Aussie batter hits fastest century in one-day match

ADELAIDE, Australia, Oct 08 (Agencies): South Australia's Jake Fraser-McGurk has scored the fastest century in List A cricket, reaching the milestone in just 29 deliveries in a domestic one-day match against Tasmania on Sunday.
Fraser-McGurk reached his hundred in the eighth over of the run chase at Karen Rolton Oval, bettering the record of 31 deliveries by South Africa's AB de Villiers against the West Indies in 2015.
The 21-year-old blasted a half-century off 18 deliveries, an Australian one-day domestic record, and he needed just 11 more balls to bring up his ton, including taking 32 runs off one over.
The opener was eventually dismissed for 125 off 38 balls, with ten fours and 13 sixes.
South Australia was chasing Tasmania's imposing total of 435-9, which is the highest total in Australian domestic one-day history.
Fraser-McGurk's milestone comes a day after South Africa's Aiden Markram hit the World Cup's fastest-ever century off 49 balls. Needs only 29 balls to reach triple figures, two fewer than South African great AB de Villiers
"I went out there with some good intent, had my plans and process, and seemed like everything went my way," he said. "I've made a few 30s playing in twos [2nd XI] and stuff, felt like I've been hitting them reasonably well but probably not that well so definitely surprised myself."
Asked if he'd ever played like that before, he joked: "Maybe a video game or something. Definitely not in real life, that's for sure."
Tasmania captain Jordan Silk, whose own century ended up on the winning side, said: "It's probably an innings I'll never see maybe ever again. It was some of the cleanest ball-striking I've seen and sometimes you've just got to tip your cap to players like that that can do that. Whilst it was frustrating to watch it was also amazing to watch."