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Albie Morkel

Batting style:
Left Handed bat
Bowling style:
Right-arm medium fast
Played for:
South Africa, Africa XI, Chennai Super Kings, South Africa Under-19, Somerset
Roles played:
AllRounder
ICC Rank:
Batting:
103
Bowling:
113
Batting:
39
Bowling:
46
Home country:
South Africa
Born:
June 10, 1981, Vereeniging, Transvaal

Profile

Johannes Albertus Morkel aka “Albie” was initiated into the International fold for South Africa in an ODI in 2004 against New Zealand as a bowling all-rounder. In domestic circuits, Albie was regarded as the next Lance Klusener in the making, helped by having the same right-hand ball, left-hand bat combination as Zulu.

It was 3 years following his debut, in 2007 that Albie rose in stature with an impressive 97 against Zimbabwe and 4 wicket haul against Pakistan on tour. It also led to a jackpot IPL contract with the Chennai Super Kings in 2008, where he has been a consistent contributor with the bat, apart from his skilful bowling. In 2009, Albie got his first Test cap against Australia, replacing his brother Morne, where he went on to make a fifty on debut and helped South Africa to an innings victory. His role as a finisher in the game is an added asset to his already existing bowling potential. 


Fast Facts

  • Albie Morkel is one of the few South Africans to score fifty or more on Test debut.
  • Albie and Morne Morkel became the fourth brother-duo to play for South Africa.
  • On 9th June 2007, history was made when the two Morkels opened the bowling attack in the second ODI of the Afro-Asia Cup, the first time it has ever been done in a one-day game.
  • Albie became the first player to appear in 100 T20 matches during the IPL in March 2010.
  • He was named South Africa Player of the Year in 2008.


Statistics

Show:
  Matches Innings Runs NO Avg. SR 100's 50's HS
Test 1 1 58 0 58 81.69 0 1 58
ODI 58 43 782 10 23.69 100.25 0 2 97
T20 35 28 482 8 24.1 143.88 0 0 43
IPL 65 54 767 24 25.56 146.09 0 2 71
CLT20 7 6 66 5 66 157.14 0 0 26*
  Matches Innings Balls Runs Wickets BBI BBM Avg. Econ. 4w 5w 10w Extras
Test 1 2 192 132 1 1/44 / 132 4.12 0 0 0 3
ODI 58 52 2073 1899 50 4/29 / 37.98 5.49 2 0 0 79
T20 35 33 484 657 18 2/12 / 36.5 8.14 0 0 0 19
IPL 65 63 1270 1759 63 4/32 / 27.92 8.31 1 0 0 63
CLT20 7 7 138 168 9 3/22 / 18.66 7.30 0 0 0 8
  Catches Stumpings Runouts
ODI 15 0 5
T20 15 0 1
IPL 12 0 2
CLT20 3 0 0

Career

Span:
Test:
2009-2009
 
ODI:
2004-2012
 
T20:
2005-2012
 
IPL:
2008-2012
 
CLT20:
2010-2011
Test
Debut:
South Africa Vs Australia at Newlands, Cape Town - Mar 19, 2009
Last played:
South Africa Vs Australia at Newlands, Cape Town - Mar 19, 2009
ODI
Debut:
South Africa Vs New Zealand at WestpacTrust Stadium,Wellington - Feb 20, 2004
Last played:
South Africa Vs New Zealand at Eden Park, Auckland - Mar 03, 2012
T20
Debut:
South Africa Vs New Zealand at New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg - Oct 21, 2005
Last played:
South Africa Vs India at The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg - Mar 30, 2012
IPL
Debut:
Chennai Super Kings Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore - Karnataka - Apr 28, 2008
Last played:
Chennai Super Kings Vs Rajasthan Royals at Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur - May 10, 2012
CLT20
Debut:
Chennai Super Kings Vs Central Stags at Kingsmead, Durban - Sep 11, 2010
Last played:
Chennai Super Kings Vs Trinidad and Tobago at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai - Oct 02, 2011
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