Follow UsNext AB de Villiers? Nope. Dewald Brevis is here to write his own script as the youngster, today at the Marrara Cricket Ground in Darwin, played one of the most outrageous T20I knocks of all time to post the second-fastest century by a South African in the shortest format.
In an extraordinary assault, Brevis clubbed 9 fours and 8 sixes as he got to his century off just 41 balls to stun the Kangaroos.
Fastest century by a South African in T20Is
35 balls - David Miller vs Bangladesh in 2017
41 balls - Dewald Brevis vs Australia in 2025
43 balls - Quinton de Kock vs West Indies in 2023
All of 22 years of age, Brevis also became the youngest ever South African to hit a T20I century. He broke the record of Richard Levi, who had held the record previously.
Youngest South African to score a T20I century
22 years 105 days - Dewald Brevis
24 years 36 days - Richard Levi
28 years 141 days - David Miller
Brevis walked in at 44/2 in the 5th over, and started rather cautiously, posting just 14 off his first 12 balls. But then he went on a tear for the ages, smoking 87 off his next 29 balls to complete a historic ton.
The youngster was dropped on 56 off the bowling of Glenn Maxwell, and he made the Aussies pay big time for that spill.
Brevis eventually finished on 125*, the highest ever score by a South African in T20Is and the second-highest score by a non-opener in T20Is (among full members).
Highest score for South Africa in T20Is
125* - Dewald Brevis vs AUS, Darwin, 2025
119 - Faf du Plessis vs WI, Johannesburg, 2015
117* - Richard Levi vs NZ, Hamilton, 2012
117 - Reeza Hendricks vs PAK, Centurion, 2024
Highest individual score by a non-opener in T20Is (full-members only)
133* - Sikandar Raza vs Gambia in 2024
125* - Dewald Brevis vs Australia in 2025
123 - Brendon McCullum vs Bangladesh in 2012
Brevis also became the first opposition batter in history to score a ton against Australia in Australia in T20I cricket.