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Chris Morris (cricketer)

Chris Morris
Personal information
Full name Christopher Henry Morris
Born (1987-04-30) 30 April 1987 (age 29)
Pretoria, Transvaal Province, South Africa
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Role Bowling all-rounder
Relations Willie Morris (father)
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 324) 2 January 2016 v England
Last Test 14 January 2016 v England
ODI debut (cap 110) 10 June 2013 v Pakistan
Last ODI 28 January 2017 v Sri Lanka
ODI shirt no. 2
Domestic team information
Years Team
2009–2012 North West
2010–2015 Highveld Lions
2013 Chennai Super Kings
2015 Rajasthan Royals
2015–present Titans
2016–present Delhi Daredevils
2016 Surrey
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 2 15 48 64
Runs scored 98 152 1,957 855
Batting average 32.66 19.00 31.06 26.71
100s/50s 0/1 0/1 3/10 0/3
Top score 69 62 154 90*
Balls bowled 366 627 7,248 2,496
Wickets 4 16 152 73
Bowling average 63.25 38.93 25.44 29.89
5 wickets in innings 0 0 2 0
10 wickets in match 0 n/a 1 n/a
Best bowling 1/8 3/63 8/44 4/30
Catches/stumpings 2/– 3/– 43/– 18/–
Source: CricketArchive, 4 January 2017

Christopher Henry Morris (born 30 April 1987) is a South African international cricketer who plays first-class and List A cricket for Titans. He is a member of the Delhi Daredevils team, who play in the Indian Premier League.

He is known for his aggressive middle order batting and death bowling.

The right arm fast bowler who has taken 35 T20 wickets from 24 innings at an average of 16.68 at an impressive economy rate of 6.57. Morris is also a handy big-hitting batsman lower down the order and has a strike rate of over 175.

Morris gave a standout performance in the 2012 domestic league in South Africa, where he fetched 21 wickets in 12 games and his strike-rate with the bat was around 200. He was also the top wicket taker in the 2015 Ram Slam T20 domestic tournament.

After several years of success in the IPL, he fetched over US$1 million at the 2016 IPL auction. Morris achieved his highest score in all formats of T20 during IPL 2016 playing against Gujarat Lions. Morris scores 82* runs of just 32 balls with 4 fours and 8 sixes & First Fastest fifty just 17 balls, IPL 2016 against Gujarat Lions in Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi.

Morris made his Twenty20I debut for South Africa on 21 December 2012 against New Zealand. He had figures of 3.4-0-19-2 in that game before suffering an injury.

Morris made his One Day International debut for South Africa on 10 June 2013 against Pakistan as part of the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy.

He made his Test debut for South Africa against England on 2 January 2016.


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