David Miller completed a record hundred off the last ball of the second semi-final of the 2025 Champions Trophy in Lahore, but couldn't take South Africa over the line.
Chasing 363, South Africa were always behind the asking rate. Temba Bavuma (56) and Rassie van der Dussen (69) scored half centuries at the top, but they weren't quick enough to put pressure back on New Zealand. Miller came out to bat at No.6 with South Africa needing 196 from 21.2 overs but kept losing partners.
By over 39.3, South Africa had collapsed to 218-8 with the game looking out of their reach. Miller knocked it around with Kagiso Rabada hitting the occasional boundary but it wasn't enough to catch up with the required rate. In the end, it became a race against time for Miller to reach his hundred.
After the 47th over, Miller was batting on 52 off 49, needing another 48 to reach his hundred, which is exactly what he managed to score as South Africa ended on 312-9, eventually losing by 50 runs.
Whose Champions Trophy record did Miller break?
Miller completed his hundred with the last ball of the match, which was the 67th ball he faced. It is now the fastest hundred scored in the history of the Champions Trophy. The previous record belonged to two players: Virender Sehwag and Josh Inglis.
Sehwag scored a 77-ball ton against England in the 2002 Champions Trophy, while Inglis did the same against the same opponents earlier in the current edition.
Among South Africa players, it is the 11th fastest hundred in ODIs and the fastest one scored by Miller, eclipsing his 69-ball ton against Australia in 2016. Overall, it was the joint-70th quickest century in men's ODIs.
Fastest Champions Trophy centuries
| Player | Match | Balls |
| David Miller | SA vs NZ, 2025 | 67 |
| Virender Sehwag | IND vs ENG, 2002 | 77 |
| Josh Inglis | AUS vs ENG, 2025 | 77 |
| Shikhar Dhawan | IND vs SA, 2013 | 80 |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan | SL vs SA, 2009 | 87 |
| Marcus Trescothick | ENG vs ZIM, 2002 | 89 |
| Andrew Flintoff | ENG vs SL, 2004 | 89 |
Fastest men's ODI hundreds
| Player | Match | Year | Balls |
| AB de Villiers | South Africa v West Indies | 2015 | 31 |
| Corey Anderson | New Zealand v West Indies | 2014 | 36 |
| Shahid Afridi | Pakistan v Sri Lanka | 1996 | 37 |
| Glenn Maxwell | Australia v Netherlands | 2023 | 40 |
| Asif Khan | UAE v Nepal | 2023 | 41 |
| Mark Boucher | South Africa v Zimbabwe | 2006 | 44 |
| Brian Lara | West Indies v Bangladesh | 1999 | 45 |
| Shahid Afridi | Pakistan v India | 2005 | 45 |
| Jesse Ryder | New Zealand v West Indies | 2014 | 46 |
| Jos Buttler | England v Pakistan | 2015 | 46 |
| Jos Buttler | England v Netherlands | 2022 | 47 |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | Sri Lanka v Pakistan | 1996 | 48 |
| Aiden Markram | South Africa v Sri Lanka | 2023 | 49 |
| Jos Buttler | England v Pakistan | 2019 | 50 |
| Kevin O'Brien | Ireland v England | 2011 | 50 |
| Glenn Maxwell | Australia v Sri Lanka | 2015 | 51 |
| Darius Visser | Samoa v Vanuatu | 2024 | 51 |
| Virat Kohli | India v Australia | 2013 | 52 |
| AB de Villiers | South Africa v West Indies | 2015 | 52 |
| Shahid Afridi | Pakistan v Bangladesh | 2010 | 53 |
| Moeen Ali | England v West Indies | 2017 | 53 |
| Saim Ayub | Pakistan v Zimbabwe | 2024 | 53 |
| Jonny Bairstow | England v Scotland | 2018 | 54 |
| Heinrich Klaasen | South Africa v West Indies | 2023 | 54 |
| Sikandar Raza | Zimbabwe v Netherlands | 2023 | 54 |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | Sri Lanka v Bangladesh | 2008 | 55 |
| Chris Gayle | West Indies v England | 2019 | 55 |
| James Faulkner | Australia v India | 2013 | 57 |
| AB de Villiers | South Africa v India | 2015 | 57 |
| Thisara Perera | Sri Lanka v New Zealand | 2019 | 57 |
| Eoin Morgan | England v Afghanistan | 2019 | 57 |
| Michael Bracewell | New Zealand v India | 2023 | 57 |
| Heinrich Klaasen | South Africa v Australia | 2023 | 57 |
| AB de Villiers | South Africa v India | 2010 | 58 |
| Jonny Bairstow | England v New Zealand | 2018 | 58 |
| Kushal Malla | Nepal v Oman | 2023 | 59 |
| Travis Head | Australia v New Zealand | 2023 | 59 |
| Virender Sehwag | India v New Zealand | 2009 | 60 |
| Jos Buttler | England v West Indies | 2019 | 60 |
| Jatinder Singh | Oman v Nepal | 2021 | 60 |
| Muhammad Waseem | UAE v PNG | 2023 | 60 |
| Mushfiqur Rahim | Bangladesh v Ireland | 2023 | 60 |
| Virat Kohli | India v Australia | 2013 | 61 |
| Jos Buttler | England v Sri Lanka | 2014 | 61 |
| Sharjeel Khan | Pakistan v Ireland | 2016 | 61 |
| George Munsey | Scotland v Namibia | 2023 | 61 |
| Heinrich Klaasen | South Africa v England | 2023 | 61 |
| Evin Lewis | West Indies v Sri Lanka | 2024 | 61 |
| Mohammad Azharuddin | India v New Zealand | 1988 | 62 |
| Alex Hales | England v Australia | 2018 | 62 |
| Steve Smith | Australia v India | 2020 | 62 |
| Steve Smith | Australia v India | 2020 | 62 |
| KL Rahul | India v Netherlands | 2023 | 62 |
| Shakib Al Hasan | Bangladesh v Zimbabwe | 2009 | 63 |
| Nicholas Pooran | West Indies v Netherlands | 2023 | 63 |
| Rohit Sharma | India v Afghanistan | 2023 | 63 |
| Fakhar Zaman | Pakistan v New Zealand | 2023 | 63 |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | Sri Lanka v Netherlands | 2006 | 64 |
| Yuvraj Singh | India v England | 2008 | 64 |
| Kedar Jadhav | India v England | 2017 | 65 |
| Jason Roy | England v West Indies | 2019 | 65 |
| Sean Williams | Zimbabwe v USA | 2023 | 65 |
| Kusal Mendis | Sri Lanka v Pakistan | 2023 | 65 |
| Matthew Hayden | Australia v South Africa | 2007 | 66 |
| Suresh Raina | India v Hong Kong | 2008 | 66 |
| Virender Sehwag | India v Sri Lanka | 2009 | 66 |
| AB de Villiers | South Africa v Sri Lanka | 2014 | 66 |
| Jos Buttler | England v New Zealand | 2015 | 66 |
| Charles Amini | Papua New Guinea v Namibia | 2023 | 66 |
| John Davison | Canada v West Indies | 2003 | 67 |
| Basit Ali | Pakistan v West Indies | 1993 | 67 |
| Adam Gilchrist | Australia v Sri Lanka | 2006 | 67 |
| Craig McMillan | New Zealand v Australia | 2007 | 67 |
| Iftikhar Ahmed | Pakistan v Nepal | 2023 | 67 |
| Shreyas Iyer | India v New Zealand | 2023 | 67 |
| David Miller | South Africa v New Zealand | 2025 | 67 |
Second hundred in global semi-finals
This is also the second consecutive global ODI semi-final where Miller has scored a hundred, having also scored one in a losing cause against Australia in the 2023 World Cup semi-final in Kolkata.
With this effort, Miller has become the first South Africa player in an elite list of six batters who have scored more than one hundred in World Cup and Champions Trophy semi-finals and finals combined.
Sourav Ganguly is the only one among them to have scored three centuries in these knockout games.
Multiple hundreds in World Cup & Champions Trophy semis and finals
| Player | Inns | Runs | HS | Ave | SR | 100 | 50 |
| Sourav Ganguly (IND) | 6 | 489 | 141* | 122.25 | 90.55 | 3 | 1 |
| Ricky Ponting (AUS) | 14 | 509 | 140* | 42.41 | 81.7 | 2 | 1 |
| Mahela Jayawardene (SL) | 9 | 372 | 115* | 62 | 90.29 | 2 | 1 |
| Shane Watson (AUS) | 8 | 338 | 136* | 84.5 | 81.05 | 2 | 1 |
| David Miller (SA) | 4 | 306 | 101 | 153 | 121.42 | 2 | 1 |
| Saeed Anwar (PAK) | 3 | 232 | 113* | 116 | 82.85 | 2 | 0 |
