Highest individual BBL score: Full list of highest BBL scores by a player

Dixit Bhargav | 29/12/2021
Highest individual BBL score: Full list of highest BBL scores by a player

Highest individual BBL score: The opening batter from Hobart Hurricanes put on display one of the highest individual BBL scores today.

During the 26th match of the ongoing 11th season of the Big Bash League between Melbourne Renegades and Hobart Hurricanes in Melbourne, Hobart Hurricanes opening batter Ben McDermott’s second consecutive century propelled his team to 206/5 in 20 overs after being put in to bat first by Melbourne Renegades captain Nic Maddinson.

McDermott hadn’t even faced a delivery when Renegades fast bowler Reece Topley had dismissed visiting captain Matthew Wade (0) in the first over itself.

What followed was a one-man show by McDermott who ended up thwacking 127 (65) with the help of nine fours and as many sixes at the Docklands Stadium.

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It was in the third over that McDermott had shown first signs of aggression by hitting Renegades pacer Kane Richardson for a couple of boundaries. Having scored just 16 runs off his first 19 deliveries, McDermott then targeted spinner Zahir Khan to hit a four and a six in the seventh over.

It was in the 12th over that McDermott ran a couple of runs off James Pattinson to complete his half-century in 37 balls. The fact that the right-hand batter amassed 86 runs off just 26 balls in the last eight overs of the innings speak highly about his maniac big-hitting exhibition today. The pinnacle of McDermott’s innings had come in the 15th over when he hit Richardson for three fours and two sixes with authority.

Highest individual BBL score (table updated on January 21, 2023)

In what was McDermott’s third BBL century, he has now become the only batter to cross the 100-run mark thrice in the Big Bash League. McDermott’s achievement also puts his name thrice in the list of Top 15 highest individual BBL scores.

UPDATE: Melbourne Stars captain Glenn Maxwell scored a record-breaking 154* (64) against Hobart Hurricanes in the 56th match of BBL 11 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

S. No. Batter Runs Balls Team Opposition Venue Year
1 Glenn Maxwell 154* 64 Melbourne Stars Hobart Hurricanes Melbourne Cricket Ground 2022
2 Marcus Stoinis 147* 79 Melbourne Stars Sydney Sixers Melbourne Cricket Ground 2020
3 Matthew Wade 130* 61 Hobart Hurricanes Adelaide Strikers Adelaide Oval 2020
4 Ben McDermott 127 65 Hobart Hurricanes Melbourne Renegades Docklands Stadium 2021
5 Steven Smith 125* 66 Sydney Sixers Sydney Thunder Sydney Cricket Ground 2023
6 D’Arcy Short 122* 69 Hobart Hurricanes Brisbane Heat Gabba 2018
7 Luke Wright 117 60 Melbourne Stars Hobart Hurricanes Bellerive Oval 2012
8 Jake Weathrald 115 70 Adelaide Strikers Hobart Hurricanes Adelaide Oval 2018
9 Colin Munro 114* 73 Perth Scorchers Adelaide Strikers Sydney Showground Stadium 2021
10 Ben McDermott 114 52 Hobart Hurricanes Melbourne Renegades Docklands Stadium 2017
Post Edited By: Dixit Bhargav
BBL 11 Ben McDermott Big Bash League Hobart Hurricanes Melbourne Renegades

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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