Morne Morkel, South Africa, Australia, Retirement, Johannesburg
Morne Morkel has been a massive asset for South Africa. Photo Credit: Getty Images.

It is not about walking in the ground men’s shed this time around it has been a riveting story of South African fast bowler Morne Morkel walking out to bowl even nursing the left-side strain.

On the other side, the 33-year-old Transvaal-born Morkel in his last Test fixture for the Proteas team bagged three wickets in the all-important match at Wanderers.

Morne Morkel, South Africa, Johannesburg, Australia,
Morne Morkel has been emotional. Photo Credit: Getty Images.

Adding, in the four-match Test series, Morkel, who missed the second Test bagged 15 wickets in the historic series win.

Before the kick off the gruelling series in February, Morkel announced it is going to be his last as an international cricketer for the Rainbow Nation. He cited the family reasons for his early exit

In addition, Morkel has joined English county side Surrey on the Kolpak contract after being ranked sixth Test bowler in the ICC rankings.

At Newlands, the match figures of nine for 110 against Australia saw him going past the 300 Test-wicket mark.

The scenes were surreal as families came to the ground with the kids, clicking photographs. Indeed, this doesn’t happen often until you are set for the memorable farewell.

In the fourth and final Test against Australia, South Africa clinched the match by whopping 492 runs after Australia was strangulated at 119 in 46.4 overs.

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Morne Morkel celebrates in style. Photo Credit: Getty Images.

Owing to the retirement token, Morkel bowled his heart out before thanking his teammates, management and the cricketing fans across the globe.

Regarding his twelve-year career for the Proteas, Morkel termed it ‘fantastic’ before walking out of the park.

In contrast, without the services of magnificent Morkel, South Africa has a lot to do at the international arena.

Take a look at one of Morne Morkel’s brilliant spell in the recent past:

https://twitter.com/CricFan2000/status/979467245507182598

However, since 1970, South Africa clinched the first series victory in their backyard.

Nevertheless, in 1966-67, the Proteas sealed the five-match series 3-1 before returning to claim the four-match Test series 4-0.

In spite, Morkel made his Test debut against India in December 2016 at Kingsmead in Durban.

But, In 86 Tests, Morkel bagged 309 wickets in 160 innings at an average of 27.66. He claimed eight five-wicket hauls followed by 18 four-wicket hauls respectively.

In addition, Morkel played 117 One-day Internationals and 44 Twenty20 Internationals. He bagged 544 wickets across formats.

Here’s the reaction of cricketers after Morne Morkel retires from international cricket:

https://twitter.com/AllanDonald33/status/979392727489138688

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Tahir Ibn Manzoor

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