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AB de Villiers Profile

General Information Full name Abraham Benjamin de Villiers Born February 17, 1984, Pretoria Current age 27 years 108 days Major teams South Africa, Africa XI, Delhi Daredevils, Northerns, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Titans Playing role Wicketkeeper batsman Batting style Right-hand bat Bowling Style Right-arm medium  Career Statistics Batting & Fielding Statistics Test ODI T20 Matches Played 66 119 33 Innings Played 113 115 32 Not Outs 13 16 6 Runs 4741 4523 604 Highest 278* 146 79* Average 47.41 45.68 23.23 Balls Faced 8821 4954 491 St/R 53.74 91.29 123.01 100's 12 11 0 50's 23 26 4 4's 538 427 44 6's 37 76 20 Catches Taken 93 86 32 Stumpings Made 1 2 4 Bowling Statistics Test ODI T20 Matches Played 66 119 33 Innings Played 4 1 - Balls 198 12 - Runs 99 22 - Wickets 2 0 - Best Inning Bowling 2/49 - - Best Match Bowling 2/49 - - Average 49.50 - - Economy Rate 3.00 11.00 - St/R 99.0 - - 4 Wickets 0 0 - 5 Wickets 0 0 - 10 Wickets 0 0 -  Profile AB de Villiers earned his call-up for the first Test against England the following season, and after a composed debut as an opening batsman, he was handed the wicketkeeping gloves for the second Test in Durban, which he helped save with a maiden Test half-century from No. 7. By the end of the series, however, he was back at the top of the order, and after falling eight runs short of a deserved century in the first innings at Centurion, he made instant amends second-time around.Abraham Benjamin de Villiers was in born 17 February 1984 in Pretoria, Transvaal Province, South Africa, more commonly known by his initials AB plays cricket for South Africa and the Northern Titans. He also plays for the Delhi DareDevils in the Indian Premier League.On South Africa's tour of Australia at the end of 2005 he managed just 152 runs at 25.33 - despite playing Shane Warne well - and was sent home ahead of the tri-nation VB Series.He became the first South African to hit a double hundred (217*) against India.