Dewald Brevis lit up the Marrara Oval in Darwin on Tuesday evening as he tore down a number of data for South Africa throughout their 53-run victory over Australia. The 22-year-old scored 125* off simply 56 deliveries, in an innings that helped propel the Proteas to 218/7 within the first innings earlier than a scientific bowling efficiency ensured that the hosts have been bowled out for 165 to say a simple win.
Brevis’ innings noticed him take down file after file. This included the highest-ever rating in a T20I match by a South African participant, surpassing Faf du Plessis’ 119, and establishing himself on the high of his checklist.
Highest scores by South African gamers in T20Is:
Dewald Brevis – 125* vs AUS
Faf du Plessis – 119 vs WI
Richard Levi – 117* vs NZ
Reeza Hendricks – 117 vs PAK
Brevis additionally overtook Richard Levi because the youngest centurion for South Africa in T20I cricket, bringing it up on the age of twenty-two years and 105 days.
Needing simply 41 deliveries to succeed in his century, Brevis stands behind solely David Miller when it comes to quickest T20I centuries for the nation. Miller had taken 35 deliveries throughout his innings towards Bangladesh in 2017.
Brevis turned solely the sixth participant to register a T20I century towards Australia, becoming a member of the likes of Ruturaj Gaikwad, Brendon McCullum, and Martin Guptill. He additionally now holds the file for the very best particular person T20I rating towards Australia, surpassing Gaikwad’s rating of 123* in 2023.
Remarkably, this was additionally the very best rating by any participant in any males’s T20I in Australia, with no one having scored greater than his 125*. The earlier file was held by Shane Watson, who scored 124* on the SCG.
This was additionally South Africa’s highest complete towards Australia, and included the second-highest partnership for any wicket throughout all matches by means of Brevis and Stubbs placing on 126 runs with one another.
With the ball, Kwena Maphaka saved his sturdy sequence going, choosing up one other three scalps to go together with his 4-fer from the primary T20I. Though he was costly, he had an influence, however the identical couldn’t be mentioned for Josh Hazlewood, who conceded his worst profession T20I figures, of 1-56 in his 4 overs.
