Regular captain AB de Villiers has withdrawn from SA’s T20 squad, in order to rest ahead of the Test series against New Zealand starting on Friday.
Hashim Amla has backed fellow top-order batsman AB de Villiers to continue with his new role behind the stumps in South Africa’s Test team.
The Champions League T20 should focus on developing the global game instead of profits, writes Neil Manthorp.
Nobody had greater hopes and expectations than AB de Villiers when the Proteas arrived in Sri Lanka three weeks ago and nobody was more disappointed.
South Africa, who suffered their second defeat to Australia, will be knocked out of the World Twenty20 tournament if Pakistan beat India.
Disparagers of T20 cricket may not like hearing this but the game has pushed the boundaries of tactical strategising further than ever before.
Hashim Amla says he’s looking forward to returning to the scene of his greatest triumph after punishing England with yet another superb century.
Despite Sri Lanka’s two-wicket triumph over South Africa in the final match of an international series, the series was still won 3-2 by the hosts.
AB de Villiers enjoys a new challenge when he captains South Africa in the first one-day international against Sri Lanka at Boland Park on Wednesday.
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Hashim Amla and AB de Villiers came to the party with a fourth-wicket partnership of 139 on the third-day of the final test against Australia.
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/ 24 February 2011
AB de Villiers’ unbeaten 107 powered South Africa to a seven-wicket victory over the West Indies in a World Cup Group B match on Thursday.
Sachin Tendulkar has closed the gap on Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara to just two ratings points at the top of the ICC Test Rankings for batsmen.
An "accidental" remark he wished he had never made is behind AB de Villiers’s rapid ascent into the top ranks of the world’s leading batsmen, he says.
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/ 21 November 2010
AB de Villiers scored 278 not out on Sunday to become South Africa’s highest individual scorer in a Test match.
AB de Villiers’s outstanding form in the past season has earned him the ultimate individual reward.
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/ 28 November 2009
AB de Villiers hit a dazzling century as South Africa swept to a series-levelling 112-run win in the third one-day international against England.
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/ 16 November 2009
England has a talented bowling attack, but AB de Villiers is confident the Proteas will be ready for them when the ODI series starts on Friday.
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/ 2 September 2009
Proteas captain Graeme Smith and batsman AB de Villiers have both been nominated in two categories for the ICC awards to be held in October.
AB de Villiers won the battle of the master blasters against Matthew Hayden on Thursday to give Delhi Daredevils a nine-run win over Chennai Super Kings
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/ 25 February 2009
South Africa’s AB de Villiers wants to concentrate on becoming the world’s best batsman rather than taking a role as full-time wicketkeeper.
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/ 26 January 2009
AB de Villiers and Hashim Amla eased SA to their most convincing win of the tour in Adelaide on Monday, clinching the one-day international series 3-1
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/ 21 December 2008
AB de Villiers’s century guided SA to the second-highest run chase in the history of Test cricket on Sunday, as they beat Australia by six wickets.
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/ 12 December 2008
In the past South African players have not been able to cope with the “Aussieness” of a tour Down Under. This time, things may be different.
AB de Villiers scored 97 on Sunday to give South Africa an outside chance of winning the fourth and final Test against England at the Oval.
A defiant innings by AB de Villiers held up England’s charge towards victory on the fourth day of the fourth and final Test against South Africa.
Ashwell Prince and AB de Villiers have stormed into the top 20 of the player rankings for Test batsmen after strong performances against England.
England’s batsmen continued to struggle on the third day of the second Test, reaching 50-2 in their second innings on Sunday.
SA’s Makhaya Ntini took two key wickets after AB de Villiers’s hundred put the Proteas into a commanding position in the second Test on Sunday.
AB de Villiers continued to defy England’s attack with an unbeaten century at tea on the third day of the second Test on Sunday.