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Anrich Nortje

South Africa

Personal Information
Born
November 16, 1993 (31 years)
Birth Place
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Height
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Role
Bowler
Batting Style
Right Handed Bat
Bowling Style
Right-arm fast
ICC Rankings
 
Test
ODI
T20
Batting
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Bowling
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Career Information
Teams
Warriors, South Africa A, Cape Town Blitz, Kolkata Knight Riders, South Africa, Saint Lucia Kings, Delhi Capitals, St Kitts and Nevis Patriots, Pretoria Capitals, Morrisville Samp Army, Washington Freedom, MI New York, Deccan Gladiators, Los Angeles Knight Riders, Sunrisers Eastern Cape
The South African bowling attack looks as peppy as ever with the triumvirate of Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi and Anrich Nortje. Tall, pacy and at the sticks always, not to forget at a pace tha...
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Batting Career Summary
M Inn Runs BF HS Avg SR NO 4s 6s 50 100 200
Test 19 33 187 618 40 7.79 30.26 9 27 0 0 0 0
ODI 22 7 40 59 10 6.67 67.80 1 3 0 0 0 0
T20 42 12 17 35 4 2.83 48.58 6 1 0 0 0 0
IPL 48 17 49 49 23 8.17 100.00 11 6 0 0 0 0
Bowling Career Summary
M Inn B Runs Wkts Avg Econ SR BBI BBM 5w 10w
Test 19 32 3057 1870 70 26.71 3.67 43.67 6/56 8/120 4 0
ODI 22 21 1006 982 36 27.28 5.86 27.94 4/51 4/51 0 0
T20 42 41 869 1016 53 19.17 7.01 16.4 4/7 4/7 0 0
IPL 48 48 1096 1657 61 27.16 9.07 17.97 3/33 3/33 0 0
Career Information
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The South African bowling attack looks as peppy as ever with the triumvirate of Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi and Anrich Nortje. Tall, pacy and at the sticks always, not to forget at a pace that can be unsettling, Nortje is a pacer that can be labelled as a tearaway. Consistently clocking over 150 kph, Nortje upped his rep quickly as a fearsome fast bowler. His penchant to bowl the yorkers makes him a quintessential cricketer for the white ball formats.

Nortje had earlier travelled to India with South Africa A and also pocketed 24 wickets in the 4-day Franchise series in the 2018-2019 season to grab all the attention. Unfortunately, the tearaway quick had to miss the 2018 MSL T20 mid-way after he sustained an ankle injury. Consistent performances at the domestic level, however, led to his ODI debut against Sri Lanka in early 2019. His bad luck continued though as despite securing a lucrative IPL contract before even making his international debut, a maiden IPL appearance with the Knight Riders from Kolkata fell flat with a shoulder injury which also robbed him of a spot in South Africa’s squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup.

Post his recovery, a Test debut against India awaited in late 2019 and his maiden five-wicket haul came in a Test against England in 2020. Nortje also made his IPL debut for the Delhi Capitals in 2020 and had a fantastic season after picking up 22 wickets from just 16 outings. Joining forces with fellow South African pacer Kagiso Rabada, the duo were instrumental in the Capitals’ run that ended in defeat to the Mumbai Indians at the final that year.

Nortje was a part of South Africa’s squad in the back-to-back T20 World Cups of 2021 and 2022.

Written by Kumar Abhisekh Das
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