- Runs
- 5,162
- Strike rate
- 151.7
- Average
- 42.3
- Balls
- 3,403
- 4s
- 413
- 6s
- 251
- Out
- 122
- Seasons
- 14
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The scout report
The shape of AB de Villiers
Vs role-matched cohort · ≥500 career balls · 100 = elite
Where they rank against peers
How they hit
value 152
value 42.3
value 19.5
value 30.5
By phase of play
value 119
value 131
value 233
Volume & longevity
value 1.48
value 2.43
value 20.0
value 5162
value 170
How AB de Villiers gets out
Across 130 career dismissals. Kinds in the donut, phase split below — every count is a real deliveries.wicket_kind row.
- caught7860%
- bowled2418%
- run out1411%
- stumped65%
- lbw65%
- caught and bowled22%
Powerplay
22
17%
Middle
66
51%
Death
42
32%
Venue splits
Strike-rate at each ground vs the player's everywhere-else baseline. Z-score normalises against the player's own variance across grounds. Min 30 balls per venue.
M Chinnaswamy Stadium
NeutralBengaluru
1,216 balls · 1,960 runs
Dubai International Cricket Stadium
NeutralDubai
234 balls · 340 runs
MA Chidambaram Stadium
NeutralChennai
216 balls · 353 runs
Wankhede Stadium
NeutralMumbai
189 balls · 307 runs
Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium
NeutralMohali
153 balls · 230 runs
Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium
Likes itPune
123 balls · 212 runs
Sharjah Cricket Stadium
NeutralSharjah
112 balls · 156 runs
Narendra Modi Stadium
Off-keyAhmedabad
109 balls · 140 runs
Sawai Mansingh Stadium
NeutralJaipur
102 balls · 166 runs
Zayed Cricket Stadium
Off-keyAbu Dhabi
101 balls · 137 runs
Eden Gardens
NeutralKolkata
99 balls · 159 runs
Kingsmead
NeutralDurban
90 balls · 149 runs
Most-faced bowlers
Career-long matchup tally · min 12 balls
Top partnerships
Most balls together (using non_striker)
How AB de Villiers keeps
Career fielding ledger from deliveries.fielder1. Stumpings always credit the keeper; catches behind the stumps look identical to outfield catches in the data, so we count both.
Catches
118
incl. behind the stumps
Stumpings
8
6% of dismissals
Total dismissals
139
as fielder1
Powerplay
34
24%
Middle
59
42%
Death
46
33%
Similar players
Cosine similarity over the 12-dim percentile vector — players whose cohort-rank profile most overlaps. The shape of the radar matches; the surnames don't.
Batting by season
| Season | Runs | Balls | SR | Avg | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 313 | 211 | 148.3 | 31.3 | 23 | 16 |
| 2020/21 | 454 | 286 | 158.7 | 45.4 | 33 | 23 |
| 2019 | 442 | 287 | 154.0 | 44.2 | 31 | 26 |
| 2018 | 480 | 275 | 174.6 | 53.3 | 39 | 30 |
| 2017 | 216 | 163 | 132.5 | 30.9 | 12 | 16 |
| 2016 | 687 | 407 | 168.8 | 52.9 | 57 | 37 |
| 2015 | 513 | 293 | 175.1 | 64.1 | 60 | 22 |
| 2014 | 395 | 249 | 158.6 | 35.9 | 26 | 24 |
| 2013 | 360 | 219 | 164.4 | 36.0 | 34 | 15 |
| 2012 | 319 | 198 | 161.1 | 39.9 | 26 | 15 |
| 2011 | 312 | 243 | 128.4 | 39.0 | 21 | 14 |
| 2009/10 | 111 | 119 | 93.3 | 22.2 | 7 | 0 |
| 2009 | 465 | 355 | 131.0 | 51.7 | 39 | 12 |
| 2007/08 | 95 | 98 | 96.9 | 23.8 | 5 | 1 |