Australia all-rounder Cameron Green smashed a 47-ball hundred in the third ODI against South Africa at MacKay on Sunday (August 24), entering record books in the process.
Choosing to bat first after making less than 200 in the first two ODIs of the series, Australia got off to a rolicking start. Travis Head and Mitchell Marsh both scored hundreds, stitching an opening stand of 250 - the fifth-highest ever opening partnership for Australia in men's ODIs.
Head smashed 142 off 103, his seventh ODI ton, while Marsh made 100 off 106, his fourth three-figure score in the format. Australia promoted Cameron Green at No.3 in a bid to capitalise on the platform that was laid, and he more than justified the promotion.
After scratching his way to seven off seven balls, Green started to find some rhythm. He reached 30 off 19 balls and took only another nine balls to get to 50, in the 43rd over. To get to the first milestone, Green hit Kwena Maphaka for a six, his first of the innings. From thereon, he hit seven more sixes in 27 balls, taking only 19 deliveries to go from 50 to 100.
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Cameron Green scores second-quickest ODI ton for Australia
Green's 47-ball hundred now sandwiches him between Glenn Maxwell's 40-ball hundred against Netherlands in the 2023 World Cup and his 51-ball effort against Sri Lanka in the 2015 World Cup to make it the second-fastest by an Australian.
Overall, Green ranks joint-11th, just behind Jesse Ryder and Jos Buttler, both of whom have 46-ball hundreds to their names. Buttler also made a 47-ball hundred against the Netherlands in 2022.
Green might have missed out on the all-time national record, but he did manage to break the record for the fastest ODI hundred against South Africa. In fact, he has smashed that record – previously held by Matthew Hayden for his 66-ball hundred against them in the 2007 World Cup – by 19 balls.
It is also the fastest ODI hundred in Australia now, going past Maxwell's 51-ball ton against Sri Lanka.
Full list of fastest ODI hundreds
| Runs | Balls | Player | Match | Venue | Year |
| 149 | 31 | AB de Villiers | South Africa v West Indies | Johannesburg | 2015 |
| 131* | 36 | Corey Anderson | New Zealand v West Indies | Queenstown | 2014 |
| 102 | 37 | Shahid Afridi | Pakistan v Sri Lanka | Nairobi | 1996 |
| 106 | 40 | Glenn Maxwell | Australia v Netherlands | Delhi | 2023 |
| 101* | 41 | Asif Khan | UAE v Nepal | Kirtipur | 2023 |
| 147* | 44 | Mark Boucher | South Africa v Zimbabwe | Potchefstroom | 2006 |
| 117 | 45 | Brian Lara | West Indies v Bangladesh | Dhaka | 1999 |
| 102 | 45 | Shahid Afridi | Pakistan v India | Kanpur | 2005 |
| 104 | 46 | Jesse Ryder | New Zealand v West Indies | Queenstown | 2014 |
| 116* | 46 | Jos Buttler | England v Pakistan | Dubai | 2015 |
| 118* | 47 | Cameron Green | Australia v South Africa | MacKay | 2025 |
| 162* | 47 | Jos Buttler | England v Netherlands | Amstelveen | 2022 |
| 134 | 48 | Sanath Jayasuriya | Sri Lanka v Pakistan | Singapore | 1996 |
| 106 | 49 | Aiden Markram | South Africa v Sri Lanka | Delhi | 2023 |
| 110* | 50 | Jos Buttler | England v Pakistan | Southampton | 2019 |
| 113 | 50 | Kevin O'Brien | Ireland v England | Bangalore | 2011 |
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