Ole Mortensen

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Ole Mortensen Denmark (DEN)

Batting style	Right-handed batsman
Bowling type	Right-arm fast-medium
	First-class	List A
Matches	157	200
Runs scored	709	145
Batting average	8.97	5.57
100s/50s	0/1	0/0
Top score	74*	11
Balls bowled	23883	9918
Wickets	434	219
Bowling average	23.88	25.56
5 wickets in innings	16	2
10 wickets in match	1	N/A
Best bowling	6-27	6-14
Catches/stumpings	47/-	26/-
Debut: [[]], 1983 Last appearance: [[]], 1994 Source: Cricket Archive

Ole Henrik Mortensen (born 29 January 1958 in Vejle, Jutland) is a Danish former cricketer, probably the best his country has produced. A fast-medium right-arm bowler, in a first-class career with Derbyshire that ran from 1983 to 1994 he took 434 wickets at a good average of 23.88.

For Denmark, Mortensen appeared in four ICC Trophy tournaments (1979, 1986, 1990 and 1994), claiming 63 wickets at a mere 10.41 apiece, including a return of 7-19 in a one-sided match against Israel (who were bowled out for 45) in Nairobi in 1994.

Mortensen earned the nickname Stan while playing for Derbyshire, a reference to the famous England football player of the 1940s and 50s, Stan Mortensen.