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17 February 1984

South African cricketer, AB de Villiers is born

Updated
14 Feb 2020
AB de Villiers

Abraham Benjamin de Villiers is a South African cricketer of note.  In 2011, he succeeded Graeme Smith and became captain of the South African One Day International (ODI) team. He is a right-handed batsman with a right arm medium batting style. With 278, de Villiers holds the second highest individual score by a South African in an innings. He is also regarded as one of the best fielders in international cricket. In 2012, he reached the top of the Test batting rankings and the following year, he reached the top of both Test and ODI rankings, making him only the ninth batsman in history to do so

How we know this

  1. 01ESPN, (2010), AB de Villiers, from ESPN Cric info, [online], Available at www.espncricinfo.com [Accessed: 10 February 2014]
  2. 02Cricket News, A.B de Villiers(South Africa), from Cricket 365, [online], Available at www.cricket365.co.za [Accessed: 10 February 2014]

Last updated · 14 Feb 2020

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South African History Online. (2014, February 14). South African cricketer, AB de Villiers is born . South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0097060

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