South Africa Teenager Pretorius Becomes Youngest Test Cricketer to Score 150 on Debut
- Lhuan-Dre Pretorius, a 19-year-old South African cricketer, scored 153 runs on his Test debut against Zimbabwe in Bulawayo on Saturday, 2025-06-28.
- Pretorius reached this milestone as South Africa returned a much-changed team resting senior players after their World Test Championship final win at Lord's this month.
- Pretorius rallied South Africa from an early 55-4 with a record 95-run partnership for the fifth wicket alongside fellow debutant Dewald Brevis, who scored 51 runs.
- Pretorius' century came off 112 balls, the fastest for a South African debutant, surpassing AB de Villiers' previous record of 150 runs off 162 balls in 2012.
- Pretorius set new records for South African cricket by scoring a century on his Test debut at just 19 years and 93 days old, also becoming the youngest player to reach 150 runs in a Test match, thereby raising expectations for a team facing challenges due to inexperience.
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Zimbabwe Vs South Africa, 1st Test: Teenager Lhuan-dre Pretorius Makes History On Day One
Only four Test debutants have ever hit a century at a younger age than Lhuan-dre Pretorius, while nobody has hit 150 runs on debut while younger than him (19 years, 93 days old)

South Africa teenager Pretorius becomes youngest test cricketer to score 150 on debut
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe (AP) — South Africa teenager Lhuan-dre Pretorius became the youngest player to score 150 runs in test cricket on Saturday against Zimbabwe at Queens Sports Club. Pretorius made 153 on debut in the first test at 19 years, 93 days. He was 26 days younger than when Pakistan’s Javed Miandad tallied 163 in 1976 against New Zealand in Lahore. Pretorius was the fifth youngest man in test history to score a century on debut, and the y…
S Africa reach 418-9 v Zimbabwe as teenager Pretorius bags debut ton
Teenager Lhuan-dre Pretorius scored 153 on debut and Corbin Bosch an unbeaten maiden century as a much-changed South Africa reached 418 for nine on the opening day of the first test against Zimbabwe in Bulawayo on Saturday. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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