Omphile Abel Ramela (born 14 March 1988) is a South African

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er. A left-handed batsman and left-arm orthodox spin bowler, he made his first-class debut for

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in December 2007 before joining Boland the following month. He also represented the

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on several occasions between 2009 and 2010. The 2014–15 season was his breakthrough year. He finished as the Cobras' top run-scorer in the first-class competition with 724 runs at 48.26, which included a double hundred. He was included in the

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squad for the 2015 Africa T20 Cup.Northerns Squad / Players
– ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 August 2015. In September 2017, he played his 100th first-class match, when he played for

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against

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in the

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. In June 2018, he was named in the squad for the Highveld Lions team for the 2018–19 season.

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