South Africa’s teenage sensation Lhuan-dre Pretorius etched his title into the historical past books on Saturday, changing into the youngest participant in Take a look at cricket to attain 150 runs in an innings. The 19-year-old debutant achieved the feat through the first Take a look at towards Zimbabwe on the Queens Sports activities Membership, breaking a 48-year-old report beforehand held by Pakistan nice Javed Miandad.Go Past The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!Pretorius, aged 19 years and 93 days, scored a superb 153 off 160 balls. Miandad was 19 years and 119 days previous when he made 163 on debut towards New Zealand in Lahore in 1976. Pretorius can be now the youngest South African to attain a Take a look at century and the fifth-youngest in Take a look at historical past to attain a debut ton.

His counterattacking innings got here at an important second, with South Africa struggling at 23 for 3 and later 55 for 4. Partnering with fellow debutant Dewald Brevis, Pretorius stitched collectively a speedy 95-run stand in simply 88 balls. Brevis contributed 51 off 38 balls, together with 4 sixes, registering the quickest Take a look at fifty by a South African debutant.

“There have been nerves once I walked in,” Pretorius stated after play. “We knew they’d solely two seamers, and we focused the spinners. I simply love batting. It labored out right now.”Pretorius introduced up his hundred off 112 deliveries and reached 150 in 157 balls earlier than falling to Tanaka Chivanga, who completed the day with figures of 4 for 83. Pretorius hit 11 fours and 4 sixes.South Africa ended Day 1 at 418 for 9, with Corbin Bosch scoring an unbeaten 100 — his maiden century — off 124 balls. He was supported by Kwena Maphaka (9*), whereas Codi Yusuf chipped in with a useful 27 throughout a 59-run ninth-wicket partnership.The day belonged, nonetheless, to the record-breaking Pretorius.