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Breetzke arrived at Wantage Road last month, four days after playing for South Africa in a T20 series in the Caribbean, and marked his second appearance with an unbeaten 51 off 30 balls against Notts Outlaws.<\/p>\n
Only Rishi Patel of Leicestershire and Surrey’s Jamie Smith have scored more runs so far in the Blast this year, with 281 and 276 respectively.<\/p>\n
“The first week (here) was tough, I couldn’t sleep because of a little bit of jet lag but I’ve settled in nicely now, I’m getting used to the wickets and the weather, and hopefully a couple more big scores (are coming up),” Breetzke said.<\/p>\n
Northants, winners in 2013 and 2016, are fourth in North Group with four victories from six matches, but have a game in hand on two of the three teams above them.<\/p>\n
“We’ve put ourselves in a good position but the nice thing is we’re winning those tight games,” Breetzke added.<\/p>\n
“We take a lot of confidence from that. We’ve got a couple of big games coming up and if we can get over the line there, then Finals Day is around the corner.”<\/p>\n
Breetzke – who has hit 16 T20 half-centuries in total in his career – said he would be thrilled if he could finally achieve his goal of a century on Finals Day at Edgbaston.<\/p>\n
He added: “That’s the dream of dreams. Hopefully it happens.”<\/p>\n
Northants are away to Birmingham Bears on Thursday evening before a home match against Leicestershire Foxes 24 hours later.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n