Record-breaker! Dewald Brevis shatters multiple T20I milestones in one match | Cricket News
NEW DELHI: Dewald Brevis lit up the Marrara Cricket Ground in Darwin on Tuesday, producing a record-breaking unbeaten 125 off just 56 balls in the second T20I against Australia. The 22-year-old’s destructive knock, studded with 12 fours and eight sixes, powered South Africa to 218 for seven — their highest-ever T20I total against Australia.After a slow start to the series with just two runs in the opener, the Chennai Super Kings batter roared back in style. Brevis brought up his fifty in 25 balls and then accelerated to reach his century in just 41 deliveries — the second-fastest for South Africa in men’s T20Is, behind only David Miller’s 35-ball effort against Bangladesh in 2017.At 22 years and 105 days, Brevis became the youngest South African to score a T20I hundred, eclipsing Richard Levi’s mark of 24 years and 36 days. His 125 not out is now the highest individual score for South Africa in men’s T20Is, overtaking Faf du Plessis’s 119 against West Indies in 2015.The innings also rewrote multiple records against Australia: the fastest T20I hundred, the highest score, and the most sixes (eight) by a South African batter in a match against them.
- Youngest South African to score a T20I century – At 22 years and 105 days, Brevis broke Richard Levi’s record (24 years, 36 days).
- Highest individual score for South Africa in men’s T20Is – 125* overtook Faf du Plessis’s 119 vs West Indies (2015).
- Multiple records vs Australia in a single innings – fastest T20I hundred by a South African, highest score, and most sixes (8) in a match against them.
- Elite company – Became the sixth player to score a T20I century against Australia, joining Ruturaj Gaikwad, Brendon McCullum, Martin Guptill,
Tillakaratne Dilshan , and Shai Hope. - Highest individual T20I score in Australia – Surpassed
Shane Watson ’s 124* vs India (2016). - Big partnership – Added 126 runs with Tristan Stubbs for the fourth wicket, the second-highest for South Africa against Australia in T20Is, behind
Quinton de Kock & Rilee Rossouw’s 129 (2014). - Record team total vs Australia – South Africa’s 218/7 beat their previous best of 204/7 (2016).
Brevis joined an elite list of just six players to score T20I centuries against Australia, alongside Ruturaj Gaikwad, Brendon McCullum, Martin Guptill, Tillakaratne Dilshan, and Shai Hope.It was also the highest individual T20I score ever recorded in Australia, surpassing Shane Watson’s 124* against India in 2016.Brevis found strong support from Tristan Stubbs, with the pair adding 126 runs for the fourth wicket — South Africa’s second-highest stand against Australia in T20Is, just short of Quinton de Kock and Rilee Rossouw’s 129-run partnership in 2014.The Proteas’ final total of 218 for seven comfortably eclipsed their previous best against Australia, 204 for seven, set in 2016.
