Marchant de Lange (born 13 October 1990) is a South African

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er who plays for

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. He is a right-arm fast bowler and tail-end right-handed batsman and was called up to the

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squad from relative obscurity and little first-class experience for the series against

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. De Lange was drafted as a late replacement for

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in the second test match against

and returned figures of 8/126 on Test debut, including 7/81 in the Sri Lankan first innings. The figures are the best for any bowler in Test cricket in 2011. He is qualified to play in the English county cricket due to his British spouse.

Playing style

de Lange is a tall right-arm fast bowler with an ability to gain swing and accuracy. Prior to his cricketing career, de Lange was a javelin thrower hence his ability to attain such impressive pace around 145–150 km/h from a short run-up.

International career

de Lange, at the age of 19, made his first class debut in 2010 for Easterns against Free State and returned match figures of 4/99. He was called up to the

squad from relative obscurity and little first-class experience for the series against

and impressed in the second test with pace and bounce claiming 7–81 in the Sri Lankan first-innings and capturing 1–56 in the second. He suffered an injury during an unofficial T20 series in Zimbabwe in early 2012 and was forced to remodel his action to prevent further recurrences of the injury happening again. He made his Twenty20 debut against

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on 19 February 2012 at Hamilton. He took the wicket of

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on his debut.

T20 franchise cricket

Marchant de Lange was a surprise buy in the 2012

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Auction with

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notching him up for his base price of $50,000. That season he played in three matches and picked up 3 wickets at an average of 35.66. In players auction for IPL 2014,

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bought this talented bowler for Rs. 30 lakhs. He debuted for them in their second match against Delhi Daredevils replacing their best bowler

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. It was an important match as Mumbai needed to win all their in order to qualify for the playoffs. He went for 10 in his first over but impressed everyone with a great comeback, bowling

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out in the first ball he bowled to him and later getting the important wicket of Manoj Tiwary. He finished with figures 2/31 and received the Kanna Keep Calm award for keeping his cool and turning the game around for his team. In October 2018, he was named in

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's squad for the

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of the

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T20 tournament. In 2021, he took the first 5 Wicket Haul in the inaugural edition of The Hundred while playing for the

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. He finished the season as a joint leading taker with 12 wickets in total. In December 2021, he was signed by

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following the players' draft for the

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. In April 2022, he was bought by the

for the 2022 season of The Hundred.

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Playing style

International career

T20 franchise cricket

See also

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