Fastest Hundred In One Day Cricket: South Australia's Jake Fraser-McGurk Smashes Quickest Century In List-A Cricket

Fastest Hundred in One Day Cricket: South Australia's Jake Fraser-McGurk on Sunday (October 9) broke the record for the fastest century in List-A cricket, previously held by South Africa great AB de Villiers.

Just 24 hours after De Villiers' compatriot Aiden Markram had scored the fastest century in ODI World Cuo, Jake smashed the fastest hundred in white-ball cricket during his side's Marsh One Day Cup match against Tasmania at Karen Rolton Oval in Adelaide.

Jake Fraser-McGurk smashed the fastest hundred in white-ball cricket (Image Courtesy: cricket.com.au X handle)

Jake achieved the feat by smashing a 29-ball hundred, surpassing De Villiers' 31-ball century against West Indies in 2015. His knock of 125 from 38 balls, included 10 fours and 13 sixes.

De Villiers still owns the record for fastest century in ODIs, but in the 30-50 over white-ball cricket, which consists of both international and domestic level games, Jake now holds the record. Here is a look at the top 10 players with fastest hundred in One Day format:

Fastest Century in List A Matches

Player	Team	Versus	Venue	Year	Balls Faced For Century
Jake Fraser-McGurk	South Australia	Tasmania	Adelaide	2023	29
AB de Villiers	South Africa	West Indies	Johannesburg	2015	31
Corey Anderson	New Zealand	West Indies	Queenstown	2014	36
Graham Rose	Somerset	Devon	Torquay	1990	36
Shahid Afridi	Pakistan	Sri Lanka	Nairobi	1996	37
Rovman Powell	Jamaica	Leeward Islands	St Kitts	2019	38
Sandun Weerakkody	SSC	BRC	Colombo	2019	39
Yusuf Pathan	Baroda	Maharashtra	Ahmedabad	2010	40
Abhishek Sharma	Punjab	Madhya Pradesh	Indore	2021	42
Ryan Watson	Scotland	Somerset	Edinburgh	2003	43

Despite Fraser-McGurk's heroics, his knock that lasted only till 11.4 overs and his team South Australia lost the Marsh One-Day Cup match against Tasmania by 37 runs in Adelaide.

After Tasmania smashed 435/9 in their 50 overs with skipper Jordan Silk (116), Caleb Jewell (90) and Macalister Wright (51) making notable contributions, Jake opened up the innings for his side in reply, but his side were bowled out for 398 in 46.4 overs.