AB de Villiers will be playing in England’s T20 Blast competition for Middlesex County Cricket Club it has been claimed by a report. As per a Cricbuzz report, the former South Africa batsman will have the deal announced this week. The formal announcement will state that the explosive batsman will be lining up for the Lord’s-based club in the tournament beginning mid-July.
De Villiers retired from all formats of the game in a shock announcement last May. This followed a decorated return to the Test arena in 2018-19, his final Test Match capping a 3-1 home win over Australia in a series where he scored 421 runs at an average of 71.16.
In January’s Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), he was on the winning side in each of the six games he played for the Ranpur Riders, smashing 100 not out in 50 balls in a successful chase against Dhaka Dynamite.
Middlesex finished bottom of their group last season, winning just two of their 14 games. By contrast, de Villiers has only reinforced since retiring from international cricket that he remains at the very peak of his world-beating T20 powers.
