Archive · 3 Oct 2026
Lhuan-dre Pretorius Breaks T20 Record With Unbeaten 188
Lhuan-dre Pretorius scored 188 runs without being out in a T20 cricket match.
He played for the Titans against the Knights in Bloemfontein.
His score was higher than any other batter’s score in a men’s T20 innings.
The old record was 175, scored by Chris Gayle in 2013.
Pretorius hit 15 fours and 13 sixes.
He reached 100 runs after facing only 40 balls.
He faced 79 balls, matching a record for the longest innings by balls faced.
He came close to scoring 200, but the Titans’ innings ended first.
The Titans finished with 267 runs and three batters out.
Lhuan-dre Pretorius scored an unbeaten 188 from 79 balls for the Titans against the Knights in Bloemfontein.
His score surpassed Chris Gayle’s previous men’s T20 record of 175 not out, set in the 2013 Indian Premier League.
Pretorius hit 15 fours and 13 sixes, reaching 50 in 24 balls, 100 in 40 and 150 in 58.
His 79-ball innings equalled the men’s T20 record for most balls faced in an innings, also held by Aaron Finch and Marcus Stoinis.
The Titans scored 267 for three, the second-highest total in CSA T20 Challenge history; Pretorius finished 12 runs short of a double-century.
- Who
- Lhuan-dre Pretorius, playing for the Titans against the Knights.
- What
- Pretorius scored an unbeaten 188 from 79 balls, setting a new highest individual score in men’s T20 cricket.
- When
- Friday; one article says the innings was in Pretorius’s first match of the 2026–27 season.
- Where
- Bloemfontein, South Africa.
- Why
- The innings was part of the Titans’ batting effort in a CSA T20 Challenge match.
- Pretorius’s innings
- 188 not out from 79 balls
- Previous men’s T20 record
- Chris Gayle’s 175 not out for Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the 2013 IPL
- Boundaries
- 15 fours and 13 sixes
- Milestones
- 50 in 24 balls, 100 in 40 balls and 150 in 58 balls
- Titans total
- 267 for three, the second-highest total in CSA T20 Challenge history
- Competition record total
- The Titans’ 271 for three against the Knights in 2022
- Recent scores
- Articles report a 101 from 53 balls against Namibia; one also reports a 94 against Zimbabwe in the preceding two matches.
Sources
Lhuan-dre Pretorius blasts 188, becomes highest individual scorer in T20 cricket
Lhuan-dre Pretorius breaks Gayle’s record for highest T20 score with sensational unbeaten 188
