AB de Villiers’ 64 against New Zealand at Durban on 26.08.05 represent his 30^th fifty while leading South Africa in one day games.  He became the tenth captain in the annals of one day games to score 30 plus fifties. The following table lists the performance of the captains who have scored 30 plus fifties

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	HC	50+
1	RT Ponting	Aus	230	220	22	8497	164	42.91	22	51	73
2	MS Dhoni	Ind	181	156	47	6143	139*	56.35	6	45	51
3	SP Fleming	NZl	218	208	16	6295	134*	32.78	7	38	45
4	GC Smith	RSA	150	148	9	5416	141	38.96	8	37	45
5	M Azharuddin	Ind	174	162	29	5239	153*	39.39	4	37	41
6	SC Ganguly	Ind	147	143	11	5104	144	38.66	11	30	41
7	A Ranatunga	Srl	193	183	34	5608	131*	37.63	4	37	41
8	ST Jayasuriya	Srl	118	118	5	4377	189	38.73	10	25	35
9	WJ Cronje	RSA	138	128	20	4070	94	37.68	0	31	31
10	AB de Villiers	RSA	71	67	15	3522	162*	67.73	9	21	30

AB de Villiers’ 64 against New Zealand at Durban on 26.08.05 represent his 30^th fifty while leading South Africa in one day game.  He became the third South  African captain in the annals of one day games to score 30 plus fifties. The following table lists the performance of the South African captains who have scored 30 plus fifties

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	HC	50+
1	GC Smith	RSA	150	148	9	5416	141	38.96	8	37	45
2	WJ Cronje	RSA	138	128	20	4070	94	37.68	0	31	31
3	AB de Villiers	RSA	71	67	15	3522	162*	67.73	9	21	30

The following table furnishes the fifties scored by AB de Villiers while leading South Africa in one day games. The fifties scored are in the chronological order

No	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	52	1	v Sri Lanka	Paarl	11 Jan 2012
2	96	1	v Sri Lanka	Kimberley	20 Jan 2012
3	125*	1	v Sri Lanka	Johannesburg	22 Jan 2012
4	106*	2	v New Zealand	Wellington	25 Feb 2012
5	75*	2	v England	Nottingham	05 Sep 2012
6	65	1	v Pakistan	Bloemfontein	10 Mar 2013
7	128	1	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	17 Mar 2013
8	75	1	v Pakistan	Durban	21 Mar 2013
9	95*	2	v Pakistan	Benoni	24 Mar 2013
10	70	2	v India	Cardiff	06 Jun 2013
11	51	2	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	31 Jul 2013
12	115*	1	v Pakistan	Sharjah	11 Nov 2013
13	74	2	v Pakistan	Port Elizabeth	27 Nov 2013
14	77	1	v India	Johannesburg	05 Dec 2013
15	109	1	v India	Centurion	11 Dec 2013
16	75	1	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	06 Jul 2014
17	108	1	v Sri Lanka	Hambantota	12 Jul 2014
18	136*	2	v Australia	Harare	27 Aug 2014
19	57*	2	v Australia	Harare	06 Sep 2014
20	89*	2	v New Zealand	Mount Maunganui	21 Oct 2014
21	80	2	v Australia	Perth	14 Nov 2014
22	52	2	v Australia	Canberra	19 Nov 2014
23	91	1	v Australia	Melbourne	21 Nov 2014
24	81	1	v West Indies	Durban	16 Jan 2015
25	149	1	v West Indies	Johannesburg	18 Jan 2015
26	162*	1	v West Indies	Sydney	27 Feb 2015
27	77	2	v Pakistan	Auckland	07 Mar 2015
28	99	1	v U.A.E.	Wellington	12 Mar 2015
29	65*	1	v New Zealand	Auckland	24 Mar 2015
30	64	1	v New Zealand	Durban	26 Aug 2015