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Modern-day AB is the old fashioned T20 option for Law

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The Cricket Paper Team
1 March 2019

Wealth of knowledge: Middlesex new boy AB de Villiers

By Paul Eddison
AB de Villiers has spent much of his career looking ahead of his time but Stuart Law wants to see an old school overseas pro at Middlesex this summer.
The South Africa legend will head to Lord’s for the T20 Blast, getting his first taste of county cricket at the age of 35.
For Law, who took over as director of cricket at Middlesex at the end of last season, a player of De Villiers’ calibre – one of only 11 men with 20,000 international runs – will offer much more than just a mountain of runs on ...