Full Name

Dewald Brevis

Born

April 29, 2003, Johannesburg

Age

22y 109d

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Legbreak

Playing Role

Batting Allrounder

Education

Hennopspark

Dewald Brevis announced himself when he finished the 2022 Under-19 World Cup as the leading run-scorer and earned an IPL deal with Mumbai Indians almost directly off the back of that. But his speedy ascendance could not keep pace with his growing reputation.

Though he embraced the nickname Baby AB, a reference to his role model AB de Villiers and his ability to hit the ball all around the ground batting in the middle-order, Brevis needed time in the domestic game but the temptation to fast-track him was too great. Not least because in October 2022, he smashed the highest T20 score in South Africa - 162 off 57 balls for Titans against Knights. By then the 19-year-old had already played in the CPL and would go on to get deals in the T20 Blast in England and the MLC in USA.

Brevis made his T20I debut in 2023 against Australia, but after scoring only five runs in his first two games, he was sent back to the domestic circuit with a focus on developing his all-format game. He dropped the cute AB moniker and insisted on becoming his own man and his maturity shone through. He was the third highest run-scorer in the 2023-24 one-day cup, and then had a breakthrough summer next season, playing a big role in MI Cape Town clinching their maiden title at the SA20 and finishing as the second-highest run-scorer in the first-class competition, with 573 runs at 47.75, including two hundreds.

He was selected for South Africa's T20I and Test squad to Zimbabwe in June-July 2025 and scored a half-century on Test debut, in Bulawayo.

Dewald Brevis Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Tests230845128.008598.82017420
T20Is10102318125*39.75166191.5611192670
FC22361140615940.17182377.124717634210
List A25242106511648.40950112.1035935570
T20s1039611249116229.301609154.81211161183530

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests21262211/221/2222.005.0726.0000
T20Is10------------
FC2215539402114/654/6536.544.4749.0100
List A251333033984/464/4642.376.1641.2100
T20s10324309383182/192/1921.277.4317.1000

Dewald Brevis T20 Stats

Batting & Fielding

TournamentTeamsMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Vitality BlastHAM8611666833.2092180.430161750
IPL2 teams161604555728.43297153.1902303390
SA20MICT3229667673*29.39465145.37043751150
Major League CricketMI NY9912505731.25188132.9702211240
CPLSTKNP9711253220.8381154.320031330

Bowling

TournamentTeamsMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Vitality BlastHAM8------------
IPL2 teams161381 1/8 1/88.0016.003.0000
SA20MICT32542574 1/7 1/714.258.1410.5000
Major League CricketMI NY9------------
CPLSTKNP9------------
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Photos of Dewald Brevis

Nathan Ellis celebrates the key wicket of Dewald Brevis
Dewald Brevis made 53 off 26
Dewald Brevis set a new South Africa record in a thrilling display
Dewald Brevis goes airborne
Dewald Brevis raises his arms after reaching a hundred from 41 balls
Dewald Brevis tore into Australia's bowlers