- Heinrich Klaasen: South Africa’s fearsome batsman Heinrich Klaasen has played many memorable innings in his ODI career. While playing one such innings…
Heinrich Klaasen:
South Africa’s middle order batsman Klaasen
is considered a legendary player of white-ball cricket. Klaasen has played many match-winning and memorable innings in ODI cricket. He proves to be even more dangerous while playing at home. Klaasen’s bat on the home ground has seen many explosive innings. Today, we will tell you about one such innings of Klaasen, after which his name started being counted among the dreaded batsmen of ODI cricket.
Heinrich Klaasen had scored a record century in ODI
In the year 2023 , in the fourth ODI match played between South Africa and Australia (SA vs AUS) at the Centurion ground in South Africa, Klaasen thrashed the Kangaroo bowlers and scored the third century of his ODI career. He faced 83 balls in his innings and scored 174 runs with the help of 13 fours and 13 sixes. Klaasen along with David Miller shared a partnership of 200 runs in the last 100 balls.
Know how was the condition of that match?
Talking about that match, South Africa, batting first, set a target of 417 runs for Australia thanks to Heinrich Klaasen’s explosive innings. Adam Zampa gave away 113 runs in 10 overs for Australia. In reply, the Kangaroo team could score only 252 runs while chasing the target. Australian batsman Alex Carey was out after scoring 99 runs and missed his century. Lungi Ngidi took the maximum number of 4 wickets for South Africa.
Heinrich Klaasen’s stats are amazing
Klaasen’s statistics show that he has scored runs in many international cricket matches. In his career, he has scored 104, 1723, and 980 runs for his team in four Tests, 54 ODIs, and 56 T20 matches. Klaasen has four centuries to his name in ODI cricket.