Morné Nico van Wyk (born 20 March 1979) is a South African professional

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er who has played in 17 One Day Internationals for

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. He is also the brother of fellow cricketer Divan van Wyk.

Domestic career

In October 2018, he was named in

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's squad for the first edition of the Mzansi Super League T20 tournament. 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. He also represented the

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in the

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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

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match against

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, 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.

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Interview by www.world-a-team.com with Morne van Wyk
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