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ICC Twenty20 International Performance of the Year 2012 award goes to Richard Levi | | South Africa batsman Richard Levi has won the ICC Twenty20
International Performance of the Year award in recognition of his 51-ball 117 not out against New Zealand . This is the fifth year the award has been given to recognise the most impressive performance by a player in Twenty20 internationals during the 12-month voting period and it continues to mark the advent of this exciting format of the game at international level. On 19 February 2012, during the Proteas’ Twenty20 International match against New Zealand in Hamilton, Levi on his debut tour for South Africa smashed his way to 117 not out with a swashbuckling innings
that included five fours and 13 sixes. Levi took just 45 balls to reach his century, making him the current record holder for the fastest century in T20I cricket,
ahead of former holder Chris Gayle who managed the feat in 50 balls. According
the LG ICC Awards’ 32-person voting academy Levi’s effort was the most impressive
of the voting period from 4 August 2011 to 6 August 2012. It beat completion from
Sri Lanka’s Tillakaratne Dilshan for his 104 not out in 57 balls against Australia
in Pallekele on 6 August 2011, Chris Gayle’s 85 not out in 52 balls against New
Zealand in Lauderhill, USA on 30 June 2012 and Ajantha Mendis’ six wickets for
16 runs against Australia also in Pallekele but this time on 8 August 2011. Upon
collecting the award, the 24-year-old from Johannesburg said: “I don’t remember
much of the innings but I regularly get reminded of it. When any sportsman performs
well, with T20 cricket it either comes off or it doesn’t and for me it came off
that day. I’m looking forward to playing Sri Lanka when the ICC World Twenty20
gets underway.” “ I really appreciate some of the best cricketers from the past
and top members of the media in the world have honoured me with this award and
it’s very humbling to get it,” Levi added. The Twenty20 International Performance
of the Year was one of 11 individual honours handed out during the LG ICC Awards. The event, held at Waters Edge, Colombo recognises cricket’s star performers over a 12-month period.
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