De Villiers wants to continue to get 'Big Daddy 100s'

NEW Warriors star Matthew de Villiers and Proteas Test international David Bedingham have an awful lot in common.

- ZAAHIER ADAMS

Both are attacking right-handed batters. Both were Wynberg Boys' High School prodigies. And both had to wait until their mid-20s for a first crack at the professional level despite dominating club cricket. "Yeah ... Bedders' story and mine are quite similar," De Villiers, who is fresh off a maiden first-class double century, exclusively told Independent Media. "I've always - if we're talking numbers wise - when I was 19 years old, I was the highest run scorer in the Western Province Premier League, and then sort of just continued to do well, and was always within the top three run scorers - averaging like 100 in the T20s in the club stuff - but I never really got a shot at that time, which was amateur cricket, semi-pro. I never really got a shot. I don't really know the reason." The 24-year-old finally received his break when former Proteas allrounder Robin Peterson spotted the talented batter in a Betway SA20 warm-up game between the Western Province Colts XI and MI Cape Town last year.