McKeon youngest cricketer to score T20 century

Beats record of Afghanistan's Hazratullah Zazai

FE Team | Published: July 26, 2022 21:57:40

Gustav McKeon

When Gustav McKeon took a single off medium-pacer Ashwin Vinod to get to a 58-ball century in Vantaa on Monday, he entered the record books as the youngest man to score a T20 century.
McKeon, the teenaged France opening batter, got to the milestone in a 2024 T20 World Cup Europe Sub-Regional Qualifier Group B match against Switzerland, reports ESPNcricinfo.
At 18 years and 280 days, McKeon is more than two years younger than the previous record-holder, Afghanistan's Hazratullah Zazai, was when he achieved the feat at 20 years and 337 days back in 2019, in a match against Ireland in Dehradun. Zazai had scored an incredible 162 not out on that occasion, off just 62 balls.
France, who had opted to bat first, finished on 157 for 5 courtesy McKeon's 61-ball 109, which included five fours and nine sixes.
Unfortunately for McKeon, and France, Switzerland chased down the target off the last ball of the game for a one-wicket win.