Lhuan-dre Pretorius has broken Chris Gayle’s record for the highest individual score in a men’s Twenty20 match after making an unbeaten 188 in a domestic fixture in South Africa.
Pretorius’s innings surpassed the previous record held by Gayle, who had set the benchmark for the highest score by a batter in men’s T20 cricket. The South African’s score was made without being dismissed.
The innings came in domestic cricket in South Africa, although the supplied details do not identify the teams, competition or date of the match. Pretorius’s total now stands as the highest individual score recorded in a men’s T20 match according to the available information.
No further details about the match result, Pretorius’s boundary total or the wider circumstances of the innings are available in the supplied material.