Kevin Pietersen scored his second ODI hundred in the fifth match of seven match series against South Africa at East London yesterday. The remarkable thing with Pietersen was that he reached three-figure mark with a six off Andrew Nel off the last ball of the match.
There are very few instances in One-Day International cricket history of a batsman reaching his hundred off the last ball of the allotted overs to a side. Pietersen is the only one to have done so while batting second. Pakistan’s Yousuf Youhana is the only batsman to appear twice in this elite list. Youhana infact hit a six off the last ball of 50th over to bring up hundred on both the occasions. Pietersen and New Zealand’s McMillan are the only others to have emulated him.
There are very few instances in One-Day International cricket history of a batsman reaching his hundred off the last ball of the allotted overs to a side. Pietersen is the only one to have done so while batting second. Pakistan’s Yousuf Youhana is the only batsman to appear twice in this elite list. Youhana infact hit a six off the last ball of 50th over to bring up hundred on both the occasions. Pietersen and New Zealand’s McMillan are the only others to have emulated him.
