Chris Morris

Chris Morris

South African AllRounder
IPL ALL TIME STATS
618 Runs
155.28 S/R
22.07 Avg
95 W
8.01 E/R

Personal Information

Full Name Christopher Henry Morris
Date of Birth April 30, 1987
Nationality South African
Height 1.96 m
Current Team(s)
Role All rounder / Right hand Batsman & Right arm fast medium
Past Team(s)
Family Lisa Oosthuizen (Spouse)

Most Recent Matches

Match R BF 4s 6s S/R O R W E/R
TIT vs ROC 36 77 4 0 46.80 17 40 0 2.40
KKR vs RR 0 2 0 0 0.00 4 28 1 7.00
RR vs RCB 14 11 2 0 127.27 4 50 0 12.50
RR vs PBKS 5 5 0 0 100.00 4 47 0 11.75

Batting Stats

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Game Type Mat Inn R BF NO Avg S/R 100s 50s H 4s 6s Ct St
ODIs 42 27 467 465 4 20.30 100.43 0 1 62 36 15 9 0
TESTs 4 7 173 362 0 24.71 47.79 0 1 69 25 0 5 0
T20Is 23 13 133 102 4 14.77 130.39 0 1 55 12 5 6 0
T20s 234 153 1868 1245 60 20.08 150.04 0 3 82 128 95 104 0
LISTAs 105 70 1359 1145 19 26.64 118.68 0 4 90 117 55 28 0
FIRSTCLASS 60 88 2571 3727 10 32.96 68.98 4 11 154 321 43 53 0

Bowling Stats

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Game Type Mat Inn O R W Avg E/R Best 5w 10w
ODIs 42 40 315.4 1756 48 36.58 5.56 4/31 0 0
TESTs 4 8 103.5 459 12 38.25 4.42 5/45 0 0
T20Is 23 23 83 697 34 20.50 8.39 4/27 0 0
T20s 234 231 827 6441 290 22.21 7.78 4/9 0 0
LISTAs 105 98 737.1 3837 126 30.45 5.20 4/23 0 0
FIRSTCLASS 60 104 1509.4 4800 196 24.48 3.17 12/101 4 1

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Chris Morris: A Brief Biography

Chris Morris Biography


Chris Morris’ cricketing career started off in 2009 with the North West cricket team, a first class cricket team in South Africa. Since then, he has played for his national side and several T20 clubs including Chennai Super Kings, Rajasthan Royals and Delhi Daredevils in the Indian Premier League(IPL) and also teams like Lions, South African Invitation XI, South Africa A, Titans, Surrey, St Kitts and Nevis Patriots and Durban Qalandars.


He is a very effective death bowler and also an impactful finisher when it comes to batting. He rose to fame when his skills got him an impressive deal for the 2013 IPL where he made his debut. He had a base price of $20,000 and was bought for a whopping $625,000 by Chennai Super Kings.


Debut

Chris Morris made his One Day International debut against Pakistan on June 10, 2013 at Edgbaston. Since then, he’s had a total of 29 ODI appearances. In the 19 innings he has played, he’s scored a total of 324 runs with a strike rate of 97.6 and a high score of 62.

As for bowling, his impressive stats make us wonder why he hasn’t played with the country at an earlier point in his life. He has 33 wickets from 28 innings with an economy of 5.56 and an average of 36.55 runs per wicket.


He made his Test debut against England on January 2, 2016 at Newlands. Being a newcomer in test cricket, he’s played only 4 matches so far. Out of 7 batting innings, he’s scored a total of 173 runs with 69 as his highest test score.

In terms of bowling, he has bowled 623 balls in 8 innings and has conceded 459 runs and has taken 12 wickets with his best bowling innings being 38/3 and best bowling match being 45/5. He also has an impressive economy of 4.42 runs per over and an average of 38.25 runs per wicket.


Rise to glory

Chris Morris’ rise to fame was in the 2011/12 season of First Class cricket where he was the highest wicket-taker in the domestic T20 competition with 21 wickets.

Later that season, he helped his team - Lions reach the final of the 2012 Champions League. A year after that, in 2013, he was signed by Chennai Super Kings in the IPL, where his commendable performance took his team to the finals where they lost to Mumbai Indians.

In 2016, he was signed by Delhi Daredevils for $1 million. He proved himself worth every penny the club spent by finishing as their leading wicket-taker that season.