|
Cricket World Cup Teams - South Africa
Back
Full name Abraham Benjamin de Villiers
Born February 17, 1984, Pretoria
Current age 21 years 148 days
Major teams South Africa, Northerns, Titans
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Fielding position Wicketkeeper
class mat inns no runs hs ave bf sr 100 50 4s 6s ct
st
Tests 11 19 1 967 178 53.72 1717 56.31 3 4 129 4 16 1
ODIs 7 7 0 101 30 14.42 148 68.24 0 0 12 2 3 0
First-class 27 49 3 2213 178 48.10 3626 61.03 5 13 49 2
List A 22 21 1 689 102 34.45 1 5 15 0
Twenty-20 1 1 0 4 4 4.00 2 200.00 0 0 2 0
class mat balls runs wkts bbi bbm ave econ sr 4 5 10
Tests 11 168 65 2 2/49 2/49 32.50 2.32 84.00 0 0 0
ODIs 7 0 0 0 - - - - - 0 0 0
First-class 27 168 65 2 2/49 32.50 2.32 84.00 0 0 0
List A 22 0 0 0 - - - - - 0 0 0
Twenty-20 1 0 0 0 - - - - - 0 0 0
StatsGuru Tests filter | StatsGuru One-Day
Internationals filter
Test debut South Africa v England at Port Elizabeth - Dec 17-21,
2004 scorecard
Last Test West Indies v South Africa at St John's - Apr 29-May 3,
2005 scorecard
ODI debut South Africa v England at Bloemfontein - Feb 2, 2005
scorecard
Last ODI West Indies v South Africa at Port of Spain - May 15, 2005
scorecard
First-class span 2003/04 - 2004/05
List A span 2003/04 - 2004/05
Twenty-20 span 2003/04
Few Test debutants can have been asked to play so
many roles in such a short space of time as AB de Villiers, and
fewer still can have risen to the challenge with such alacrity that,
at the tender age of 21, he was already being regarded as the future
of South African cricket. A product of Afrikaans Hoer Seunsskool in
Pretoria, de Villiers was born to be a sportsman - although such was
his natural talent, tennis, golf, cricket or rugby could have been
his calling. Cricket won out, however, and after a prodigious spell
in the South Africa Under-19 team, he made his debut for Titans in
2003-04, racking up five half-centuries in his 438 runs. He earned
his call-up for the first Test against England the following season,
and after a composed debut as an opening batsman, he was handed the
wicketkeeping gloves for the second Test in Durban, which he helped
save with a maiden Test half-century from No. 7. By the end of the
series, however, he was back at the top of the order, and after
falling eight runs short of a deserved century in the first innings
at Centurion, he made instant amends second-time around. His
development continued at a rate of knots in the Caribbean, where he
helped seal the series with a wonderful 178 at Bridgetown
|
