aiden markram Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
aiden markram is a cricketer(sportsman) from South Africa. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
Aiden Kyle Markram
Born
October 04, 1994, Centurion
Age
29 years old
Batting Style
Right hand Bat
Bowling Style
Right arm Offbreak
Playing Role
Opening Batter
Batting Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 35 | 64 | 37 | 33 |
Inn | 64 | 61 | 33 | 31 |
Runs | 2285 | 2061 | 1063 | 775 |
Avg | 36.27 | 37.47 | 39.37 | 32.29 |
SR | 58.56 | 99.37 | 149.51 | 131.36 |
HS | 152 | 175 | 70 | 68 |
NO | 1 | 6 | 6 | 7 |
100s | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
50s | 10 | 10 | 9 | 4 |
4s | 335 | 211 | 91 | 55 |
6s | 10 | 49 | 44 | 31 |
Bowling Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 35 | 64 | 37 | 33 |
Inn | 13 | 27 | 16 | 12 |
Balls | 249 | 779 | 198 | 109 |
Runs | 130 | 763 | 262 | 157 |
Wkt | 2 | 16 | 9 | 2 |
BBI | 27 / 2 | 18 / 2 | 21 / 3 | 8 / 3 |
BBM | 27 / 2 | 18 / 2 | 21 / 3 | 8 / 3 |
Eco | 3.13 | 5.88 | 7.94 | 8.64 |
Avg | 65.0 | 47.69 | 29.11 | 78.5 |
5W | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
10W | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Teams he has played for:
- South Africa
- Northerns
- Northerns Under-19s
- Punjab Kings
- South Africa A
- South Africa Under-19s
- Sunrisers Eastern Cape
- Sunrisers Hyderabad
- Titans
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
Having been picked on a selection whim after unimpressive numbers in the lead-up to the tournament, he repaid the faith of the selectors and contributed handsomely to end the tournament as the Proteas’ highest run-scorer and lifted the cup in a nation frustrated and haunted by the c-word. Markram looked confident from the outset - when asked to list three words that best described him, he mentioned ’Positive, confident and responsible,’ and he went on to live up to it in the tournament.
However, after being touted as the next 'big thing' in South African cricket, form and consistency deserted him, resulting in more consistent players edging him out for a few years. Injuries did not help his cause and Markram seemed to have lost his spark completely. Like the stereotypical superstar losing his way, he seemed to be seeing an early decline. However, with age on his side, and some tough competition in the national circuit, Markram continued to work on his game to make it to the national team.
With great composure and focus, and a crafty-yet-airtight technique which he can adjust as per the situation, Markram has a calm head on his shoulders and the confidence to go with it. Primarily an off-side player with a compact opener’s technique, Markram brings a wider repertoire of shots to a generally conservative South African top-order.
An apprentice of Mark Boucher, Markram slowly started to redeem himself at the first-class level and raised his game to a whole new level, averaging over 50 in the 2017 season. After a streak of consistent performances, a virtue that had eluded him in the past, Markram, at long last, made it to the Test fold when he was called up for the England tour in September 2017.
He received the coveted Test cap for the Proteas in the home Tests against Bangladesh and had a dream series, scoring 255 runs in 3 innings and ended the series with an average of 255. In the historic 4-Day Boxing Day Test against Zimbabwe, he exhibited old-school grit and determination against a probing Zimbabwean attack on a seaming Day 1 track, and stroked his way to a chance-less hundred after the pitch flattened out. He started off well against India in the home series in 2017/18 with a 94 in the Newlands Test and laid the platform for victory that helped South Africa regain the freedom trophy.
2018 was a tumultuous year for Markram. In February, Markram found himself leading South Africa in a limited-overs series against India following an injury to regular skipper Faf du Plessis. Aged 23 years and 123 days, Markram became the second youngest to captain South Africa after Graeme Smith. In March, he struck a career-best 152 on the first day of the 4th Test against Australia in the infamous ‘Sandpapergate’ series. The tours to Sri Lanka in 2018 and India in 2019, however, saw Markram’s fortunes turn for the worse. His weakness against spin was exposed and his form deserted him.
theless, in 2019, he made the final 15 cut for South Africa’s World Cup squad at the last minute. He and Reeza Hendricks were both fighting for the back up openers spot and it came to Markram as a combination of his runs in the domestic 50-over competition and Hendricks' failure to score big runs in the national team.
With age on his side and a potentially long career ahead of him, Markram has burst onto the international arena with renewed focus, the intent to score big and to avoid repeating the mistakes he made in the past. Despite having the fundamental requirements as an opening batsman and possessing a good blend of defensive technique and aggressive strokeplay, Markram failed to cement himself as the first choice opener in limited overs cricket. However, deemed to be too good to be left out, Markram was crammed into the middle order, a position from where he has since had a massive impact.
Markram’s performances and all-round impact in limited-overs cricket did not go unnoticed. In 2021, he bagged an IPL contract after he was bought by the Punjab Kings. In the following year, he was bought by the Sunrisers Hyderabad and later the same year, he was drafted into its sister-franchise, the Sunrisers Eastern Cape for the inaugural season of the SA20. That tournament was in many ways the coming of age of Markram the captain. He not only led the franchise to the title but also finished as the tournament’s third-highest run-scorer all while picking up some crucial wickets with ball in hand. Markram’s success saw him being appointed as the skipper of the Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2023 but things didn’t quite go as smoothly as they did back at home for Markram and his side finished at the bottom of the table.
In early 2023, Markram was appointed as the full-time captain of South Africa’s T20I team.
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
The first South Africa captain to win a World Cup, albeit at age-group level, Aiden Markram announced himself as champion material early. He led South Africa's Under-19s to World Cup glory in 2014 and was also their leading run-scorer and third overall. It took him another three years to break into the senior side, but when he did, he made an impact right away with 97, 143 and 125 in his first three Tests, at home against Bangladesh and Zimbabwe.
He did well against tougher opposition as well, making 94 in a comprehensive win over India in Centurion in January 2018 and two big hundreds against Australia in the contentious Sandpapergate series two months later. But overseas success took a while to come - after disappointing tours of India and Sri Lanka, Markram made his first away Test hundred in a second-innings effort in Rawalpindi in February 2021, showing he had the technique to navigate pitches that turned and stayed low. His 108 gave South Africa a fighting chance, but they eventually lost the series 2-0.
A batter of class and composure, aggressive and strong on the off side, Markram did well in limited-overs cricket as well. In 2021, he was South Africa's leading run-maker in ODIs, had a stellar T20 World Cup, and was named the T20I Player of the Year in Cricket South Africa's awards for the year.