Indian Premier League 2010 : JA Morkel earns the distinction of becoming the first cricketer to appear in one hundred Twenty20 games
JA Morkel achieved the distinction of becoming the first cricketer to play 100 Twenty20 games when he appeared for Chennai Super Kings against Rajasthan Royals at Ahmedabad in the third edition of the ongoing Indian Premier League
Prior to the start of the IPL he had appeared in 93 Twenty20 games. He was playing the seventh match of the third edition of IPL today which was his 100th Twenty20 appearance.
When he played the third match for Chennai Supet Kings against Delhi at Delhi on 13.03.10 in thee ongoing IPL he surpassed the record of most appearances in Twenty20 games held by DJ Hussey who had played 95 games. This game was the r96th Twenty20 game for JA Morkel, He could not celebrate this game as much as he wanted. He failed with the willow by scoring duck and with the leather he could not pick any wicket but conceded 36 runs in the three overs he bowled
JA Morkel in his sojourn of 100 Twenty20 games has represented Titans, South Africa, Durham and Chennai Super Kings
His batting career figures of 100 matches read thus – 82 innings, 26 not outs, 1416 runs, 71 as his highest score, 25.29 average, three half centuries, four zeroes, 106 bounary fours and 72 boundary sixes. His highest score of 71 came in the game between Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals at Chennai on 24.05.08
His bowling career figures read thus – 94 innings, 87 wickets conceding 2312 runs at an average of 26.57.. He has captured four wickets in an innings on two occasions. His best bowling figures are 4 for 30.in the game between Durham and Leicester at Leicester on 13.06.08. He has taken 22 catches
The following table shows the performance of JA Morkel’s one hundred Twenty20 games
| No | Score | W | Runs | Ct | Match | Ground | Date |
| 1 | 7 | 1 | 32 | Titans v Lions | Centurion | 08.04.04 | |
| 2 | 8* | 1 | 10 | Titans v Eagles | Bloemfontein | 13.04.04 | |
| 3 | 6* | 1 | 39 | Titans v Dolphins | Durban | 23.04.04 | |
| 4 | 0 | 16 | Titans v E Cape | Centurion | 25.04.04 | ||
| 5 | Titans v Warriors | P Elizabeth | 01.04.05 | ||||
| 6 | 36 | 2 | 29 | Titans v Eagles | Centurion | 05.04.05 | |
| 7 | 28 | 1 | 41 | Titans v Dolphins | Benoni | 10.04.05 | |
| 8 | 8 | 0 | 20 | Titans v Lions | Jo’burg | 15.04.05 | |
| 9 | Titans v WPBoland | Cape Town | 17.04.05 | ||||
| 10 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Titans v CMCC | Leicester | 16.09.05 | |
| 11 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 1 | RSA v NZl | Jo’burg | 21.10.05 |
| 12 | 1 | 1 | 28 | Titans v Dolphins | Durban | 18.01.06 | |
| 13 | 46* | 1 | 14 | Titans v Warriors | Benoni | 22.01.06 | |
| 14 | 6 | 0 | 37 | Titans v C Cobras | Centurion | 27.01.06 | |
| 15 | 8 | 0 | 14 | Titans v Eagles | B’fontein | 29.01.06 | |
| 16 | 7 | 1 | 22 | Titans v Lions | Centurion | 01.02.06 | |
| 17 | Titans v C Cobras | Centurion | 10.02.06 | ||||
| 18 | 4* | 0 | 18 | Titans v C Cobras | Centurion | 11.02.06 | |
| 19 | 27 | 0 | 12 | RSA v India | Jo’burg | 01.12.06 | |
| 20 | 1 | 16 | RSA v Pakistan | Jo’burg | 02.02.07 | ||
| 21 | 56 | 1 | 26 | Titans v Eagles | Centurion | 25.02.07 | |
| 22 | 12 | 2 | 21 | Titans v Warriors | P Elizabeth | 02.03.07 | |
| 23 | 1 | 0 | 13 | Titans v C Cobras | Cape Town | 07.03.07 | |
| 24 | 12 | 2 | 24 | Titans v Lions | Jo’burg | 09.03.07 | |
| 25 | 18 | 0 | 30 | Titans v Dolphins | Benoni | 14.03.07 | |
| 26 | 18 | 2 | 41 | Titans v Lions | Jo’burg | 18.03.07 | |
| 27 | 0 | 16 | RSA v West Indies | Jo’burg | 11.09.07 | ||
| 28 | 41 | 0 | 6 | RSA v Bangladesh | Cape Town | 15.09.07 | |
| 29 | 43 | 2 | 12 | RSA v England | Cape Town | 16.09.07 | |
| 30 | 1 | 30 | 1 | RSA v NZl | Durban | 19.09.07 | |
| 31 | 36 | 0 | 13 | 1 | RSA v India | Durban | 20.09.07 |
| 32 | 9 | 2 | 29 | 1 | RSA v NZl | Jo’burg | 23.11.07 |
| 33 | 1 | 0 | 5 | RSA v West Indies | P Elizabeth | 16.12.07 | |
| 34 | 28* | 0 | 11 | RSA v West Indies | Jo’burg | 18.01.08 | |
| 35 | 38 | 2 | 21 | Titans v Warriors | Benoni | 28.03.08 | |
| 36 | 18 | 0 | 15 | Titans v Eagles | Kimberley | 30.03.08 | |
| 37 | 28 | 1 | 28 | 1 | Titans v C Cobras | Centurion | 02.04.08 |
| 38 | 22 | 2 | 20 | Titans v Dolphins | Durban | 09.04.08 | |
| 39 | 0 | 0 | 27 | Titans v Zim | Centurion | 11.04.08 | |
| 40 | 1 | 1 | 3 | Titans v Lions | Centurion | 13.04.08 | |
| 41 | 12 | 1 | 20 | Titans v C Cobras | Cape Town | 20.04.08 | |
| 42 | 33* | 2 | 34 | 1 | Titans v Dolphins | Durban | 25.04.08 |
| 43 | 1 | 38 | CSK v RCB | Bangalore | 28.04.08 | ||
| 44 | 28 | 0 | 40 | CSK v Delhi | Chennai | 02.05.08 | |
| 45 | 42 | 0 | 10 | CSK v Jaipur | Jaipur | 04.05.08 | |
| 46 | 29* | 1 | 26 | CSK v Hyderabad | Chennai | 06.05.08 | |
| 47 | 30 | 2 | 35 | CSK v Delhi | Delhi | 08.05.08 | |
| 48 | 7* | 1 | 25 | 1 | CSK v Mohali | Chennai | 10.05.08 |
| 49 | 5 | 0 | 44 | CSK v Mumbai | Mum-WS | 14.05.08 | |
| 50 | 0 | 25 | CSK v Kolkata | Kolkata | 18.05.08 | ||
| 51 | 1 | 4 | 32 | 1 | CSK v RCB | Chennai | 21.05.08 |
| 52 | 71 | 2 | 35 | CSK v Jaipur | Chennai | 24.05.08 | |
| 53 | 12* | 2 | 37 | 1 | CSK v Hyderabad | Hyd-RGS | 27.05.08 |
| 54 | 2 | 27 | CSK v Mohali | Mum-WS | 31.05.08 | ||
| 55 | 16 | 2 | 25 | CSK v Jaipur | Mum-DYP | 01.06.08 | |
| 56 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1 | Durham v Derby | Ch-le-St | 11.06.08 |
| 57 | 14* | 4 | 30 | Durham v Leicester | Leicester | 13.06.08 | |
| 58 | 5 | 2 | 26 | Durham v Notts | Nottingham | 14.06.08 | |
| 59 | 45* | 0 | 38 | Durham v Lancs | Manchester | 17.06.08 | |
| 60 | 0 | 30 | Durham v Leicester | Ch-le-St | 20.06.08 | ||
| 61 | 17 | Durham v Yorks | Leeds | 22.06.08 | |||
| 62 | 11 | Durham v Yorks | Ch-le-St | 24.06.08 | |||
| 63 | 54* | Durham v Derby | Ch-le-St | 25.06.08 | |||
| 64 | 4 | Durham v Lancs | Ch-le-St | 27.06.08 | |||
| 65 | 6 | 0 | 18 | RSA v Bangladesh | Jo’burg | 05.11.08 | |
| 66 | 12 | 2 | 30 | 1 | RSA v Australia | Melbourne | 11.01.09 |
| 67 | 19 | 0 | 36 | RSA v Australia | Brisbane | 13.01.09 | |
| 68 | 19* | 2 | 33 | Titans v Eagles | Centurion | 06.02.09 | |
| 69 | 37 | 1 | 36 | 1 | RSA v Australia | Jo’burg | 27.03.09 |
| 70 | 14* | 1 | 24 | 1 | RSA v Australia | Centurion | 29.03.09 |
| 71 | 5 | 1 | 12 | CSK v RCB | P Elizabeth | 20.04.09 | |
| 72 | 13* | 1 | 41 | 1 | CSK v Delhi | Durban | 23.04.09 |
| 73 | 13 | 0 | 29 | CSK v Hyderabad | Durban | 27.04.09 | |
| 74 | 4* | 2 | 21 | CSK v Jaipur | Centurion | 30.04.09 | |
| 75 | 6 | 1 | 32 | CSK v Delhi | Jo’burg | 02.05.09 | |
| 76 | 4* | 2 | 24 | CSK v Hyderabad | E London | 04.05.09 | |
| 77 | 2* | 1 | 36 | CSK v Mohali | Centurion | 07.05.09 | |
| 78 | 1 | 24 | CSK v Jaipur | Kimberley | 09.05.09 | ||
| 79 | 9 | 2 | 13 | CSK v RCB | Durban | 14.05.09 | |
| 80 | 1 | 31 | CSK v Mumbai | P Elizabeth | 16.05.09 | ||
| 81 | 21* | 0 | 39 | CSK v Kolkata | Centurion | 18.05.09 | |
| 82 | 20* | 1 | 26 | CSK v RCB | Jo’burg | 23.05.09 | |
| 83 | 24 | 2 | 15 | RSA v Scotland | The Oval | 07.06.09 | |
| 84 | 10* | 0 | 14 | RSA v NZl | Lord’s | 09.06.09 | |
| 85 | 1 | 0 | 2 | RSA v England | Nottingham | 11.06.09 | |
| 86 | 10 | 0 | 21 | RSA v West Indies | The Oval | 13.06.09 | |
| 87 | 8* | 0 | 12 | RSA v India | Nottingham | 16.06.09 | |
| 88 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 1 | RSA v Pakistan | Nottingham | 18.06.09 |
| 89 | 9* | 0 | 32 | 1 | RSA v England | Jo’burg | 13.11.09 |
| 90 | 14 | 2 | 35 | RSA v England | Centurion | 15.11.09 | |
| 91 | 1 | 12 | Titans v Dolphins | Durban | 03.02.10 | ||
| 92 | 2 | 22 | 1 | Titans v C Cobras | Centurion | 07.02.10 | |
| 93 | 13* | 0 | 16 | Titans v Lions | Centurion | 10.02.10 | |
| 94 | 42* | 0 | 41 | CSK v Hyderabad | Chennai | 14.03.10 | |
| 95 | 1 | 6 | 2 | CSK v Kolkata | Kolkata | 16.03.10 | |
| 96 | 0 | 0 | 26 | CSK v Delhi | Delhi | 19.03.10 | |
| 97 | 12* | 2 | 23 | 1 | CSK v Mohali | Chennai | 21.03.10 |
| 98 | 19 | 1 | 28 | CSK v RCB | Bangalore | 23.03.10 | |
| 99 | 0 | 0 | 26 | CSK v Mumbai | Mum-BS | 25.03.10 | |
| 100 | 28 | 2 | 46 | CSK v Jaipur | Ahmedabad | 27.03.10 |
JA Morkel’s performance in his first game, 25th game, 75th game and 100th game read thus
| No | Score | W | Runs | Ct | Match | Ground | Date |
| 1 | 7 | 1 | 32 | Titans v Lions | Centurion | 08.04.04 | |
| 25 | 18 | 0 | 30 | TitansvDolphins | Benoni | 14.03.07 | |
| 50 | 0 | 25 | CSK v Kolkata | Kolkata | 18.05.08 | ||
| 75 | 6 | 1 | 32 | CSK v Delhi | Jo’burg | 02.05.09 | |
| 100 | 28 | 2 | 46 | CSK v Jaipur | Ahmedabad | 27.03.10 |