Breathtaking Brevis betters du Plessis to smash SA's highest score in T20Is
He is the youngest to score a T20I century for South Africa, and also made the highest T20I score against Australia
Namooh Shah
12-Aug-2025 • 16 hrs ago
Dewald Brevis' 41-ball century was the second-fastest by a South African in T20Is • AFP/Getty Images
218 for 7 - South Africa's total in the second T20I against Australia in Darwin is their highest against Australia, going past 204 for 7 in Johannesburg in 2016.
125* - Dewald Brevis' score in Darwin is the highest for South Africa in T20Is, bettering Faf du Plessis' 119 against West Indies in Johannesburg in 2015.
Brevis' performance is also the highest in a T20I in Australia; the previous best was Shane Watson's 124 against India in Sydney in 2016.
22y 105d - Brevis' age, making him the youngest South African to score a century in T20Is. Richard Levi was 24 years and 36 days old when he scored a hundred against New Zealand in 2012.
Dewald Brevis has the highest score by a South Africa batter in T20Is•ESPNcricinfo Ltd
41 - Number of balls Brevis took to reach his hundred, the second fastest for South Africa in T20Is. David Miller scored a 35-ball hundred against Bangladesh in 2017.
Brevis is the first batter to score a T20I hundred against Australia in Australia. He also has the highest T20I score against Australia, a record previously held by Ruturaj Gaikwad.
161 - Runs added by South Africa after the fall of the third wicket, the most they have added in a T20I. Brevis and Tristan Stubbs added 126 runs for the fourth wicket against Australia in Darwin, with Brevis scoring 91 of those runs.
1 for 56 - Josh Hazlewood's figures in the second T20I against South Africa; his most expensive in T20Is.
Namooh Shah is a stats analyst at ESPNcricinfo