AB de Villiers

Anderson dreams of rematch - with cricket ace de Villiers

South Africa's Kevin Anderson reaches the fourth round of Wimbledon for the third time but admits he had cricket on his mind.
8 July 2017

De Villiers vows fightback after T20 rout

Captain AB de Villiers promise South Africa would fight back after England thrashed them by nine wickets in the first Twenty20 international at Southampton.
22 June 2017

Champions Trophy: India face South Africa

India and South Africa come into this match knowing that it’s potentially a knock-out game. All four teams from Group B have 2 points each and whoever loses today will be knocked out of the tournament.
11 June 2017

South Africa pursue great obsession

South Africa's quest for a major international cricket trophy has become enough of an obsession for star batsman and one-day international captain AB de Villiers to put his Test career on hold.
29 May 2017

AB upset at tampering inference

South Africa captain AB de Villiers insisted his side had done nothing wrong after they found themselves caught up in a fresh ball-tampering row on Saturday as they lost their one-day international series against England.
28 May 2017

South Africa's De Villiers angry at 'ball-tampering' inference

South Africa captain AB de Villiers insists his side had done nothing wrong after they found themselves caught up in a fresh ball-tampering row as they lost their one-day international series against England.
28 May 2017

England have recovered from WC woes: AB

England have recovered from their disastrous 2015 World Cup campaign and are one of the favourites for next month's Champions Trophy, South Africa captain AB de Villiers said ahead of the teams' three-match one-day international series.
19 May 2017

Bangalore's star power refuses to translate into IPL success

Royal Challengers Bangalore learnt it the hard way that star power does not always guarantee success after succumbing to the lowest ever score in the Indian Premier League (IPL) in Sunday's match against the Kolkata Knight Riders.
24 April 2017

Amla, AB among marquee locals

Hashim Amla and AB de Villiers are among the top marquee local players announced by Cricket South Africa (CSA) on Friday for their new T20 league that is set to take place later this year.
21 April 2017

Virat Kohli locks in comeback date

India superstar Virat Kohli has announced he will return to the Indian Premier League this Friday for Royal Challengers Bangalore’s crucial clash with Mumbai Indians.
12 April 2017

Cricket: Proteas set New Zealand tough target

South Africa set New Zealand a difficult target of 280 on a turning wicket in the fourth one-day international on Wednesday thanks to half-centuries from skipper AB de Villiers and Faf du Plessis.
1 March 2017

Cricket: Guptill, Patel back in New Zealand shake up

A shell-shocked New Zealand have welcomed the return of a fit again Martin Guptill and dropped pace for spin for the fourth one-day international against South Africa.
26 February 2017

Cricket: Taylor, Boult shine as NZ square South Africa series

Trent Boult took the prized wicket of AB de Villiers then bowled Dwaine Pretorious in the penultimate over as New Zealand secured a series-levelling six-run victory in the second one-day international against South Africa on Wednesday.
22 February 2017

Sri Lanka clinch T20 series 2-1

AB de Villiers's sparkling half century could not prevent Sri Lanka from snatching a five-wicket victory with one ball to spare as they capitalised on six dropped catches by South Africa in the third Twenty20 on Wednesday.
25 January 2017

De Villiers steps down as Proteas Test captain

Star batsman AB de Villiers confirmed Monday he has stepped down as captain of the South Africa Test team with immediate effect as he recovers from an elbow injury.
12 December 2016

Cricket: Captain De Villiers misses ODI against Ireland

South Africa captain AB de Villiers is to skip Sunday's one-day international against Ireland to allow further recovery time from an elbow injury ahead of a five-match series against Australia.
22 September 2016

Cricket: De Villiers back from injury to face Australia

South Africa's talismanic captain AB de Villiers recovers from injury and is included in the Proteas squad for the one-day series at home against Australia.
6 September 2016

Have improved as a batsman: Karthik

Dinesh Karthik has been out of the Indian side for about two years now, but the wicketkeeper batsman is not losing sleep over it.
17 June 2016

Warner ton sets up Australia win

David Warner hits his maiden ODI century outside Australia to set up a 36-run tri-series win over South Africa
12 June 2016

Bowlers power South Africa to a low-scoring win over Australia

Paceman Kagiso Rabada leads a brilliant South Africa bowling display to lift the Proteas to a 47-run win over Australia in the triangular one-day international series.
8 June 2016