Morné Morkel

Personal information

Full name

Morné Morkel

Born

6 October 1984 (age 32)
Vereeniging, Transvaal Province, South Africa

Nickname

Morras, Haydos, Lobster

Height

6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)

Batting style

Left-handed

Bowling style

Right-arm fast

Role

Bowler

Relations

Albie Morkel (brother)

International information

National side

South Africa

Test debut (cap 300)

26 December 2006 v India

Last Test

22 January 2016 v England

ODI debut (cap 89)

6 June 2007 v Asia XI

Last ODI

24 June 2016 v West Indies

ODI shirt no.

T20I debut (cap 28)

11 September 2007 v West Indies

Last T20I

14 August 2015 v New Zealand

T20I shirt no.

Domestic team information

Years

Team

2005–present

Titans (squad no. 65)

2008

2007

2004–2006

2013

2014–present

Kolkata Knight Riders

Career statistics

Competition	Test	ODI	T20I	FC
Matches	67	103	38	103
Runs scored	751	214	16	1,459
Batting average	11.92	8.56	8.00	14.16
100s/50s	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/4
Top score	40	32 *	8*	82*
Balls bowled	12,729	5,164	808	18,714
Wickets	227	176	45	361
Bowling average	29.30	23.98	21.88	27.50
5 wickets in innings	6	2	0	13
10 wickets in match	0	n/a	0	2
Best bowling	6/23	5/21	4/17	6/23
Catches/stumpings	15/–	28/–	4/–	35/–

Source: Cricinfo, 3 February 2016

Morné Morkel (born 6 October 1984) is a cricketer who plays Test and limited overs cricket for South Africa and represents Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League. He is a right-arm fast bowler with "genuine pace" according to former South African fast bowler Allan Donald, and a useful lower order left-handed batsman. However, after a poor run of form, Morkel was dropped from the Test team in 2009. His elder brother Albie Morkel took his place. He regained his Test place in 2010.

Aged 19, Morkel began his first class career with a match for Easterns against the touring West Indians. He took the new ball with older brother Albie, who later played ODI cricket for South Africa, and began by delivering 17 no-balls in a five-over spell costing 54 runs against West Indies' batsmen Chris Gayle, Daren Ganga and Ramnaresh Sarwan. His first batting effort, however, was an unbeaten 44, which included a ninth-wicket stand of 141 with Albie as Easterns posted 313, trailing by 21. He claimed his first top-class wicket by dismissing Ramnaresh Sarwan, caught by Daryll Cullinan for 72, and improved to four no-balls in six overs.

Morkel played three further matches for Easterns in the 2003–04 season, which was Easterns' last in the SuperSport Series before South African domestic cricket was restructured. He continued to struggle with no-balls, bowling 41 in 71 completed overs. He took five wickets in the season, and Easterns won the SuperSport Series shield, for the teams knocked out of the main tournament.

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