Marchant de Lange (born 13 October 1990) is a South African
cricket
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er who plays for
Gloucestershire
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The county town is the city of Gl ...
.
He is a right-arm
fast bowler and tail-end
right-handed batsman and was called up to the
South Africa
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squad from relative obscurity and little first-class experience for the series against
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
. De Lange was drafted as a late replacement for
Vernon Philander
Vernon Darryl Philander (born 24 June 1985) is a South African former international cricketer. He was a right-handed bowling all-rounder; he had previously represented his country at under 19 level. He played for the South Africa national cricket ...
in the second test match against
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
and returned figures of 8/126 on Test debut, including 7/81 in the Sri Lankan first innings.
The figures are the best for any bowler in Test cricket in 2011.
He is qualified to play in the English county cricket due to his British spouse.
Playing style
de Lange is a tall right-arm
fast bowler with an ability to gain swing and accuracy. Prior to his cricketing career, de Lange was a
javelin thrower
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hence his ability to attain such impressive pace around 145–150 km/h from a short run-up.
International career
de Lange, at the age of 19, made his first class debut in 2010 for
Easterns against
Free State and returned match figures of 4/99. He was called up to the
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...
squad from relative obscurity and little first-class experience for the series against
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
and impressed in the second test with pace and bounce claiming 7–81 in the
Sri Lankan first-innings and capturing 1–56 in the second. He suffered an injury during an unofficial T20 series in Zimbabwe in early 2012 and was forced to remodel his action to prevent further recurrences of the injury happening again.
He made his Twenty20 debut against
New Zealand
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on 19 February 2012 at Hamilton. He took the wicket of
Martin Guptill
Martin James Guptill (born 30 September 1986) is a New Zealand international cricketer who plays as an opening batsman in limited overs formats of the game. Guptill is the first cricketer from New Zealand and the fifth overall to have scored a d ...
on his debut.
T20 franchise cricket
Marchant de Lange was a surprise buy in the 2012
Indian Premier League
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Auction with
Kolkata Knight Riders
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notching him up for his base price of $50,000. That season he played in three matches and picked up 3 wickets at an average of 35.66.
In players auction for
IPL 2014
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,
Mumbai Indians
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bought this talented bowler for Rs. 30 lakhs. He debuted for them in their second match against
Delhi Daredevils
Delhi Capitals (formerly Delhi Daredevils) are a franchise cricket team based out of Delhi in the Indian Premier League (IPL). The franchise is jointly owned by the GMR Group and the JSW Group. The team's home ground is Arun Jaitley Stadium, ...
replacing their best bowler
Lasith Malinga
Separamadu Lasith Malinga ( si, සෙපරමාදු ලසිත් මාලිංග; born 28 August 1983), nicknamed "Slinga Malinga", is a Sri Lankan former cricketer who is widely regarded as one of the greatest limited overs bowlers ...
. It was an important match as Mumbai needed to win all their in order to qualify for the playoffs. He went for 10 in his first over but impressed everyone with a great comeback, bowling
Dinesh Karthik
Krishnakumar Dinesh Karthik (born 1 June 1985) is an Indian professional cricketer and commentator who nationally plays for the Indian Cricket Team and currently in Indian Premier League playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore. He is also the ...
out in the first ball he bowled to him and later getting the important wicket of
Manoj Tiwary. He finished with figures 2/31 and received the Kanna Keep Calm award for keeping his cool and turning the game around for his team.
In October 2018, he was named in
Durban Heat
Durban Heat were a franchise team of the South African Mzansi Super League (MSL) Twenty20 cricket tournament. The team were based at the Kingsmead Cricket Ground in Durban.
Durban Heat played in the first two editions of the MLS in 2018 Mzansi Su ...
's squad for the
first edition
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First edition
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of the
Mzansi Super League
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T20 tournament.
In 2021, he took the first 5 Wicket Haul in the inaugural edition of
The Hundred while playing for the
Trent Rockets
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. He finished the season as a joint leading taker with 12 wickets in total. In December 2021, he was signed by
Islamabad United
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following the players' draft for the
2022 Pakistan Super League
2022 Pakistan Super League (also known as PSL 7, or for sponsorship reasons HBL PSL 2022) was the seventh season of the Pakistan Super League, a franchise Twenty20 cricket league which was established by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) in 20 ...
. In April 2022, he was bought by the
Trent Rockets
Trent Rockets are a franchise 100-ball cricket side based in the city of Nottingham. The team represents the Historic counties of England, historic counties of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Leicestershire in the newly founded The Hundred (cri ...
for the
2022 season of
The Hundred.
See also
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References
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1990 births
Living people
People from Tzaneen
Sportspeople from Limpopo
South African emigrants to the United Kingdom
South African cricketers
South Africa Test cricketers
South Africa One Day International cricketers
South Africa Twenty20 International cricketers
Cricketers who have taken five wickets on Test debut
Easterns cricketers
Titans cricketers
Kolkata Knight Riders cricketers
Mumbai Indians cricketers
Guyana Amazon Warriors cricketers
Barbados Royals cricketers
Knights cricketers
Free State cricketers
Glamorgan cricketers
Durban Heat cricketers
Somerset cricketers
Trent Rockets cricketers
Dambulla Aura cricketers
Islamabad United cricketers
Gloucestershire cricketers