Albie Morkel

Albie Morkel
	Morkel in 2009 during a training session
Personal information
Full name	Johannes Albertus Morkel
Born	10 June 1981 (age 43); Vereeniging, Transvaal Province, South Africa
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium-fast
Role	All-rounder
Relations	Morné Morkel (brother)
International information
National side	South Africa (2004–2012);
Only Test (cap 304)	19 March 2009 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 76)	20 February 2004 v New Zealand
Last ODI	3 March 2012 v New Zealand
ODI shirt no.	81
T20I debut (cap 7)	21 October 2005 v New Zealand
Last T20I	5 October 2015 v India
T20I shirt no.	81
Domestic team information
1999/00–2005/06	Easterns
2003/04–2018/19	Titans (squad no. 81)
2008–2013	Chennai Super Kings
2008, 2010	Durham
2012	Somerset
2012/13–2017/18	Northerns
2013	Derbyshire
2013	St Lucia Zouks
2014	Royal Challengers Bangalore
2015	Delhi Daredevils
2016	Rising Pune Supergiants
2018	Durban Heat
Career statistics
	Source: ESPNcricinfo, 2 December 2021

Johannes Albertus Morkel (born 10 June 1981), better known as Albie Morkel, is a former South African cricketer. He is an all-rounder who bowls right-arm medium fast and bats left-handed. He was earmarked as the new Lance Klusener from an early age and is famous for his six hitting abilities. Albie has a younger brother, Morné Morkel, who also played international cricket for South Africa while his father Albert played provincial cricket in South Africa. He has a particularly impressive first class record, with a batting average of 44.0 and a bowling average of 29.0. In January 2019, he retired from all forms of cricket.^[1]

Currently he is the assistant coach of the Namibia national cricket team which qualified for 2020 ICC T20 World Cup in Australia on 29 Oct 2019.

^ "Albie Morkel retires from all forms of cricket". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 January 2019.

[1] "Albie Morkel retires from all forms of cricket". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 January 2019.

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