albie morkel Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
albie morkel is a cricketer(sportsman) from South Africa. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
Johannes Albertus Morkel
Born
June 10, 1981, Vereeniging, Transvaal
Age
42 years old
Batting Style
Left hand Bat
Bowling Style
Right arm Medium fast
Playing Role
Bowling Allrounder
Batting Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 1 | 58 | 50 | 91 |
Inn | 1 | 43 | 38 | 68 |
Runs | 58 | 782 | 572 | 974 |
Avg | 58.0 | 23.7 | 21.19 | 24.35 |
SR | 81.69 | 100.26 | 142.29 | 141.98 |
HS | 58 | 97 | 43 | 73 |
NO | 0 | 10 | 11 | 28 |
100s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
50s | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
4s | 10 | 71 | 29 | 61 |
6s | 1 | 25 | 39 | 55 |
Bowling Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 1 | 58 | 50 | 91 |
Inn | 2 | 52 | 46 | 87 |
Balls | 192 | 2073 | 647 | 1723 |
Runs | 132 | 1899 | 864 | 2359 |
Wkt | 1 | 50 | 26 | 85 |
BBI | 44 / 1 | 29 / 4 | 12 / 3 | 32 / 3 |
BBM | 132 / 1 | 29 / 4 | 12 / 3 | 32 / 3 |
Eco | 4.12 | 5.5 | 8.01 | 8.21 |
Avg | 132.0 | 37.98 | 33.23 | 27.75 |
5W | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
10W | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Teams he has played for:
- A Morkel
- M Morkel
- M Morkel
- South Africa
- Africa XI
- Chennai Super Kings
- Delhi Daredevils
- Derbyshire
- Durham
- Easterns
- New Jersey Triton's
- Rising Pune Supergiants
- Royal Challengers Bangalore
- Somerset
- Somerset 2nd XI
- South Africa Under-19s
- St Lucia Zouks
- Titans
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
Morkel was an important part of the ODI squad, and his performances for South Africa during that glorious summer of 2008-09 in Australia confirmed his growing stature. Morkel's power-hitting gave South Africa the crucial edge in the first ODI against Australia in Melbourne in 2009. His 18 ball 40 helped South Africa win a close match and this set the tone for South Africa's first ODI series win in Australia. His consistent efforts during the series won him his first Man of the Series award.
He has maintained that level of aggression with the bat in all three formats though his bowling at times can range from erratic to economical. His returns don't make particularly good reading, but he has contributed at crucial times with the ball when the team has needed him.
A strike rate of 81 plus in tests, 139 in T-20s and 102 in ODIs, show that Albie in the mood is as hard-hitting as they come. His power-hitting has helped him bag an IPL contract with the Chennai Super Kings and has been the vital cog in Chennai's good run in the tournament.
The emergence of powerful batsmen such as David Miller and his own dwindling fortunes on the field forced Cricket South Africa to refuse a national contract. Angered by the snub, in April 2013, Morkel stated that his South African career was over and that he did not need to prove anything to anyone. Nowadays, Morkel is considered as a T20 specialist and has been picked to play various Leagues. He has played the Caribbean Premier League, the Friends Provident T20 League in England apart from the IPL.
Some good form in the Ram Slam T20 Challenge and injuries to other all-rounders, Morkel made it back to the Proteas squad for the T20Is. He initially played against Australia before going to Bangladesh for the T20 WC. Morkel had a mediocre WC, he was expensive whenever he bowled and did not contribute much with the bat.
Albie was let go after playing six years for Chennai Super Kings. However, the talents of the big-hitting all-rounder could not be missed as Royal Challengers Bangalore snapped him up in the 2014 auctions. He was then snapped up by Delhi Daredevils in the 2015 auctions.
An ankle injury ruled him out of the 2014-15 South African domestic season and subsequently the World Cup.
by Cricbuzz staff
As of April 2015
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
South Africa's seemingly endless supply of allrounders in the 1990s ended at the turn of the millennium, but then came Albie Morkel. A medium-fast bowler and hard-hitting batsman, he was likened to Lance Klusener but his domestic dominance failed to translate to the international level.
Morkel is the son of Albert and brother of Malan and Morne, all cricketers of varying pedigree, so it's fair to say the game is in his blood. He came to prominence playing for Easterns against the touring West Indians in 2003-04, when he defied food poisoning to score a century and take five wickets at Benoni.
Later that season, he was picked to tour New Zealand but his early ODI offerings were lean. He enjoyed a more sustained run in the 2007-08 and 2008-09 seasons, when he also played his only Test: in March 2009, Morkel replaced his brother Morne, who was injured, in a match against Australia.
Morkel's limited-overs prowess made him one of the biggest buys at the inaugural IPL auction. Morkel sold for US$675,000 to Chennai Super Kings. He made his name as a reliable lower-order allrounder and was retained by the franchise for several seasons.
By 2010, Morkel was only playing ODI cricket sporadically for South Africa but the shortest format was keeping his career alive. He was part of the 2010, 2012 and 2014 World T20 squads; the last of those tournaments seemed to spell the end of his international career.
Morkel remained committed to franchise cricket and was named captain of the Titans franchise in the 2015-16 season in limited-overs' formats, and that summer his international career was briefly resurrected - Morkel was picked to travel with the South African T20 squad to India in late 2015 and took a career-best 3 for 12 on comeback. He looked set to play at the World T20 in 2016 but was left out of the squad. He continues to play T20 cricket at the IPL and CPL.
ESPNcricinfo staff