Auckland: At a news conference after his team's Cricket World Cup loss to New Zealand, as the emotions of the defeated captain were almost painfully raw, AB de Villiers' most revealing answer was of only one word.


AB De Villiers. Pic/AFP 

De Villiers' voice cracked as he fielded questions, and he paused at times to wipe his eyes. At other moments, his answers tailed off and he looked almost vacantly into the middle distance.