Opening the bowling after West Tamworth won the toss and batted, Hazlewood snared 3-44 off 15 overs as Wests were dismissed for 119.

He then strode to the crease with Old Boys 3-53 – his 125 coming off 68 balls in 90 minutes and including eight sixes and 11 fours. Old Boys finished the day at 7-269.

While he was in demolition mode, his younger brother, Josh, the “Bendemeer Bullet”, made a 25-ball six batting at No.10 in the first Ashes Test against England at the Gabba in Brisbane.

And before Hazlewood’s memorable innings ended when Wests captain Dave Mudaliar caught him at gully – the opposition generous with their applause as Hazlewood cursed his rash shot while departing – Josh picked up two early wickets as England slumped to 2-17 in their second innings.

Hazlewood agreed it was “cool” that he and his brother caused carnage at the same time.

But he rejected the suggestion that his inspirational display – almost the equal of that special day in 2013 that saw him awarded the President’s Cup for the best individual performance of the season – was inspired by his brother’s participation in the Ashes.

Although in March, days after Josh claimed career-best figures, Hazlewood propelled Old Boys to their fourth successive grand final with a career-best 14-wicket match haul.

“I don’t think so, mate,” he said when asked if he drew inspiration from Josh and the Ashes.

“[I’m] used to him playing there now. No, it’s just good to come out and perform for once.”

He added: “One of the boys brought me out a drink [while batting] and told me he [Josh] had just got a wicket … it’s always good to know.”

Hazlewood said it was “pretty good to watch” his brother play, which he did immediately after his innings ended on Saturday, sitting in the Riverside 1 clubhouse watching him on TV as he terrorised England.

Hazlewood touched on how he had not played much this season heading into day one of the two-dayer against West Tamworth – a one-dayer and a Twenty20 clash his previous matches.

“It was a pretty nice deck to bat on once it dried up a bit … I had a bit of luck early – it was good,” he said, adding: “It’s been a while between drinks for hundreds.”

With the ball, Hazlewood was trumped by teammate Troy Sands, who bagged 4-29 off 12.2 overs.

Warrick Fazakerley top-scored for Wests with 37.

Old Boys No.3 Abel Carney scored 69, combining with Hazlewood for a fourth-wicket partnership of 169.

For Wests, Brock Ridgewell claimed 5-58 off 13 overs.