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Anrich Nortje
Personal information
Full name
Anrich Arno Nortje[1]
Born (1993-11-16) 16 November 1993 (age 30)
Uitenhage, Cape Province, South Africa[1]
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 338)10 October 2019 v India
Last Test8 September 2022 v England
ODI debut (cap 133)3 March 2019 v Sri Lanka
Last ODI11 October 2022 v India
ODI shirt no.20
T20I debut (cap 85)18 September 2019 v India
Last T20I6 November 2022 v Netherlands
T20I shirt no.20
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2012/13–Eastern Province
2015/16–2020/21Warriors
2018/19–Cape Town Blitz
2020–2022Delhi Capitals
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC
Matches 15 17 26 63
Runs scored 160 25 11 879
Batting average 8.00 6.25 2.20 13.73
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/4
Top score 40 10 4* 79*
Balls bowled 2,500 784 509 10,507
Wickets 57 28 29 221
Bowling average 27.52 26.71 21.20 26.34
5 wickets in innings 3 0 0 8
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 6/56 4/51 4/10 6/44
Catches/stumpings 4/– 3/– 7/– 13/–
Source: CricInfo, 6 November 2022

Anrich Arno Nortje (born 16 November 1993) is a South African professional cricketer. He made his international debut for the South Africa cricket team in March 2019.[2] In July 2020, Nortje was named the newcomer of the year at Cricket South Africa's annual awards ceremony.[3]

Domestic and T20 franchise career

He was included in Eastern Province's squad for the 2016 Africa T20 Cup.[4] In October 2018, he was named in Cape Town Blitz's squad for the first edition of the Mzansi Super League T20 tournament.[5][6] Midway through the tournament, he was ruled out with an ankle injury.[7] In December 2018, he was bought by the Kolkata Knight Riders in the player auction for the 2019 Indian Premier League.[8][9] However, in March 2019, he was ruled out of the tournament with a shoulder injury.[10]

In September 2019, he was named in the squad for the Cape Town Blitz team for the 2019 Mzansi Super League tournament.[11] He was released by the Kolkata Knight Riders ahead of the 2020 IPL auction.[12] In July 2020, he was named in the St Lucia Zouks squad for the 2020 Caribbean Premier League.[13][14] However, Nortje was one of five South African cricketers to miss the tournament, after failing to confirm travel arrangements in due time.[15] In August 2020, Nortje joined the Delhi Capitals as a replacement for Chris Woakes in the 2020 Indian Premier League.[16] On 14 October 2020, during the 30th match of the 2020 IPL, Nortje bowled at the speed of 156.22 km/h (97 mph) to Jos Buttler of Rajasthan Royals, the fastest delivery to date in the IPL.[17]

In April 2021, he was named in Eastern Province's squad, ahead of the 2021–22 cricket season in South Africa.[18]

International career

In February 2019, he was named in South Africa's One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against Sri Lanka.[19] He made his ODI debut for South Africa against Sri Lanka on 3 March 2019.[20] In March 2019, he was named in South Africa's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad also for the series against Sri Lanka,[21] but was ruled out of T20I series due to injury.[22]

In April 2019, he was named in South Africa's squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup.[23][24] However, on 7 May 2019, he was ruled out of the tournament with a hand injury and was replaced by Chris Morris.[25]

In August 2019, he was named in South Africa's Test and Twenty20 International (T20I) squads for their series against India.[26] He made his T20I debut for South Africa, against India, on 18 September 2019.[27] He made his Test debut for South Africa, also against India, on 10 October 2019.[28] In January 2020, in the fourth Test against England, Nortje took his maiden five-wicket haul in Test cricket.[29] In March 2020, he was awarded with a national contract by Cricket South Africa ahead of the 2020–21 season.[30][31]

In September 2021, Nortje was named in South Africa's squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.[32]

References

  1. ^ a b "Anrich Nortje". Wisden. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Anrich Nortje". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Quinton de Kock, Laura Wolvaardt scoop up major CSA awards". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Eastern Province Squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  5. ^ "Mzansi Super League - full squad lists". Sport24. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  6. ^ "Mzansi Super League Player Draft: The story so far". Independent Online. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  7. ^ "Injured Anrich Nortje leaves his imprint at MSL". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  8. ^ "IPL 2019 auction: The list of sold and unsold players". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  9. ^ "IPL 2019 Auction: Who got whom". The Times of India. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  10. ^ "South Africa quick Anrich Nortje ruled out of IPL". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  11. ^ "MSL 2.0 announces its T20 squads". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  12. ^ "Where do the eight franchises stand before the 2020 auction?". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  13. ^ "Nabi, Lamichhane, Dunk earn big in CPL 2020 draft". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  14. ^ "Teams Selected for Hero CPL 2020". Cricket West Indies. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  15. ^ "Five South Africans to miss CPL after failing to confirm travel arrangements". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  16. ^ "IPL 2020: Delhi Capitals replace Chris Woakes with Anrich Nortje". CricTracker. 18 August 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  17. ^ "IPL 2020: This bowler delivers the fastest ball in IPL history at 156.22 kmph, breaks Dale Steyn's record. In IPL 2020 He Scored Seven Runs and Picked Up 22 Wickets". Zee News. 15 October 2020. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  18. ^ "CSA reveals Division One squads for 2021/22". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  19. ^ "Fit-again Lungi Ngidi back in South Africa's ODI squad, Hashim Amla left out". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
  20. ^ "1st ODI, Sri Lanka tour of South Africa at Johannesburg, Mar 3 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  21. ^ "Markram, Nortje, Qeshile called up for T20Is against Sri Lanka". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  22. ^ "New-look South Africa seek series win". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  23. ^ "Hashim Amla in World Cup squad; Reeza Hendricks, Chris Morris miss out". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  24. ^ "Amla edges out Hendricks to make South Africa's World Cup squad". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  25. ^ "Chris Morris replaces Anrich Nortje in South Africa's CWC19 squad". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  26. ^ "Nortje, Second and Muthusamy part of South Africa squads to India". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  27. ^ "2nd T20I (N), South Africa tour of India at Mohali, Sep 18 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  28. ^ "2nd Test, ICC World Test Championship at Pune, Oct 10-14 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  29. ^ "England outclass Proteas after Nortje fifer". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  30. ^ "Beuran Hendricks earns CSA national contract, Dale Steyn left out". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  31. ^ "CSA announces Proteas contract squads for 2020/21". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  32. ^ "T20 World Cup: South Africa leave out Faf du Plessis, Imran Tahir and Chris Morris". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
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