ICC congratulates AB de Villiers for a splendid career

May 24 (CRICKETNMORE) - The International Cricket Council (ICC) has congratulated former South Africa Test captain AB de Villiers for an outstanding 14-year international career that saw him excel across all three formats of the game. The 34-year-old, who came to

AB de Villiers (Image - ICC)

He ended with an average of more than 50 in both Tests and ODIs and often featured at the top of the MRF Tyres ICC Player Rankings. He spent 507 days as the top-ranked Test batsman and 1,356 days (fourth-most ever) as the top-ranked ODI batsman.

He reached 935 points in the Test rankings in 2014, the joint-highest ever for South Africa and the joint-11th highest of all time. In ODIs, he reached 902 points in 2015, the highest for South Africa.

Though known more for his accomplishments in limited-over formats, his 278 not out against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi in 2010 was briefly the highest Test score for South Africa.

De Villiers is the only wicketkeeper to score a century and make at least 10 dismissals in the same Test (103 not out, 11 catches) versus Pakistan at Johannesburg in February 2013.

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ICC Media Release