Morné Morkel

Morné Morkel (born 6 October 1984) is a South African cricket coach and former cricketer who played international cricket between 2006 and 2018. He worked as the bowling coach of the Pakistan national cricket team until November 2023.

Morné Morkel
Morkel in 2014
Personal information
Full name
Morné Morkel
Born (1984-10-06) 6 October 1984
Vereeniging, Transvaal, South Africa
Height6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast
RoleBowler
RelationsAlbie Morkel (brother)
Roz Kelly (wife)
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 300)26 December 2006 v India
Last Test30 March 2018 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 89)6 June 2007 v Asia XI
Last ODI16 February 2018 v India
ODI shirt no.65
T20I debut (cap 28)11 September 2007 v West Indies
Last T20I15 September 2017 v Pakistan
T20I shirt no.65
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2003/04–2017/18Easterns
2004/05–2017/18Titans
2007Kent
2008Yorkshire
2009–2010Rajasthan Royals
2011–2013Delhi Daredevils
2014–2016Kolkata Knight Riders
2016St Lucia Zouks
2018–2020Surrey (squad no. 64)
2019Tshwane Spartans
2019/20Perth Scorchers
2020/21Brisbane Heat
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 86 117 153 156
Runs scored 944 268 2,062 378
Batting average 11.65 9.24 13.13 9.45
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/4 0/0
Top score 40 32* 82* 35
Balls bowled 16,498 5,760 27,885 7,490
Wickets 309 188 566 239
Bowling average 27.66 25.32 25.46 25.71
5 wickets in innings 8 2 20 3
10 wickets in match 0 0 2 0
Best bowling 6/23 5/21 6/23 5/21
Catches/stumpings 25/– 31/– 51/– 41/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 19 August 2020

Morkel made his Test match debut in 2006 and went on to play 86 Tests for the South African national cricket team. In March 2018, he became the fifth bowler to take 300 Test wickets for South Africa. He also played in 117 One Day Internationals and 44 Twenty20 International matches, making his debut in both formats in 2007.

On 26 February 2018, he announced that he would retire from all forms of international cricket at the end of the four-match Test series against Australia. Morkel played his last international game in March 2018 against Australia.

He played the Legends League Cricket at Oman in January 2022, representing World Giants and was awarded the Legend of the Tournament award.

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