De Villiers had damaged the file for the quickest Record A century – it is nonetheless the quickest ODI century – when he scored 149 in 44 balls for South Africa in opposition to West Indies in Johannesburg in January 2015. That broke the Record A and ODI file of 36 balls, by Corey Anderson of New Zealand in opposition to West Indies in 2014. De Villiers’ Record A file stood until Fraser-McGurk took simply 29 balls to get there for South Australia in opposition to Tasmania – in a shedding effort – within the Marsh Cup in October 2023.
