Fanie
De Villiers - Guest Speaker, MC and Celebrity
Sportsman - Johannesburg
Petrus Stephanus ("Fanie") de Villiers (born 13
October 1964 in Vereeniging, Transvaal), South
Africa), was a cricketer who played 18 Tests and 83
One Day Internationals for South Africa as a right
arm fast-medium bowler and right hand batsman
between 1992 and 1998.
De Villiers debuted in first-class cricket in
1985-86 for Northern Transvaal B. He opened the
bowling in both innings, taking 5 for 33 in the
second. He also played a season for English county
team Kent in 1990.
Fanie De Villiers
A popular player, de Villiers was known by the
nickname Vinnige Fanie.
In the Test against Pakistan in Johannesburg, De
Villiers became the first ever South African to
score a fifty and take ten wickets in the same Test,
scoring 66 not out and taking 6/81 and 4/27. He was
subsequently named the South African Cricket Annual
Cricketer of the Year in 1995, an award he had
previously won in 1989.
1994-95 was an outstanding season for De Villiers.
In five Tests, he took 36 wickets averaging 17.47.
Fanie De Villiers
In 1993-94, at the age of 29, he was called up for
the Test tour of Australia. He was selected for the
first Test in Melbourne.
With Australia needing just 117 runs to win, De
Villiers took 6/43, including the final wicket - a
return catch from Glenn McGrath - to lead South
Africa to a five run victory.
De Villiers' match figures of 10/123 saw him named
Man of the Match.
Fanie De Villiers
De Villiers has become involved in raising money for
deaf charities as he has both a brother and a
daughter who are deaf. He raised R800 000 cycling
from Cape Town to Pretoria and R189 000 sitting at
the top of a floodlight tower at a Test match in
Centurion.
Fanie De Villiers
Since his retirement, De Villiers has worked as a
television commentator in South Africa and also
works as a corporate speaker and MC.
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Fanie
De Villiers - Guest Speaker, MC and Celebrity
Sportsman - Johannesburg
