Morne Morkel, Right Hand Batsman, South Africa

SOUTH AFRICA
Name
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
ODI Debut
June 6, 2007 v Asia XI
Test Debut
December 26, 2006 v India
T20 Debut
September 11, 2007 v West Indies
- TESTs
- ODIs
- T20s
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.
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.
TESTs BATTING vs ALL TEAMS
M
INN
NO
Runs
HS
100s
50s
Avg
SR
23
29
3
359
40
0
0
13.81
41.94
TESTs BOWLING vs ALL TEAMS
M
Overs
Runs
Mdns
Wkts
Avg
Best
Econ
23
725.5
2566
106
78
32.9
5/50
3.54
