Full name        : Abraham Benjamin de Villiers
 Born                : 17 February 1984 Pretoria, Transvaal Province, South Africa
 Current age    : 27 years  
 Major teams   : South Africa,Nashuva Titans
 Batting style   : Right-hand bat
 Bowling style  : Right–arm off-spin




De Villiers (who played for Carrickfergus Cricket Club in Northern Ireland as a youngster) became the second youngest and second fastest South African to reach 1000 test runs after Graeme Pollock and in his test career so far De Villiers has batted, bowled and kept wicket as well. He is a talented sportsman and has excelled in golf (playing off scratch despite playing infrequently), rugby, cricket and tennis. However, he chose to pursue a career in cricket and, after a spell in the South Africa U19 team, he made his debut for the Titans in 2003/4.


De Villiers has a reputation as an outstanding fielder, typified by a diving run-out of Simon Katich of Australia in 2006, when he dived to stopo the ball, and while still lying on his stomach facing away from the stumps, he tossed the ball backwards over his shoulder and effected a direct hit. This has also led people to make further comparisons of him to Jonty Rhodes as he was also one of the finest fielders of his generation. In 2009 He was nominated for ICC Cricketer of the year and ICC Test Player of the year.