Aaron Finch's 156 off 63 balls breaks all records

Aaron Finch destroyed the English bowlers in the first T20I on Thursday (Getty Images)

Aaron Finch smashed a marvelous 156 runs off 63 balls in the first T20 against England. This inning consisted of 11 fours and 14 huge sixes. On the way to this score, Finch managed to rewrite the record books. This helped Australia score 248/6 in 20 overs and win the match by 39 runs as England scored 209/6 in reply.

Finch completed his 50 in 26 balls, 100 in 47 balls and 150 in 60 balls.

He hit a six off his first ball, completed his 50 with a six, completed his 100 with a six and also completed his 150 with a six.

Runs-Split

0 to 50 runs – 26 balls – 5 fours, 4 sixes
51 to 100 runs – 21 balls – 4 fours, 4 sixes
101 to 150 runs – 13 balls – 1 four, 6 sixes

All the records by Finch in his innings

# At the score of 54, he overcame his previous best score of 53* against England at MCG in 2011.

# At the score of 73, he became the highest run-getter in a T20 International inning at Southampton. The record was held by Marcus Trescothick who scored 72 vs Sri Lanka at the venue in 2006.

# When he hit his 8th six, he broke the record for most sixes by an Aussie batsman in T20Is. Shane Watson and David Warner (twice) had hit 7 sixes each in a T20I inning.

# At the score of 95, he became the highest run-getter in a T20I inning against England. South Africa’s opener Loots Bosman with his 94 in 2009 at Centurion held the record.

# When he reached 99, he broke the record of 98* by Ricky Ponting which was the highest score by any Australian batsman in T20Is. Ponting scored 98* off 55 in the first ever T20 International against New Zealand at Auckland in 2005. It took 8 years for any Australian to overcome this.

# Finch hit a six off English skipper Stuart Broad to complete the 10th 100 in T20 Internationals. He became the 9th batsman and first Australian to score 100 in T20Is. Only Brendon McCullum has scored two T20I 100s.

# Finch also became the first batsman to hit T20I 100 in England. Alex Hales’ 99 was the highest T20I score in England.

# Aaron Finch completed his century off 47 balls. He missed the record of fastest century in T20Is which is in 45 balls by Richard Levi (Finch was once batting on 91 off 36 though)

# When Finch was at 121*, he again smashed a six off Broad to go past McCullum’s score of 123 which was the highest score in International T20s.

# With his 10th six he became only the 3rd batsman after Gayle and Levi to hit 10 or more sixes in a T20I inning.

# At his score of 139*, another six this time off Briggs took him past Cameron White’s 141* which was the highest score by any Australian in T20s.

# With his 14th Six, he achieved another milestone – highest number of sixes in a T20 International which was held by Richard Levi (13).

# Also his 14th six completed his 150 and thus became the first batsman to reach 150 in T20Is. Overall he is the 4th player to reach 150.

# Aaron Finch added 114 for the second wicket with Shaun Marsh and added 101 for 3rd wicket with Shane Watson. He became the first player to be involved in two century partnerships in a T20 International match.