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Men's cricket

AB de Villiers

Abraham Benjamin de VilliersAfrica XI, South Africa · Wicketkeeper Batter · Right-hand bat · Right-arm mediumFirst match in the data 2 Jan 2005 · last 30 Mar 2018 · Men's Test ball-by-ball coverage since 19 Dec 2001

Data: Cricsheet (CC BY 4.0), matches up to 2 Nov 2026.

Career by format

Only matches with ball-by-ball records are counted.

Career by format
Format	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	100/50	Balls	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	5w
Test (shown below)	106	175	17	8,182	278*	51.78	54.80	21/42	–	–	–	–	–	–
ODI	222	213	38	9,435	176	53.91	101.20	25/52	192	7	2/15	28.86	6.31	0
T20I	75	73	11	1,591	79*	25.66	134.04	0/9	–	–	–	–	–	–

Matches: 106Men's Test
Runs: 8,182avg 51.78 · SR 54.80 · 14,930 balls
100s / 50s: 21 / 42HS 278*

Strengths and weaknesses

Measured against men's Test players with comparable samples. Strengths sit at or above the 70th percentile, weaknesses at or below the 30th.

How these are computed

Strengths(12)

West Indies
Country · average
100th pct.
This split
169.33
Own baseline
53.13
Cohort median
29.76
100th percentile among comparable players
West Indies: average of 169.3, 116.2 above their average of 53.1 on all balls faced (+219%) — allowing for sample size, that change is in the top 1% of comparable players (their median change: -5%) — 1028 balls faced.
1,028 ballsHigh confidence
United Arab Emirates
Country · average
99th pct.
This split
116.20
Own baseline
53.13
Cohort median
30.27
99th percentile among comparable players
United Arab Emirates: average of 116.2, 63.1 above their average of 53.1 on all balls faced (+119%) — allowing for sample size, that change is in the top 1% of comparable players (their median change: -6%) — 973 balls faced.
973 ballsHigh confidence
Second new ball (81+)
Match phase · strike rate
95th pct.
This split
66.47
Own baseline
54.80
Cohort median
53.32
95th percentile among comparable players
Second new ball (81+): strike rate of 66.5, 11.7 above their strike rate of 54.8 on all balls faced (+21%) — allowing for sample size, that change is in the top 5% of comparable players (their median change: +4%) — 4029 balls faced.
4,029 ballsHigh confidence
West Indies
Opposition · average
94th pct.
This split
99.25
Own baseline
53.13
Cohort median
33.77
94th percentile among comparable players
West Indies: average of 99.2, 46.1 above their average of 53.1 on all balls faced (+87%) — allowing for sample size, that change is in the top 6% of comparable players (their median change: +5%) — 2068 balls faced.
2,068 ballsHigh confidence
Left-arm fast-medium
Bowling type · strike rate
92nd pct.
This split
63.97
Own baseline
54.80
Cohort median
49.21
92nd percentile among comparable players
Left-arm fast-medium: strike rate of 64.0, 9.2 above their strike rate of 54.8 on all balls faced (+17%) — allowing for sample size, that change is in the top 8% of comparable players (their median change: -1%) — 691 balls faced.
691 ballsHigh confidence
Left-arm fast-medium
Bowling type · average
90th pct.
This split
88.40
Own baseline
53.13
Cohort median
32.31
90th percentile among comparable players
Left-arm fast-medium: average of 88.4, 35.3 above their average of 53.1 on all balls faced (+66%) — allowing for sample size, that change is in the top 10% of comparable players (their median change: -1%) — 691 balls faced.
691 ballsHigh confidence
Pakistan
Opposition · average
88th pct.
This split
78.29
Own baseline
53.13
Cohort median
29.13
88th percentile among comparable players
Pakistan: average of 78.3, 25.2 above their average of 53.1 on all balls faced (+47%) — allowing for sample size, that change is in the top 12% of comparable players (their median change: +3%) — 1838 balls faced.
1,838 ballsHigh confidence
Settling in (balls 16-40)
Stage of innings · balls per dismissal
87th pct.
This split
129.48
Own baseline
96.95
Cohort median
61.01
87th percentile among comparable players
Settling in (balls 16-40): balls per dismissal of 129, 33 above their balls per dismissal of 97 on all balls faced (+34%) — allowing for sample size, that change is in the top 13% of comparable players (their median change: -1%) — 3237 balls faced.
3,237 ballsHigh confidence
Away from home
Home or away · average
86th pct.
This split
59.26
Own baseline
53.13
Cohort median
29.28
86th percentile among comparable players
Away from home: average of 59.3, 6.1 above their average of 53.1 on all balls faced (+12%) — allowing for sample size, that change is in the top 14% of comparable players (their median change: -4%) — 7022 balls faced.
7,022 ballsHigh confidence
Off break
Bowling type · average
82nd pct.
This split
76.17
Own baseline
53.13
Cohort median
32.27
82nd percentile among comparable players
Off break: average of 76.2, 23.0 above their average of 53.1 on all balls faced (+43%) — allowing for sample size, that change is in the top 18% of comparable players (their median change: +5%) — 3175 balls faced.
3,175 ballsHigh confidence
Left-arm fast
Bowling type · average
78th pct.
This split
64.56
Own baseline
53.13
Cohort median
31.13
78th percentile among comparable players
Left-arm fast: average of 64.6, 11.4 above their average of 53.1 on all balls faced (+22%) — allowing for sample size, that change is in the top 22% of comparable players (their median change: -4%) — 1026 balls faced.
1,026 ballsHigh confidence
Right-arm medium
Bowling type · average
74th pct.
This split
70.80
Own baseline
53.13
Cohort median
36.41
74th percentile among comparable players
Right-arm medium: average of 70.8, 17.7 above their average of 53.1 on all balls faced (+33%) — allowing for sample size, that change is in the top 26% of comparable players (their median change: +3%) — 701 balls faced.
701 ballsHigh confidence

Weaknesses(12)

New ball (1-20)
Match phase · average
5th pct.
This split
33.52
Own baseline
53.13
Cohort median
31.21
5th percentile among comparable players
New ball (1-20): average of 33.5, 19.6 below their average of 53.1 on all balls faced (-37%) — allowing for sample size, that change is in the bottom 5% of comparable players (their median change: -9%) — 1415 balls faced.
1,415 ballsHigh confidence
Leg break
Bowling type · average
6th pct.
This split
36.62
Own baseline
53.13
Cohort median
35.67
6th percentile among comparable players
Leg break: average of 36.6, 16.5 below their average of 53.1 on all balls faced (-31%) — allowing for sample size, that change is in the bottom 6% of comparable players (their median change: +11%) — 463 balls faced.

Percentile profile

Where each measure ranks among comparable players; 50 is the cohort median.

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Percentile profile
Measure	Value	Percentile	Balls
Run scoring (batting)	51.78	96	14,930
Scoring rate (batting)	54.80	70	14,930
Against pace (batting)	51.54	97	9,308
Against spin (batting)	56.15	90	5,622
Time at the crease (batting)	94.49	93	14,930
Boundary hitting (batting)	6.74	60	14,930
Strike rotation (batting)	70.63	74	14,930

Batting matchups

Against each bowling type and family, by phase of the innings, and by how long the batter has been in.

Bowling type
Bowling type	Balls	Runs	Outs	Avg	SR	Dot %	4s+6s %
Right-arm fast-medium	5,369	2,991	61	49.03	55.71	73.1%	8.0%
Off break	3,175	1,752	23	76.17	55.18	67.7%	5.5%
Slow left-arm orthodox	1,971	926	21	44.10	46.98	71.0%	4.2%
Right-arm fast	1,419	774	18	43.00	54.55	72.2%	7.5%
Left-arm fast	1,026	581	9	64.56	56.63	69.6%	7.0%
Right-arm medium	701	354	5	70.80	50.50	72.2%	6.1%
Left-arm fast-medium	691	442	5	88.40	63.97	67.0%	8.4%
Leg break	463	293	8	36.63	63.28	62.2%

Career by year

Runs in each calendar year; the table below has every figure and the innings behind it.

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Career by year
Year	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ
2005	9	549	61.00	57.73	–	–	–	–
2006	21	570	27.14	51.58	–	–	–	–
2007	14	371	33.73	51.03	–	–	–	–
2008	22	1,061	58.94	53.42	–	–	–	–
2009	11	572	63.56	53.41	–	–	–	–
2010	18	996	83.00	58.45	–	–	–

Recent form

The last innings in this format, next to the career figures.

Last 10 innings batting: 438runs, 8 dismissalsAverage 54.75 (career 51.78) · strike rate 63.76 (career 54.80) · 24 Jan 2018 to 30 Mar 2018

Recent batting innings

Recent batting innings
Date	Opposition	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	Pos	Dismissal
30 Mar 2018	AustraliaWanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	6	5	1	0	4	caught
30 Mar 2018	AustraliaWanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	69	119	7	1	4	caught
22 Mar 2018	AustraliaNewlands, Cape Town	63	136	7	1	4	caught
22 Mar 2018	AustraliaNewlands, Cape Town	64	95	10	0

Dismissals

How they got out

158 dismissals

Caught9459%
Bowled3120%
Lbw2013%
Run out64%
Caught and bowled43%
Stumped32%

Dismissed by bowling type

154 dismissals where the bowler's type is known

Measure

Value

Percentile

Balls

Run scoring (batting)

51.78

14,930

Scoring rate (batting)

54.80

14,930

Against pace (batting)

51.54

9,308

Against spin (batting)

56.15

5,622

Time at the crease (batting)

94.49

14,930

Boundary hitting (batting)

6.74

14,930

Strike rotation (batting)

70.63

14,930

Bowling type

Balls

Runs

Outs

Avg

Dot %

4s+6s %

Right-arm fast-medium

5,369

2,991

49.03

55.71

73.1%

8.0%

Off break

3,175

1,752

76.17

55.18

67.7%

5.5%

Slow left-arm orthodox

1,971

926

44.10

46.98

71.0%

4.2%

Right-arm fast

1,419

774

43.00

54.55

72.2%

7.5%

Left-arm fast

1,026

581

64.56

56.63

69.6%

7.0%

Right-arm medium

701

354

70.80

50.50

72.2%

6.1%

Left-arm fast-medium

691

442

88.40

63.97

67.0%

8.4%

Leg break

463

293

36.63

63.28

62.2%

Year

Inns

Runs

Avg

Bowl inns

Wkts

Bowl avg

Econ

2005

549

61.00

57.73

–

2006

570

27.14

51.58

–

2007

371

33.73

51.03

–

2008

1,061

58.94

53.42

–

2009

572

63.56

53.41

–

2010

996

83.00

58.45

–

Date

Opposition

Runs

Balls

Pos

Dismissal

30 Mar 2018

AustraliaWanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

caught

30 Mar 2018

AustraliaWanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

119

caught

22 Mar 2018

AustraliaNewlands, Cape Town

136

caught

22 Mar 2018

AustraliaNewlands, Cape Town

Type and phase	Balls	Runs	Outs	Avg	SR	Dot %	4s+6s %
Right-arm fast-medium, Old ball (21-80)	3,168	1,641	27	60.78	51.80	74.9%	7.6%
Off break, Old ball (21-80)	2,262	1,080	14	77.14	47.75	70.6%	4.5%
Right-arm fast-medium, Second new ball (81+)	1,486	987	24	41.13	66.42	67.4%	8.9%
Slow left-arm orthodox, Old ball (21-80)	1,360	616	12	51.33	45.29	73.5%	4.8%
Right-arm fast, Old ball (21-80)	825	418	10	41.80	50.67	73.6%	7.2%
Off break, Second new ball (81+)	802	597	8	74.63	74.44	59.5%	8.2%
Right-arm fast-medium, New ball (1-20)	715	363	10	36.30	50.77	77.5%	8.1%
Left-arm fast, Old ball (21-80)	678	349	6	58.17	51.47	73.7%	6.5%
Slow left-arm orthodox, Second new ball (81+)	553	283	8	35.38	51.18	65.3%	2.9%
Right-arm medium, Old ball (21-80)	502	218	3	72.67	43.43	74.1%	4.6%
Left-arm fast-medium, Old ball (21-80)	380	243	2	121.50	63.95	67.9%	8.9%
Right-arm fast, New ball (1-20)	320	189	6	31.50	59.06	72.8%	8.4%
Left-arm fast, Second new ball (81+)	306	195	3	65.00	63.73	61.4%	7.5%
Right-arm fast, Second new ball (81+)	274	167	2	83.50	60.95	67.5%	7.3%
Leg break, Old ball (21-80)	268	138	6	23.00	51.49	63.8%	3.0%
Left-arm fast-medium, Second new ball (81+)	239	179	1	179.00	74.90	61.1%	9.2%
Leg break, Second new ball (81+)	162	137	0	–	84.57	57.4%	11.7%
Right-arm medium, Second new ball (81+)	135	94	1	94.00	69.63	65.2%	9.6%
Off break, New ball (1-20)	111	75	1	75.00	67.57	65.8%	7.2%
Left-arm fast-medium, New ball (1-20)	72	20	2	10.00	27.78	81.9%	2.8%
Left-arm medium, Second new ball (81+)	69	38	0	–	55.07	69.6%	7.2%
Right-arm medium, New ball (1-20)	64	42	1	42.00	65.63	71.9%	10.9%

Stage of innings	Balls	Runs	Outs	Avg	SR	Dot %	4s+6s %
Once set (40+ balls)	9,308	5,293	101	52.41	56.87	68.6%	6.7%
Settling in (balls 16-40)	3,237	1,674	25	66.96	51.71	72.6%	6.8%
New at the crease (first 15 balls)	2,385	1,215	28	43.39	50.94	76.1%	7.1%

Opposition	Balls	Runs	Outs	Avg	SR	Dot %	4s+6s %
Australia	3,983	1,988	36	55.22	49.91	74.1%	6.4%
India	2,451	1,334	33	40.42	54.43	70.0%	6.5%
England	2,075	1,062	26	40.85	51.18	73.6%	6.7%
West Indies	2,068	1,191	12	99.25	57.59	68.4%	6.6%
Pakistan	1,838	1,096	14	78.29	59.63	64.4%	6.0%
Sri Lanka	1,146	691	11	62.82	60.30	68.5%	8.1%
New Zealand	905	546	14	39.00	60.33	69.4%	7.7%
Zimbabwe	290	205	4	51.25	70.69	69.0%	11.7%
Bangladesh	174	69	4	17.25	39.66	81.6%	5.7%

Batting position	Balls	Runs	Outs	Avg	SR	Dot %	4s+6s %
No. 1	704	364	11	33.09	51.70	74.9%	7.4%
No. 2	814	403	11	36.64	49.51	73.2%	6.1%
No. 3	78	93	2	46.50	119.23	35.9%	12.8%
No. 4	1,884	948	21	45.14	50.32	74.5%	6.9%
No. 5	6,957	3,913	61	64.15	56.25	69.8%	6.8%
No. 6	4,351	2,375	44	53.98	54.59	69.6%	6.5%
No. 7	134	76	3	25.33	56.72	75.4%	8.2%

Innings	Balls	Runs	Outs	Avg	SR	Dot %	4s+6s %
Innings 2	5,462	3,095	47	65.85	56.66	69.9%	7.0%
Innings 1	4,416	2,610	47	55.53	59.10	69.3%	7.6%
Innings 4	2,539	1,000	25	40.00	39.39	77.2%	4.5%
Innings 3	2,513	1,477	35	42.20	58.77	67.8%	7.0%

AB de Villiers

Career by format

Strengths and weaknesses

Strengths(12)

Weaknesses(12)

Percentile profile

Batting matchups

Career by year

Recent form

Recent batting innings

Dismissals

How they got out

Dismissed by bowling type

Strengths and weaknesses

Strengths(12)

Weaknesses(12)

Percentile profile

Batting matchups

Career by year

Recent form

Recent batting innings

Dismissals

How they got out

Dismissed by bowling type

Batting by context

Head to head with bowlers

Pace or spin	Balls	Runs	Outs	Avg	SR	Dot %	4s+6s %
Pace	9,308	5,206	101	51.54	55.93	72.0%	7.7%
Spin	5,622	2,976	53	56.15	52.93	68.4%	5.1%

Phase	Balls	Runs	Outs	Avg	SR	Dot %	4s+6s %
Old ball (21-80)	9,486	4,733	83	57.02	49.89	72.7%	6.1%
Second new ball (81+)	4,029	2,678	48	55.79	66.47	64.3%	7.8%
New ball (1-20)	1,415	771	23	33.52	54.49	74.6%	7.9%

Home and chase	Balls	Runs	Outs	Avg	SR	Dot %	4s+6s %
At home	7,731	4,441	91	48.80	57.44	69.8%	7.4%
Away from home	7,022	3,615	61	59.26	51.48	71.6%	5.9%

Venue	Balls	Runs	Outs	Avg	SR	Dot %	4s+6s %
Newlands	2,317	1,344	28	48.00	58.01	70.8%	7.7%
SuperSport Park	1,624	1,040	17	61.18	64.04	65.3%	8.2%
Kingsmead	1,495	752	15	50.13	50.30	73.0%	6.4%
Wanderers Stadium	1,342	753	20	37.65	56.11	69.4%	6.8%
St George's Park	938	549	10	54.90	58.53	70.1%	8.1%
Sheikh Zayed Stadium	680	412	3	137.33	60.59	64.1%	5.9%
Kensington Oval	542	255	2	127.50	47.05	72.0%	4.2%
Headingley	533	265	3	88.33	49.72	73.4%	6.2%
WACA	512

Bowler	Balls	Runs	Outs	Avg	SR	Dot %	4s+6s %
PM Siddle	595	273	6	45.50	45.88	79.3%	7.2%
NM Lyon	582	342	2	171.00	58.76	69.1%	7.4%
MG Johnson	537	259	5	51.80	48.23	72.6%	5.0%
JM Anderson	406	204	3	68.00	50.25	75.1%	6.7%
Harbhajan Singh	394	207	2	103.50	52.54	67.5%	4.3%
Saeed Ajmal	385	166	0	–	43.12	72.2%	3.4%
SJ Benn	360	184	3	61.33	51.11	68.3%	4.2%
SCJ Broad	349	163	10	16.30	46.70	77.9%	6.3%
R Ashwin	312	134	2	67.00	42.95	73.7%	4.5%
I Sharma	300	144	3	48.00	48.00	75.7%	6.3%
HMRKB Herath	299	102	2	51.00	34.11	78.3%	2.7%
Abdur Rehman	260	138	2	69.00	53.08	65.8%	3.5%
B Lee	243	126	3	42.00	51.85	73.3%	7.4%
PJ Cummins	242	150	3	50.00	61.98	72.7%	9.9%
S Sreesanth	237	103	5	20.60	43.46	77.2%	6.3%
DJ Bravo	234	100	3	33.33	42.74	79.1%	5.1%
Z Khan	221	114	3	38.00	51.58	72.4%	7.2%
DL Vettori	212	80	1	80.00	37.74	72.2%	2.4%
GP Swann	207	98	2	49.00	47.34	70.5%	3.9%
JE Taylor	203	133	2	66.50	65.52	67.5%	10.3%
S Shillingford	202	129	0	–	63.86	63.9%	6.4%
RA Jadeja	202	113	4	28.25	55.94	69.3%	7.4%
BW Hilfenhaus	188	88	1	88.00	46.81	74.5%	4.8%
MS Panesar	187	92	4	23.00	49.20	71.7%	5.3%
Umar Gul	178	126	2	63.00	70.79	62.9%	9.6%
DBL Powell	177	112	0	–	63.28	67.2%	8.5%
ST Finn	176	129	2	64.50	73.30	73.3%	14.2%
MA Starc	169	125	1	125.00	73.96	68.0%	11.2%
Mohammad Irfan	169	105	2	52.50	62.13	66.3%	9.5%
Junaid Khan	151	92	1	92.00	60.93	64.2%	6.6%
RJ Harris	150	56	2	28.00	37.33	84.0%	6.0%
A Flintoff	150	55	1	55.00	36.67	77.3%	4.7%
Zulfiqar Babar	144	83	1	83.00	57.64	63.9%	5.6%
CS Martin	140	102	3	34.00	72.86	66.4%	11.4%
JR Hazlewood	123	77	1	77.00	62.60	72.4%	11.4%
MM Ali	122	70	1	70.00	57.38	73.0%	8.2%
Mohammed Shami	120	92	2	46.00	76.67	66.7%	11.7%
AB McDonald	118	78	1	78.00	66.10	68.6%	8.5%
A Kumble	114	64	0	–	56.14	67.5%	5.3%
FH Edwards	114	48	0	–	42.11	74.6%	4.4%

Host country	Balls	Runs	Outs	Avg	SR	Dot %	4s+6s %
South Africa	7,731	4,441	91	48.80	57.44	69.8%	7.4%
Australia	1,399	591	12	49.25	42.24	77.7%	5.0%
India	1,247	630	13	48.46	50.52	71.5%	5.6%
England	1,096	545	10	54.50	49.73	73.8%	6.6%
West Indies	1,028	508	3	169.33	49.42	71.5%	4.9%
United Arab Emirates	973	581	5	116.20	59.71	64.0%	6.0%
Sri Lanka	586	338	8	42.25	57.68	69.8%	8.5%
New Zealand	307	218	5	43.60	71.01	63.5%	8.1%
Pakistan	195	131	2	65.50	67.18	61.5%	5.6%
Bangladesh	157	66	2	33.00	42.04	80.9%	6.4%

Career by format

Men's Test analysis

Strengths and weaknesses

▲Strengths(12)

▼Weaknesses(12)

Percentile profile

Batting matchups

Career by year

Recent form

Recent batting innings

Dismissals

How they got out

Dismissed by bowling type

Strengths and weaknesses

▲Strengths(12)

▼Weaknesses(12)

Percentile profile

Batting matchups

Career by year

Recent form

Recent batting innings

Dismissals

How they got out

Dismissed by bowling type

Batting by context

Head to head with bowlers

Strengths(12)

Weaknesses(12)

Strengths(12)

Weaknesses(12)