Cornelius de Villiers

CJ de Villiers

Personal information
Full name	Cornelius Johannes du Preez de Villiers
Born	(1986-03-16) 16 March 1986 (age 30) Kroonstad, Orange Free State Province, South Africa
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
First-class debut	26 October 2006 Free State v Namibia
Last First-class	9 February 2012 Titans v Dolphins
List-A debut	5 November 2006 Free State v Northerns
Last List-A	18 March 2012 Northerns v KwaZulu-Natal
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20 Matches 59 41 25 Runs scored 1,295 243 74 Batting average 17.98 16.20 14.80 100s/50s –/6 – – Top score 84 36 18 Balls bowled 9,717 1,670 485 Wickets 176 49 31 Bowling average 29.85 32.65 19.00 5 wickets in innings 3 1 1 10 wickets in match – – – Best bowling 5/36 5/39 5/12 Catches/stumpings 20/– 10/– 5/–
Source: Cricinfo, 3 June 2012

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. 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.

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.

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