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My Take
de Villiers is, for me, one of those athletes who expands what a sport can even be. Nicknamed Mr. 360 for his ability to score all around the wicket, he treated batting as improvisation rather than orthodoxy. Three ICC ODI Player of the Year awards across a fifteen-year career and a place among the Wisden cricketers of the decade confirm the numbers, but the artistry is what I love. I admire creators who refuse the textbook and invent their own, and this Pretoria-born genius did exactly that. Watching him felt less like spectating and more like witnessing problem-solving in real time.
Overview
Abraham Benjamin de Villiers (born 17 February 1984) is a South African former international cricketer. He is regarded as one of the greatest batters of his generation. de Villiers was named as the ICC ODI Player of the Year three times during his 15-year international career. He was one of the five Wisden cricketers of the decade at the end of 2019.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- AB de Villiers
- Name (Japanese)
- AB・デ・ヴィリアーズ
- Reading
- AB・で・ゔぃりあーず
- Born
- February 17, 1984 (age 42)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aquarius / Rat
- Origin
- Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- cricketer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.