smith for the 2nd wicket in 2008-09. The previous highest for the 1st wicket was 109 by Adam Whatley & Mitch Brown in 2015-16. The stats for the partnership were as follows:

·      50 off 37 balls

·      100 off 57 balls

·      149 off 85 balls

Sutherland had earlier bowled and fielded well to restrict Mosman to 8/150 off their 20 overs. After Jake Wilson took 2-4 off the first over of the innings, including the dangerous Daniel Hughes for a duck, Mosman then recovered to be 2/111 off 14 overs. Shane Watson’s dismissal of Johan Botha off the first ball of the 15th over started a collapse that saw Mosman lose 6/39 off their last 6 overs. The scores off those overs were 1/1, 1/5, 1/5, 0/5, 2/8 & 1/15. Jake Wilson was the best of the bowlers with 4-23 off his 4 overs.

Sutherland will now play Sydney in the Sixers Conference final next Sunday 17th December at the SCG (2.30pm start). The winner will play the winner of the Thunder Conference final in the Kingsgrove Sports T20 Cup final under lights at 7pm.

Sutherland went on to lose the SIxers Conference final to Sydney, who went on to win the Kingsgrove Sports T20 final over Penrith.