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18-year-old Gustav Macon scored a century, 17 sixes, 10 fours in the second consecutive match

Sudev Haldar
2 years ago

Gustav Macon, who played a blistering innings of 109 against Switzerland, held the record for making the youngest century in international T20 cricket. Now he has made a unique record by scoring a century in the second consecutive match. Gustav is the first player in the world to score a century in two consecutive T20 Internationals. He scored 101 runs against Norway and made his team champion.

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Gustav Macon has scored two consecutive centuries in the European T20 World Cup qualifier round. He has scored 210 runs in two matches with the help of 17 sixes and 10 fours. The batsman, who hit nine sixes against Switzerland, hit eight sixes against Norway.

France won by 11 runs

In the match against Norway, Gustav Macon scored a century as the French team scored 158 runs for the loss of eight wickets in 20 overs. After this, Norway was restricted to the score of 147. After doing wonders with the bat, Gustav Macon also performed brilliantly in the bowling and took three wickets for 27 runs in four overs. He was also adjudged the player of the match for this excellent performance.

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Despite playing a stormy innings in the match against Switzerland, Gustav Macon could not get his team to victory. He had to save 16 runs in the last over, but he could not do so. Switzerland needed four runs in the last ball and Gustav was caught for a four. However, in this match he led his team to victory.

Great record of Gustav Macon

Gustav Macon has played three T20 matches so far and has scored a century or a half-century in all three. He has scored a century in two matches and a half-century in one match. He has scored 286 runs in three matches at an average of over 95. His strike rate is more than B170. However, there is no information about how his record is on domestic cricket.

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