AB de Villiers has often proven to be one of the best fielders in the modern game – now you can relive one of his very best fielding feats early in his career when he ran out Simon Katich in 2006.

The Proteas and Australia were contesting a very tightly-fought ODI series and De Villiers undoubtedly imposed his presence on the third encounter at St George’s Park, managing a direct hit without even properly looking at the stumps.

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De Villiers was diving to his left to stop the shot from Katich and managed to unleash the direct hit while still tumbling. What a feat!