Matthew Breetzke
Overview
Matthew Breetzke
- Broad-shouldered, stylish and explosive right-handed batter.
- Scores majority of his runs square on both sides of the wicket, strong down the ground as well.
- Hailing from the Eastern Cape, schooled at Grey High School in Gqeberha.
- Represented South Africa in the 2018 Under-19 World Cup.
- Made his T20I debut in 2023.
- 3rd highest run-getter in the 2024 edition of the SA20 where he amassed 416 runs at an average of 32 and a strike-rate of 135.50 playing for Durban Super Giants.
- Played for Northants in the T20 Blast, scoring 460 runs and 403 runs in 2024 and 2025 respectively.
- Made his ODI debut in February 2025 and scored 150 vs New Zealand which is the highest score by a debutant in ODI history.
- First player with five 50+ scores (150, 83, 57, 88, 85) in the first five ODIs.
- Bought by Lucknow Super Giants for INR 75 lakh at the 2025 IPL auction and featured in just one game. Retained by LSG for the 2026 season.
- After representing Durban for three seasons, he played for Sunrisers Eastern Cape (the eventual champions) in 2025-26.
Recent Batting
Stats
Career by format
international & domestic formatsFranchise & T20 leagues
club competitionsⓘ Career figures cover the formats we track (Test, ODI, T20I, first-class, List A) plus the franchise leagues shown above.
Full statistics tables
Batting
| Test | ODI | T20 | IPL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matches | 2 | 14 | 13 | 1 |
| Innings | 3 | 13 | 13 | 1 |
| Runs | 14 | 710 | 158 | 14 |
| Balls | 55 | 735 | 136 | 12 |
| Highest | 13 | 150 | 51 | 14 |
| Average | 4.67 | 59.17 | 13.17 | 14 |
| SR | 25.46 | 96.60 | 116.18 | 116.67 |
| Not Out | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Fours | 1 | 60 | 14 | 1 |
| Sixes | 0 | 17 | 6 | 1 |
| Ducks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50s | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 100s | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 200s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 300s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 400s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Test | ODI | T20 | IPL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matches | 2 | 14 | 13 | 1 |
| Innings | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Balls | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Runs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maidens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wickets | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Avg | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Eco | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SR | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| BBI | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- |
| BBM | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- |
| 4w | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5w | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10w | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Matches
| Match | Format | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| RSA v AUS 3rd Test · Australia tour of South Africa, 2026 | TEST | Day 4: 3rd Session - South Africa lead by | 31 Oct 2026 |
| RSA v AUS 2nd Test · Australia tour of South Africa, 2026 | TEST | South Africa won by an innings and 31 runs | 22 Oct 2026 |
| RSA v AUS 3rd ODI · Australia tour of South Africa, 2026 | ODI | AUS won | 30 Sep 2026 |
| RSA v AUS 2nd ODI · Australia tour of South Africa, 2026 | ODI | RSA won | 27 Sep 2026 |
| RSA v AUS 1st ODI · Australia tour of South Africa, 2026 | ODI | South Africa won by 67 runs | 24 Sep 2026 |
| NAM v RSA 3rd ODI · South Africa tour of Namibia, 2026 | ODI | South Africa won by 9 wkts | 13 Sep 2026 |
| RSA v NAM 2nd ODI · South Africa tour of Namibia, 2026 | ODI | South Africa won by 157 runs | 11 Sep 2026 |
| IND v RSA 3rd ODI · South Africa tour of India, 2025 | ODI | India won by 9 wkts | 6 Dec 2025 |
| IND v RSA 2nd ODI · South Africa tour of India, 2025 | ODI | South Africa won by 4 wkts | 3 Dec 2025 |
| IND v RSA 1st ODI · South Africa tour of India, 2025 | ODI | India won by 17 runs | 30 Nov 2025 |
| PAK v RSA 3rd ODI · South Africa tour of Pakistan, 2025 | ODI | Pakistan won by 7 wkts | 8 Nov 2025 |
| PAK v RSA 2nd ODI · South Africa tour of Pakistan, 2025 | ODI | South Africa won by 8 wkts | 6 Nov 2025 |
| PAK v RSA 1st ODI · South Africa tour of Pakistan, 2025 | ODI | Pakistan won by 2 wkts | 4 Nov 2025 |
| PAK v RSA 3rd T20I · South Africa tour of Pakistan, 2025 | T20 | Pakistan won by 4 wkts | 1 Nov 2025 |
| PAK v RSA 2nd T20I · South Africa tour of Pakistan, 2025 | T20 | Pakistan won by 9 wkts | 31 Oct 2025 |
| PAK v RSA 1st T20I · South Africa tour of Pakistan, 2025 | T20 | South Africa won by 55 runs | 28 Oct 2025 |
| ENG v RSA 3rd ODI · South Africa tour of England, 2025 | ODI | England won by 342 runs | 7 Sep 2025 |
| ENG v RSA 2nd ODI · South Africa tour of England, 2025 | ODI | South Africa won by 5 runs | 4 Sep 2025 |
| AUS v RSA 2nd ODI · South Africa tour of Australia, 2025 | ODI | South Africa won by 84 runs | 22 Aug 2025 |
| AUS v RSA 1st ODI · South Africa tour of Australia, 2025 | ODI | South Africa won by 98 runs | 19 Aug 2025 |
| ZIM v RSA 1st Test · South Africa tour of Zimbabwe, 2025 | TEST | South Africa won by 328 runs | 2 Jul 2025 |
| PAK v RSA 3rd ODI Match · Pakistan ODI Tri-Series, 2025 | ODI | Pakistan won by 6 wkts | 12 Feb 2025 |
| NZ v RSA 2nd ODI Match · Pakistan ODI Tri-Series, 2025 | ODI | New Zealand won by 6 wkts | 10 Feb 2025 |
| RSA v PAK 2nd T20I · Pakistan tour of South Africa, 2024 -25 | T20 | South Africa won by 7 wkts | 13 Dec 2024 |
| RSA v PAK 1st T20I · Pakistan tour of South Africa, 2024 -25 | T20 | South Africa won by 11 runs | 10 Dec 2024 |
| BAN v RSA 1st Test · South Africa tour of Bangladesh, 2024 | TEST | South Africa won by 7 wkts | 25 Oct 2024 |
| IRE v RSA 2nd T20I · Ireland v South Africa in UAE, 2024 | T20 | Ireland won by 10 runs | 29 Sep 2024 |
| IRE v RSA 1st T20I · Ireland v South Africa in UAE, 2024 | T20 | South Africa won by 8 wkts | 27 Sep 2024 |
| WICXI v RSA 4-day Warm-up match · South Africa tour of West Indies, 2024 | TEST | Match drawn | 3 Aug 2024 |
| WI v RSA 3rd T20I · South Africa tour of West Indies, 2024 | T20 | West Indies won by 8 wkts | 26 May 2024 |
| WI v RSA 2nd T20I · South Africa tour of West Indies, 2024 | T20 | West Indies won by 16 runs | 25 May 2024 |
| WI v RSA 1st T20I · South Africa tour of West Indies, 2024 | T20 | West Indies won by 28 runs | 23 May 2024 |
| NED v RSAIXI Practice Match · Netherlands tour of South Africa, 2023 | ODI | South African Invitation XI won by 3 wkts | 28 Mar 2023 |
| RSAIXI v PAK 3-day Practice match · Pakistan tour of South Africa, 2018-19 | TEST | Pakistan won by 6 wkts | 21 Dec 2018 |
| RSAIXI v BAN One-day practice match · Bangladesh tour of South Africa Practice matches, 2017 | ODI | South African Invitation XI won by 6 wkts | 12 Oct 2017 |
| RSAIXI v BAN 3-day practice match · Bangladesh tour of South Africa Practice matches, 2017 | TEST | Match drawn | 23 Sep 2017 |
Career
Matches by format
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