France’s batter Gustav McKeon continues to create and break data after hitting 100 towards Norway on Wednesday. 4 days in the past, he scored 76 runs towards the Czech Republic on his debut and a century towards Switzerland within the subsequent match. He grew to become the youngest participant to smash a century in T20I cricket.
The 18-year-old all-rounder created one other massive world document after scoring 100 towards Norway. He’s now the primary participant to attain back-to-back centuries within the shortest format of the sport. He scored 101 runs off simply 53 balls as France put 158 runs on the scoreboard whereas batting first. Then McKeon took three wickets whereas conceding simply 27 runs to information his crew to an 11-run win over Norway. The teenager has now scored 286 runs in three matches at a median of 95.33 and at a strike charge of 170.23 and scalped three wickets at an economic system charge of 8.60.
McKeon additionally broke the document of scoring probably the most runs after the primary three T20I innings. Portugal’s Azhar Andani scored 241 runs in his first three T20I matches final yr.
France attain the second place as Gustav McKeon tops the scoring chart
After a slender win towards Norway, France now are positioned within the second place in ICC Males’s T20 World Cup Sub Regional Europe Qualifier Group B 2022. They’ve 4 factors from the opening three matches and simply two factors behind leaders Norway, who’ve performed a sport extra. France subsequent play Estonia on Saturday who’ve misplaced each the opening matches. France have an actual likelihood to win the regional qualifiers and qualify for the Europe Qualifiers scheduled subsequent yr.
McKeon overtook Swiss batter Faheem Nazir within the main run-scorer charts together with his newest knock. Nazeer has scored 186 runs in three innings to date and McKeon is main with 286 runs. Contemplating his present type, the French teenager is more likely to end the regional qualifiers as the highest run-scorer.
