Pretoria boy smashed for 43 in 1 over
Two Northern Districts batsmen playing in a List A match in Hamilton, New Zealand, on Wednesday, smashed 43 runs off a single over to set a new List A record. The luckless bowler? Pretoria-born Willem Ludick.
Playing for Central Districts, the Waterkloof High School educated Ludick went for a staggering 85 runs off his 10 overs, although to his credit his other nine overs went for just 4.66 runs per over, which was way below the match average. All but one bowler went for five or more runs to the over – that was Warwickshire-born Navin Patel, who bowled just four overs at the top of the innings.
The 21-year-old Ludick was playing in only his fourth List A match, having made his debut on 24 October against Otago, where he took 2-41 off seven overs. He followed that up with 2-27 (again against Otago) on 4 November.
Read the full story on: SA Cricket Mag.