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Encyclopedia > Albie Morkel
Albie Morkel

South Africa
Personal information
Batting style Left-handed batsman
Bowling style Right-arm medium fast
Career statistics
Tests ODIs
Matches - 19
Runs scored - 236
Batting average - 18.15
100s/50s -/- 0/1
Top score - 97
Overs - 126.4
Wickets - 22
Bowling average n/a 29.86
5 wickets in innings - 0
10 wickets in match - n/a
Best bowling n/a 4/44
Catches/stumpings -/- 2/-

As of 17 January 2008
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Johannes Albertus Morkel (born 10 June 1981 in Vereeniging, Transvaal), usually referred to as just Albie Morkel, is a South African cricketer. He is an all-rounder who bowls right-arm-fast-medium and bats left-handed. He is famous for his six hitting abilities in Twenty20 cricket. Albie has a brother, Morne Morkel, who also plays international cricket for South Africa while his father played provincial cricket in South Africa. is the 161st day of the year (162nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... AUGUST 25 1981 US Marine Sean Vance is Born on the 25th of August {ear nav|1981}} Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ... Vereeniging is a city in Gauteng province, South Africa, with a population of more than 350,000. ... Flag of Transvaal For the Russian theme park, see Transvaal Park. ... The South African cricket team, also known as The Proteas, is a national cricket team representing South Africa. ... This article is about the sport. ... An all-rounder is a cricket player who excels at both batting and bowling. ... Twenty20 is a form of cricket, originally introduced in the United Kingdom for professional inter-county competition by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), in 2003. ... Morne Morkel (born October 6, 1984, Vereeniging, Transvaal) is a cricketer who plays Test and limited overs cricket for South Africa. ...

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Career

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. The basics of bowling. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Bowling average is a statistic measuring the performance of bowlers in the sport of cricket. ... Andrew Strauss batting for England during the 2005 NatWest Series In the sport of cricket, batting is the act or skill of hitting the cricket ball with a cricket bat in order to score runs without getting out. ...


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 in the summer of 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. 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 Morne, the first time two brothers have done so in ODI cricket. The Zimbabwean cricket team is a national cricket team representing Zimbabwe. ... Various brackets in Arial See parenthesis for an account of the rhetorical concept from which the name of the punctuation mark is derived. ... In the sport of cricket, an over is a set of six consecutive balls bowled in succession. ... The Afro-Asian Cup was a cricket competition played for the first time in 2005 and which is intended to run for at least three years. ... Morne Morkel (born October 6, 1984, Vereeniging, Transvaal) is a cricketer who plays Test and limited overs cricket for South Africa. ...


Albie has been more successful in the Twenty20 format of the game. He made his Twenty20 debut against New Zealand in October 2005. He was a prominent member of the South African team in the inaugural ICC World Twenty20 in 2007 held in South Africa where he made several important contributions with the bat including a man-of-the-match performance against England in Cape Town. Twenty20 is a form of cricket, originally introduced in the United Kingdom for professional inter-county competition by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), in 2003. ... The ICC World Twenty20 is the international championship of Twenty20 cricket. ... The logo of the England Cricket Team which shows the three Lions of England below a five-pointed crown The England cricket team is the national cricket team which represents England and Wales. ... Newlands Cricket Ground in Cape Town is a South African cricket ground. ...


Indian Premier League

Albie Morkel played for the Chennai Super Kings in the inaugral season of the Indian Premier League where he had a very successful tournament as an all-rounder scoring 241 runs and taking 17 wickets. The Indian Premier League (also known as the DLF (Delhi Land and Finance) Indian Premier League), is a Twenty20 cricket competition created by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). ...


References

  • Cricinfo page
  • Cricketarchive page
  • Cricinfo StatsGuru output
  • Afro-Asia Cup hit by more injuries

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Cricinfo - Players and Officials - Albie Morkel (349 words)
Albie Morkel, a right-arm fast-medium bowler and left-handed batsman, has been earmarked as the new Lance Klusener.
Morkel comes from a cricketing family, with father Albert having played for Transvaal B and his brother Morne having also played for South Africa.
Albie Morkel takes one of his four wickets
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Morkel's record earns him a contract Albie Morkel established himself as first choice in both the ODI and Standard Bank pro20 side.
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.
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