1. Both are big unit club cricketers who open the batting

2. Both had Big Bash viewers wondering why the hell they were still in the team after a dodgy run of form

3. Both have smashed the Adelaide Strikers with the fastest centuries in Big Bash history (Simmons at No.1 with 39 balls in 2014, Brown equal No.2 with 41 balls in 2024)

And, most importantly…

4. Both have scored a century out of absolutely nowhere in a knockout Big Bash final

Funnily enough, Simmons’ century vs the Sixers also had the joint-record for the most sixes in a Big Bash innings (11), which Brown has now surpassed with 12.

Here’s another coincidence – Craig Simmons’ century vs the Strikers on January 16, 2014 occurred 1 year and 1 day after the last Big Bash century (Luke Pomersbach vs the Renegades, January 15 2013)…

Josh Brown’s century vs the Strikers occurred 1 year and 1 day after the last Big Bash century (Steve Smith vs the Thunder on January 21, 2023).