Sunday, February 19, 2012

Fastest century from Lewi help South Africa defeat New Zealand


An outstanding performance from Levi help South Africa draw the 3 match series. Levi's unbeaten century is one of the best performance in T20 in recent times. His century is also the fastest T20 century. He made his century in just 45 balls.

South Africa won the toss and chose to field first. The home team batted first and made a score of 173 in 20 overs. The target of 174 was achieved by South Africa in 16 overs when Levi alone made 117 runs out of 51 balls. The innings from Levi includes 13 sixes and 5 fours. For this, Levi was declared Player of the Match.
Levi scored fastest T20 Century
 Match Score Summary:
 New Zealand Innings:     173/4 (20 Overs)
                        Batting:      Guptill 47, McCullum 35
South African Innings:     174/2 (16 Overs)
                        Batting:     Levi 117*, Villiers 39*
South Africa won by 8 wickets.

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