Matthew Breetzke Odie Debut Highest Individual Score: The second match of the Tri -series being played in Pakistan was played between New Zealand and South Africa at the Gaddafi Stadium. In this collision, New Zealand won the toss and selected the first bowling and when the African team came to batting first, he gave 26 -year -old Matthew Breetjke an opportunity to debut. Matthew has created history in his first match as he has become the first player in the world to score 150 runs in a debut ODI match.
Matthew Breetjke scored 150 runs in 148 balls against New Zealand. In this innings, he hit 11 fours and 5 sixes. Before him, the record of scoring the highest personal score in the ODI debut match was the name of West Indies’ Desmand Leo Hens, who scored 148 runs against Australia in 1978.
49 runs scored in 20 balls
Matthew Breetjke played a century innings in a very slow way. He was playing so slowly that his century was completed in 128 balls, but as soon as the century was completed, this 26 -year -old batsman came into stormy mode. Breetjke hit 49 runs while batting in the next 20 balls. In this way, his innings ended at a score of 150 in 148 balls. Breetjke shared a 131 -run partnership with Vian Mulder in this match, in addition to a 93 -run partnership with Jason Smith.
Most personal score in ODI debut
- Matthew Breetjke – 150 runs vs New Zealand
- Desmond Hens – 148 runs vs Australia
- Rahmanullah Gurbaz – 127 Run Vs Ireland
- Colin Ingram – 124 Run Vs Zimbabwe
- Mark Chapman – 124 runs vs UAE
Talking about Matthew Breetjke, he has played 10 T20 matches for South Africa so far, in which he has scored 151 runs. But he got a contract from Lucknow Super Giants for IPL 2025 to perform well in domestic cricket. LSG added him to Rs 57 lakh.
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