In their last Group B match against the West Indies on February 27, AB de Villiers came as a late crusader and helped South Africa pile up 408/5 in 50 overs. There was no way that the West Indians could overhaul that and in an evitable result, they lost the 19th CWC2015 game at Sydney by 257 runs. Four days later on March 3, 2015, South Africa came up with another 400+ efforts against Ireland at Canberra without de Villiers. The sledgehammer artist did have a small part to play, in which he added 24 off 9 balls before walking off. His was the last wicket that fell in the South African innings. But just as in Sydney, all South African batsmen made meaningful contributions