Dewald Brevis' record-breaking ton powers Proteas to mammoth victory over Australia
DARWIN, AUSTRALIA, AUG 12 – Brevis scored an unbeaten 125 off 56 balls, the highest T20I score for South Africa, to lead a 53-run win that leveled the series against Australia, ending their nine-match winning streak.
- On Tuesday, Dewald Brevis scored an unbeaten 125 off 56 balls at Marrara Cricket Ground in Darwin, leading South Africa to a 53-run win over Australia.
- After South Africa cricket team lost three early wickets and Brevis was dismissed for 2 in the series opener, he and Tristan Stubbs added 126 runs for the fourth wicket.
- Blasting eight sixes and 12 fours, Dewald Brevis reached his century in 41 balls, surviving a dropped catch on 56 by Matthew Kuhnemann.
- Australia were bowled out for 165 in 17.4 overs, ending a nine-match T20I winning streak, and Mitchell Marsh said, `Chasing that down was always going to be tough and we needed a few partnerships, which we couldn't do`.
- The series-deciding final T20I will be played in Cairns on Saturday, August 16th, positioning the match as the decisive fixture in the series.
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Brevis stars as SA level T20 series
Dewald Brevis belted South Africa's highest Twenty20 individual score with a blistering 125 not out from 56 balls as the tourists stayed alive in the three-match series after a 53-run victory over Australia in Darwin on Tuesday. Australia's decision to bowl backfired as South Africa powered to a massive 218-7 on the back of Brevis' maiden century in international cricket. Brevis, who already holds the South African domestic record for the highes…

Brevis' record-breaking century for South Africa ends Australia's 9-match winning streak in T20s
DARWIN, Australia (AP) — Dewald Brevis smacked a record T20 century to help South Africa end the nine-match winning streak of Australia's cricketers as a 53-run victory on Tuesday levelled the three-match series at 1-1.
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