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Top 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Christopher Henry Morris
When the bustling, big-hitting all rounder became a rarity on the South African cricket landscape, Chris Morris showed the species was not as endangered as once thought.
Morris was a bit of a late bloomer but his eventual flowering was worth the wait.
A pacy opening bowler, Morris often sends the speed gun beyond 140kph. Apart from speed, his accuracy with the ball and fearless lower-order ability with the bat resulted in enough performances of note to earn him a national call-up before he had even played a full season of first-class cricket.
Here’s a list of things you may have or may have not known about Christopher Henry Morris:
- Christopher Henry Morris is the son of a former Northern Transvaal first-class cricketer Willie
- In the 2012 Champions League T20, On the basis of that tournament,Christopher Henry Morris was one of the big buys of IPL and went to Chennai Super Kings for a US$650,000.
- Christopher Henry Morris is a right arm fast-medium bowler who has taken 35 T20 wickets from 24 innings at an average of 16.68 at an impressive economy rate of 6.57.
- Morris is also a handy batsman lower down the order and has a strike rate of over 175. Morris gave a standout performance in the 2012 domestic league in South Africa, where he fetched 21 wickets in 12 games and his strike-rate with the bat was around 200.
- Morris made his T20I debut for South Africa on 21 December 2012 against New Zealand. He had figures of 3.4-0-19-2 in that game before suffering an injury. He was bought for $625,000 by the Chennai Super Kings at the 2013 IPL Players Auction.
- Morris made his One Day International debut for South Africa on 10 June 2013 against Pakistan as part of the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy.
- Morris had ankle surgery early on in 2014 and is looking to be fit and ready to start the 2014/2015 domestic season in South Africa with the Lions in Johannesburg.
- Christopher Henry Morris’ nickname is Chuck
- Christopher’s franchise team are the bizhub Highveld Lions
- Christopher Henry Morris was born in Pretoria
