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AB de Villiers has scored 47 centuries in international cricket

AB de Villiers is a former South African cricketer who captained the national team between 2012 and 2017.[1] A right-handed batsman, he scored 47 centuries (100 or more runs in a single innings)—22 in Tests and 25 in ODIs—over his playing career. He reached the top of the ICC Test batting rankings in March 2012.[2]

De Villiers made his Test debut in December 2004 against England, scoring 28 and 15.[3] He made his first Test century the following month, scoring 109 in the drawn fifth Test at Centurion.[4] His first double-century came in April 2008 against India when he scored 217 not out in a man-of-the-match performance in Ahmedabad.[5] As of September 2019, he has scored 22 Test centuries and holds the record for the second-highest individual score by a South African batsman, with 278 not out against Pakistan.[a][7][8] As of September 2017, de Villiers has the fourth-highest number of centuries in Tests for South Africa.[9]

De Villiers' made his ODI debut in February 2005 against England; he scored 20 in the tied match.[10] His first century in the format came two years later in a man-of-the-match performance when he scored 146 against the West Indies at Grenada during the 2007 Cricket World Cup.[11] He holds the record for the fastest half-century (off 16 balls) and century (off 31 balls) in ODIs.[12][13] Both were achieved during the course of his 149 (off 44 balls) against West Indies in January 2015.[1][14] He hit 16 sixes in the match and leveled the then record of most sixes by a batsman (held by India's Rohit Sharma) in an innings.[15] As of September 2019, he has the joint seventh-highest number (25) of centuries in ODIs.[b]

Between 2006 and 2017, de Villiers played 78 Twenty20 International matches.[16] His highest score of 79 not out was made in the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 match against Scotland which South Africa won by 130-runs.[17][18] As of September 2019, de Villiers ranks tenth (with 47 centuries) in the all-time list for most centuries in international cricket.[19]

Key

Symbol Meaning
* Remained not out
† Man of the match
‡ Captained the South Africa cricket team
Balls Balls faced
Pos. Position in the batting order
Inn. The innings of the match
Test The number of the Test match played in that series
S/R Strike rate during the innings
H/A/N Venue was at home (South Africa), away or neutral
Date Date the match was held, or the starting date of match for Test matches
Lost The match was lost by South Africa.
Won The match was won by South Africa.
Drawn The match was drawn.
(D/L) The result was determined by the Duckworth–Lewis method.

Test centuries

List of Test centuries scored by AB de Villiers[20]
No. Score Against Pos. Inn. Test Venue H/A/N Date Result Ref
1 109 †  England 1 3 5/5 SuperSport Park, Centurion Home 21 January 2005 Drawn [4]
2 178  West Indies 2 2 3/4 Kensington Oval, Bridgetown Away 21 April 2005 Won [21]
3 114  West Indies 1 1 4/4 Antigua Recreation Ground, St John's Away 29 April 2005 Drawn [22]
4 103*  West Indies 6 2 3/3 Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban Home 10 January 2008 Won [23]
5 217* †  India 6 2 2/3 Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad Away 3 April 2008 Won [5]
6 174  England 6 2 2/4 Headingley, Leeds Away 18 July 2008 Won [24]
7 106* †  Australia 5 4 1/3 WACA Ground, Perth Away 17 December 2008 Won [25]
8 104*  Australia 5 2 1/3 New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Home 26 February 2009 Lost [26]
9 163  Australia 5 2 3/3 Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town Home 19 March 2009 Won [27]
10 135*  West Indies 5 1 2/3 Warner Park, Basseterre Away 18 June 2010 Drawn [28]
11 278* †  Pakistan 5 1 2/2 Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Neutral 20 November 2010 Drawn [29]
12 129  India 5 2 1/3 SuperSport Park, Centurion Home 16 December 2010 Won [30]
13 160*  Sri Lanka 5 1 3/3 Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town Home 3 January 2012 Won [31]
14 169  Australia 5 3 3/3 WACA Ground, Perth Away 30 November 2012 Won [32]
15 103*  Pakistan 5 3 1/3 New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Home 3 February 2013 Won [33]
16 121  Pakistan 5 1 3/3 SuperSport Park, Centurion Home 22 February 2013 Won [34]
17 164  Pakistan 6 2 2/2 Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Neutral 23 October 2013 Won [35]
18 103  India 6 4 1/2 New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Home 22 December 2013 Drawn [36]
19 116  Australia 5 1 2/3 St George's Park, Port Elizabeth Home 20 February 2014 Won [37]
20 152  West Indies 5 1 1/3 SuperSport Park, Centurion Home 17 December 2014 Won [38]
21 148 †  West Indies 5 2 3/3 Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town Home 4 January 2015 Won [39]
22 126*  Australia 5 2 2/4 St George's Park, Port Elizabeth Home 9 March 2018 Won [40]

One Day International centuries

List of ODI centuries scored by AB de Villiers[41]
No. Score Against Pos. Inn. S/R Venue H/A/N Date Result Ref
1 146 †  West Indies 1 1 112.30 National Cricket Stadium, St George's Away 10 April 2007 Won [11]
2 107 †  Zimbabwe 4 1 120.22 Harare Sports Club, Harare Away 26 August 2007 Won [42]
3 103* †  Pakistan 4 1 108.42 Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Away 18 October 2007 Won [43]
4 121 †  England 3 1 142.35 Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town Home 27 November 2009 Won [44]
5 114*  India 5 2 112.87 Roop Singh Stadium, Gwalior Away 24 February 2010 Lost [45]
6 102* †  India 4 1 172.88 Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad Away 27 February 2010 Won [46]
7 102  West Indies 4 1 100.99 Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Antigua Away 22 May 2010 Won (D/L) [47]
8 101*  Zimbabwe 3 2 140.27 Senwes Park, Potchefstroom Home 17 October 2010 Won [48]
9 109  Zimbabwe 4 1 110.10 Willowmoore Park, Benoni Home 22 October 2010 Won [49]
10 107* †  West Indies 4 2 101.90 Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi Neutral 24 February 2011 Won [50]
11 134 †  Netherlands 4 1 136.73 PCA Stadium, Mohali Neutral 3 March 2011 Won [51]
12 125* ‡  Sri Lanka 4 1 127.55 New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Home 22 January 2012 Lost [52]
13 106* †‡  New Zealand 5 2 100.00 Westpac Stadium, Wellington Away 25 February 2012 Won [53]
14 128 †‡[n 1]  Pakistan 2 1 118.51 New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Home 17 March 2013 Won [54]
15 115* †‡  Pakistan 5 1 112.74 Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Neutral 11 November 2013 Won [55]
16 109 ‡  India 5 1 107.92 SuperSport Park, Centurion, Home 11 December 2013 No result [56]
17 108 †‡  Sri Lanka 4 1 152.11 MRIC Stadium, Hambantota, Sri Lanka Away 12 July 2014 Won [57]
18 136* †‡  Australia 4 2 128.30 Harare Sports Club, Harare Neutral 27 August 2014 Won [58]
19 149 †‡  West Indies 3 1 338.63 New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Home 18 January 2015 Won [14]
20 162* †‡  West Indies 5 1 245.45 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Neutral 27 February 2015 Won [59]
21 104* †‡  India 4 1 142.47 Green Park Stadium, Kanpur Away 11 October 2015 Won [60]
22 112 ‡  India 4 2 104.67 M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Away 22 October 2015 Lost [61]
23 119 ‡  India 4 1 195.08 Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Away 25 October 2015 Won [62]
24 101* †‡  England 5 2 104.12 Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town Home 14 February 2016 Won [63]
25 176 †  Bangladesh 4 1 169.23 Boland Park, Paarl Home 18 October 2017 Won [64]

Notes

  1. ^ De Villiers shared the man of the match award with Hashim Amla.[54]
  1. ^ The record is held by Hashim Amla (311 not out against England in 2012).[6]
  2. ^ He shares the position with Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara and West Indies' Chris Gayle.

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