{"id":10466,"date":"2026-01-01T15:21:48","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T09:51:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=676307"},"modified":"2026-01-31T18:39:52","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T13:09:52","slug":"bbl-mitchell-marsh-smashes-102-off-58-balls-ahead-of-t20-world-cup-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/bbl\/bbl-mitchell-marsh-smashes-102-off-58-balls-ahead-of-t20-world-cup-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"BBL: Mitchell Marsh smashes 102 off 58 balls ahead of T20 World Cup 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"149\" data-end=\"236\">Perth Scorchers skipper Mitchell Marsh produced a blistering century before being dismissed for 102 off 58 deliveries during the Big Bash League 2025\u201326 match against Hobart Hurricanes at the Bellerive Oval, Hobart.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"471\" data-end=\"805\">Marsh brought up his hundred in style earlier in the over, taking a single off <strong data-start=\"550\" data-end=\"568\">Riley Meredith<\/strong> to reach the landmark. The moment was met with applause from teammates and the dugout as Marsh removed his helmet with a composed expression, underlining the significance of the innings with the <strong data-start=\"764\" data-end=\"804\">T20 World Cup just over a month away<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"471\" data-end=\"805\">This comes after Australia announced its preliminary squad for the T20 World Cup.<\/p>\n<div class=\"\">\n<section><b>Australia squad<\/b>: Mitchell Marsh (c), Xavier Bartlett, Cooper Connolly, Pat Cummins, Tim David, Cameron Green, Nathan Ellis, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Matthew Kuhnemann, Glenn Maxwell, Matthew Short, Marcus Stoinis, Adam Zampa<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p data-start=\"807\" data-end=\"1013\">His innings was built on sheer power and control, featuring <strong data-start=\"867\" data-end=\"891\">11 fours and 5 sixes<\/strong>, as he dominated the Hurricanes\u2019 bowling attack and powered Perth Scorchers to a commanding position late in the innings.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1015\" data-end=\"1416\">However, Marsh\u2019s stay at the crease ended on the final ball of the 20th over. <strong data-start=\"1093\" data-end=\"1109\">Nathan Ellis<\/strong>, returning for his spell, bowled a <strong data-start=\"1145\" data-end=\"1215\">back-of-the-hand slower delivery on a back-of-a-length outside off<\/strong>. Marsh attempted to muscle the ball with a powerful swipe but failed to generate the required elevation. <strong data-start=\"1321\" data-end=\"1338\">Ben McDermott<\/strong>, positioned near the boundary, judged the catch well and completed it safely.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1418\" data-end=\"1648\">Marsh was dismissed as <strong data-start=\"1441\" data-end=\"1509\">Mitchell Marsh c Ben McDermott b Nathan Ellis for 102 (58 balls)<\/strong>, bringing an end to a high-quality knock that anchored Perth\u2019s innings and showcased his form ahead of upcoming international commitments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Perth Scorchers skipper Mitchell Marsh produced a blistering century before being dismissed for 102 off 58 deliveries during the Big\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":32949,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4644],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bbl"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10466"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10466\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43380,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10466\/revisions\/43380"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}