Perth Scorchers cult hero Craig Simmons revealed he thought his record-breaking knock in BBL03 was going to be his final if he failed with the bat.
The damaging left-hander nonetheless holds the file for the quickest century in Big Bash historical past, reaching triple figures in simply 39 balls towards Adelaide Strikers on the WACA Ground 9 years in the past.
To make his efforts all of the extra spectacular, the 40-year-old got here near getting dropped after a poor run of kind within the lead up.
It was his first of two quickfire centuries that event because the Scorchers went onto win their maiden BBL title.
“I thought it was going to be my last,” Simmons mentioned forward of Saturday’s retro spherical conflict towards Brisbane at Optus Stadium.
“Speaking with (then Scorchers coach) Justin Langer at the time, he was pretty honest and said I really needed the runs so I went out there pretty free and it was great fun. The WACA that night was going off.
“It was a great night for me personally and set the team on a bit of a run and we went onto win (the title) which is always great.
“I’m pretty realistic that at some stage my record will get broken but it’s nice to own a bit of history.”
The Rockingham-Mandurah product then signed a three-deal cope with Adelaide Strikers however by no means fairly reached the heights of his days in orange.
Simmons, who completed his T20 profession with 501 runs at a strike charge of 142.74 and common of 25.05, mentioned regardless of taking part in for 2 BBL groups, he was nonetheless a Scorcher at coronary heart.
“I’ve always been a big Scorchers man, I know I made the move (to Adelaide) at one stage but they hold a spot pretty close to my heart so it’s good to see them do well this season,” he mentioned.
