Morné van Wyk

Morné van Wyk
Personal information
Full name
Morné Nico van Wyk
Born (1979-03-20) 20 March 1979 (age 45)
Bloemfontein, Orange Free State Province, South Africa
BattingRight-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm orthodox
RoleWicket-keeper, Opening Batsman
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 75)12 July 2003 v England
Last ODI26 August 2015 v New Zealand
ODI shirt no.15 (formerly 44)
T20I debut (cap 27)2 February 2007 v Pakistan
Last T20I16 August 2015 v New Zealand
T20I shirt no.15 (formerly 44)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1996/97–2009/10Free State
2003/04–2009/10Eagles
2009Kolkata Knight Riders
2010/11–2012/13Knights
2013/14–2018/19KwaZulu-Natal
2013/14–2018/19Dolphins
2016/17Quetta Gladiators
2017/18Boost Defenders
2018/19Durban Heat
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 17 8 163 262
Runs scored 425 225 9,007 9,044
Batting average 26.56 37.50 37.84 39.49
100s/50s 0/4 1/1 21/44 24/43
Top score 82 114* 200* 175*
Balls bowled – – 78 129
Wickets – – 2 7
Bowling average – – 18.00 16.42
5 wickets in innings – – 0 0
10 wickets in match – – 0 0
Best bowling – – 2/25 2/28
Catches/stumpings 10/1 5/– 417/17 231/26
Source: CricketArchive, 15 March 2023

Morné Nico van Wyk (born 20 March 1979) is a South African professional cricketer who has played in 17 One Day Internationals for South Africa.[1][2] He is also the brother of fellow cricketer Divan van Wyk.

Domestic career

In October 2018, he was named in Durban Heat's squad for the first edition of the Mzansi Super League T20 tournament.[3][4]

Morne van Wyk along with Cameron Delport set the record for the highest opening stand in List A matches with an unbeaten 367 in the South African Domestic League matches in 2014.[5][6] He also represented the Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League scoring 167 runs from the 5 matches he played with a highest score of 74.

International career

He has also functioned as a wicket-keeper. He made his ODI debut at Lord's in 2003, scoring 17 in a very low scoring game. In January 2011 in a Twenty20 International match against India, Morné scored the quickest half-century ever by a South African. It came off only 24 balls.

During the 2014–15 West Indian tour of South Africa, van Wyk scored a Twenty20 International century in the third T20I of the series, and by doing so became the third South African to score a T20I century.

References

  1. ^ [1] "Even he if doesn't play for the Proteas in their T20 clash against India, Morné van Wyk is a strong candidate for the World T20."
  2. ^ Knights too strong for Titans 19 February 2012 "A partnership of 97 runs between captain Morné van Wyk and Reeza Hendricks ensured the Knights got over the line in their T20 Challenge match against the Titans"
  3. ^ "Mzansi Super League - full squad lists". Sport24. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  4. ^ "Mzansi Super League Player Draft: The story so far". Independent Online. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  5. ^ "Records. List A matches. Partnership records. Highest partnerships by wicket". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  6. ^ "Knights v Dolphins at Bloemfontein, Oct 17, 2014. Cricket Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 March 2017.