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Morné Morkel

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finishing with 9 wickets at 13.33 and an economy rate of 6.00, considered excellent in this form of the game. This haul included a match-winning spell of 4/17 against New Zealand, all wickets being caught behind or bowled, and he was denied his 5th wicket in his final over only due to an incorrect no-ball call when he had clean bowled the batsman. This would have been the first 5 wicket hall ever taken in international Twenty20 cricket. The host nation may have gone on to be eliminated from the tournament, but Morkel's bowling, along with the big hitting of his brother Albie, was unquestionably one of their biggest positives to emerge from the event. He was named as 12th man in the 'Team of the Tournament' by ESPNcricinfo for the 2007 T20I World Cup.
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Cobras for 189 to win by 19 runs and secured a top-two finish in the league stage. He took nine wickets at an average of 18.22 overall, but was dropped for Ethy Mbhalati in the semi-final, which the Titans won by ten wickets. He was then named in the initial eleven for the final, but he was subbed off for his brother Albie when the Titans were at 86 for six; the Titans lost by two wickets after Albie took three for 13. He was then given all six games for the Titans in
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one-day games. However, after taking one for 24 from seven overs on one-day debut, where the team won by six wickets, he was retained for the remaining six games. He was responsible for one of ten four-wicket-hauls in the Standard Bank Cup that season, taking four for 41 as the Titans bowled out Cape
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began with the renamed Standard Bank Cup, now known as the MTN Domestic Championship, where Morkel missed the first four games and instead played provincial cup cricket for Easterns. However, after the Titans had lost three successive games, Morkel replaced Pieter de Bruyn in the eleven, and conceded
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of 7.63 – largely increased by 60 runs in six overs in his last two matches, the last of which, the semi-final, had been shortened to a 7-over affair. He also played two first class matches in the SuperSport Series, contributing six wickets to the Titans' two victories, but was nevertheless dropped
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Having taken six wickets in the one-run victory over Eagles in the SuperSport Series as well as scoring a century, and also having scored a half-century as the Titans set a target of 178, Morkel was called up to the Rest of South Africa side to face India two weeks later, thus missing the Titans'
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Morkel was then selected in the South African squad for the inaugural Twenty20 World Championship in South Africa, and went on to become one of the stars of the tournament, despite many feeling Twenty20 was a format with little scope for bowlers. Morkel bowled with consistent pace and accuracy,
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of the Warriors. With Morkel, the team won two and lost three games, but still finished last in the league stage and did not qualify for the semi-finals. However, no bowler in the MTN Championship with more than five wickets had a lower bowling average than Morkel's 19.
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Morkel was subsequently selected for the tour of Pakistan, but unfortunately suffered a broken bone in his foot in the warm up match preceding the first test. The injury wasn't too severe and Morkel picked up five crucial wickets as Pakistan collapsed to 248 all out.
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registered player. However, in November 2020, Morkel ended his stay with Surrey, saying it was "no longer feasible" to spend prolonged periods of time away from his family due to the
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He made his ODI debut playing for an Africa XI side against their Asian counterparts and took 3 wickets. In the following game he opened the bowling with his brother
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During the third Test of the series against Australia in 2018, which was his last international series, Morkel became the fifth bowler for South Africa to take
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players, all them batsmen or allrounders. He also went through without bowling a no-ball, but that problem returned when he played for the Titans in the
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for the final game of the SuperSport Series season, and took three for 90 on the first day, which he improved to five for 122 before their opponents
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clash with Lions in the SuperSport Series. Morkel took four wickets, all of them in the first innings when India fell to 69 for five, and despite
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in August 2005, taking six wickets in two four-day matches, which did not have first class status. His wickets included four former
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declared. The Titans drew the match after following on, and Morkel ended the 2004–05 season with 20 first class wickets at a
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before South African domestic cricket was restructured. He continued to struggle with no-balls, bowling 41 in 71 completed
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Morkel played as a right-arm fast bowler and useful lower order left-handed batsman. Former South African fast bowler
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in 2012, he took 25 wickets in 16 matches and was the leading wicket-taker in the league. He last played for
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17 runs from nine overs as the Titans successfully defended 213 in 45 overs against former internationals
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who played international cricket between 2006 and 2018. He later worked as the bowling coach of the
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Morkel became a permanent resident of Australia on 6 November 2020, allowing him to compete in the
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family and is the youngest of three children of Albert and Mariana Morkel. He proposed to partner
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in South Africa in 2003 and 2004. In this match his first class career began by delivering 17
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Following his retirement from international cricket, Morkel signed a two-year contract with
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Morkel did not play in any of the first five first class games for the Titans in
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until November 2023 and in August 2024 was appointed as the bowling coach of the
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Filtered commentary – 2nd Test: South Africa v India at Durban, Dec 26–30, 2006
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in origin, is spelled with an accented e. In common use this is often not used.
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side to play three Twenty20 International matches against Pakistan in the
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On 26 February 2018, he announced that he would retire from all forms of
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20th Match, Group E South Africa v New Zealand at Durban, Sep 19, 2007
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of 18.20. His no-ball ratio also improved, with 24 from 128.1 overs.
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and this was the first time in ODI history of two brothers doing so.
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is also a former international cricketer representing South Africa.
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in a five-over spell costing 54 runs against West Indies' batsmen
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Bowling in MTN Domestic Championship 2006/07 (Ordered by Average)
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Aged 19, Morkel began his first-class career with a match for
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Morkel played three further matches for Easterns in the
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Morkel bowling in the Adelaide Oval nets, January 2009
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In September 2019, he was named in the squad for the
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Records – ICC World Twenty20, 2007–08 – Most wickets
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Vereeniging
Transvaal
fast
Bowler
Albie Morkel
Roz Kelly
South Africa
300
India
Australia
89
Asia XI
India
28
West Indies
Pakistan
Easterns
Titans
Kent
Yorkshire
Rajasthan Royals
Delhi Daredevils
Kolkata Knight Riders
St Lucia Zouks
Surrey
Tshwane Spartans
Perth Scorchers
Brisbane Heat
Test

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