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South African
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South Africa
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SA
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AB de Villiers
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Right-hand bat
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Right-arm medium
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18
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1370
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4281
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3/8
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178
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174
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2
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3850
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2/49
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23/1
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19
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402
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2115
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-/1
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68
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27 April
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2006
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(b.
17 February ,
1984 ) in
Pretoria . More commonly known by his initials '''''AB''''', he plays cricket for
South Africa and the Northern Titans.
He is a right-handed batsman, who, in a very short space of time, has accumulated many runs and scored three centuries in Tests; including centuries against England, the West Indies and Zimbabwe. He is a talented, acrobatic wicket-keeper who, with more experience and grooming, could be in line to replace Mark Boucher (South Africa's current wicket-keeper) in a few years time. Although not recognized for his bowling, he has Test best bowling figures of 2/49. Unfortunately his ODI career is (as of yet) not as promising as his performances in Tests. However this is likely to change with experience and experimentation with South Africa's currently addled batting line-up.He also owns a plot of land on the moon.
Many compare him to the legendary
Jonty Rhodes , both in looks and skill, and believe that he should be used in a similar fashion to Rhodes in ODIs. That is, although he opens the batting in Tests, he should bat lower down the order (middle-order, ie. 4 or 5) in ODIs. The recent ODI tour to India (late 2005) highlighted an "inability" to open the batting in this version of the game
Unfortunately AB is a casualty of politics in South African sport. Sports in South Africa have an "enforced quota system" that ensures that there are a minimum of two "players of colour" in the cricket (rugby, etc) team. Selection based on talent and merit often have to take a backseat to skin colour, and AB has "suffered" this on a few occasions.
Stats and info courtesy of
Cricinfo.com .
