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AB de Villiers

January 2020

  • AB de Villiers and Tom Banton

    AB de Villiers joins Brisbane Heat but has big shoes to fill

    AB de Villiers has some big shoes to fill at Brisbane Heat when he replaces English revelation Tom Banton

June 2019

  • AB De Villiers offered to return to the South Africa team before the tournament

    South Africa opted against AB de Villiers recall for Cricket World Cup

    South Africa decided against including AB de Villiers in their World Cup squad after revealing the star batsman offered in April to reverse his international retirement

May 2018

  • Barney Ronay

    AB de Villiers departs and leaves a Picasso-sized hole in cricket

    Barney Ronay
    AB de Villiers learned his craft before T20 was invented but the South African made the game look easy, regardless of the format
  • AB de Villiers: 'I have had my turn and, to be honest, I am tired' – video

    The South African will retire from all forms of international cricket with immediate effect

  • South Africa’s AB De Villiers hits a six over the stands during a T20 match last year.

    AB de Villiers announces shock retirement from international cricket

    The 34-year-old has been a titanic figure in South Africa’s middle order for more than a decade and will go down as one of their greatest ever batsmen

April 2018

  • AB de Villiers says South Africa’s controversial Test series against Australia was ‘rough’ but it was ‘the best series I have been part of’.

    AB de Villiers: ‘I felt sorry for the Australians, especially Steve Smith’

    South Africa’s master batsman AB de Villiers talks to Ali Martin about the controversial series against Australia, how a break from Test cricket was good for his health and why he cannot miss the IPL

July 2017

  • Stuart Broad, who appears fit to play under his fifth England captain after recent heel trouble, takes part in a training session before the first Test against South Africa.

    AB de Villiers absence spells danger for Test cricket, says Mike Brearley

  • AB de Villiers captained South Africa in the T20 series between England and South Africa this summer, but his absence from the Test series could reap benefits for the tourists.

    Sportblog
    South Africa confident of Test success despite absence of AB De Villiers

June 2017

  • Mason Crane

    England to hand leg-spinner Mason Crane debut in T20 against South Africa

    Eoin Morgan has backed the 20-year-old Mason Crane to shine against batsmen of AB de Villiers’s class

May 2017

  • Eoin Morgan hits out during his net at Headingley

    England’s Morgan relishes South Africa challenge in Champions Trophy buildup

    South Africa provide the opposition at Headingley on Wednesday afternoon in the first of three ODIs for England before June’s Champions Trophy campaign

December 2016

  • AB de Villiers Faf du Plessis

    Faf du Plessis becomes South Africa Test captain after AB de Villiers resigns

    AB de Villiers has resigned as South Africa’s Test captain and will be replaced by Faf du Plessis, who has been standing while De Villiers was out with an elbow injury

March 2016

  • Chris Gayle hits out agaiunst England.

    World Twenty20 2016
    No respite for callow England as South Africa and AB de Villiers await

    After being blown away by Chris Gayle on Wednesday, England’s young side remain chipper but their next challenge is every bit as stiff

February 2016

  • AB de Villiers hit the fastest-ever T20 50 by a South African batsman.

    South Africa’s AB de Villiers helps wrap up T20 series after England collapse

  • AB de Villiers hugs his team-mate David Wiese

    AB de Villiers century leads South Africa to 3-2 series win over England

January 2016

  • Photograph of AB de Villiers

    South Africa make AB de Villiers Test captain on permanent basis

  • ***BESTPIX*** South Africa v England - Fourth Test: Day Four<br>CENTURION, SOUTH AFRICA - JANUARY 25:  James Anderson of England celebrates taking the wicket of AB de Villiers of South Africa lbw during day four of the 4th Test at Supersport Park on January 25, 2016 in Centurion, South Africa.  (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images) ***BESTPIX***

    England’s Jimmy Anderson claims AB de Villiers was ‘bit on the backside’

  • England Media Access<br>CENTURION, SOUTH AFRICA - JANUARY 21:  Alastair Cook, Alex Hales, Moeen Ali and Gary Balance of England chat during England media acces at SuperSport Park on January 21, 2016 in Centurion, South Africa.  (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images)

    South Africa’s AB de Villiers targets England’s weaknesses – video

  • Alastair Cook and Jimmy Anderson

    Alastair Cook hits back at AB de Villiers over his England jibes

  • The joy of six
    The Joy of Six: run-outs

  • AB de Villiers refuses to commit to South Africa Test captaincy

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