Nkwe warns Cricket SA will be patient with Brevis: 'Never an easy ticket to Proteas'

Cricket South Africa's (CSA) director of cricket Enoch Nkwe says fans must be patient when it comes to youngster Dewald Brevis.

Brevis has been in sublime form since bursting onto the scene for South Africa A and then doing T20 stints at the Indian Premier League and Caribbean Premier League.

Last month, Brevis made an impression in the CSA T20 Challenge when he smashed the highest-ever individual domestic T20 score, making a record-breaking century against the Knights.

Brevis, who is affectionately nicknamed 'Baby AB', made a superb 162 off 57 balls, which included 13 fours and 13 sixes in Potchefstroom.

His century came off just 35 balls, becoming the fastest-ever domestic T20 ton.

Brevis eventually ended as the second-highest run-scorer in CSA's T20 Challenge as he scored 327 runs in his nine games for the Titans.

"He's a fantastic player, the beauty about it is that he came through the structures. He did well at Under-19 level and also we've just seen him recently doing well at domestic level, which is something that he wanted to do," Nkwe told reporters on Thursday.

"There's never an easy ticket to the Proteas or international cricket and I think every cricketer understands it.

"They've almost got to go through their apprenticeship and do it well, so that also you know they can have that self-belief or they're confident enough when given the opportunity."

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As reported by News24 Sport, Brevis will not make his red-ball debut this week as the Titans host Western Province in the first round of the 4-Day Franchise Series at Centurion.

Nkwe added that when Brevis gets his much-anticipated call-up, CSA will be there to give him the support he needs.

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