Career
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 2007-2008, 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.