Archive · 24 Sep 2026
Matthew Breetzke Breaks ODI Runs Record After 14 Innings
Matthew Breetzke is a South African cricket player.
He scored 112 runs against Australia in an ODI match.
This was his second century in ODI cricket.
His score increased his total to 822 runs after 14 innings.
That is more runs than anyone else had scored after 14 ODI innings.
The previous record belonged to Pakistan’s Imam-ul-Haq, who had 759 runs.
Breetzke also made a strong partnership with Marco Jansen.
Together, they scored 107 runs for South Africa’s sixth wicket.
Matthew Breetzke scored 112 runs against Australia in the first ODI at Kingsmead, Durban.
His innings took his ODI total to 822 runs after 14 innings.
Breetzke surpassed Imam-ul-Haq’s previous record of 759 runs after 14 ODI innings.
Breetzke hit 14 fours and two sixes, recording his second ODI century.
He added 107 runs with Marco Jansen, South Africa’s second-highest sixth-wicket partnership against Australia.
- Who
- South African batter Matthew Breetzke and Pakistani batter Imam-ul-Haq are central to the record.
- What
- Breetzke broke the record for the most ODI runs after 14 innings.
- When
- Thursday, September 24, 2026.
- Where
- Kingsmead in Durban, during the first South Africa-Australia ODI.
- Why
- Breetzke’s 112 runs raised his career ODI total to 822 after 14 innings.
- Breetzke's score
- 112 runs from 106 balls
- ODI total after 14 innings
- 822 runs
- Previous record
- Imam-ul-Haq scored 759 runs after his first 14 ODI innings
- Breetzke's ODI centuries
- Two
- Breetzke's boundaries
- 14 fours and two sixes
- Partnership with Marco Jansen
- 107 runs for the sixth wicket
- Match venue
- Kingsmead, Durban