Cairns, Aug. 19 -- South African batter Matthew Breetzke became the fourth batter in the history of ODIs to secure 50-plus scores in his first three innings.

Breetzke accomplished this feat during South Africa's first ODI against Australia at Cairns, scoring 57 in 56 balls, with seven fours and a six, at a strike rate of over 101.

Now in three ODIs, Breetzke has scored 290 runs in three matches at an average of 96.66, with a strike rate of over 100, with a century and two fifties. His best score is 150, which he scored against New Zealand on his debut for the Proteas. This is the highest score by a South African on his ODI debut.

He has joined India's Navjot Singh Sidhu and Netherlands players Max O'Dowd and Tom Cooper as the fourth pl...