Dewald Brevis has become the youngest South African to score a century in men’s T20Is after smacking a 41-ball hundred against Australia in Darwin.
The 22-year-old clobbered the highest score by a Proteas player in T20I history at Marrara Stadium on Tuesday evening, an unbeaten 125 from 56 balls that featured 12 boundaries and eight sixes.
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The Johannesburg product, playing just his ninth T20I, steered South Africa towards 7-218, the nation’s highest total against Australia in the game’s shortest format. He received support from fellow youngster Tristan Stubbs (31 from 22 balls), with the duo combining for a 126-run partnership for the fourth wicket.
Australia, who won Sunday’s series opener by 17 runs, are chasing a daunting 219-run target for victory.
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The Proteas were in a spot of bother at 3-57 after Australian captain Mitchell Marsh won the toss and chose to field first, with part-time spinner Glenn Maxwell removing opener Aiden Markram and teenager Lhuan-dre Pretorius during the Powerplay.
Brevis, who at one stage was 14* (12), launched into a blistering assault after the drinks break to swing momentum back in South Africa’s favour, cracking four consecutive boundaries in the 12th over.
The right-hander, dropped by substitute fielder Matthew Kuhnemann on 56, raced from fifty to triple figures in just 16 deliveries, removing his helmet and looking to the skies in celebration. It was the fastest century against Australia in T20Is and the second-fastest by a South African, bettered only by David Miller’s 35-ball hundred against Bangladesh in 2017.
Australian quick Josh Hazlewood finished with 1-56, the most expensive spell of his T20I career, while fellow seamer Ben Dwarshuis claimed impressive figures of 2-24 from four overs.
The hosts had won nine consecutive T20Is before Tuesday’s match, a national record.
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