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CJ de Villiers Personal information Full name Cornelius Johannes du Preez de Villiers Born 16 March 1986
Kroonstad, Free State, South AfricaNickname CJ Batting style Right-handed Bowling style Right arm fast-medium Role Bowler Domestic team information Years Team 2010- Titans (squad no. 10) 2007-2009 Eagles (squad no. 10) 2006-2009 Free State Career statistics Competition First-class List A Twenty20 Matches 30 13 10 Runs scored 689 142 24 Batting average 17.66 20.28 8.00 100s/50s 0/3 0/0 0/0 Top score 84 36 7* Balls bowled 5063 590 197 Wickets 93 17 14 Bowling average 27.39 30.58 14.64 5 wickets in innings 2 1 1 10 wickets in match 0 n/a n/a Best bowling 5/36 5/39 5/12 Catches/stumpings 10/– 2/– 2/– Source: CricInfo, 13 October 2009 Cornelius Johannes du Preez de Villiers, also known as CJ de Villiers (born 16 March 1986) is a South African cricketer. He is a tall (6'4") right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast-medium bowler, who plays for Free State and Titans cricket teams.
Career
de Villiers made his first-class debut in 2006, scoring a total of 49 runs and taking one wicket for Free State in a match against Namibia.[1] He followed 19 wickets in his debut season with a haul of forty in 2007–08, which left him as the sixth highest wicket-taker of the season.[2]
In 2008 de Villiers played in South Africa A's unofficial Test series against Sri Lanka A, taking 5 for 36 during Sri Lanka's first innings in the second match.[3]
Notes
- ^ "Pool A: Free State v Namibia at Bloemfontein, Oct 26-28, 2006". Cricinfo. http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/southafrica/engine/match/257119.html. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
- ^ "First-class Bowling in South Africa for 2007/08 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Seasons/Seasonal_Averages/RSA/2007-08_f_Bowling_by_Wickets.html. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
- ^ "2nd Unofficial Test: South Africa A v Sri Lanka A at Kimberley, Sep 5-8, 2008". Cricinfo. http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/362859.html. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
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