Mackay, Aug. 22 -- South Africa's star batter Matthew Breetzke continued his love affair with the bat, smashing his fourth consecutive fifty score in One-Day Internationals. The right-handed batter, on Friday in the second ODI against Australia, slammed 88 runs off 78 balls.

He scripted history with his knock against the Aussies in the second ODI in Mackay, becoming the first batter in ODI history to start his career with four consecutive scores of 50+, as per Wisden.

He started his career with scores of 150 against New Zealand, 83 against Pakistan and 57 against Australia in the first ODI of this series.

Former India opener Navjot Singh Sidhu is the only other player to score fifties in his first four innings; however, Sidhu took five...