AB de Villiers Test record against West Indies
2005-03-31 – 2015-01-02 · Available official international scorecards
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The record at a glance
This study covers 13 Test matches against West Indies with recorded batting or bowling figures: 21 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 | 21 | 1,347 | 16 | 84.18 | 55.09 |
| Bowling | 1 | 49 | 2 | 24.50 | 63.00 |
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: 2.33 runs per six legal balls. Legal balls recorded: 126.
Batting milestones in this sample: 6 centuries and 5 scores from 50 to 99. Balls faced: 2,445.
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
- 2005460 runs
- 2007119 runs
- 2008128 runs
- 2010330 runs
- 2014162 runs
- 2015148 runs
Exact yearly figures · 6 seasons
| Year | Mat | Bat inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | BF | Bowl inns | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | Bowl SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 148 | 148 | 148.00 | 76.28 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 194 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2014 | 2 | 2 | 162 | 152 | 81.00 | 62.30 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 260 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2010 | 3 | 6 | 330 | 135 | 165.00 | 48.81 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 6 | 676 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2008 | 2 | 3 | 128 | 103 | 64.00 | 85.33 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 150 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2007 | 1 | 2 | 119 | 60 | 59.50 | 45.94 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 259 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2005 | 4 | 7 | 460 | 178 | 65.71 | 50.77 | 2 | 1 | 52 | 2 | 906 | 1 | 2 | 24.50 | 2.33 | 63.00 |
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 | 6 | 8 | 557 | 79.57 | 64.54 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
| Away | 7 | 13 | 790 | 87.77 | 49.93 | 1 | 2 | 24.50 |
Career timeline
Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.
- First available scorecard
Test v West Indies · Bourda
- Highest recorded innings · 178 runs
Test v West Indies · Kensington Oval
- Best recorded bowling · 2/49
Test v West Indies · Antigua Recreation Ground
- Latest available scorecard
Test v West Indies · Newlands
Recent recorded innings
| Date | Venue | Innings | Runs | Balls | Wickets | Conceded |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-01-02 | Newlands | 2 | 148 | 194 | - | - |
| 2014-12-26 | St George's Park | 1 | 10 | 25 | - | - |
| 2014-12-17 | SuperSport Park | 1 | 152 | 235 | - | - |
| 2010-06-26 | Kensington Oval | 4 | 4 | 1 | - | - |
| 2010-06-26 | Kensington Oval | 2 | 73 | 189 | - | - |
| 2010-06-18 | Warner Park | 3 | 31 | 130 | - | - |
| 2010-06-18 | Warner Park | 1 | 135 | 168 | - | - |
| 2010-06-10 | Queen's Park Oval | 3 | 19 | 43 | - | - |
| 2010-06-10 | Queen's Park Oval | 1 | 68 | 145 | - | - |
| 2008-01-10 | Kingsmead | 2 | 103 | 109 | - | - |
| 2008-01-02 | Newlands | 4 | 23 | 24 | - | - |
| 2008-01-02 | Newlands | 2 | 2 | 17 | - | - |
| 2007-12-26 | St George's Park | 4 | 60 | 132 | - | - |
| 2007-12-26 | St George's Park | 2 | 59 | 127 | - | - |
| 2005-04-29 | Antigua Recreation Ground | 3 | 12 | 4 | - | - |
| 2005-04-29 | Antigua Recreation Ground | 2 | - | - | 2 | 49 |
| 2005-04-29 | Antigua Recreation Ground | 1 | 114 | 173 | - | - |
| 2005-04-21 | Kensington Oval | 2 | 178 | 352 | - | - |
| 2005-04-08 | Queen's Park Oval | 4 | 62 | 126 | - | - |
| 2005-04-08 | Queen's Park Oval | 2 | 33 | 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.