Jordan Hermann: It is every batsman's dream to score a century in his debut match in cricket, but only a few young players are able to achieve this feat. But when a young player makes a series of records in his very first match, he makes headlines. A similar record has been made by 24 year old South African batsman Jordan Harman. Jordan Harman has created history by scoring a century in his debut ODI match played against Namibia in Windhoek. By scoring 150 runs in his debut ODI match, he has equaled the world record of his own team's Matthew Britzke.
Jordan Harman equals Matthew Britzke's world record
Jordan Harman played a brilliant century in the first ODI match against Namibia. He played a huge inning of 150 runs in 126 balls. During this period, 17 fours and 3 sixes came from his bat. He completed his first international century in just 93 balls. With this, Jordan Harman has equaled the world record of his countryman Matthew Britzke, who created a sensation by breaking the 47-year-old record in the year 2025. Now the world record for making the highest individual score on debut in ODI cricket history has been jointly held in the names of these two South African batsmen.
A Debut For The Books! 📝
Jordan Hermann's day just keeps getting better as the debutant brings up an extraordinary 150! 🤯
A sensational innings of exquisite stroke play as Hermann makes his mark on the international stage. 🇿🇦🙌#Unbreakablepic.twitter.com/QdNfetlj9F
— Proteas Men (@ProteasMenCSA) September 9, 2026
That historic moment of Matthew Britzke
Before Jordan Harman, the record of making this big record was in the name of South Africa's Matthew Britzke. Britzke made his ODI debut against New Zealand during the tri-series played in Pakistan in February 2025. In this debut match itself, Britzke had played an inning of 150 runs. Then he broke the 47-year-old record of the great West Indies batsman Desmond Haynes, who had scored 148 runs on his ODI debut against Australia in 1978.
Jordan Hermann equals Matthew Breetzke – the highest score on ODI debut 🤝 pic.twitter.com/UcdI2THujW
— Cricinfo (@cricinfo) September 9, 2026
Best debut score in ODI history
Jordan Harman (South Africa): 150 runs vs Namibia (2026)
Matthew Britzke (South Africa): 150 runs vs New Zealand (2025)
Desmond Haynes (West Indies): 148 runs vs Australia (1978)
Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Afghanistan): 127 runs vs Ireland (2021)
190 run partnership between Jordan Harman and Tony DeJorji
In this match played in Windhoek, Namibia won the toss and invited South Africa to bat first. On behalf of South Africa, thanks to Jordan Harman's brilliant 150 runs and Tony De Jorji's 72 runs, the South African team managed to score 348 runs for 6 wickets. Both the players made a huge partnership of 190 runs for the second wicket, which gave a strong base to the team's score. Apart from this, Corbin Bosch, batting aggressively in the middle order, played an unbeaten inning of 39 runs in 24 balls, while young batsman Dewald Brewis scored 33 runs in 28 balls. Also, Jason Smith contributed 15 runs, Connor Esterhuizen contributed 10 runs and opener Rubin Harman contributed 8 runs. However, the match is still halted due to rain in 22 overs of Namibia's innings. Namibia has lost 3 wickets for 76 runs.
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