SRI LANKA SERIES
AB’s chance to clinch T20 decider for SA
The T20 ace’s appearance in the series decider will be his first game for SA since June
Wednesday’s third T20 between SA and Sri Lanka at Newlands is the series decider and Cape Town’s first chance to see some of the most exciting young talent in green and gold. But it is also AB de Villiers’ first game for SA since June. "AB is one of the best T20 players in the world‚ one of the best batsmen in the world‚ not just T20; in Tests and ODIs‚" Farhaan Behardien‚ SA’s captain for the series‚ said on Tuesday. "He has been out for such a long time‚ and he came back in his warm-up game [a List A match for Northerns against Easterns in Benoni on Sunday] and got 134 not out. "He is quite keen to be back‚ quite hungry for cricket after six months off." De Villiers is unarguably the most innovative batsman of his generation and among SA’s all-time greats. But much has changed in his absence. He has resigned the Test captaincy and made himself unavailable for the Test series against New Zealand‚ England and Bangladesh between March and October. And‚ despite players of the calibre ...
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