AB de Villiers now the one and only "AB"

[Burgey]

Quite disappointing that viriya has yet to rate my 137 (102) in B4s earlier this season despite my having posted about it before Christmas.

It's the only hundred spoken of on CW in the past five months which hasn't led to the posting of a new link to cricrate, so I feel somewhat slighted.

 

[Dan]

AB de Villiers -- 149 (44)
Dan -- 1* (45)

#ProtectingTheAverage

 

[Howe_zat]

AB de Villiers -- 149 (44)
Dan -- 1* (45)

#ProtectingTheAverage

Were you opening?

 

[NUFAN]

Alec Bannerman rolling in his grave.

 

[Spikey]

Alexander Chalmers Bannerman was a member of the first Australian team in England in 1878, Alec Bannerman will be remembered as long as cricket is played.

 

[Jono]

Yeah but he'll never be referred to as AB ever again.

 

[Debris]

This might be controversial but I don't think I can call de Villiers AB. It breaks the long-standing rule that no-one can give themselves a nickname.

 

[Coronis]

Alexander Chalmers Bannerman was a member of the first Australian team in England in 1878, Alec Bannerman will be remembered as long as cricket is played.

Despite Alec probably being a better player, he will always be overshadowed by his brother.

 

[Smudge]

Give me AB the First's left-arm orthodox rollers any day.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Nah, Richie McCaw and Colin Meads are betters ABs

 

[Marius]

Any discussion of the greatest South African batman ever, will now have to include AB.

 

[Dan]

Were you opening?

Batting 6 iirc. Had been rolled and asked to follow on, so was playing for the draw after another top-order collapse.

 

[Dan]

Any discussion of the greatest South African batman ever, will now have to include AB.

Nah, he's been in the conversation for a while. This innings doesn't do that much to his reputation vis-a-vis Pollock et al in Test cricket, more shows how utterly insane he is in the premier format of the game, ODIs.

 

[Riggins]

Batting 6 iirc. Had been rolled and asked to follow on, so was playing for the draw after another top-order collapse.

The best way to play for the draw is to look to score a run a ball, you idiot.

 

[Marius]

Nah, he's been in the conversation for a while. This innings doesn't do that much to his reputation vis-a-vis Pollock et al in Test cricket, more shows how utterly insane he is in the premier format of the game, ODIs.

I haven't really seen him mentioned in those discussions. They're normally about who was the best out of Richards, Pollock, and Kallis, with Nourse thrown in as a token.

But he's shown he is a complete bastman in Tests already I think. I mean in the last series in Australia, he got 30 off more than 200 balls to help save the match, and in the next game got 100 at close to a run-a-ball.

What a legend.

 

[Dan]

Well I've considered him to be in the conversation for a while :P

But for those who haven't, an ODI knock -- even one as spectacularly brilliant as that one -- isn't likely to change opinions.

 

[Marius]

Well I've considered him to be in the conversation for a while :P

But for those who haven't, an ODI knock -- even one as spectacularly brilliant as that one -- isn't likely to change opinions.

Fair enoguh.

I have to be honest, AB never really came to mind when I thought about our greatest ever batsman, but I think he will definitely in future.

 

[Top_Cat]

Check and mate, mother ****ers.

 

[Flem274*]

Any discussion of the greatest South African batman ever, will now have to include AB.

So he's a crime fighter as well as all those other things in the meme?

I guess he's the villain too right?

 

[Jono]

Check and mate, mother ****ers.

I've reported that video to Youtube. Its referring to AB but AB isn't in it.