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Morne Morkel
Country: South Africa Date of Birth: October 6, 1984
Place of Birth: Vereeniging, Transvaal
Batting Style: Left Handed
Bowling Style: Right-arm fast
Skill: Bowler
Teams Played: Africa XI, Delhi Daredevils, Rajasthan Royals, South Africa
Batting Performance
| M | Inn | No | Runs | HS | 100s | 50s | Avg | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 36 | 43 | 4 | 497 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 12.74 | 44.98 |
| ODI | 49 | 20 | 7 | 117 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 75.97 |
| T20s | 19 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 40 |
| IPL | 15 | 8 | 4 | 57 | 16* | 0 | 0 | 14.25 | 116.33 |
Bowling & Fielding Performance
| M | Overs | Runs | Mdns | Wkts | Avg | Best | Econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 36 | 1169.2 | 3944 | 214 | 129 | 30.57 | 5/20 | 3.37 |
| ODI | 49 | 402.4 | 1935 | 20 | 85 | 22.76 | 4/10 | 4.81 |
| T20s | 19 | 70.5 | 456 | 2 | 28 | 16.29 | 4/17 | 6.47 |
| IPL | 15 | 57 | 431 | 0 | 13 | 33.15 | 3/18 | 7.56 |
Career Performance
| First Match | Last Match | |
|---|---|---|
| Tests | December 26, 2006 v India at Kingsmead, Durban | January 3, 2012 v Sri Lanka at Newlands, Cape Town |
| ODIs | June 6, 2007 v Asia XI at M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru | January 14, 2012 v Sri Lanka at Buffalo Park, East London |
| T20s | September 11, 2007 v West Indies at The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg | October 16, 2011 v Australia at The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg |
| IPL | May 7, 2009 v Royal Challengers Bangalore at SuperSport Park, Centurion | May 15, 2011 v Kings XI Punjab at Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala |
Profile
Morne Morkel was termed as a bowler with "genuine pace", by former South African fast bowler Allan Donald. Morkel made his first appearance in first class cricket at the age of 19 for Easterns against the touring West Indians. Initially, he struggled with no-balls for a long time.Morkel is a right-arm fast bowler with decent pace and a useful lower order left handed batsman. He made his ODI debut playing for an Africa XI side against Asia XI in June 2007 and took 3 wickets. In the following game he opened the bowling with his brother Albie and this was the first time in ODI history that two brothers achieved the such a feat.
Morkel was selected in the South African squad for the inaugural World Twenty20 in South Africa and performed brilliantly. Morkel bowled with consistent pace and accuracy, finishing with 9 wickets at 13.33 and an economy rate of 6.00, considered excellent in this form of the game. This haul included a match-winning spell of 4/17 against New Zealand. He was subsequently selected for the tour of Pakistan, but unfortunately suffered a broken bone in his foot in the warm-up match preceding the first test. Soon after he retained his place in the squad.
