Morkel scores a world record no one wants
Morné Morkel is disappointed but philosophical about holding the unwanted world record for most Test wickets overturned by no-balls.
His record of taking wickets off no-balls keeps increasing. In this year’s first Test against England he took his tally to 13 in the act of overstepping when he bowled Ben Stokes. Morkel’s performance was certainly one of the factors that contributed to South Africa’s 211-run defeat by England at Lord’s.
With the Proteas looking to level the four-match series in the second Test at Nottingham’s Trent Bridge, Morkel said of the Stokes “wicket”: “It’s not the first no-ball I’ve bowled in my life.
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