Fanie de Villiers

Fanie de Villiers
Personal information
Full name
Petrus Stephanus de Villiers
Born (1964-10-13) 13 October 1964
Vereeniging, Transvaal Province, South Africa
NicknameFanie
Height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight arm fast-medium
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 256)26 December 1993 v Australia
Last Test10 March 1998 v Pakistan
ODI debut (cap 23)7 December 1992 v India
Last ODI8 November 1997 v Sri Lanka
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1985/86–1997/98Northern Transvaal
1990Kent
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 18 83 102 173
Runs scored 359 170 1,687 519
Batting average 18.89 8.09 17.04 9.26
100s/50s 0/2 0/0 0/4 0/0
Top score 67* 20* 68 23*
Balls bowled 4,805 4,422 20,498 8,765
Wickets 85 95 427 204
Bowling average 24.27 27.74 22.37 26.82
5 wickets in innings 5 0 23 1
10 wickets in match 2 0 3 0
Best bowling 6/23 4/27 7/80 5/30
Catches/stumpings 11/– 15/– 53/– 24/–
Source: Cricinfo, 22 December 2008

Petrus Stephanus "Fanie" de Villiers (born 13 October 1964), is a retired cricketer who played 18 Test matches and 83 One Day Internationals for South Africa as a right arm fast-medium bowler and right hand batsman between 1992 and 1998.

He is currently working as an international cricket commentator. During the 3rd test match between Australia and South Africa, he played a role in identifying the cheating carried out by the Australian cricket team after they tampered with the ball to get reverse swing during the 4th day of the third test match: he had served as one of the commentators for the match and had suggested to the camera operators that they look out for possible cheating.