PlayersSouth Africa

M Morkel

Bowler, South Africa, 86 Tests, 2006-2018. Debut v India, 2006

24.3Adjusted bowling average, 17th of 137 bowlers: runs per wicket once the batters he bowled at, the grounds and the conditions are allowed for, so lower is better. Raw 27.7. It could reasonably be anywhere from 23.0 to 27.9.

His T20 ratings

Where his adjusted bowling average could be. The shaded part is the 89% range; the taller the curve, the likelier.

Where he sits

14MG JohnsonAustralia23.8 15Mohammad AsifPakistan23.8 16M JansenSouth Africa23.9

17M MorkelSouth Africa24.3

18R AshwinIndia24.7 19RJ SidebottomEngland24.8 20MA StarcAustralia24.9

Every bowler on one chart

Season by seasonBowling, as recorded

Year	Wkts	Runs	Avg	Econ
2006	3	111	37.00	4.63
2008	43	1383	32.16	3.67
2009	15	610	40.67	3.29
2010	49	1179	24.06	3.05
2011	16	519	32.44	3.19
2012	38	1151	30.29	3.19
2013	19	521	27.42	2.30
2014	30	794	26.47	3.15
2015	19	498	26.21	2.60
2016	10	332	33.20	3.15
2017	39	898	23.03	3.12
2018	28	554	19.79	2.93
Career	309	8550	27.67	3.11

Percentile rankingsvs all Test players (2001–)

PoorAverageGreat

Bowling

Value

Adjusted avg

24.4

Volume

Wickets

309

5 wkts

Quality

Average

27.67

Strike rate

53.4

Economy

3.11

Conditions

Away average

28.06

Batting

Value

Adjusted avg

10.5

Value / inns

4.6

Volume

Runs

944

Average

11.65

Hundreds

Quality

Strike rate

50.8

Consistency

Conditions

Away average

14.73

Career arc

Batting by opposition

Opp	Inns	Runs	Avg
England	27	289	13.14
India	25	274	13.70
Australia	26	152	6.33
New Zealand	6	107	107.00
Pakistan	7	62	15.50
Sri Lanka	5	31	6.20
West Indies	3	15	7.50
Bangladesh	4	12	4.00

Bowling by opposition

Opp	Wkts	Avg	Best	5w
England	79	28.32	5/75	1
India	58	26.41	5/20	1
Australia	58	33.67	5/23	2
New Zealand	28	23.21	6/23	1
West Indies	27	19.74	4/19	0
Sri Lanka	20	26.25	4/29	0
Bangladesh	19	28.26	5/50	1
Pakistan	12	41.33	5/54	1

Home & away

Home

8.41bat avg

26.19bowl avg

Away

14.73bat avg

28.06bowl avg

Neutral

18bat avg

46.78bowl avg

Batting by innings

Inns	Bat	Runs	Avg
1st	35	391	15.04
2nd	36	290	10.36
3rd	17	172	13.23
4th	16	91	6.50

Recent formLast 10 Tests

v Australia03/62Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg2018-03-30 v Australia4 & 69/110Newlands, Cape Town2018-03-22 v Australia0 & 33/122Kingsmead, Durban2018-03-01 v India9 & 05/94Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg2018-01-24 v India6 & 104/70SuperSport Park, Centurion2018-01-13 v India2 & 24/96Newlands, Cape Town2018-01-05 v Zimbabwe—5/33St George's Park, Port Elizabeth2017-12-26 v Bangladesh—4/70Senwes Park, Potchefstroom2017-09-28 v England20 & 06/133Old Trafford2017-08-04 v England17 & 04/114The Oval2017-07-27

Full recordAs recorded, 2001 to now

Innings: 104
Not outs: 23
Runs: 944
Average: 11.65
Strike rate: 50.8
Highest: 40
Hundreds: 0
Fifties: 0
Ducks: 22

Wickets: 309
Average: 27.67
Economy: 3.11
Strike rate: 53.4
Best: 6/23
5 wickets: 8
10 wkt match: 0
Balls: 16499