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During 2012, Levi played 13 international Twenty20 matches for South Africa. He had the highest score of 117*, in his second match, against New Zealand at Seddon Park in Hamilton. He held the record for the most runs scored in a Twenty20 international innings tied with Chris Gayle. [4] [5] This was surpassed by Brendon McCullum on 21 September 2012 when he scored 123 against Bangladesh at Palakelle, Sri Lanka. He was also the only batsman to score a T20I century at Seddon Park.

Levi has since struggled in International cricket, partly due to being a predominantly leg-side batsman and weak against spin bowling and dropped from the South Africa squad. [6]

Overseas cricket

Also during 2012, he played for Mumbai Indians in the IPL. He was reportedly signed for $400,000. [7]

Later the same year, he played for Somerset, in the Friends Life Twenty20 competition, reaching the semifinal. For 2013, he signed for Northants for Twenty20 matches, [8] and had great success. In 13 matches, he scored 360 runs, including a century and two fifties. Once again he reached the finals day, and scored 57 off just 35 balls in the semifinal victory over Essex, and also played in the victory over Surrey in the final. The following season, he returned to Northants, with the intention of playing in both twenty and fifty over matches, [9] but following a number of injuries to the Northants squad he also played four first-class matches.

For 2015 and 2016, he played all forms of cricket for Northants. He returned to Twenty20 finals day in both of these seasons. In 2015 he scored 63 off 46 balls against Warwickshire in the semifinal, [10] but finished on the losing side in the final. In 2016, he was once more on the winning team, beating Durham in the final. [11]


During October 2022 he played in the Swaminarayan t20 leaguge hosted in kenya nairobi at sclp samaj ground [12] . Swaminarayan t20 leaguge was more of an charity tournament to raise money for cancer patients across kenya .He played for the mafuko mavericks which won the t20 tournament [13] .He is expected to return back to kenya and play in the Ghansyam t10 tournament hosted in SCLP samaj grounds Nairobi Kenya from 8th june 2024 onwards [14] .

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  2. ↑ Levi keeps feet on ground News24
  3. ↑ "Cricket: Glamorgan set to sign Richard Levi". WalesOnline. 7 February 2011. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  4. ↑ "Richard Levi blasts Black Caps off park in second T20" . Retrieved 19 February 2012.
  5. ↑ "Richard Levi hits fastest Twenty20 international century". BBC. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
  6. ↑ Moonda, Firdose. "Opening a worry for South Africa". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  7. ↑ "Levi paid R26 000 per run" . Retrieved 29 February 2012.
  8. ↑ "Levi to join Northamptonshire for Friends Life t20". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  9. ↑ Dobell, George. "Wakely injury blow to Northants". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  10. ↑ Dobell, George. "Willey the inspiration as Northants reach final". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
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  13. ↑ "Mafuko Mavericks win Swaminarayan Pro20 tournament". Nation. 13 November 2022. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  14. ↑ Sport, Capital (29 May 2024). "All set ahead of Ghanshyam TEN10 Cricket Tournament in Nairobi". Capital Sports. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
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Richard Ernst Levi
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Personal information
Full name
Richard Ernst Levi
Born (1988-01-14) 14 January 1988 (age 36)
Johannesburg, Transvaal Province, South Africa
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleBatsman
International information
National side
T20I debut(cap  48)17 February 2012 v  New Zealand
Last T20I23 December 2012 v  New Zealand
T20I shirt no.88
Domestic team information
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