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South African cricketer de Villiers announces international retirement
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May 26, 2018
Original URL: https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/South_African_cricketer_de_Villiers_announces_international_retirement


On Wednesday, South African cricketer AB de Villiers announced his
retirement from international cricket. The 34-year-old batsman uploaded
a video message on Twitter saying it was a "tough decision" and he was
"tired".

De Villiers joined the national team, the ''Proteas'', in 2004,
featuring in a test match against England. Since then, the South African
 has featured in 114 test matches for the ''Proteas'', scoring 8765
runs. He has 22 test centuries<!-- scoring 100+ runs --> to his name,
the most recent one coming against Australia in March. South Africa went
on to win the test series 3 -- 0.<!-- 3 wins for SA, none for AUS -->

De Villiers' batting average is above 50 in both test matches and One
Day International (ODI) matches.<!-- the meaning of batting average is
(total runs scored) / (times they got out) --> de Villiers has featured
in 228 ODI and 78 Twenty20 (T20) matches as well scoring 9577 and 1672
runs in ODIs and T20s respectively.

In a match against the West Indies at the Wanderers Stadium in
Johannesburg on January 18, 2015, de Villiers scored 149 runs from 44
balls. In that match, de Villiers scored the fastest half-century in
ODIs, reaching 50 runs from seventeen balls, as well as the fastest
century in ODIs, with 100 runs from 31 balls.

Chris Nenzani, the President of Cricket South Africa, said, "AB is one
of the all-time greats of South African cricket who has thrilled
spectators around the world".

De Villiers announced his retirement four days after he finished his
Indian Premier League season with Royal Challengers Bangalore. In the
video statement, de Villiers said, "I have no plans to play overseas, in
fact, I hope I can continue to be available for the Titans in domestic
cricket."

== Sources == 

* http://www.espncricinfo.com/southafrica/content/player/44936.html South Africa
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* http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/211608.html One-Day Internationals  Batting Records  Fastest Fifties
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|date   = May 25, 2018 (date of access)
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* http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/211608.html One-Day Internationals  Batting Records  Fastest Hundreds
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|pub    = ESPN Cricinfo
|date   = May 25, 2018 (date of access)
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* https://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/44223616
* http://www.espn.com/cricket/story/_/id/23580261/tired-ab-de-villiers-retires-international-cricket
* http://www.espncricinfo.com/south-africa-v-west-indies-2014-15/content/story/821839.html

== External link ==

* https://twitter.com/ABdeVilliers17/status/999247658995810304



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