The 18-year-old French sensation has scored yet another century in T20 World Cup European qualifiers, know the records and stats of cricketer Gustav Mckeon
In the game against Switzerland, he became the youngest ever to score a century in a T20I. In the very next game, he smashed yet another brilliant ton against Norway. With that innings, Gustav Mckeon becomes the first player to score back-to-back Tons in T20I.
France Cricketer Gustav Mckeon Records, Stats, Career Runs, Century, Age, Biography, Instagram
It's taken 122 years for France to find their spot on the cricketing map once again.
In 1900, they were silver medalists in Cricket at the 1900 Paris Olympics.
And now in 2022, they also have the youngest T20I centurion in Gustav McKeon. pic.twitter.com/soAlg1x8Y4
— Sreshth Shah (@sreshthx) July 27, 2022
Today is the first time when 3 or more T20I centuries were registered on the same day.
Finn Allen (101) for New Zealand🇳🇿
Faheem Nazir (107*) for Switzerland🇨🇭
Gustav Mckeon (101) for France🇫🇷— Kausthub Gudipati (@kaustats) July 27, 2022
Gustav Mckeon becomes the first player to score back-to-back Tons in T20I
Gustav Mckeon has got off to a flier in his career he has scored back-to-back T20 tons at such a young age. In the game against Norway, he scored 101 off 53 balls taking the France total to 158 runs. Then in the bowling, he took 3 wickets off 27 runs making him which helped France in winning the match. France won the game with 11 runs at the end Gustav was awarded man of the match.
The 18-year-old is the highest run scorer in the European World T20 qualifier
Gustav McKeon is the leading run-scorer in Group B. He has scored 286 runs in the 3 innings he has played. His talent has been shining bright in the tournament. In the 3 innings which he has played, he has scored 76,109 and 101.
The 18-year-old has a bright future ahead and he is going to get some big call-ups after the tournament. His batting ability has been evident to everyone. He has power-hitting and at the same time, he can rotate strike. He has struck 18 sixes in the group which is the most by any batsman in the European qualifiers.
France has got one last game to qualify for the next round
In the world, T20 qualifier group stages France have got only a single game left to qualify. If they manage to win their last game against Estonia they will have higher chances of progressing through. Switzerland and France have the same number of points and both of them have a single game in hand. If both of them win their last game then France might qualify as they have a slightly better run rate in comparison to Switzerland.
| M | Inn | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | BF | SR | 100 | 200 | 50 | 4s | 6s | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T20I | 3 | 3 | 0 | 286 | 109 | 95.33 | 168 | 170.24 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 18 |
| M | Inn | B | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Econ | Avg | SR | 5W | 10W | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T20I | 3 | 2 | 30 | 43 | 3 | 3/27 | 3/27 | 8.6 | 14.33 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 |
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