WATCH| Two centuries, 107m six and Babar Azam’s fielding blunder:Steve Smith, David Warner slam centuries in BBL frenzy; Babar suffers more embarrassment?

It was a day of big milestones and events full of nuisance in the Big Bash League (BBL) game between the Sydney Thunder and Sydney Sixers. Steve Smith first stole the highlight with a 107-m six, and then he slammed 41 ball ton. Moreover, David Warner also smashed his second hundred of the BBL 2025-26 season. However, it was not just the milestones that made the headlines. The Steve Smith, Babar Azam chaos unfolded on the field. Notably, Smith denied a run to fellow Sydney Sixers player after the fielding blunder committed by him. Let’s take a look at all these events in order, which overshadowed Friday’s BBL clash. Steve Smith slashes a 107 metre six at Sydney Cricket Ground While facing Nathan McAndrew, Sydney Thunder bowler, in the 4th over, Steve Smith almost sent the ball flying outside the Sydney Cricket Ground. On a fuller delivery outside off, he slashed it across the line in the direction of deep-square leg. The ball could’ve cleared the ground but hit the roof and could only reach a distance of 107 metres. Also Read: Virat Kohli-Anushka Sharma purchase 2nd-property in Alibaug for ₹37.86 crore 41-ball ton and the most expensive over in BBL history It was not just the six that Steve Smith delivered during the match. He also smashed a 41-ball ton, along with hitting Ryan Hadley left, right and centre in the 12th over. He first hit four consecutive sixes to the Sydney Thunder bowler and then scored a four, along with three more runs, to add 32 runs to the scoreboard. Notably, this was the most expensive over in the BBL history, in which 32 runs were conceded by Ryan Hadley. Steve Smith-Babar Azam’s fielding and batting chaos Apart from the milestones, weird events also took place between the duo of Babar Azam and Steven Smith during fielding and batting. First, while trying to defend runs, Babar Azam, who was closer to the ball, did not stop the boundary. It resulted in confusion, and Smith could not defend the boundary as well. Next time, when Steven Smith took the initiative to defend the ball, Babar Azam got in front of him, as the former was looking to return the ball. After the fielding blunder that Babar Azam, another incident took place between the two as Smith denied a run to the Pakistani cricketer and his teammate, which left Babar Azam surprised. Also Read: Why Sophie Devine prefers ‘retired out’ over ‘Impact Player’ rule: Bhaskar Interview David Warner hits second hundred of the BBL 2025-26 season David Warner had scripted history today for Sydney Thunder as he played an unbeaten knock of 110 off just 61 deliveries and became the player with the joint-most tons in BBL history. However, Steven Smith slammed another one today, and Warner is now the player with the joint-second-most hundreds in the BBL. He also became the third batter to complete 10 hundreds in T20 cricket. He surpassed Virat Kohli, who has nine tons on the list of all-time leaders with the most centuries in T20. Earlier, he smashed an unbeaten 130 against Hobart Hurricanes at the same SCG ground.