CRICKET WICKETAB de Villiers Test record against India
2006-12-15 – 2018-01-24 · Available official international scorecards
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The record at a glance
This study covers 20 Test matches against India with recorded batting or bowling figures: 35 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 | 35 | 1,334 | 34 | 39.23 | 54.42 |
| Bowling | 1 | 5 | 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: 5.00 runs per six legal balls. Legal balls recorded: 6.
Batting milestones in this sample: 3 centuries and 6 scores from 50 to 99. Balls faced: 2,451.
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
- 200679 runs
- 200723 runs
- 2008304 runs
- 2010230 runs
- 201139 runs
- 2013190 runs
- 2015258 runs
- 2018211 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 | 3 | 6 | 211 | 80 | 35.16 | 62.98 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 2 | 335 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2015 | 4 | 7 | 258 | 85 | 36.85 | 42.43 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 1 | 608 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2013 | 2 | 3 | 190 | 103 | 63.33 | 62.09 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 306 | 1 | 0 | N/A | 5.00 | N/A |
| 2011 | 1 | 2 | 39 | 26 | 19.50 | 30.00 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 130 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2010 | 4 | 6 | 230 | 129 | 38.33 | 68.86 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 334 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2008 | 3 | 5 | 304 | 217 | 76.00 | 61.04 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 2 | 498 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2007 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 22 | 11.50 | 50.00 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2006 | 2 | 4 | 79 | 47 | 19.75 | 40.72 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 194 | 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 | 11 | 20 | 704 | 35.20 | 58.47 | 1 | 0 | N/A |
| Away | 9 | 15 | 630 | 45.00 | 50.52 | 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 India · The Wanderers Stadium
- Highest recorded innings · 217* runs
Test v India · Narendra Modi Stadium
- Latest available scorecard
Test v India · The Wanderers Stadium
Recent recorded innings
| Date | Venue | Innings | Runs | Balls | Wickets | Conceded |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-01-24 | The Wanderers Stadium | 4 | 6 | 13 | - | - |
| 2018-01-24 | The Wanderers Stadium | 2 | 5 | 19 | - | - |
| 2018-01-13 | SuperSport Park | 3 | 80 | 121 | - | - |
| 2018-01-13 | SuperSport Park | 1 | 20 | 48 | - | - |
| 2018-01-05 | Newlands | 3 | 35 | 50 | - | - |
| 2018-01-05 | Newlands | 1 | 65 | 84 | - | - |
| 2015-12-03 | Arun Jaitley Stadium | 4 | 43 | 297 | - | - |
| 2015-12-03 | Arun Jaitley Stadium | 2 | 42 | 78 | - | - |
| 2015-11-25 | Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium | 4 | 9 | 21 | - | - |
| 2015-11-25 | Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium | 2 | 0 | 6 | - | - |
| 2015-11-14 | M Chinnaswamy Stadium | 1 | 85 | 105 | - | - |
| 2015-11-05 | Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium | 4 | 16 | 18 | - | - |
| 2015-11-05 | Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium | 2 | 63 | 83 | - | - |
| 2013-12-26 | Kingsmead | 2 | 74 | 117 | - | - |
| 2013-12-18 | The Wanderers Stadium | 4 | 103 | 168 | - | - |
| 2013-12-18 | The Wanderers Stadium | 3 | - | - | 0 | 5 |
| 2013-12-18 | The Wanderers Stadium | 2 | 13 | 21 | - | - |
| 2011-01-02 | Newlands | 3 | 13 | 58 | - | - |
| 2011-01-02 | Newlands | 1 | 26 | 72 | - | - |
| 2010-12-26 | Kingsmead | 4 | 33 | 76 | - | - |
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.