The ongoing edition of The Hundred reached a new milestone, after young English batter Will Smeed, representing Birmingham Phoenix, slammed the first century of the hundred-ball tournament. The 20-year-old accomplished the feat during the match against Southern Brave on Wednesday at Edgbaston. Smeed whipped the Brave bowlers to every corner of the ground and raised the maiden ton of The Hundred competition in only 49 deliveries. His shot helped Birmingham Phoenix to post a total of 176 and afterward on, Southern Brave were bowled out for 123.

After making history at the Edgbaston ground, Smeed expressed his opinion with respect to his knock and called it an ‘great performance’.

“Yeah obviously was a great feeling. Edgbaston is always known for its crowd. It is a learning lesson that you don’t need to hit every ball out of the park. T20s are a strange format. I think this was a great performance. Hopefully, we can get on a roll from here,”

said Smeed in the post-match presentation ceremony.

Coming to the match, put to bat first, Birmingham Phoenix didn’t shy away from making the most out of an open door. Because of the splendid knock by Smeed, Birmingham posted a total of 176/4 in their innings. Marcus Stoinis, Chris Jordan, Jake Lintott, and James Fuller scalped one wicket each for Southern Brave.

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Afterward, Birmingham Phoenix didn’t allow a solitary opportunity to Southern Brave as they continued to excuse their players at regular intervals. The group got bundled out at 123 and subsequently the Phoenix guaranteed a triumph by 53 runs. Kane Richardson was the pick among the bowlers as he scalped three wickets.