Albie Morkel
Full name Johannes Albertus Morkel
Born June 10, 1981, Vereeniging, Transvaal
Current age 28 years 26 days
Major teams South Africa, Africa XI, Chennai Super Kings, Durham, Easterns, Somerset, Titans
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium-fast
Batting | Bowling | Career statistics | Profile | Notes | Latest Articles | Latest Photos
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 1 | 1 | 0 | 58 | 58 | 58.00 | 71 | 81.69 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| ODIs | 40 | 27 | 5 | 484 | 97 | 22.00 | 479 | 101.04 | 0 | 1 | 47 | 15 | 9 | 0 |
| T20Is | 22 | 18 | 4 | 338 | 43 | 24.14 | 244 | 138.52 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 20 | 10 | 0 |
| First-class | 60 | 87 | 15 | 2992 | 204* | 41.55 | 4 | 19 | 24 | 0 | ||||
| List A | 144 | 106 | 29 | 2096 | 97 | 27.22 | 0 | 9 | 27 | 0 | ||||
| Twenty20 | 88 | 74 | 22 | 1279 | 71 | 24.59 | 924 | 138.41 | 0 | 3 | 99 | 66 | 17 | 0 |
| Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 1 | 2 | 192 | 132 | 1 | 1/44 | 1/132 | 132.00 | 4.12 | 192.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ODIs | 40 | 37 | 1600 | 1400 | 43 | 4/29 | 4/29 | 32.55 | 5.25 | 37.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| T20Is | 22 | 22 | 310 | 382 | 13 | 2/12 | 2/12 | 29.38 | 7.39 | 23.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| First-class | 60 | 9139 | 4713 | 157 | 6/36 | 30.01 | 3.09 | 58.2 | 4 | 0 | |||
| List A | 144 | 5814 | 4644 | 160 | 4/23 | 4/23 | 29.02 | 4.79 | 36.3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Twenty20 | 88 | 81 | 1510 | 1969 | 76 | 4/30 | 4/30 | 25.90 | 7.82 | 19.8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Only Test | South Africa v Australia at Cape Town, Mar 19-22, 2009 scorecard |
| Test statistics | |
| ODI debut | New Zealand v South Africa at Wellington, Feb 20, 2004 scorecard |
| Last ODI | South Africa v Australia at Johannesburg, Apr 17, 2009 scorecard |
| ODI statistics | |
| T20I debut | South Africa v New Zealand at Johannesburg, Oct 21, 2005 scorecard |
| Last T20I | Pakistan v South Africa at Nottingham, Jun 18, 2009 scorecard |
| T20I statistics | |
| First-class debut | 1999/00 |
| Last First-class | South Africa v Australia at Cape Town, Mar 19-22, 2009 scorecard |
| List A debut | 1999/00 |
| Last List A | South Africa v Australia at Johannesburg, Apr 17, 2009 scorecard |
| Twenty20 debut | Titans v Lions at Centurion, Apr 8, 2004 scorecard |
| Last Twenty20 | Pakistan v South Africa at Nottingham, Jun 18, 2009 scorecard |
Albie Morkel, a right-arm fast-medium bowler and left-handed batsman, has been earmarked as the new Lance Klusener. He rose to prominence playing for his provincial side Easterns against the touring West Indians in 2003-04 when he defied food poisoning to score a century and take five wickets at Benoni. Ray Jennings, his provincial coach and a former South African wicketkeeper, predicted some time ago that Morkel would become a world-class allrounder, and Morkel was given his first taste of international action when picked for the tour of New Zealand in 2003-04. However, his early career brought only a glimpse of his talent and Twenty20 appears made for his type of play. Morkel comes from a cricketing family, with father Albert having played for Transvaal B and his brother Morne having also played for South Africa.
He made his Test debut for South Africa against Australia in the third Test in Cape Town in March 2009, replacing his brother who was dropped for the game.
Cricinfo staff
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Jun 30, 2009
South African players in attendance at the 2009 SA Cricket Awards
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Jun 7, 2009
Albie Morkel sends one into the stands
© Getty Images
May 23, 2009
Albie Morkel smacks the ball
© Associated Press
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