Herschelle Gibbs made an emotional return to form as he and AB de Villiers thrashed Australia's bowling to put South Africa in a strong position in the fourth one-day international at St George's Park here on Monday. Gibbs hit 110 as South Africa made 317 for six after being sent in to bat on a slow pitch. Gibbs and De Villiers (84) put on 136 off 123 balls for the third wicket in a partnership filled with sparkling strokes and audacious running between wickets. When he reached his 21st one... Read Full Story
South Africa wrapped up the second Test against India within three days, claiming victory by an innings and 90 runs in Ahmedabad. Following AB de Villiers' stunning unbeaten double century on Friday, the Proteas decided to declare on 494-7 at the start of the day - a lead of 418 runs. They then worked their way through the India batting line-up to remove the hosts for 328 in their second outing and take a 1-0 lead in the three-Test series. De Villiers had grabbed the headlines on the second... Read Full Story
Abraham Denjamin de Villiers, aka AB de Villiers, is one all round cricketer. apart from being a batsman capable of making runs on all kinds of surfaces, electric fielding and wicket keeping are other facests of this Pretoria born South African cricket player. he also has 2 wickets in tests as well! 5 feet 10 inches in height, AB de Villers chose cricket over many sports he was good at, played under-19 world cup 2002 and progressed to International cricket almost instantly. First South... Read Full Story
Andre Nel hit the final ball of the match over cover to give South Africa a dramatic two-wicket win over New Zealand in the first one-day international. The Proteas required 11 off the final over to reach their target of 249 and the Kiwis looked in control with nine needed from the last three balls. But Nel hit back-to-back boundaries through the covers off Mark Gillespie to draw the scores level and his chip into the off-side off the final ball brought up the single needed for victory... Read Full Story
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LONDON: AB de Villiers' 79 not out provided the platform for South Africa to crush Scotland by 130 runs in the Proteas' opening
LONDON: AB de Villiers' 79 not out provided the platform for South Africa to crush Scotland by 130 runs in the Proteas' opening match of the ICC World Twenty20 at the Oval on Sunday. Scotland, chasing an unlikely 212 to win after South... Read Full Story
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2nd day Prince and de Villiers dominate England
AB de Villiers was strong off front and back foot . Ashwell Prince and AB de Villiers ground Engl... Read Full Story
It was a long, but good day in the field !!After some expected nerves shown by us this morning, Dale & Makhaya got the series going with three quick wickets. It was hard work after that, on what I thought was a very good pitch for batting. Our bowlers stuck to their game plans and showed why they are rated as one, if not the best bowling attack in test cricket at the moment. We managed to restrict the Aussies to 340/9. We're hoping to get the last wicket early tomorrow morning! Just a Preview... Read Full Story
If an Indian team with ambitions to world dominance found the opening day at the Sardar Patel Stadium humiliating, day two was soul-destroying, with a classy AB de Villiers double-century and a dogged Jacques Kallis hundred underpinning a relentless South African charge to victory. By the time the rain came down to wash away Indian tears, they had rampaged to 494 for 7, with de Villiers still going strong on 217, the highest score by a South African against India. In the 77.2 overs bowled in... Read Full Story
South African players in attendance at the 2009 SA Cricket Awards, Johannesburg JP Duminy is presented with the Pro20 Cricketer of the Year award by Jonty Rhodes Graeme Smith receives the award for Test Cricketer of the Year at the 2009 Mickey Arthur congratulates Roelof van der Merwe on picking up the Newcomer of the Year award AB de Villiers took the honours for ODI Cricketer of the Year Read Full Story
