Pretorius's 188*: A Storm in 79 Balls, and the Question Hidden Behind the Record
Let the tape roll. 79 balls. 188 not out. Thirteen sixes, fifteen fours. Of...
Let the tape roll. 79 balls. 188 not out. Thirteen sixes, fifteen fours. Of those 188 runs, 138 came from beyond the rope — 73.4 per cent. The remaining 50 came off 51 non-boundary balls; a strike rate of roughly ninety-nine, almost a run a ball.
Numbers do not speak alone; they hint. In this single innings, Lhuan-dre Pretorius alone made 70.4 per cent of Titans' 267. He is a twenty-year-old left-hander, against the Knights, on Friday, in the CSA T20 Challenge. The report says he “ran out of overs” — meaning he was still at the crease at the last ball of the twentieth over, unbeaten. Inside the boundary there was
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