AB de Villiers of South Africa scored 71 not out in South Africa’s first innings against Australia in the ongoing first test Durban. This  knock represents his 15^th  fifty against Australia. He now shares the record for most fifties by a South African batsman against Australia with JH Kallis.  JH Kallis has also scored 15 fifties. It is noted with interest that both the batsmen have scored five centuries and ten half centuries. AB de Villiers’ 71 not out in the first innings of this test was his tenth half-century against Australia. The fifties scored by these two batsmen are furnished below

AB de VILLIERS
No	Runs	Pos	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	68	1	2	v Australia	Perth	16 Dec 2005
2	61	1	2	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2005
3	50	2	2	v Australia	Durban	24 Mar 2006
4	63	5	2	v Australia	Perth	17 Dec 2008
5	106*	5	4	v Australia	Perth	17 Dec 2008
6	56	5	4	v Australia	Sydney	03 Jan 2009
7	104*	5	2	v Australia	Johannesburg	26 Feb 2009
8	84	4	4	v Australia	Durban	06 Mar 2009
9	163	5	2	v Australia	Cape Town	19 Mar 2009
10	64	5	1	v Australia	Johannesburg	17 Nov 2011
11	73	5	3	v Australia	Johannesburg	17 Nov 2011
12	169	5	3	v Australia	Perth	30 Nov 2012
13	91	5	2	v Australia	Centurion	12 Feb 2014
14	116	5	1	v Australia	Port Elizabeth	20 Feb 2014
15	71*	4	2	v Australia	Durban	01 Mar 2018
JH KALLIS
No	Runs	Pos	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	101	3	4	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1997
2	65*	4	4	v Australia	Adelaide	14 Dec 2001
3	99	4	3	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2001
4	73	4	3	v Australia	Cape Town	08 Mar 2002
5	61*	4	4	v Australia	Durban	15 Mar 2002
6	111	4	1	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 2006
7	50*	4	3	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 2006
8	114	4	2	v Australia	Durban	24 Mar 2006
9	63	4	2	v Australia	Perth	17 Dec 2008
10	57	4	4	v Australia	Perth	17 Dec 2008
11	93	3	4	v Australia	Durban	06 Mar 2009
12	102	4	2	v Australia	Cape Town	19 Mar 2009
13	54	4	1	v Australia	Johannesburg	17 Nov 2011
14	147	4	1	v Australia	Brisbane	09 Nov 2012
15	58	9	2	v Australia	Adelaide	22 Nov 2012