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De Villiers during training in 2009
Personal information
Full name
Abraham Benjamin de Villiers
Born
17 February 1984 (age 37)
Bela-Bela, Limpopo Province, South Africa
Nickname
Mr. 360, ABD,Superman[1]
Batting
Right-handed
Bowling
Right-arm medium
Role
Batsman, wicket-keeper
International information
National side
South Africa (2004–2018)
Test debut (cap 296)
17 December 2004 v England
Last Test
30 March 2018 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 78)
2 February 2005 v England
Last ODI
16 February 2018 v India
ODI shirt no.
17
T20I debut (cap 20)
24 February 2006 v Australia
Last T20I
29 October 2017 v Bangladesh
T20I shirt no.
17
Domestic team information
Years
Team
2003/04
Northerns
2004/05–2017/18
Titans
2008–2010
Delhi Daredevils (squad no. 17)
2011–present
Royal Challengers Bangalore (squad no. 17)
2016
Barbados Tridents (squad no. 17)
2018
Tshwane Spartans (squad no. 17)
2019
Rangpur Riders (squad no. 17)
2019
Lahore Qalandars (squad no. 17)
2019
Middlesex (squad no. 17)
2019/20
Brisbane Heat (squad no. 17)
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC
Matches 114 228 78 141
Runs scored 8,765 9,577 1,672 10,689
Batting average 50.66 53.50 26.12 49.71
100s/50s 22/46 25/53 0/10 25/60
Top score 278* 176 79* 278*
Balls bowled 204 192 – 234
Wickets 2 7 – 2
Bowling average 52.00 28.85 – 69.00
5 wickets in innings 0 0 – 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 – 0
Best bowling 2/22 2/15 – 2/49
Catches/stumpings 222/5 176/5 65/7 275/6
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 29 January 2019
De Villiers began his international career as a wicket-keeper-batsman, but he has played most often solely as a batsman. He batted at various positions in the batting order, but predominantly in the middle-order. Noted as one of the most innovative and destructive batsmen in the modern era, De Villiers is known for a range of unorthodox shots, particularly behind the wicket-keeper.[3] He made his international debut in a Test match against England in 2004 and first played a One Day International (ODI) in early 2005. His debut in Twenty20 International cricket came in 2006. He scored over 8,000 runs in both Test and ODI cricket and is one of the very few batsmen to have a batting average of over fifty in both forms of the game.[4] In limited overs cricket he is an attacking player.[5] He holds the record for the fastest ODI century in just 31 balls. He also recorded the fastest ODI 50 and 150.
De Villiers captained South Africa in all three formats, although after a series of injuries he stepped down from the Test captaincy. In 2017 he stepped down from captaining the national limited-overs teams[6] and in May 2018 announced his retirement from all forms of international cricket.[7][8][9] However, in January 2020 De Villiers expressed his intention to make an international comeback and play for South Africa in the 2020 T20 World Cup.[10]