The Hurricanes, who had already experienced tragedy in the competition, would have been severely strained by this total, but a young Australian batsman named Mitchell Owen came to the rescue with an incredible century at the top.
A historic day in the history of the 2024–25 Big Bash League was Monday, January 27, when the Hobart Hurricanes emerged victorious.
The championship game pitted the Sydney Thunder against the Hobart Hurricanes. The Thunder were competing for their second BBL title, while the Hurricanes were chasing their first and had last made it to the finals in 2018, losing to the Adelaide Strikers. The Hurricanes also won the toss and chose to bowl at the Bellerive Oval in Hobart, where the game was played.
Though the reigning 2015–16 champions had some issues with Nathan Ellis‘s (3/23) and Riley Meredith’s (3/27) periods, the Sydney Thunder, led by David Warner and opener Jason Sangha, looked strong early on owing to some useful cameos from Oliver Davies and Sam Billings. In the finals, the Hurricanes found it challenging to pursue the team’s impressive 182 points on the board.
Owen was hitting at a rate of 257.14 during his disastrous innings of 108 off 42 deliveries, which included six fours and eleven sixes. The Hurricanes chased down the score in 14.1 overs and won their maiden BBL title thanks to this century and the quick cameos of Ben McDermott and Matthew Wade.
Mitchell Owen could not think of anything to say.
This was a momentous occasion for the Hobart Hurricanes because of Mitchell Owen’s destructive top-order hitting. In addition to winning player of the match, Owen was the tournament’s highest run scorer with 452 runs at an average of 45.20 and a strike rate of 203.60 in 11 games.
Amazing, almost indescribable. I’m really grateful to the supporters; you’ve been incredible and raucous, and you made us laugh. The statement Owen made upon accepting his Player of the Match award was, “I tried to do what I did all season – get us off to a good start and take it leisurely up through the middle, and it worked out.” To be honest, the first three or fours seemed like a very long time ago.
The final knock will also live on in the memory of the 23-year-old batter, who scored his century in just 39 deliveries, tying Craig Simmons, who did the same against the Perth Scorchers in 2014.
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