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Internet desk: Former test captain AB De Villiers has apparently decided not to play the test series against England and would decide his cricketing future in the month of August.
The 33year old batsman left for his country after captaining his side to a 2-1 ODI series lost against England. Proteas also lost the three T20 games by 2-1. After an early exit from the group stage of the ICC Chmapions Trophy the test series against England is a four month tour for the Proteas.
As per reports de Villiers has planned his leave for a much needed break from his hectic International duties as well as other domestic leagues of the world.
De Villiers will be deciding his future before Bangladesh tours South Africa in September.
“I am going to meet with CSA (Cricket South Africa) in August, and that will decide my (international) future,” de Villiers told reporters after making a typically dashing 35 off 19 balls.
“We will see what works for both parties,” added the gifted shotmaker, who has scored more than 8,000 runs in 106 Tests, including 21 hundreds, at an average of over 50.
“We are not going to pick and choose games, but we are going to make a final decision about what happens for the next few years.”
Asked what he would do for the next couple of months, de Villiers said: “I am going to spend a bit of time off at home with the family, I’m going to welcome my new youngster into the world, and obviously look to stay fit.
“I want to make sure I am ready for September, when Bangladesh come.”
Although the destructive batsman has achieved a lot of International success, it’s his burning desire to win the maiden World Cup of the nation.
Since their debut in 1992, has failed to make it to the big stage and thereby earned the name of ‘’chokers”.
The next World Cup takes place in England in two years’ time and de Villiers, in charge for a heartbreaking 2015 semi-final loss to co-hosts New Zealand in Auckland, said Sunday: “It’s my main dream to win a World Cup for South Africa, or to be part of it in one way or another”
But de Villiers, whose stunning 31-ball century against the West Indies at Johannesburg in 2015 remains the fastest ODI hundred, added: “I don’t even think it’s in my hands, what is going to happen.
“I will wait until the final decision on the coach and things like that are made,” he explained, with Russell Domingo’s future already uncertain before he left the tour prior to the Proteas’ three-run win in the second Twenty20 at Taunton on Friday after his mother was involved in a traffic accident.
“Then I can also have a chat to CSA, to see where I am going to fit in.”
Apart from him, the South African team is set to miss their skipper Faf du Plessis for the first Test at Lord’s on July 6. Du Plessis is expected to be the father of his first clind in the first week of July.
De Villiers, asked if he had thought about staying on to lead the Test side if du Plessis – who missed the Twenty20 series in anticipation – was still absent, replied: “No, not at all.
“I am batting really well at the moment, and really enjoying that. I love scoring runs, and that is all I am going to miss over the next two months.”