Name:

Levi, Richard Ernst

Nickname:

The Bear

Date of Birth:

14 Jan 1988

Gender:

Men

Place of Birth:

ohannesburg, Transvaal Province, South Africa

Career:

First Class: 2006 - current
T20: 2012 - current

Teams:

South Africa (Country)
Cape Cobras Western Cape (Regional)

Levi blasts fastest ton, stitches up Kiwis: 2nd T20 (Hamilton)

Richard Levi: Hard hitting opener smashed fastest ever T20 century

Richard Levi was born on 14 Jan 1988 in Johannesburg.

Levi is a hard hitting right handed opening batsman attended Wynberg Boys’ High school in Cape Town and received honours for cricket in 2005. He represented South Africa in the 2006 Under 19 World Cup in Sri Lanka. He made his first class debut in 2006.

He made his T20 debut for South Africa against NZ in Wellington in Feb 2012. In his second ever T20, Levi scored the fastest ever century (51 balls) in T20 history. His knock of 117 earned him the ICC T20 Performance of the Year award for 2012.

Not as prolific through extra cover or past mid-off, and suspect against left-arm spin, Levi found the going tough in the Indian Premier League when signed by the Mumbai Indians in 2012.

Source: CricketCrowd Staff Reporter