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de Villiers' brand of captaincy "taking off"

AB de Villiers, the South Africa limited-overs captain, has said the team has started to respond to his style of captaincy, as was evident from South Africa's 3-0 trouncing of New Zealand in the one-day series

03-Mar-2012•ESPNcricinfo staff

South Africa look to close out series

South Africa captain AB de Villiers wants the side to capitalise on the momentum from recent wins and take out the series in Napier

28-Feb-2012•Firdose Moonda

South Africa cruise to win after de Villiers ton

A masterful run-a-ball 106 not out from AB de Villers shepherded an expert South Africa chase, as they hauled in New Zealand's 253 for 9 with six wickets and 4.4 overs to spare in Wellington

25-Feb-2012•The Report by Andrew Fernando

South Africa's batting order will stay flexible - de Villiers

South Africa are set to continue being flexible with their batting order against New Zealand, with the aim of sending in the batsman best suited to the state of the game

16-Feb-2012•Firdose Moonda

'Levi set the base for us' - de Villiers

Levi wore his country's colours for the first time in Christchurch to play a tour match against Canterbury in the name of Earthquake Relief. It was not exactly the big debut he could have got but he made it count with a blistering 63 off 32 balls

15-Feb-2012•Firdose Moonda

de Villiers not out to avenge World Cup defeat

The tour of New Zealand is South Africa's first under AB de Villiers as limited-overs captain and Gary Kirsten as coach

13-Feb-2012•Firdose Moonda

New Zealand, new challenge for de Villiers

AB de Villiers has been on 15 international tours but his next one, the upcoming series in New Zealand, is his first as captain

10-Feb-2012•Firdose Moonda

Sri Lanka ride on Sangakkara ton in thriller

For once, the choke was almost on the opposition in a game involving South Africa. Sri Lanka almost messed up what had been the perfect big ODI chase

22-Jan-2012•The Report by Abhishek Purohit

I made a few tactical errors - de Villiers

AB de Villiers' bright start as South Africa's limited-overs captain has hit a speed bump and it did so in embarrassing fashion

21-Jan-2012•Firdose Moonda in Kimberley

We showed a lot of maturity - de Villiers

In the space of a week, AB de Villiers has gone from captaining a team for the first time at any level, to winning an international series with two matches to spare

18-Jan-2012•Firdose Moonda

Tight Duckworth-Lewis win gives South Africa series

South Africa took an unassailable 3-0 lead, with the result settled in anti-climatic fashion by the Duckworth-Lewis method after thundershowers interrupted play

17-Jan-2012•The Report by Siddhartha Talya

Sri Lanka batting too slow at start - Dilshan

Tillakaratne Dilshan has admitted that his side were "20 or 25 runs" short of a winning total in the second one-day international against South Africa in East London

14-Jan-2012•Firdose Moonda at Buffalo Park

'Was attack, from beginning to end' - de Villiers

AB de Villiers compliments his bowlers for their aggression that skittled Sri Lanka, and says that he and his team will be ready for sterner tests ahead

12-Jan-2012•Firdose Moonda at Boland Park

de Villiers excited ahead of captaincy debut

At the press conference on the eve of his debut as South Africa captain, everything from AB de Villiers' body language to the way he talked made it clear that he wants nothing more than to lead

10-Jan-2012•Firdose Moonda in Cape Town

South Africa well placed after batsmen's day

Jacques Kallis systematically deflated Sri Lanka in the morning, and AB de Villiers went ballistic after lunch to set the tone for a nightmarish day, before Graeme Smith's attacking declaration gave the visitors respite

04-Jan-2012•The Report by Nitin Sundar

Elgar, Kleinveldt in squad for Sri Lanka ODIs

Dean Elgar and Rory Kleinveldt have been included in South Africa's 14-man squad for the first two one-day internationals against Sri Lanka

30-Dec-2011•ESPNcricinfo staff

Herath spins Sri Lanka to famous win

As predicted the Durban Test was a one-sided affair, except that it was the no-hopers from Sri Lanka who were doing the dominating

29-Dec-2011•The Report by Siddarth Ravindran

Brittle Sri Lanka blown away by an innings

South Africa overwhelmed a brittle Sri Lanka by an innings and 81 runs at Centurion with victory sealed before tea on the third day

17-Dec-2011•The Report by Andrew McGlashan

I still back the fielder - de Villiers

AB de Villiers fell one short of his 13th Test century but still believes South Africa already have enough runs to put the match beyond Sri Lanka

16-Dec-2011•Firdose Moonda at SuperSport Park

South Africa build commanding advantage

It wasn't all one-way traffic on the second day in Centurion but South Africa ended in a very commanding position, having built a lead of 209 with AB de Villiers' 99 the cornerstone of their innings

16-Dec-2011•The Report by Andrew McGlashan

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