Dewald Brevis rewrites history with 41-ball ton as Josh Hazlewood hits all-time low: Full list of records
Published - 12 Aug 2025, 05:33 PM | Updated - 12 Aug 2025, 05:36 PM
The 22-year-old South Africa National Cricket Team batting sensation, Dewald Brevis, has created history with his exceptional performance in the second T20I against the Australia National Cricket Team.
On the other hand, the premier Aussie pacer Josh Hazlewood has hit a historic low in his T20I career after being taken to cleaners by the Proteas batters at the Marrara Stadium in Darwin on Tuesday, August 12.
Dewald Brevis hits an outrageous 41-ball ton
The career trajectory of Brevis has only moved in an upward direction since he broke into the scene with his sensational performance in the ICC Men's U-19 World Cup 2022.
He has made significant improvements in batting and established himself as one for the future. Cricket South Africa (CSA) has also started to show faith in the youngster and is grooming him to become an all-format superstar.
Dewald Brevis struggled to perform in the T20I series opener against Australia, scoring just 2 runs, but he bounced back in style and blasted an epic ton in the second game.
He reached the half-century milestone off just 25 balls and raced to his maiden T20I ton off 41 balls in the 15th over. 'Baby AB' hit a four off pacer Ben Dwarshuis on the fifth ball of the over to reach the landmark and removed his helmet, looked up to the heavens, and soaked in the applause from fans.
After that, he kept batting brilliantly and finished with an unbeaten score of 125 runs off 56 balls, with 12 fours and 8 sixes.
He became the youngest South African batter to score a hundred in T20I cricket and now holds the record for the highest individual score by a South African batter in T20Is and the fastest T20I hundred against Australia.
Full list of records created by Dewald Brevis
Youngest to hit a ton in Australia:
TEST - Sachin Tendulkar (18yrs 253d)
ODI - Ricky Ponting (21yrs 21d)
T20I - Dewald Brevis (22yrs 104d)*
Highest individual scores in T20Is (SA):
125*Dewald Brevis vs Aus Darwin 2025
119 Faf du Plessis vs WI Joburg 2015
117*Richard Levi vs NZ Hamilton 2012
117 Reeza Hendricks vs Pak Centurion 2024
114*Morne van Wyk vs WI Durban 2015
Second batter to hit 20-plus runs against 5 bowlers in a T20I after Reeza Hendricks:
Dewald Brevis vs each bowler
vs Maxwell: 30(8)
vs Hazlewood: 26(9)
vs Zampa: 26(13)
vs Abbott: 22(13)
vs Dwarshius: 21(13)
Highest individual scores in T20Is in Australia
125* Dewald Brevis vs Aus Darwin 2025
124* Shane Watson vs Ind Sydney 2016
120* Glenn Maxwell vs WI Adelaide 2024
Highest Individual Score vs Australia:
Test - Leonard Hutton (364)
ODI - Rohit Sharma (209)
T20I - Dewald Brevis (125*)
Highest Individual scores vs Australia in T20Is:
125* - Dewald Brevis for South Africa, Darwin, 2025
123* - Ruturaj Gaikwad for India, Guwahati, 2023
116* - Brendon McCullum for New Zealand, Christchurch, 2010
Josh Hazlewood hits a new low
Hazlewood is unarguably one of the best pacers going around in world cricket, and he is an absolute beast when it comes to the shorter format of the game.
He bowled a stunning spell of 3/27 to help Australia win the first T20I against the Proteas, but in the second game, he looked absolutely miserable.
Josh Hazlewood was unable to find rhythm throughout his spell and finished with the bowling figures of 4-0-56-1. It was only the second time he conceded 50 or more runs in a T20I innings, and this became his costliest spell in T20Is.
Most runs conceded by Josh Hazlewood in an innings:
56/1 vs SA, 2025,
50/0 vs SA, 2016
49/0 vs PAK, 2021
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