CRICKET WICKETAB de Villiers Test record against England
2004-12-17 – 2016-01-22 · Available official international scorecards
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The record at a glance
This study covers 19 Test matches against England with recorded batting or bowling figures: 34 batting innings and 0 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 | 34 | 1,393 | 33 | 42.21 | 52.58 |
| Bowling | 0 | 0 | 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.
Batting milestones in this sample: 2 centuries and 7 scores from 50 to 99. Balls faced: 2,649.
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
- 2004108 runs
- 2005254 runs
- 2008384 runs
- 2009148 runs
- 2010128 runs
- 2012161 runs
- 201586 runs
- 2016124 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 3 | 5 | 124 | 88 | 24.80 | 47.69 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 260 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2015 | 1 | 2 | 86 | 49 | 43.00 | 52.12 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 165 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2012 | 2 | 4 | 161 | 47 | 40.25 | 53.84 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 299 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2010 | 2 | 3 | 128 | 58 | 42.66 | 56.14 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 228 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2009 | 2 | 4 | 148 | 64 | 37.00 | 52.85 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 280 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2008 | 4 | 6 | 384 | 174 | 64.00 | 48.18 | 1 | 1 | 48 | 0 | 797 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2005 | 3 | 6 | 254 | 109 | 42.33 | 58.25 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 436 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2004 | 2 | 4 | 108 | 52 | 36.00 | 58.69 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 184 | 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 | 13 | 24 | 848 | 36.86 | 54.60 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
| Away | 6 | 10 | 545 | 54.50 | 49.72 | 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 England · St George's Park
- First century in this archive · 109 runs
Test v England · SuperSport Park
- Highest recorded innings · 174 runs
Test v England · Headingley
- Latest available scorecard
Test v England · SuperSport Park
Recent recorded innings
| Date | Venue | Innings | Runs | Balls | Wickets | Conceded |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-01-22 | SuperSport Park | 3 | 0 | 2 | - | - |
| 2016-01-22 | SuperSport Park | 1 | 0 | 2 | - | - |
| 2016-01-14 | The Wanderers Stadium | 3 | 0 | 5 | - | - |
| 2016-01-14 | The Wanderers Stadium | 1 | 36 | 40 | - | - |
| 2016-01-02 | Newlands | 2 | 88 | 211 | - | - |
| 2015-12-26 | Kingsmead | 4 | 37 | 86 | - | - |
| 2015-12-26 | Kingsmead | 2 | 49 | 79 | - | - |
| 2012-08-16 | Lord's | 3 | 43 | 100 | - | - |
| 2012-08-16 | Lord's | 1 | 27 | 47 | - | - |
| 2012-08-02 | Headingley | 3 | 44 | 45 | - | - |
| 2012-08-02 | Headingley | 1 | 47 | 107 | - | - |
| 2010-01-14 | The Wanderers Stadium | 2 | 58 | 119 | - | - |
| 2010-01-03 | Newlands | 3 | 34 | 49 | - | - |
| 2010-01-03 | Newlands | 1 | 36 | 60 | - | - |
| 2009-12-26 | Kingsmead | 3 | 2 | 15 | - | - |
| 2009-12-26 | Kingsmead | 1 | 50 | 98 | - | - |
| 2009-12-16 | SuperSport Park | 3 | 64 | 101 | - | - |
| 2009-12-16 | SuperSport Park | 1 | 32 | 66 | - | - |
| 2008-08-07 | Kennington Oval | 3 | 97 | 170 | - | - |
| 2008-08-07 | Kennington Oval | 1 | 39 | 53 | - | - |
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.