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Full name Petrus Stephanus de Villiers
Born October 13, 1964, Vereeniging, Transvaal
Current age 44 years 36 days
Major teams South Africa,Kent,Northern Transvaal
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
18
26
7
359
67*
18.89
991
36.22
0
2
36
5
11
0
ODIs
83
36
15
170
20*
8.09
218
77.98
0
0
13
2
15
0
First-class
102
138
39
1687
67*
17.04
0
4
53
0
List A
173
91
35
519
23*
9.26
0
0
24
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
18
34
4805
2063
85
6/23
10/108
24.27
2.57
56.5
6
5
2
ODIs
83
82
4422
2636
95
4/27
4/27
27.74
3.57
46.5
2
0
0
First-class
102
20498
9553
427
7/80
22.37
2.79
48.0
23
3
List A
173
8765
5472
204
5/30
5/30
26.82
3.74
42.9
5
1
0
Career statistics
Test debut
Australia v South Africa at Melbourne, Dec 26-30, 1993 scorecard
Last Test
South Africa v Pakistan at Port Elizabeth, Mar 6-10, 1998 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
South Africa v India at Cape Town, Dec 7, 1992 scorecard
Last ODI
South Africa v Sri Lanka at Lahore, Nov 8, 1997 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1985/86 - 1997/98
List A span
1985/86 - 1997/98
Profile
Fanie de Villiers straddling the pitch in enthusiastic triumph after dismissing
Glenn McGrath to complete South Africa's epic five-run win at Sydney in
1993-94 in only his second Test is one of the indelible images in South Africa's sporting history. It also sums up de Villiers the man - a tireless trier who overcame physical setbacks, language prejudice and the blinkered view that his talents were fit only for limited-overs cricket to become the
premier South African swing bowler of the post-apartheid era. Never among
the more naturally blessed or technically correct of cricketers, de Villiers
evolved into one of the most canny bowlers in the game once his considerable
pace began to fade. Always a colourful entertainer on the field, he plunged
himself, some would say foot in mouth, into media work after his retirement.
Neil Manthorp
