With that almighty knock of 108 off 42 balls against the Sydney Thunder, matching Craig Simmons’ Big Bash League record of a century off 39 balls…

Mitch Owen faced a total of 222 balls in 11 innings during the BBL season.

Owen hit 36 6s in those 222 balls… 16% of all deliveries he faced this season went over the rope.

In simple cricketing terms, he averaged a 6 EVERY OVER HE FACED.

And, in addition to sharing the record for the fastest Big Bash century, Owen now holds the all-time record for 6s in a Big Bash League season, having been outside the Top 5 before that record-breaking (And equalling) innings in the Final, in which he blasted 11 6s.

36 – Mitch Owen, BBL 14 (222 balls, 11 innings)
30 – Alex Hales, BBL 10 (336 balls, 15 innings)
29 – Ben McDermott, BBL 11 (375 balls, 13 inn)
28 – Liam Livingstone, BBL 10 (318 balls, 14 inn) and Marcus Stoinis, BBL 09 (516 balls, 17 inn)
27 – Glenn Maxwell, BBL 14 (178 balls, 9 inn), Chris Lynn, BBL 05 (218 balls, 8 inn) and Liam Livingstone, BBL09 (298 balls, 14 inn)

Yep… Owen hit 6 more 6s than the old record, in 114 fewer deliveries.

Also, that chart should tell you how amazingly good Glenn Maxwell was this season… Owen hit a maximum 16% of the time, and Maxwell was a close 2nd at 15%!

Some other wild stats about Mitch Owen from this BBL season.

Owen hit 25 6s in the batting powerplay (First 4 overs of an innings)… the next best player hit 7, and the next best TEAM hit 14.

Owen never hit a half century during the season, finishing with 2 centuries… his previous highest score was 28.

Owen’s century in the Final was the first Big Bash League century scored before the halfway mark of an innings (He scored it after 9.4 overs)… the old record was Glenn Maxwell recording his 41-ball century after 10.4 overs against the Hurricanes in 2022.

Owen hit 90 runs (Out of 108) from boundaries in the Final, the most runs from boundaries in an innings this season, surpassing Steve Smith and Matt Short, who each hit 82 runs in their centuries on January 11.

Inclusive of the finals, Owen finished the season as the leading runscorer with 452 runs at a strike rate of 203.6, the most runs in a season by a player with a strike rate of 200+.

The old record was David Warner in BBL 01, who hit 102 runs off 51 balls (an even 200) in his only innings that season.