Matthew Paul Breetzke (born 3 November 1998) is a South African cricketer.[1] He made his international debut for the South Africa national cricket team in September 2023 and has played all three formats of the game for the side.
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| Full name | Matthew Paul Breetzke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 November 1998 Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Only Test (cap 367) | 21 October 2024 v Bangladesh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 156) | 10 February 2025 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 12 February 2025 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 99) | 3 September 2023 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 29 September 2024 v Ireland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016/17–present | Eastern Province | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017/18–2020/21 | Warriors | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Nelson Mandela Bay Giants | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022/23 | Durban's Super Giants | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024 | Northamptonshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 14 February 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born at Port Elizabeth in 1998 and educated at Grey High School,[1] Breetzke has played domestically for Eastern Province since 2017.
Domestic career
editBreetzke made his first-class debut for Eastern Province in the 2016–17 Sunfoil 3-Day Cup on 9 February 2017[2] and his List A debut in the 2016–17 CSA Provincial One-Day Challenge on 12 February.[3] He made his Twenty20 debut in the 2017 Africa T20 Cup on 1 September the same year.[4]
In December 2017, he was named in South Africa's squad for the 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[5] In July 2018, he was named in the Cricket South Africa Emerging Squad[6] and in September 2018, was named in Eastern Province's squad for the 2018 Africa T20 Cup.[7] In September 2019, he was named in the squad for the Nelson Mandela Bay Giants team for the 2019 Mzansi Super League tournament.[8]
In April 2021, Breetzke was named in the South Africa Emerging Men's squad for their six-match tour of Namibia.[9] Later the same month, he was named in Eastern Province's squad, ahead of the 2021–22 cricket season in South Africa.[10]
International career
editBreetzke made his international debut in a Twenty20 International (T20I) match against Australia in September 2023. He played in two T20Is against thetouring Indians in December 2023, before touring the West Indies with the South African T20I squad in May of 2024.[11]
Later in 2024 he made his Test match debut against Bangladesh, playing in the first Test of the two-match series during South Africa's tour]] in October. He was dismissed for a duck in his only innings of the match.[11]
In February 2025, Breetzke was named in the squad for the Tri-Series in Pakistan.[12] He made his One Day International debut on 10 February against New Zealand during a tri-series in Pakistan ahead of the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy. He scored a century on his debut,[13] making 150 runs, setting a new record for the highest score on debut in an ODI debut, surpassing the 148 made by West Indian Desmond Haynes in 1978.[14][15][16][17][18] During his second ODI on 12 February he scored 83 runs, setting a new record for the most number of runs by any batsman after their first two ODI innings.[19]
References
edit- ^ a b "Matthew Breetzke". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
- ^ "Sunfoil 3-Day Cup, Pool B: Free State v Eastern Province at Bloemfontein, Feb 9-11, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
- ^ "CSA Provincial One-Day Challenge, Pool B: Free State v Eastern Province at Bloemfontein, Feb 12, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
- ^ "Pool B, Africa T20 Cup at Potchefstroom, Sep 1 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
- ^ "Raynard van Tonder to captain South Africa at 2018 ICC U19 World Cup". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
- ^ "De Zorzi to lead SA Emerging Squad in Sri Lanka". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
- ^ "Eastern Province Squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
- ^ "MSL 2.0 announces its T20 squads". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
- ^ "SA Emerging men to tour Namibia". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
- ^ "CSA reveals Division One squads for 2021/22". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
- ^ a b Matthewl Breetzke, CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 February 2024. (subscription required)
- ^ on, Published (5 February 2025). "New faces in Proteas squad for Tri-Series". SA Cricketmag. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
- ^ "NZ vs SA Cricket Scorecard, 2nd Match at Lahore, February 10, 2025". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
- ^ "South Africa's Matthew Breetzke makes ODI history with debut 150 against New Zealand". BBC Sport. 10 February 2025. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
- ^ "Stats - Breetzke betters Haynes, Williamson second-fastest to 7000". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
- ^ icc (10 February 2025). "South Africa batter creates history on ODI debut". www.icc-cricket.com. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
- ^ "Breetzke bats his way from scratchy to sublime in ODI debut to remember". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
- ^ "Williamson spoils Breetzke's party as NZ reach tri-series final". Cricbuzz. 10 February 2025. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
- ^ "3rd Match (D/N), Karachi, February 12, 2025, Pakistan Tri-Nation Series (Salman Agha 119*, Mohammad Rizwan 107*, Wiaan Mulder 2/79, SA vs PAK live score, 3rd Match, National Stadium, Karachi, February 12, 2025". ESPNcricinfo. 12 February 2025. Retrieved 12 February 2025.