Sydney, Jan. 16 -- Australia's Steve Smith made history on Friday, becoming the batter with the most centuries in the Big Bash League (BBL) tournament.

Smith achieved this milestone during his side Sydney Sixers' derby match against the Sydney Thunder. He brought up his fourth BBL ton, outdoing David Warner and Ben McDermott and had laced his knock with five fours and nine sixes, getting his runs at a strike rate of 238.09.

During the run-chase, he smacked Ryan Hadley for 32 runs in an over, including four successive sixes and a four, the most expensive in BBL history.

Smith has scored 1,318 runs in 36 matches and 35 innings for the Sixers at an average of 48.81 and a strike rate of almost 151, four centuries and eight fifties. He has ...