Morne Morkel – Profile, Stats & Recent Form

Personal details

Born6 Oct 1984

Age42 Years

NationalitySouth African

RoleBowler / Right arm fast

Height6 ft 5 in (1.96 m )

Career at a glance

Format	M	Runs	Avg	SR	Wkts	Econ
Test	86	944	11.65	50.80	309	3.10
ODI	117	268	9.24	75.70	188	4.95
T20I	44	22	7.33	122.22	47	7.50
T20	190	213	8.52	108.67	207	7.55
List A	156	378	9.45	81.64	239	4.92
First-class	153	2062	13.13	51.01	566	3.10

Family

RelationsRoz Kelly ( Wife), Albie Morkel (Brother)

Batting

Format	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	4s	6s	Ct
Test	86	104	23	944	40	11.65	1858	50.80	0	143	5	25
ODI	117	47	18	268	32	9.24	354	75.70	0	24	7	31
T20I	44	8	5	22	8	7.33	18	122.22	0	3	1	5
T20	190	51	26	213	23	8.52	196	108.67	0	16	7	27
List A	156	65	25	378	35	9.45	463	81.64	0	32	14	41
First-class	153	192	35	2062	82	13.13	4042	51.01	4	0	0	51

Bowling

Format	M	Inn	Overs	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	5W	10W
Test	86	160	2749.4	8550	309	9/110	27.66	3.10	8	0
ODI	117	114	960	4761	188	5/21	25.32	4.95	2	0
T20I	44	44	158.4	1191	47	4/17	25.34	7.50	0	0
T20	190	187	693.2	5237	207	4/17	25.29	7.55	0	0
List A	156	150	1248.2	6145	239	5/21	25.71	4.92	3	0
First-class	153	0	4647.3	14416	566	–	25.46	3.10	20	2

By tournament

Tournament	M	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	Wkts	Econ
Indian Premier League	70	126	23	11.45	140.00	77	7.69
Big Bash League	9	4	2	2.00	36.36	5	8.82
ICC Men's T20 World Cup	17	8	6	4.00	100.00	24	7.21
ICC Champions Trophy	4	8	8	4.00	66.67	5	4.25
ICC Cricket World Cup	13	12	6	4.00	36.36	26	4.71
Caribbean Premier League	5	–	–	–	–	3	7.95

Against teams

Batting vs	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	SR
India	3	13	6	6.50	144.44
England	4	7	5	3.50	100.00
Pakistan	1	1	1	1.00	50.00
Sri Lanka	2	0	0	–	–

Bowling vs	Inn	Wkts	Runs	Avg	Econ	SR
South Africa	28	36	784	21.78	7.66	17.06
Pakistan	3	1	94	94.00	7.83	72.00
England	2	1	75	75.00	9.38	48.00

Batting vs	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	SR
West Indies	1	32	32	–	68.09
India	7	32	20	5.33	74.42
Pakistan	1	6	6	–	75.00
New Zealand	1	3	3	3.00	17.65
England	1	1	1	1.00	33.33

Bowling vs	Inn	Wkts	Runs	Avg	Econ	SR
South Africa	23	31	873	28.16	5.01	33.74
Pakistan	1	3	18	6.00	2.57	14.00
India	6	3	244	81.33	5.42	90.00
West Indies	2	2	136	68.00	7.56	54.00
Sri Lanka	1	1	31	31.00	5.17	36.00
England	1	0	15	–	3.75	–

Batting vs	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	SR
England	13	102	20	11.33	56.67
India	7	51	22	10.20	82.26
New Zealand	3	49	40	49.00	71.01
Australia	6	14	6	2.80	25.00

Bowling vs	Inn	Wkts	Runs	Avg	Econ	SR
South Africa	39	86	2030	23.60	3.04	46.55
England	8	19	501	26.37	3.15	50.21
New Zealand	7	18	488	27.11	3.43	47.39
Australia	6	15	294	19.60	3.24	36.27
India	6	13	260	20.00	2.65	45.31
Zimbabwe	2	5	33	6.60	2.20	18.00
Bangladesh	2	4	70	17.50	2.88	36.50

Last 4 innings · batting

21vs IM

2vs PS

33 & 0vs HAM

T20 vs IM22 Jan 2022 · c M Kaif b S Binny 21(15) T20 vs PS4 Feb 2021 · c J Inglis b A Tye 2(4) T20 vs PS19 Jan 2021 · c AM Hardie b F Ahmed 2(7) First Class vs HAM15 Aug 2020 · lbw b MS Crane & b JK Fuller 33 & 0(25 & 1)

Last 10 innings · bowling

1/19vs AL

2/37vs IM

2/24vs AL

1/24vs IM

2/38vs AL

0/45vs PS

1/37vs ST

1/31vs STR

2/24vs PS

1/29vs MR

T20 vs AL29 Jan 2022 1/19 T20 vs IM27 Jan 2022 2/37 T20 vs AL26 Jan 2022 2/24 T20 vs IM22 Jan 2022 1/24 T20 vs AL21 Jan 2022 2/38 T20 vs PS4 Feb 2021 0/45 T20 vs ST31 Jan 2021 1/37 T20 vs STR29 Jan 2021 1/31 T20 vs PS19 Jan 2021 2/24 T20 vs MR14 Jan 2021 1/29

About Morne Morkel

Morne Morkel Biography

Born on October 6, 1984 in Vereeniging, Transvaal in the country of South Africa, Morne Morkel performs as a bowler for the South African national cricket team. He is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm fast bowler.

Early Life

Born into a family of cricket lovers, he was often encouraged to play at school and local events.

Morne Morkel played for major teams such as South Africa, Africa XI, Delhi Daredevils, Easterns, Kent, Kolkata Knight Riders, Rajasthan Royals, St Lucia Zouks, Titans, World-XI, Yorkshire in the past.

During the age of 19, he was invited to play for Easterns against the touring West Indians alongside his brother, Albie Morkel.

International Debut

He made his international debut as a bowler at the age of nineteen, and as a batsman at the age of 21. His ODI debut was against Asia XI in June 2007 and his Test debut was against India in the year 2006.

Rise to glory

In October 2008, Morne and his brother Albie became the first brothers in 56 years to be named as South African Cricket Annual Cricketers of the Year in the same season.

Morne played an extraordinary role in the victories of South Africa, leading him to be named one of the best bowlers around the world, in turn holding him together with the team long enough to play a 50th Test match against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

In coming years, Morkel, Dale Steyn and Vernon Philander became a unarguable threat to all their opponents.

Club career

Morkel signed to play for Kent County Cricket Club. Later he moved to play for Yorkshire County Cricket Club after a player of the team injured himself while Morkel was acting as a deputy.

However, the career there was short-lived since a few months into the tournament, Morkel himself suffered an injury.

In the Indian Premier League, he played for Rajasthan Royals, Delhi Daredevils and Kolkata Knight Riders. During his time with Delhi Daredevils in the fifth season, he took 25 wickets in 16 matches, winning him a Purple Cap.

Records

In tests, Morkel has won the Player of the Series award once in 2017 and Man of the Match twice in 2009-2010 and 2011-2012.

In ODI Cricket, he won Player of the Series award once in 2010-2011 and Man of the Match five times - once in 2011, twice in 2012, once in 2014 and once in 2015.

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