NATIONAL CRICKET NEWS - When Brendon Louw walks onto one of South Africa’s most famous cricket grounds Kingsmead (Durban) on Thursday he will achieve a significant milestone at the age of only 27.
In his 93rd match for SWD against KwaZulu-Natal in the Cricket SA Provincial Three Day competition, he will reach his 100th First-class match.
Louw hails from Plettenberg Bay and matriculated at Outeniqua High in George where he also represented South Africa as an u.17 hockey player.
The left-hander wicket-keeper/batsman made his first-class debut for SWD 10 years ago against KwaZulu Natal. Presently he boasts three first-class centuries and 25 half-centuries.
Louw who was elevated in the SWD senior team in 2010 after representing the SA Schools XI in 2008 as a grade 11 learner, also represented the Warriors in four four-day matches in the 2011/12 season.
He also played for North West Warriors in three matches during the past winter in the Cricket Ireland Interprovincial Championships. He scored 4 110 first-class runs at an average of 28.15 with the highest score of 106 against Northerns in the 2016/17 season.
Not only is he the SWD record holder for the most first-class matches (92) and the most Twenty20 matches (37), but he (at 64 matches) will most probably also soon overtake Pieter Stuurman (at 68 matches) as the most List A matches for the men from the Southern Cape.
Louw also holds the SWD record for the most dismissals (294) as a wicketkeeper that includes 284 catches and 10 stumpings. At two occasions he recorded 8 dismissals in a match.
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