Aiden Markram
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Full name | Aiden Kyle Markram | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Centurion, Gauteng, South Africa | 4 October 1994|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 1[1] in (1.85 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm offbreak | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Batter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut (cap 332) | 28 September 2017 v Bangladesh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 26 December 2021 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI debut (cap 122) | 22 October 2017 v Bangladesh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 7 September 2021 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI shirt no. | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I debut (cap 81) | 22 March 2019 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last T20I | 6 November 2021 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I shirt no. | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2014–present | Northerns | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016–present | Titans | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018 | Durham | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018 | Paarl Rocks | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | Hampshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | Punjab Kings | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 26 December 2021 |
Aiden Kyle Markram (born 4 October 1994) is a South African cricketer who captained the South African under-19 cricket team to win the 2014 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[2][3][4][5] In the 2018 South African Cricket Annual, he was named as one of the five Cricketers of the Year.[6][7] Markram has been described by former captain and batsman Graeme Smith as a future South Africa captain.[8] He made his international debut for South Africa in September 2017.[9]
Domestic career[]
Markram made his first class debut for Northerns cricket team against South Western Districts on 9 October 2014.[10] He was included in the Northerns cricket team squad for the 2015 Africa T20 Cup.[11] In 2016, Markram was club professional for Walkden in the Bolton Cricket League.
In May 2017, Markram was named Domestic Newcomer of the Year at Cricket South Africa's annual awards.[12] In August 2017, he was named in Nelson Mandela Bay Stars' squad for the first season of the T20 Global League.[13] However, in October 2017, Cricket South Africa initially postponed the tournament until November 2018, with it being cancelled soon after.[14]
In October 2018, Markram was named in Paarl Rocks' squad for the first edition of the Mzansi Super League T20 tournament.[15][16]
In March 2019, Markram signed for Hampshire County Cricket Club as their overseas player for the first part of the season.[17] Later the same month, Markram scored 127 runs in the final of the 2018–19 Momentum One Day Cup, to help Titans win the tournament.[18][19]
In September 2019, Markram was named in the squad for the Paarl Rocks team for the 2019 Mzansi Super League tournament.[20] In April 2021, he was named in Northerns' squad, ahead of the 2021–22 cricket season in South Africa.[21]
On 11 September 2021, Markram was included in the Punjab Kings squad for the second phase of the 2021 Indian Premier League (IPL) in the UAE.[22][23]
International career[]
Debut years[]
In June 2017, Markram was named in South Africa's Test squad for their series against England, but did not play.[24] In August 2017, he was named as captain of the South Africa A cricket team for their two four-day matches against India A.[25]
In September 2017, Markram was named in South Africa's Test squad for their series against Bangladesh.[26] He made his Test debut for South Africa against Bangladesh on 28 September 2017.[27]
Record breaking start[]
After narrowly missing out on a maiden Test century on debut, Markram completed the feat in the second Test against Bangladesh on 6 October 2017 scoring 143 off 186 balls before being bowled by Rubel Hossain.[28]
In October 2017, Markram was added to South Africa's One Day International (ODI) squad ahead of the third match against Bangladesh, replacing Hashim Amla.[29] He made his ODI debut for South Africa against Bangladesh on 22 October 2017, scored 66 runs and took 2 wickets.[30]
In December 2017, Markram scored his second Test hundred and became the first South Africa player to score two centuries in his first three Tests.[31]
One Day International captaincy[]
In February 2018, South Africa's captain Faf du Plessis was ruled out of the last five ODIs and the Twenty20 International (T20I) series against India due to a finger injury.[32] Markram was named as South Africa's captain for the remaining ODI fixtures in du Plessis' absence.[33] He, at the age of 23 years 123 days, is the second youngest player to captain South Africa in ODIs after Graeme Smith.[34]
2018–present[]
On 30 March 2018, Markram scored his career-best score of 152 runs on the first day of the fourth test against Australia.[35]
In June 2018, Markram was named in South Africa's Test squad for a two Test series in Sri Lanka.[36] Markram averaged just 10 with the bat in this series, his first overseas for South Africa, which showed a vulnerability against spin bowling.[37][38]
In August 2018, Markram was named in South Africa's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for the one-off match against Sri Lanka, but he did not play in the fixture.[39] In March 2019, he was again named in South Africa's T20I squad, this time for the series against Sri Lanka.[40] He made his T20I debut for South Africa against Sri Lanka on 22 March 2019.[41]
In April 2019, Markram was named in South Africa's squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup.[42][43]
In August 2019, Markram was named in South Africa's squad for the three Test series in India.[44] Markram struggled in the first two matches of this series, bagging a pair in the second Test, before being ruled out of the third due to a self-inflicted wrist injury.[45][46] This series raised further questions about Markram's overseas performances, averaging just 10.50 in four away Tests, all in the subcontinent.[47]
In December 2019, Markram was named in South Africa's squad for the four Test home series against England.[48] In the first Test, he scored 20 runs in the first innings and 2 in the second as South Africa beat England by 107 runs at Centurion.[49][50] Markram however missed the remainder of the series after fracturing his finger.[51]
In January 2021, Markram was named in South Africa's Test squad for their series against Pakistan.[52] In the first test, Markram scored a patient 74 in a losing effort.[53][54] In the second test, Markram made his first century in more than two and a half years, and his first in Asia.[55] Markram finished as the leading run scorer in the series, averaging 56.75, however South Africa lost the series, their first Test series defeat against Pakistan since 2003.[56][57]
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