Morné Nico van Wyk (born 20 March 1979) is a South African professional cricketer who has played in 17 One Day Internationals for South Africa.[1][2] He is also the brother of fellow cricketer Divan van Wyk.

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Morné van Wyk
Personal information
Full name
Morné Nico van Wyk
Born (1979-03-20) 20 March 1979 (age 45)
Bloemfontein, Orange Free State Province, South Africa
BattingRight-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm orthodox
RoleWicket-keeper, Opening Batsman
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 75)12 July 2003 v England
Last ODI26 August 2015 v New Zealand
ODI shirt no.15 (formerly 44)
T20I debut (cap 27)2 February 2007 v Pakistan
Last T20I16 August 2015 v New Zealand
T20I shirt no.15 (formerly 44)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1996/97–2009/10Free State
2003/04–2009/10Eagles
2009Kolkata Knight Riders
2010/11–2012/13Knights
2013/14–2018/19KwaZulu-Natal
2013/14–2018/19Dolphins
2016/17Quetta Gladiators
2017/18Boost Defenders
2018/19Durban Heat
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 17 8 163 262
Runs scored 425 225 9,007 9,044
Batting average 26.56 37.50 37.84 39.49
100s/50s 0/4 1/1 21/44 24/43
Top score 82 114* 200* 175*
Balls bowled 78 129
Wickets 2 7
Bowling average 18.00 16.42
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 2/25 2/28
Catches/stumpings 10/1 5/– 417/17 231/26
Source: CricketArchive, 15 March 2023
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Domestic career

In October 2018, he was named in Durban Heat's squad for the first edition of the Mzansi Super League T20 tournament.[3][4]

Morne van Wyk along with Cameron Delport set the record for the highest opening stand in List A matches with an unbeaten 367 in the South African Domestic League matches in 2014.[5][6] He also represented the Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League scoring 167 runs from the 5 matches he played with a highest score of 74.

International career

He has also functioned as a wicket-keeper. He made his ODI debut at Lord's in 2003, scoring 17 in a very low scoring game. In January 2011 in a Twenty20 International match against India, Morné scored the quickest half-century ever by a South African. It came off only 24 balls.

During the 2014–15 West Indian tour of South Africa, van Wyk scored a Twenty20 International century in the third T20I of the series, and by doing so became the third South African to score a T20I century.

References

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