De Villiers hits ton on comeback

Published January 23, 2017

BENONI: South African batting star A.B. de Villiers hit a century in his comeback match after a long injury lay-off on Sunday.

In his first match since July last year, de Villiers, out with a left elbow injury which required surgery, made 134 not out off 103 balls as the Northerns provincial team beat Easterns by eight wickets in a one-day match at Willowmoore Park.

De Villiers plans to make his international comeback in the third and final Twenty20 International against Sri Lanka in Cape Town on Wednesday.

Published in Dawn, January 23rd, 2017

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