AB de Villiers Test record against Australia
2005-12-16 – 2018-03-30 · Available official international scorecards
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The record at a glance
This study covers 24 Test matches against Australia with recorded batting or bowling figures: 45 batting innings and 1 bowling innings. Matches with no batting or bowling entry for this player are outside this sample.
| Discipline | Innings | Runs | Wickets / outs | Average | Strike rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batting | 45 | 2,068 | 40 | 51.70 | 49.84 |
| Bowling | 1 | 12 | 0 | N/A | N/A |
Batting average = runs ÷ dismissals; batting strike rate = runs per 100 balls. Bowling average = runs conceded ÷ wickets; bowling strike rate = legal balls per wicket. Rates require fully recorded inputs. A hyphen means unrecorded; N/A means a zero denominator.
Bowling economy: 12.00 runs per six legal balls. Legal balls recorded: 6.
Batting milestones in this sample: 6 centuries and 13 scores from 50 to 99. Balls faced: 4,149.
How the record developed
Formats are shown separately. These totals cover published scorecards against the twelve national teams; they can differ from complete official career records.
Test
- 2005149 runs
- 2006130 runs
- 2008176 runs
- 2009424 runs
- 2011145 runs
- 2012276 runs
- 2014341 runs
- 2018427 runs
Exact yearly figures · 8 seasons
| Year | Mat | Bat inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | BF | Bowl inns | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | Bowl SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 4 | 8 | 427 | 126 | 71.16 | 65.19 | 1 | 4 | 60 | 4 | 655 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2014 | 3 | 6 | 341 | 116 | 56.83 | 44.05 | 1 | 1 | 42 | 3 | 774 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2012 | 3 | 6 | 276 | 169 | 55.20 | 43.87 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 3 | 629 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2011 | 2 | 3 | 145 | 73 | 48.33 | 59.91 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 242 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2009 | 4 | 7 | 424 | 163 | 70.66 | 53.60 | 2 | 2 | 39 | 8 | 791 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2008 | 2 | 3 | 176 | 106 | 88.00 | 47.95 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 367 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2006 | 4 | 8 | 130 | 50 | 16.25 | 38.23 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 340 | 1 | 0 | N/A | 12.00 | N/A |
| 2005 | 2 | 4 | 149 | 68 | 37.25 | 42.45 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 351 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Home, away and neutral conditions
Setting follows the recorded host country. Unknown locations are retained as unknown; venue names alone are not guessed.
| Setting | Matches | Bat inns | Runs | Bat avg | Bat SR | Bowl inns | Wickets | Bowl avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 15 | 28 | 1,397 | 55.88 | 54.06 | 1 | 0 | N/A |
| Away | 9 | 17 | 671 | 44.73 | 42.87 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
Career timeline
Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.
- First available scorecard
Test v Australia · WACA Ground
- First century in this archive · 106 runs
Test v Australia · WACA Ground
- Highest recorded innings · 169 runs
Test v Australia · WACA Ground
- Latest available scorecard
Test v Australia · The Wanderers Stadium
Recent recorded innings
| Date | Venue | Innings | Runs | Balls | Wickets | Conceded |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-03-30 | The Wanderers Stadium | 3 | 6 | 5 | - | - |
| 2018-03-30 | The Wanderers Stadium | 1 | 69 | 119 | - | - |
| 2018-03-22 | Newlands | 3 | 63 | 136 | - | - |
| 2018-03-22 | Newlands | 1 | 64 | 95 | - | - |
| 2018-03-09 | St George's Park | 4 | 28 | 26 | - | - |
| 2018-03-09 | St George's Park | 2 | 126 | 146 | - | - |
| 2018-03-01 | Kingsmead | 4 | 0 | 1 | - | - |
| 2018-03-01 | Kingsmead | 2 | 71 | 127 | - | - |
| 2014-03-01 | Newlands | 4 | 43 | 228 | - | - |
| 2014-03-01 | Newlands | 2 | 14 | 37 | - | - |
| 2014-02-20 | St George's Park | 3 | 29 | 39 | - | - |
| 2014-02-20 | St George's Park | 1 | 116 | 232 | - | - |
| 2014-02-12 | SuperSport Park | 4 | 48 | 90 | - | - |
| 2014-02-12 | SuperSport Park | 2 | 91 | 148 | - | - |
| 2012-11-30 | WACA Ground | 3 | 169 | 184 | - | - |
| 2012-11-30 | WACA Ground | 1 | 4 | 12 | - | - |
| 2012-11-22 | Adelaide Oval | 4 | 33 | 220 | - | - |
| 2012-11-22 | Adelaide Oval | 2 | 1 | 15 | - | - |
| 2012-11-09 | Brisbane Cricket Ground | 3 | 29 | 114 | - | - |
| 2012-11-09 | Brisbane Cricket Ground | 1 | 40 | 84 | - | - |
This opposition study uses available scorecards in Cricket Wicket’s twelve-team publication scope. It is a dated archive analysis, not a claim of complete career coverage. Read the coverage and calculation method.