Morkel announces retirement from international cricket

Caoe Town: South Africa fast bowler Morne Morkel will retire from all formats of international cricket after the four-match home test series against Australia starting this week, he said on Monday.

Morkel, 33, cited family pressures following local media reports that he was set to take up a Kolpak contract to play in England.

Morne Morkel made his Test debut in 2006 and will retire after four Test series that ends in April 2018.

Morkel will now be free to play in Twenty20 leagues around the world, although he went unsold in the recent auction for this year's Indian Premier League.

He played the first of his 83 tests against India in 2006 and has taken 294 wickets at an average of 28.08.

The tall seamer has also featured in 117 one-day internationals and 44 Twenty20 Internationals, taking 529 wickets across the three formats of the game.

Career Statistics

Batting And Fielding Records

Type	M	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Test	83	99	22	931	40	12.09	1812	51.38	-	-	142	4	24	-
ODI	117	47	18	268	32*	9.24	354	75.71	-	-	24	7	31	-
T20I	44	8	5	22	8*	7.33	18	122.22	-	-	3	1	5	-

Bowling Records

Type	M	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Eco	SR	4W	5W	10W
Test	83	154	15954	8256	294	6/23	8/196	28.08	3.10	54.27	17	7	-
ODI	117	114	5760	4761	188	5/21	5/21	25.32	4.96	30.64	7	2	-
T20I	44	44	952	1191	47	4/17	4/17	25.34	7.51	20.26	2	-	-

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