Ab de Villiers Indicates Towards Playing Cricket Regularly
Published - 20 Jul 2020, 01:09 AM | Updated - 23 Aug 2024, 12:31 AM
Former South African cricketer Ab de Villiers showed a sneak peek of what he can do if the plays cricket regularly at the international level. Ab de Villiers featured in the 3TC cricket on Saturday and hammered 61 runs off 24 deliveries as the Takealot Eagles bagged gold, winning the competition. It was the first live sport in the country since the COVID-19 imposed lockdown.
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Ab de Villiers retired from international cricket in May 2018, which many considered as a premature retirement. The swashbuckling right-handed batsman continued to play the T20 leagues around the world while also revealing his intention to feature for South Africa. The 36-year old also remained in talks with director of Cricket South Africa, Graeme Smith and coach Mark Boucher to plot his comeback.
De Villiers’ Takealot Eagles toppled Temba Bavuma Mr D Food Kites and Reeza Hendricks’ Outsurance Kingfishers. When asked de Villiers about his international return, he said he hopes it; however, the veteran does not know what to expect. De Villiers added that while nothing has been appropriately scheduled as of now but he is keen to go out there and play.
“Let’s hope so. I don’t know what to expect to be honest. It’s been a quiet few months and nothing has been really properly scheduled but I would just like to get out there and play cricket,” the former South African captain stated as quoted by businesslive.co.za.
“The rest depends on the organisers and other uncontrollables like the virus” : Ab de Villiers
Ab de Villiers further said that while the cricketing brains take decisions on the schedules, he will work to keep himself fit and practice cricket. He hopes for competitive cricket to get underway regularly and return to normalcy as early as possible. The veteran has so far played 114 Tests, 228 ODIs, and 78 T2Os for South Africa.
“That’s what ultimately it is about. There is a lot of talk, but for the meantime I will stay fit in the gym and make sure I hit cricket balls and stay in form. The rest depends on the organisers and other uncontrollables like the virus‚ so hopefully it moves on and we can get back to as normal as possible in no time,” he added.
