Kwena Maphaka scripted historical past on his T20I debut as he turned the youngest male cricketer (18 years and 137 days) ever to symbolize South Africa in worldwide cricket.
The budding left-arm speedster broke the file of Phenyo Victor Mpitsang who made his debut for South Africa aged 18 years and 314 days. Mpitsang had made his worldwide debut towards West Indies in an ODI fixture on the Springbok Park in Bloemfontein on February 5, 1999.
Coincidentally, Maphaka additionally made his debut towards West Indies. He was introduced along with his debut cap by Lungi Ngidi.
Maphaka had a debut to recollect from a private standpoint as he dismissed Rovman Powell and conceded simply 25 runs in 3.5 overs at an economic system price of 6.52 per over.
Nevertheless, South Africa had been handed a seven-wicket loss within the T20I sequence opener on the Brian Lara Stadium in Tarouba, Trinidad.
West Indies hammer South Africa to attract first blood in T20I sequence opener
The Males in Maroon started the three-match sequence with a commanding seven-wicket win. The Rovman Powell-led aspect chased down 175 runs in simply 17.5 overs with the assistance of a whirlwind knock performed by Nicholas Pooran. Pooran performed an undefeated knock of 65 and demolished the South African bowling assault.
Pooran’s knock included two boundaries and 7 maximums and got here at a jaw-dropping strike price of 250.00. Pooran, who was adjudged the Participant of the Match (POTM), discovered the best launchpad to go berserk after the opening pair of Shai Hope and Alick Athanaze added 84 runs for the opening wicket in simply eight overs.
Earlier within the recreation, South Africa struggled to get going after Rovman put them into bat first. They misplaced wickets in clusters and managed to submit 174 runs on the board largely as a result of efforts of Tristan Stubbs (76 off 42 balls) and Patrick Kruger (44 runs off 32 deliveries).
