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Albie Morkel
Personal information
Full name
Johannes Albertus Morkel
Born (1981-06-10) 10 June 1981 (age 43)
Vereeniging, Transvaal Province, South Africa
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium-fast
RoleAll-rounder
RelationsM Morkel (brother)
International information
National side
Only Test (cap 304)19 March 2006 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 76)20 February 2004 v New Zealand
Last ODI3 March 2012 v New Zealand
ODI shirt no.81
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1999–2006Easterns
2004–Titans (squad no. 81)
2008–2013Chennai Super Kings
2008–2010Durham
2012Somerset
2013Derbyshire
2014Royal Challengers Bangalore
2015Delhi Daredevils
2016–presentEUCC 4s
2016–presentRising Pune Supergiants
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 1 58 76 193
Runs scored 58 782 4,099 3,197
Batting average 58 23.69 44.55 28.29
100s/50s 0/1 0/2 8/23 1/15
Top score 58 97 204* 134*
Balls bowled 192 2,073 11,649 7,287
Wickets 1 50 203 200
Bowling average 132.00 37.98 29.83 30.51
5 wickets in innings 0 0 5 0
10 wickets in match 0 n/a 0 n/a
Best bowling 1/44 4/29 6/36 4/23
Catches/stumpings 0/– 15/– 32/– 45/–
Source: Cricinfo, 13 February 2015

Johannes Albertus Morkel (born 10 June 1981), better known as Albie Morkel, is a South African cricketer. He is an all-rounder who bowls right-arm medium fast and bats left-handed. He was ear marked as the new Lance Klusener from an early age and is famous for his six hitting abilities. Albie has a brother, Morné Morkel, who also plays international cricket for South Africa while his father Albert played provincial cricket in South Africa.

He has a particularly impressive first class record, with a batting average of 44.0 and a bowling average of 29.0.

Career

Morkel at fielding practice, Adelaide Oval, January 2009

First Class

His bowling was quite impressive in his first seasons in first class cricket, as he burst onto the scene with six for 36 for Easterns against Griqualand West, but in the 2004/05 season he was expected to take more of the bowling effort for the Titans, but only took 20 wickets at a bowling average of 40.65. However, that coincided with an improvement in his batting, as he made his first double century of his career, with 204 not out against Western Province Boland.

During the 2008 Summer season Albie played for Durham County Cricket Club in the North East of England along with fellow South African Shaun Pollock mainly in the Twenty20 Cup competition. He was dropped from the National team to the tour of Windies to open door for Dave Miller and others .

In 2012, Morkel was confirmed as Somerset's second overseas player alongside Chris Gayle. Roelof van der Merwe was expected to be retained by Somerset but it was expected that a work permit wouldn't be obtainable.

He joined Derbyshire in 2013 as an overseas player for their Friends Life t20 campaign.[1]

International

His statistics on his international debut tour to New Zealand were not very impressive, as he got two wickets at the cost of 48 runs apiece, but he did get five wickets quite cheaply on Zimbabwe's tour of South Africa. Nevertheless, Morkel was picked for the Africa squad to play Asia in the 2005 Afro-Asia Cup, but withdrew due to injury. He appeared however for Africa the following series, in 2007, and made history in the second game when he opened the bowling with his brother Morné, the first time two brothers have done so in ODI cricket.

In 2009 he secured two-man-of-the-match accolades against Australia in the Commonwealth Series down under, as well as the Man of the Series accolade for the One Day Internationals.

He was promoted to the Test side for the third Test of the home series against Australia in 2008/09, ironically replacing his brother Morné in the side.

Indian Premier League

Albie played for the Chennai Super Kings since the inaugural season of the Indian Premier League where he had a very successful tournament as an all-rounder.

He is one of the regular names in the overseas four of the playing XI. Morkel's big-hitting abilities and consistent bowling performances has been one of the key reasons of the Super Kings' successful run in the Indian Premier League. In the 2010 IPL, he struck a record third-wicket partnership in the tournament along with Murali Vijay against the Rajasthan Royals. At the 2012 Indian Premier League, he was the winner of the Super Sixes tournament, with a distance of 105m.

Morkel was retained by Chennai for the fourth edition of the Indian Premier League.

On 12 April 2012, he hit 28 runs in one over of Virat Kohli's bowling which ultimately brought victory to Chennai Super Kings from a no win position after chasing a massive total of 206 in the match against Royal Challengers Bangalore. Such exploits with the bat and his useful bowling have gained him immense popularity and recognition and have made him a household name among the Super Kings' fans.

He was purchased by the Royal Challengers Bangalore for ₹2,40,00,000 ahead of the 2014 season.

He was purchased by the Delhi Daredevils for ₹30,00,000 ahead of the 2015 season. On 9 April 2015 he hit 73 run of 55 balls against his former team the Chennai Super Kings with 8 fours and 1 six at Chennai.Delhi in the end fell short by 1 run in a close game.

He is now purchased by the new ipl team Rising Pune Supergiants where he was traded to the team

Personal life

Albie hails from an Afrikaner family, who are big cricket fans. Albie was born to Albert and Mariana Morkel as the second of three children; Morné is the youngest; his older brother, Malan also played cricket. Albie is married to his childhood crush, Marthmari (née Groenewald). Their son, Albertus Johannes "AJ" Morkel was born on 1 December 2009 and their daughter Cara Morkel was born on 4 June 2011. [1] The family lives in Pretoria. Prior to marriage, he used to live with his brother Morné and team mate AB de Villiers in Pretoria.

International Awards

One-Day International Cricket

Man of the Match awards

S No Opponent Venue Date Match Performance Result
1 Bangladesh Sher-e-Bangla Stadium, Mirpur 14 March 2008 8-2-29-4; DNB  South Africa won by 7 wickets.[2]
2 Australia Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne 16 January 2009 9-0-58-2, 1 run out; 40* (18 balls; 4x4, 1x6)  South Africa won by 3 wickets.[3]
3 Australia Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney 23 January 2009 7-0-47-0; 40 (22 balls; 6x4, 1x6)  South Africa won by 3 wickets.[4]

Twenty20 International Cricket

Man of the Match Awards

# Series Season Match Performance Result
1 2007 ICC World Twenty20 15th match (RSA vs ENG) in South Africa 2007 43 (20 balls; 3x4, 4x6); 2-0-12-2  South Africa won by 19 runs.[5]
2 2010 ICC World Twenty20 14th match (RSA vs NZL) in Barbados 2010 40 (18 balls; 5x6); 1-0-13-0, 1 catch  South Africa won by 13 runs.[6]
3 South Africa in India 2015/16 4-0-12-3 ; DNB  South Africa won by 6 wickets.[7]

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Albie Morkel.
  1. ^ BBC Sport - Albie Morkel joins Derbyshire for FL t20 campaign. Bbc.co.uk (2013-06-20). Retrieved on 2013-12-23.
  2. ^ "South Africa in Bangladesh ODI Series, 2008 - 3rd ODI".
  3. ^ "South Africa in Australia ODI Series, 2009 - 1st ODI".
  4. ^ "South Africa in Australia ODI Series, 2009 - 3rd ODI".
  5. ^ "ICC World Twenty20 - 15th match, Group E – South Africa v England Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. 25 February 2015. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
  6. ^ "IICC World Twenty20 - 14th match, Group E – South Africa v New Zealand Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. 25 February 2015. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
  7. ^ "South Africa in India T20I Series - 2nd T20I Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. 2 November 2015. Retrieved 2 November 2015.

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