| Personal information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Cornelius Johannes du Preez de Villiers | |||
| Born | 16 March 1986 Kroonstad, Free State, South Africa |
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| Nickname | CJ | |||
| Batting style | Right-handed | |||
| Bowling style | Right arm fast-medium | |||
| Role | Bowler | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 2010- | Titans (squad no. 10) | |||
| 2007-2009 | Eagles (squad no. 10) | |||
| 2006-2009 | Free State | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | First-class | List A | Twenty20 | |
| Matches | 30 | 13 | 10 | |
| Runs scored | 689 | 142 | 24 | |
| Batting average | 17.66 | 20.28 | 8.00 | |
| 100s/50s | 0/3 | 0/0 | 0/0 | |
| Top score | 84 | 36 | 7* | |
| Balls bowled | 5063 | 590 | 197 | |
| Wickets | 93 | 17 | 14 | |
| Bowling average | 27.39 | 30.58 | 14.64 | |
| 5 wickets in innings | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| 10 wickets in match | 0 | n/a | n/a | |
| Best bowling | 5/36 | 5/39 | 5/12 | |
| Catches/stumpings | 10/– | 2/– | 2/– | |
| Source: CricInfo, 13 October 2009 | ||||
Cornelius Johannes du Preez de Villiers, also known as CJ de Villiers (born 16 March 1986) is a South African cricketer. He is a tall (6'4") right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast-medium bowler, who plays for Free State and Titans cricket teams.
de Villiers made his first-class debut in 2006, scoring a total of 49 runs and taking one wicket for Free State in a match against Namibia.[1] He followed 19 wickets in his debut season with a haul of forty in 2007–08, which left him as the sixth highest wicket-taker of the season.[2]
In 2008 de Villiers played in South Africa A's unofficial Test series against Sri Lanka A, taking 5 for 36 during Sri Lanka's first innings in the second match.[3]
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