De Villiers wants to continue to get ‘Big Daddy 100s’

Zaahier Adams

New Warriors star Matthew de Villiers and Proteas Test international David Bedingham have an awful lot in common. Both are attacking right-handed batters. Both were Wynberg Boys’ High School prodigies. And both had to wait until their mid-20s for a first crack at the professional level despite dominating club cricket. “Yeah … Bedders’ story and mine are quite similar,” De Villiers, who is fresh off a maiden first-class double century, exclusively told Independent Media. “I’ve always - if we’re talking numbers wise - when I was 19 years old, I was the highest run scorer in the Western Province Premier League, and then sort of just continued to do well, and was always within the top three run scorers - averaging like 100 in the T20s in the club stuff…

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