Top 5 cricketers of the Week, 19th – 24th June

#2 AB de Villiers

De Villiers was sublime in both T20 games against England

AB de Villiers played two sensational knocks in back to back games. In the first T20I against England, in Southampton, he help stabilise the South African innings after they were seven for two and 32 for three. He pushed them to a respectable score of 142 with his 58-ball 65. England won comfortably, though, by nine wickets with 33 balls to spare.

De Villiers scored a 20-ball 46 with four boundaries and three sixes in the second T20I, helping SA post 174. Eventually, they won by three runs. De Villiers was obviously the top-scorer, walking in at No.4 this time when SA were 57 for 2 in the eighth over. He was particularly harsh against Liam Plunkett who was clobbered in the 10^th over for three fours and a six.