Cricket: Harmy's a hero to Mork; Confusion and anger at the Riverside as Twenty20 match called off.SOUTH Africa's emerging fast bowler Morne Morkel Morne Morkel (born October 6, 1984, Vereeniging, Transvaal) is a cricketer who plays Test and limited overs cricket for South Africa. He is a right-arm fast bowler with "genuine pace" according to former South African fast bowler Allan Donald,[1] has revealed how he has modelled himself on Durham pace ace Steve Harmison Stephen James Harmison MBE (born 23 October 1978, Ashington, Northumberland) is an England cricketer, and a leading Test match fast bowler. He plays county cricket for Durham. With his height (6'4") he can extract pace and bounce from most pitches. . Morkel is promising to "crank up" the pace against England this summer - and warns he is targeting Andrew Strauss Andrew John Strauss MBE, (born 2 March 1977 in Johannesburg, South Africa) is an English cricketer who plays county cricket for Middlesex County Cricket Club and Test matches and One-Day Internationals for England. and Kevin Pietersen  This article is included in the list of featured articles.Kevin Peter Pietersen MBE (born 27 June 1980 in Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa) is an English cricketer. in particular. Some English fans have already had a glimpse of the 6ft 6in, 23-year-old's capabilities in tour matches at Taunton and Uxbridge, where he was used in short but alarming spells. Strauss lasted just six balls for Middlesex before Morkel's extra pace and bounce saw him off caught behind, leaving the England opener to muse on similarities between the young South African and this country's one-time worldbeater Harmison (below). Morkel said: "When I was growing up I used to idolise Verb 1. idolise - love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol; "Many teenagers idolized the Beatles" hero-worship, idolize, revere, worship adore - love intensely; "he just adored his wife" guys like Glenn McGrath, and later on when Steve came on the scene I also saw myself as bowling like Steve. "I see myself as similar and have watched a lot of tapes of him." Morkel warns ominously that he can bowl faster when the force is with him - and he is impatient to see if everything clicks when the first Test gets under way at Lord's this week. He added: "When everything is feeling 100% and my rhythm is nice, I will be trying to crank it up." Morkel has eased his way back to fitness just in time for the start of the four-match series, having featured prominently in South Africa's spring trip to India only to suffer a hamstring injury hamstring injury Sports medicine A muscle injury of biceps femoris, seen in sprinters and runners, when a contracted muscle meets a lengthening force, overpowering intrinsic muscle resiliency Management RICE, NSAIDs, gradual ↑ of pain-free activity–eg, shortly after joining Yorkshire. He said: "The break has helped me. "I was mentally a bit drained - but I am a different man now." |
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