The challenge ahead for Levi

South Africa opener Richard Levi has hit the headlines with an electrifying 117 off 51 in Sunday's T20 against New Zealand. Now, he will have to deal with the hugely inflated expectations from fans and the media, says Rob Houwing in Sport24.

Not for a second am I suggesting Richard Ernst Levi will come to be known as a one-knock wonder - quite clearly he has some special qualities as a limited-overs opening batsman - but he is probably going to find it hard, at least for a while, to live up to the giddying, meteoric hype he created in this match.

People will flock to see him in one-day combat - there’s got to be at least a fair chance he will somehow winkle his way into the Proteas’ ODI plans on this very tour - and be “disappointed” for the short- to medium-term future whenever he gets out for a cracking 45 or 50: that’s how quickly expectation can take hold in sport.