A B de Villiers

Abraham de Villiers

De Villiers training with South Africa in 2009
Personal information
Full name	Abraham Benjamin de Villiers
Born	(1984-02-17) 17 February 1984 (age 31) Pretoria, Transvaal Province, South Africa
Nickname	AB, ABD, Mr. 360, Superman, 'Freak'
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm medium
Role	Batsman, Wicket-keeper, All-rounder & South Africa ODI Captain
Relations	Wife: Danielle de Villiers (m. 2013)Son: Abraham de Villiers (born 2015)
International information
National side	South Africa
Test debut (cap 296)	17 December 2004 v England
Last Test	03 December 2015 v India
ODI debut (cap 78)	2 February 2005 v England
Last ODI	25 October 2015 v India
ODI shirt no.	17
T20I debut (cap 20)	24 February 2006 v Australia
Last T20I	5 October 2015 v India
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2003–2004	Northerns
2004–	Titans (squad no. 17)
2011–present	Royal Challengers Bangalore (squad no. 17)
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 100 195 125 227 Runs scored 7770 8,403 9,572 9,740 Batting average 52.15 54.21 50.91 53.22 100s/50s 21/38 23/47 24/51 26/56 Top score 278* 162* 278* 162* Balls bowled 204 180 234 192 Wickets 2 7 2 7 Bowling average 52.00 67.28 9.00 58.85 5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling 2/49 2/15 2/49 2/15 Catches/stumpings 185/4 159/5 236/5 185/5
Source: Cricinfo, 14 November 2015

Statistics are correct as of 4 February 2013

Career best performances[edit]

	Batting				Wicketkeeping
	Score	Fixture	Venue	Season	Dismissals	Fixture	Venue	Season
Tests	278*	South Africa v  Pakistan	Abu Dhabi	2010–11	11	South Africa v  Pakistan	New Wanderers Stadium	2013
ODI	162*	South Africa v  West Indies	SCG, Sydney	2015	n/a
T20I	79*	South Africa v  Scotland	The Oval	2009	n/a
LA	214	South Africa v  West Indies	St. George's	2007	n/a
T20	133*	Royal Challengers Bangalore v Mumbai Indians	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai	2015	n/a

Test analysis[edit]

Records against opponents[edit]

Opponent[24]	Matches	Innings	Not out	Runs	High Score	100	50	Average	Catches/Stumpings
Australia	40	37	3	1,641	169	5	9	48.26	31/1
Bangladesh	4	5	1	69	46	0	0	17.25	5/–
England	16	27	1	1,183	174	2	6	45.50	32/1
India	13	23	1	865	217*	3	0	41.19	30/–
New Zealand	10	14	0	546	127	1	5	35.66	22/–
Pakistan	12	21	4	1,112	278*	4	3	65.41	31/1
Sri Lanka	7	12	1	691	160*	1	5	81.42	2/–

Records by year[edit]

Year[24]	Matches	Innings	Not out	Runs	High Score	100	50	Average	Catches/Stumpings
2004	2	4	1	108	52*	0	1	36.00
2005	11	19	0	1008	178	3	5	53.05	10/1
2006	11	21	0	570	97	0	4	27.14	17/–
2007	9	16	2	387	77	0	3	27.64	14/–
2008	15	22	4	1061	217*	4	2	58.94	20/–
2009	6	11	1	572	163	2	4	57.20	9/–
2010	11	18	5	996	278*	3	4	76.61	17/–
2011	5	8	0	377	99	0	4	47.12	4/–
2012	10	16	2	815	160*	2	2	75.60	2/–
2013	7	10	1	743	164	3	4	82.55	11/–
TOTAL	83	139	16	6,146	278*	17	32	49.72	110/1

Records by location[edit]

Location[24]	Matches	Innings	Not out	Runs	High Score	100	50	Average	Catches/Stumpings
Home	53	72	6	2828	163	7	17	40.88	80/1
Away	37	64	9	3010	217*	7	14	55.93	28/–
Neutral	2	3	1	308	278*	1	1	102.67	2/–
TOTAL	83	139	16	6,146	278*	15	32	49.72	110/1

High scores[edit]

Score[25]	Minutes	Balls	Position	Innings	Opposition	Location	Date
278*	601	418	5	1	Pakistan	Abu Dhabi	20 Nov 2010
217*	480	333	6	2	India	Ahmedabad	3 April 2008
178	551	352	2	2	West Indies	Bridgetown	21 April 2005
174	517	381	6	2	England	Leeds	18 July 2008
169	225	184	5	2	Australia	Perth	2 Dec 2012

Batting graph[edit]

Test batting career of AB de Villiers as of 1 June 2012 with career batting average (left) and 10 innings moving average (right).

ODI analysis[edit]

Records against opponents[edit]

Opponent[26]	Matches	Innings	Not out	Runs	High Score	100	50	Average	Strike rate	Catches/Stumpings
Asia XI (for Africa XI)	5	5	0	150	70	0	1	44.52	90.90	5/–
Australia	45	23	4	1189	136*	1	10	62.57	99.74	11/2
Bangladesh	6	5	2	213	69*	0	2	71.00	82.55	9/–
England	21	19	1	520	121	1	0	28.88	80.12	8/–
India	24	24	3	921	119	5	5	46.05	105.31	10/1
Ireland	3	3	0	64	40	0	0	21.33	136.17	1/–
Kenya	2	2	0	39	28	0	0	19.50	100.00	1/–
Netherlands	3	2	0	134	134	1	0	67.00	134.00	–
New Zealand	17	17	7	560	106*	1	2	56.00	89.88	9/1
Pakistan	31	30	7	1423	128	3	5	61.86	91.39	13/1
Scotland	1	1	0	62	62	0	1	62.00	137.77	1/–
Sri Lanka	17	16	2	756	125*	2	3	54.00	103.29	8/–
United Arab Emirates	1	1	0	99	99	0	1	99.00	120.73	-
West Indies	21	19	3	1219	162*	5	4	76.18	113.28	10/–
Zimbabwe	13	13	2	527	109	3	2	47.90	107.03	13/–
TOTAL	209	179	31	7,791	162*	20	45	54.48		99/5

Records by year[edit]

Year[26]	Matches	Innings	Not out	Runs	High Score	100	50	Average	Strike rate	Catches/Stumpings
2005	14	14	0	221	99	0	1	15.78	66.76	4/–
2006	12	12	1	466	92*	0	3	42.36	84.88	6/–
2007	33	32	5	1209	146	3	8	44.77	92.29	20/–
2008	17	14	2	434	77	0	3	36.16	78.33	15/–
2009	17	17	3	762	121	1	6	54.42	92.81	12/–
2010	16	16	4	964	114*	5	4	80.33	102.11	22/1
2011	10	10	1	467	134	2	3	51.88	104.94	7/1
2012	13	12	6	645	125*	2	3	107.50	108.58	13/1
2013	27	26	3	1163	128	3	7	50.56	97.07
TOTAL	159	153	25	4,998	146	16	38	49.00	93.19	99/3

Records by location[edit]

Location[26]	Matches	Innings	Not out	Runs	High Score	100	50	Average	Strike rate	Catches/Stumpings
Home	74	72	11	3224	149	7	21	52.85	100.46	41/1
Away	63	59	14	2651	146	8	14	58.91	97.07	36/1
Neutral	40	40	1	1565	162*	4	8	43.47	86.03	22/1
TOTAL	177	171	26	7,440	162*	19	43	49.00	93.19	99/3

High scores[edit]

Score[27]	Minutes	Balls	Position	Innings	Opposition	Location	Date
162*	102	66	5	1	West Indies	Sydney	27 Feb 2015
149	59	44	3	1	West Indies	Johannesburg	18 Jan 2015
146	195	130	1	1	West Indies	St George's	10 Apr 2007
134	126	98	4	1	Netherlands	Mohali	3 Mar 2011
125*	144	98	4	1	Sri Lanka	Johannesburg	22 Jan 2012
121	117	85	3	1	England	Cape Town	27 Nov 2009
114*	154	101	5	2	India	Gwalior	24 Feb 2010

Batting graph[edit]

ODI batting career of AB de Villiers as of 1 June 2012 with career batting average (left) and 10 innings moving average (right