Aiden Markram

Aiden Markram
Aiden Markram playing for South Africa against Australia in 2018
Personal information
Full name
Aiden Kyle Markram
Born (1994-10-04) 4 October 1994 (age 30)
Centurion, Gauteng, South Africa
Height6 ft 1[1] in (1.85 m)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
Role
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 332)28 September 2017 v Bangladesh
Last Test3 January 2024 v India
ODI debut (cap 122)22 October 2017 v Bangladesh
Last ODI19 December 2023 v India
ODI shirt no.4
T20I debut (cap 81)22 March 2019 v Sri Lanka
Last T20I25 August 2024 v West Indies
T20I shirt no.4
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2014–presentNortherns
2016–presentTitans
2018Durham
2018Paarl Rocks
2019Hampshire
2021Punjab Kings
2022-presentSunrisers Hyderabad
2022–presentSunrisers Eastern Cape
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC
Matches 39 68 50 92
Runs scored 2,510 2,121 1,274 6,510
Batting average 35.85 36.56 32.66 43.11
100s/50s 7/11 3/10 0/9 19/29
Top score 152 175 70 204*
Balls bowled 375 881 300 983
Wickets 3 18 12 7
Bowling average 66.00 46.27 34.75 66.57
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 2/27 2/18 3/21 2/27
Catches/stumpings 41/– 28/– 35/– 96/–
Medal record
Men's Cricket
Representing  South Africa
ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup
Winner 2014 UAE
ICC T20 World Cup
Runner-up 2024 West Indies & USA
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 25 August 2024

Aiden Kyle Markram (born 4 October 1994) is a South African cricketer who is the current captain of the South Africa national cricket team in Twenty20 International cricket and former captain of Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League. Markram had captained the South African under-19 cricket team to win the 2014 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[2][3][4][5] In the 2018 South African Cricket Annual, he was named as one of the five “Cricketers of the Year”.[6][7] Markram was described by former captain and batsman Graeme Smith as a future South Africa captain.[8] He made his international debut for South Africa in September 2017.[9] He is currently the captain of Sunrisers eastern cape of the SA20 league which was formed in 2022, who successfully won the cup in 2023 and 2024.

  1. ^ "One on One with SA U19 Cricket Captain Aiden Markram". Archived from the original on 11 October 2017. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  2. ^ "Aiden Markram leading South Africa U-19". ESPNcricinfo. 5 March 2014.
  3. ^ Balachandran, Kanishkaa (28 February 2014). "Composed Markram leading by example". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
  4. ^ Selvaraj, Jonathan (2 March 2014). "Failure a stepping stone for Markram". The Indian Express. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
  5. ^ "Best-player Markram 'not at his best'". SuperSport. 2 March 2014. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
  6. ^ "Markram, Ngidi named among SA Cricket Annual's Top Five". Cricket South Africa. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  7. ^ "Markram, Ngidi among SA Cricket Annual's Cricketers of the Year". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  8. ^ "Markram a future Test captain: Smith". cricket.com.au. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  9. ^ "Aiden Markram profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 July 2021.