Tag: AB de Villiers
The cult of digging in: This is the almost impossible psychological trick the batsman must pull off when you want him to play a rearguard
Do you know the only way you can successfully ‘dig in’ as a batsman? Completely and utterly mindlessly. Any other
Continue readingAB de Villiers finally picks a cake
AB de Villiers spent rather a long time desperately trying to engineer a cake monopoly. He wanted to retain and
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When and where is AB de Villiers at his best?
AB de Villiers is very good. We’re pretty sure most of you will agree with that insightful assessment. But where
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Breaking down David Warner and Nathan Lyon’s run-out of AB de Villiers – one of the most disrespectful dismissals in recent memory
Many things happened during Australia’s first Test win over South Africa. Some of them were cricket, some of them were
Continue readingAB de Villiers plays decisive innings to win first T20 for England
A real man of the match performance from AB de Villiers won England the first T20 international against South Africa.
Continue readingAB de Villiers slowly coming to terms with Test retirement
Very slowly. He’s not yet at a point where he’ll accept that his final Test was in January last year.
Continue readingVehement letter-C denier AB de Villiers also renounces (c)
AB de Villiers has stood down as South Africa Test captain. Faf du Plessis has filled the void, much as
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