Tim David smashed a destructive century in just 37 balls to chase 215 in just 16.1 overs. Shai Hope’s century didn’t help the Caribbean to win the match. The Aussies sealed the series 3-0 with two matches to go after Tim David went all guns blazing. Let’s look at the records being shattered in the match.
Fastest hundred by an Australian
Tim David scored a match-winning century in just 37 balls, which is the fastest century by an Australian in T20I cricket. He broke the record of Josh Inglis, who scored a 43-ball hundred against Scotland last year.
Fastest hundreds for Australia in T20Is:
- Tim David – 37 balls vs West Indies ( 2025 )
- Josh Inglis – 43 balls vs Scotland ( 2024 )
- Glenn Maxwell – 47 balls vs India ( 2023 )
- Josh Inglis – 47 balls vs India ( 2023 )
- Aaron Finch – 47 balls vs England ( 2013 )
- Glenn Maxwell – 49 balls vs Sri Lanka ( 2016 )
He also broke the record for fastest fifty by an Australian in T20Is by scoring his half-century in just 16 balls, surpassing the previous best of Marcus Stoinis and Travis Head, who had jointly held the record of fastest fifty by an Australian in 17 balls.
Fastest Fifty by an Australian in T20Is:
- Tim David – 16 balls vs West Indies ( 2025 )
- Travis Head – 17 balls vs Scotland ( 2024 )
- Marcus Stoinis – 17 balls vs Sri Lanka ( 2022 )
- Glenn Maxwell – 18 balls vs Pakistan ( 2014 )
- Glenn Maxwell – 18 balls vs Sri Lanka ( 2016 )
- David Warner – 18 balls vs West Indies ( 2010 )
Shai’s Hope ton went in vain
Shai Hope played a brilliant knock and gave hope for the home team by helping them cross 200-plus runs. He scored his maiden T20I century in 55 balls. This is the sixth T20I century for West Indies and it is the slowest among all of them.
Fastest century for West Indies in T20I cricket:
- Johnson Charles – 39 balls vs South Africa ( 2023 )
- Chris Gayle – 47 balls vs England ( 2016 )
- Evin Lewis – 48 balls vs India ( 2016 )
- Chris Gayle – 50 balls vs South Africa ( 2007 )
- Evin Lewis – 53 balls vs India ( 2017 )
- Shai Hope – 55 balls vs Australia ( 2025 )
He became the fourth West Indian to score a T20I century.
Record run-chase
This is the sixth time, Australia has chased 200-plus target successfully in T20Is. They are in the second most in the list of successfully chased 200-plus targets in T20Is.
Most successful chases in T20Is:
- India – 7 times
- Australia – 6 times
- South Africa – 5 times
- Bulgaria – 5 times
- Pakistan – 4 times
- England – 3 times
This is the fourth highest target chased by Australia in T20Is. Highest target chased by Australia in T20Is:
- 244 vs New Zealand ( 2018 )
- 223 vs India ( 2023 )
- 216 vs New Zealand ( 2024 )
- 215 vs West Indies ( 2025 )
- 209 vs India ( 2022 )
- 205 vs South Africa ( 2016 )
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