South Africa’s One-day
cricket captain AB de Villiers
dominated the headlines on
the front pages of the country's
newspapers today after
his record-breaking performance
in the match
against visiting West Indies
at Wanderers Stadium here.
“Atom Bomb” read the headline
in the Afrikaans daily
Beeld; while the daily 'The
New Age' titled its story
“Easy as AB(C) De Villiers”.
'The Star' used his initials to
describe his performance as
“Absolutely Brilliant”.
De Villiers's knock of 149
off 44 balls including 16
sixes helped South Africa
reach 439 for two and better
their own record of 438
against Australia at the
same venue in 2006. With
16 sixes, de Villiers has
now equalled the record
set by India's Rohit Sharma.
Hashim Amla hit 153
not out and Rilee Rossouw
128, beating a 15-year
record set by former Proteas
Gary Kirsten and Herschelle
Gibbs.
Gibbs, who was the star
when his knock took the Proteas
to victory against Australia
in 2006, was ecstatic
about de Villiers beating that
record. “It was out of this
world!” Gibbs told Beeld. “It
brought back wonderful
memories of my innings (of
175) and I got goosebumps.”
Former captain Shaun Pollock
and retired paceman
Makhaya Ntini concurred
with Gibbs' view, describing
the match as one that was
unlikely to be repeated.
De Villiers said he did not
even want to come out and
bat yesterday. “I actually
wanted David Miller to go in
to bat if a wicket fell,” De Villiers
said. But coach Russell
Domingo was adamant that
the captain go in.
Corey Anderson, whose
record AB smashed, was full
of praise for the unbelievable
knock. “It's one of those
things, records are there to
be broken — congratulations
to AB, it was obviously a hell
of an innings. You never go
out there and try and take
down records, it's one of
those things that happens,”
he said.
cricket captain AB de Villiers
dominated the headlines on
the front pages of the country's
newspapers today after
his record-breaking performance
in the match
against visiting West Indies
at Wanderers Stadium here.
“Atom Bomb” read the headline
in the Afrikaans daily
Beeld; while the daily 'The
New Age' titled its story
“Easy as AB(C) De Villiers”.
'The Star' used his initials to
describe his performance as
“Absolutely Brilliant”.
De Villiers's knock of 149
off 44 balls including 16
sixes helped South Africa
reach 439 for two and better
their own record of 438
against Australia at the
same venue in 2006. With
16 sixes, de Villiers has
now equalled the record
set by India's Rohit Sharma.
Hashim Amla hit 153
not out and Rilee Rossouw
128, beating a 15-year
record set by former Proteas
Gary Kirsten and Herschelle
Gibbs.
Gibbs, who was the star
when his knock took the Proteas
to victory against Australia
in 2006, was ecstatic
about de Villiers beating that
record. “It was out of this
world!” Gibbs told Beeld. “It
brought back wonderful
memories of my innings (of
175) and I got goosebumps.”
Former captain Shaun Pollock
and retired paceman
Makhaya Ntini concurred
with Gibbs' view, describing
the match as one that was
unlikely to be repeated.
De Villiers said he did not
even want to come out and
bat yesterday. “I actually
wanted David Miller to go in
to bat if a wicket fell,” De Villiers
said. But coach Russell
Domingo was adamant that
the captain go in.
Corey Anderson, whose
record AB smashed, was full
of praise for the unbelievable
knock. “It's one of those
things, records are there to
be broken — congratulations
to AB, it was obviously a hell
of an innings. You never go
out there and try and take
down records, it's one of
those things that happens,”
he said.
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