New Delhi, Sept. 4 -- Having missed his maiden T20I hundred by just six runs a couple of earlier, Lhuan-dre Pretorius made sure he doesn't miss the chance on Friday as the South African left-hander notched up his first-ever century in the shortest format, against Namibia in the final round-robin game of the Tri-nation T20I series at the Namibia Cricket Ground in Windhoek.

Starting from where he left in the previous game against Zimbabwe, Pretorius started on a slower side initially as his opening partner Connor Esterhuizen entertained the crowd on a bright sunny day. It was actually Esterhuizen's 24 runs in the ninth over off Jack Brassell, that brought up South Africa's 100 runs.

Pretorius actually started to change gears post powerpla...