Lhuan-dre Pretorius Creates History As He Scored Century Against Zimbabwe On Test Debut
Lhuan-dre Pretorius Becomes the youngest South African Batter to score a Test Century.
Kevin Varchand 
Bulawayo (Zimbabwe) June 28: South Africa’s newest power hitter Lhuan-dre Pretorius has announced his arrival in style with a stunning century on debut on Day 1 of the ongoing first Test against Zimbabwe at the Queen Sports Club in Bulawayo. Pretorius is among three Proteas debutantes in the first Test against Zimbabwe.
Lhuan-dre Pretorius reached his maiden hundred with a classic flick to deep backward square leg, as the youngster celebrated the moment with a roar of joy and a raised bat. As he embraced batting partner Corbin Bosch, Pretorius composure and flair have already shown that he is a rising star.
The left-handed batter made history in Bulawayo by smashing a superb century on his Test debut against Zimbabwe. The 19-year-old reached the milestone in just 112 balls. With this knock, Pretorius became the youngest South African to score a Test century.
The Proteas wicketkeeper-batter broke a 61 year old record held by the legendary Graeme Pollock, who had achieved the feat in 1964 against Australia, to become the youngest player from South Africa to score a century in Test cricket, and that too on debut.
Lhuan-dre Pretorius – 19 years, 93 days
Graeme Pollock – 19 years, 317 days
Graeme Pollock – 19 years, 331 days
Tuppy Owen-Smith – 20 years, 145 days
AB de Villiers – 20 years, 339 days
He is also one of the few Proteas players who smashed a century on their Test debut. Stephen Cook was the last man who achieved the same feat back in 2016 against England. Pretorius is currently batting at 120* off 134 balls, and he has already hit seven boundaries and three sixes.
The number five batter stitched a 95-run partnership with another debutant, Dewald Brevis, who also played a quickfire knock of 51 runs off 41 balls, laced with three boundaries and four sixes. Before this, the young gun added 30+ stands with Wiaan Mulder (17) and Kyle Verreynne (10). Currently, Pretorius and Corbin Bosch are proving dangerous for Zimbabwe, as the South African stars have already added 60+ runs for the seventh wicket in the second session of Day 1 in Bulawayo. The WTC champions’ present score stands at 248/6 in 59 overs at the tea break in the second session of Day 1 of the ongoing two-match Test series opener against Zimbabwe.
