{"id":8128,"date":"2012-02-19T14:14:33","date_gmt":"2012-02-19T12:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/02\/cricket-levi-sets-records-as-south-africa-hammer-new-zealand\/"},"modified":"2012-02-19T14:14:33","modified_gmt":"2012-02-19T12:14:33","slug":"cricket-levi-sets-records-as-south-africa-hammer-new-zealand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/cricket-levi-sets-records-as-south-africa-hammer-new-zealand\/","title":{"rendered":"Cricket-Levi sets records as South Africa hammer New Zealand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"articleLocatio\/spann\">Feb 19 (Reuters) &#8211; Opening batsman Richard Levi took<br \/>\nadvantage of the small boundaries at Seddon Park to blast a<br \/>\nworld record 13 sixes and guide South Africa to an eight wicket<br \/>\nwin over New Zealand to level their Twenty20 series in Hamilton<br \/>\non Sunday.<span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Levi, who only made his debut on Friday in Wellington, also<br \/>\nbrought up the fastest international Twenty20 century off 45<br \/>\nballs as he scored 117 not out to help the visitors chase down<br \/>\nNew Zealand&#8217;s 173 for four with four overs to spare.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The powerfully-built Levi was brutal to a wayward New<br \/>\nZealand attack who bowled into his arc allowing him to smash the<br \/>\nball across the ropes from mid-off around to deep backward<br \/>\nsquare-leg.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Captain AB de Villiers (39 not out) simply ticked the strike<br \/>\nover to the 24-year-old who wasted little time in bringing up<br \/>\nhis century when he pushed the ball into the covers for a rare<br \/>\nsingle.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>West Indies opener Chris Gayle had held the previous record<br \/>\nfor sixes in a Twenty20 international with 10, while Gayle and<br \/>\nBrendon McCullum had shared the record for fastest century. Both<br \/>\nhad achieved the mark in 50 balls.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Martin Guptill top-scored for New Zealand with 47 from 35<br \/>\nballs though the South Africans would be pleased to have stopped<br \/>\nhim passing 50.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The 25-year-old Guptill had plundered the much weaker<br \/>\nZimbabwean attack in the first series of New Zealand&#8217;s summer,<br \/>\nscoring 51 in the only test, 232 runs at 77.33 in the three<br \/>\none-day internationals before he smashed 91 not out in his only<br \/>\nTwenty20 appearance.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>He made 78 not out in the first Twenty20 against South<br \/>\nAfrica in Wellington on Friday.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>South African offspinner Johan Botha was the pick of the<br \/>\nvisitors&#8217; attack on Sunday as he mixed the speed, width and loop<br \/>\non his deliveries to finish with one for 22 from four overs.<br \/>\n\u00a0 <span class=\"label\"><strong>Continued&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Feb 19 (Reuters) &#8211; Opening batsman Richard Levi took advantage of the small boundaries at Seddon Park to blast a world record 13 sixes and guide South Africa to an eight wicket win over New Zealand to level their Twenty20 series in Hamilton on Sunday. 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