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In the first match of the Nepal T20I 2024 Tri-series, the  Namibia team went on to score a total of 206/4 in 20 overs, which saw Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton recording the fastest-ever century in men's T20I history as he went on to smash it in just 33 balls. Here, in this article we will look at the list of batters with the fastest hundred in T20Is and who has recorded the highest score for Namibia in T20Is.

Fastest century in men's T20I by balls faced:

  • Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton: 33b vs Nepal in Kirtipur, 2024
  • Kushal Malla: 34b vs Mongolia in Hangzhou, 2023
  • David Miller - 35b vs Bangladesh in Potchefstroom, 2017
  • Rohit Sharma - 35b vs Sri Lanka in Indore, 2017
  • Sudesh Wickramasekara - 35b vs Turkey in Ilfov County, 2019

Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton recorded a quick-fire fifty from just 18 balls and in the next 15 balls, he went on to score another fifty runs with the bat in a short time.

Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton 33-ball knock: 1, 6, 0, 1, 4, 6, 0, 4, 1, 0, 2, 1LB(dot), 6, 4, 1, 6, 4, 4, 6, 4, 0, 4, 4, 6, 1, 4, 4, 6, 1LB (dot), 1, 6, 0, 4 

Highest score for Namibia in men's T20I:

  • JP Kotze: 101* vs Botswana in Windhoek, 2019
  • Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton: 101 vs Nepal in Kirtipur, 2024
  • Gerhard Erasmus: 100* vs Uganda in Windhoek, 2022