Albie Morkel
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 South Africa (SA) |
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| Batting style | Left-handed batsman (LHB) | |
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| Bowling type | Right-arm medium fast (RMF) | |
| Tests | ODIs | |
| Matches | - | 8 |
| Runs scored | - | 63 |
| Batting average | - | 12.59 |
| 100s/50s | -/- | 0/0 |
| Top score | - | 23* |
| Overs bowled | - | 44 |
| Wickets | - | 7 |
| Bowling average | n/a | 30.28 |
| 5 wickets in innings | - | 0 |
| 10 wickets in match | - | n/a |
| Best bowling | n/a | 2/23 |
| Catches/stumpings | -/- | 1/0 |
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As of 6 December 2005 |
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Johannes Albertus Morkel (born 10 June 1981, Vereeniging, Transvaal, South Africa), also known as just Albie Morkel, is a South African cricketer with impressive first class statistics, but who has made a smaller impact on the international stage. Morkel made his international debut in a One-day international against New Zealand on 20 February 2004, which the South Africans lost by five runs. Morkel made six runs from six balls, batting at number four. Ray Jennings, a former South African international, has picked Morkel to become a world-class all-rounder in the coming years, but his international career so far leaves something to be desired.
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.
His statistics on the 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 in the summer of 2004/05. However, the series also included a spell where he ended up with bowling figures of 6-0-54-1, which meant that he conceded nine runs an over. Nevertheless, Morkel was picked for the Africa squad to play Asia in the 2005 Afro-Asian Cup, but withdrew due to injury.
