Dewald Brevis is making the world his stage and taking it by storm with every passing day. The young South African middle-order batter smashed 53 off 26 against Australia in the deciding T20I of the ongoing
three-match series at Cazaly’s Stadium in Cairns. His knock included a four and as many as six sixes.
Three of those maximums came off consecutive deliveries, against all-rounder Aaron Hardie in the 10th over of the first innings. But that’s not the astounding part: all three were stunning, no-look shots.
The first, on the third ball of the over, was a crunching pull that went over the roof and out of the ground from the deep square leg boundary. Brevis kept his head down in the follow-through and only looked at it while starting to walk down the other end, nonchalantly as ever.
Hardy increased the pace to around 128 kmph but bowled the second ball too full. Brevis again kept his head down to smack it down the ground and high over long on. The third ball was even worse, wide and outside off, but still in the slot, and Brevis was prepared for it, shuffling out beforehand to send it over long-off this time; for the third time in a row, he didn’t even look at the ball after it hit his bat.
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THREE NO-LOOK SIXES IN A ROW FROM DEWALD BREVIS!@BKTtires | #PlayoftheDay | #AUSvSA pic.twitter.com/2w1BpmQR8T
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With a wide ball as a breather, he hit a fourth consecutive six on the last ball of the over to reach his half-century. This was a brilliant shot too. Hardie tried to catch him off guard with a short and wide ball but Brevis’ quick hands meant that once he had spotted it, he could generate enough power to slap it over the ropes.
He eventually got out two overs later to Nathan Ellis. The quick bowled a smart slow bouncer wide outside off, which Brevis tried to take on but ended up mis-hitting it to the right of long-on, where Glenn Maxwell plucked an excellent catch. At the end of that innings, he was the top run-scorer of the series with 180 runs at a strike rate of 204.55.
