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Ab de villiers
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Full name
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Abraham Benjamin de Villiers
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Born
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17 February 1984 (age 31)
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Place
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Pretoria, Gauteng
Province, South Africa
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Nickname
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AB, ABD, Mr. 360, Superman
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Batting style
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Right-handed
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Bowling style
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Right-arm medium
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Role
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Batsman,
Wicket-keeper, South Africa ODI Captain and Test captain
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International
information
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National side
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South Africa
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Test debut (cap
297)
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17 December 2004 v England
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ODI debut (cap
78)
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2 February 2005 v England
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ODI shirt no.
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17
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T20I debut (cap 20)
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24 February 2006 v Australia
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Career statistics
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Competition
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Test
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ODI
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FC
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LA
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Matches
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106
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197
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131
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228
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Runs scored
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8074
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8,484
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9,961
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9,813
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Batting average
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50.46
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53.92
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50.30
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53.92
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100s/50s
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21/39
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24/47
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24/52
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26/56
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Top score
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278*
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162*
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278*
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162*
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Balls bowled
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204
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180
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234
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192
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Wickets
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2
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7
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2
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7
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Bowling average
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52.00
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67.28
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69.00
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58.85
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Best bowling
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2/49
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2/15
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2/49
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2/15
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Catches/stumpings
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196/5
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159/5
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247/6
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185/5
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Awards
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Test
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Player of the
Series awards
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4
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Man of the Match
awards
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5
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ODI
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Player of the
series awards
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6
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Man of the Match
awards
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25
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He is a talented
sportsman and has excelled in golf, rugby, badminton, swimming, cricket and
tennis. At his school he was part of the school's U-14 cricket team. He
played golf at a good level. Rugby was the most followed sport at his school
so he took it up too. He once had a flair for hockey and made it to the U-16
side of the school. He was shortlisted for South Africa's junior national
hockey team.
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He returned to
play rugby when he stopped with hockey. He was soon part of the school's
rugby team, the 1st XV of the Affies. He performed extraordinarily well and
was selected for the Blue Bulls U-18 side, which had some big names that
would later represent South African rugby
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De Villiers has
scored 21 Test,24 ODI and 2 IPL centuries. He is the highest century maker
for South Africa in ODIs, and sixth highest of all time.He has scored 38
test,47 ODI,6 T20I and 15 IPL half centuries.
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Records
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Fastest fifty in
One day International in 16 balls vs West Indies at Wanderers Stadium,
Johannesburg on 18 January 2015.
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Fastest hundred
in One day International in 31 balls vs West Indies at Wanderers Stadium,
Johannesburg on 18 January 2015.
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Fastest hundred
and fifty in One day International in 64 balls vs West Indies at Sydney
Cricket Ground, Australia on 27 February 2015
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Record for most
consecutive Tests without missing any(98).
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Fastest player
8000 runs in One Day Internationals.
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He equaled the
record of most sixes (16) in an innings in ODI format along with Rohit Sharma
and Chris Gayle against the West Indies at Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg on
18 January 2015.
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He is the holder
of a rather unwanted record for most ducks (4) in a particular ODI series
(2007 Cricket World Cup). He shares this record with Greg Chappell and Kyle
McCallan (who also achieved this in the 2007 Cricket World Cup).
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He holds the
record for the most sixes in Cricket World Cup (37 sixes) along with Chris
Gayle.
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He is the leading
run scorer for SOUTH AFRICA in Cricket World Cup.
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He scored 34 runs
in an over which is the third highest in ODIs.
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