AB de Villiers takes SA to T20 victory with innovation and audacious footwork
AB de Villiers scored 10 fewer runs than Quinton de Kock’s career-best 59 for SA in the first Twenty20 against Bangladesh in Bloemfontein on Thursday‚ but De Villiers probably had the greater influence on his team’s performance. He faced 27 balls for his 49‚ which brimmed with innovative strokeplay and audacious footwork along with its eight fours. More importantly‚ he had fun. "I enjoy what I do‚" De Villiers told reporters in Bloemfontein. "I love playing cricket‚ and I love contributing to the team and scoring runs and having impactful innings." Thursday’s game was De Villiers’s fourth for SA since he withdrew from the Test series in England in July and August, and the home series in that format against Bangladesh that started in September. But in those four matches since his return he has improved his career-best one-day score to 176 and delivered Thursday’s cracking cameo. The break from the team environment‚ he seemed to suggest‚ had done him good. "I love working by myself an...
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