Morne Morkel bids adieu with career-high 800 points

Apr 4, 2018 at 6:13 PM

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Morne Morkel bids adieu with career-high 800 points

The towering quick, Morne Morkel finished his international career at Number six in the MRF Tyres ICC Test Player Rankings for bowlers with a career-best 800 rating points.

Meanwhile, Morkel bid adieu after South Africa created history by winning a home series 3-1 against Australia since readmission.

The tall and lanky pacer finished his career on a high after a splendid performance in the series.

Moreover, Morne Morkel bagged the Man of the Match award in the third Test with a nine-wicket haul with a total of 15 wickets.

However, South Africa hogged three spots in the latest ranking with Kagiso Rabada still No. one, Vernon Philander shooting up to No. three, and Morkel at No. 6.

However, Trent Boult, the man of the series in the New Zealand and England series slipped one spot.

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

Although Keshav Maharaj (17) and Nathan Lyon (16) did well but it was the pacers who dominated.

Rabada slipped in terms of points – 902 after the Port Elizabeth Test to 897 but held on to the spot. He picked up 23 wickets, which was the best across the two teams. Moreover, his 11-wicket haul in the second Test was the highlight of his series.

Philander, meanwhile, saved his best for the last. He started the day’s play with 0/9 from five overs and ended with 6 for 21 from 13 – to send Australia hurtling to a 492-run defeat.

Along the way, he brought 200 Test wickets and up to six spots to No.3 with 845 points. England’s James Anderson separates Rabada and Philander, who claimed eight wickets from two Test in New Zealand.

(Photo by Sydney Seshibedi/Gallo Images/Getty Images)

Philander’s contributions with the bat, 155 runs in seven innings also helped him move past Ravichandran Ashwin and Ben Stokes to No.3 in the all-rounders’ list.

Morkel reached his career high of 798 points and bettered that by getting to 800 points at the end of Johannesburg Test. He was joined by Australia’s Pat Cummins after a nine-wicket haul in the last Test.

Across in New Zealand too, the pacers picked up 58 wickets as compared to seven by the spinners. Boult topped the wicket-takers list with 15 scalps. Despite a series-winning effort, he slipped one places to be at No. 8 spot.

The top 10 is completed by Ravindra Jadeja (No.4), Ashwin (No.5), Rangana Herath (No.9) and Neil Wagner (No.10).

Here is the list:

RANKING

PLAYER

COUNTRY

POINTS

  1 Kagiso Rabada South Africa 897
  2 James Anderson England 891
  3 Vernon Philander South Africa 845
  4 Ravindra Jadeja India 844
  5 Ravichandran Ashwin India 803
  6 Pat Cummins Australia 800
  7 Morne Morkel South Africa 800
  8 Trent Boult New Zealand 795
  9 Ranagana Herath Sri Lanka 777
10 Neil Wagner New Zealand 765

 

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