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| Personal information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Aiden Kyle Markram | |||
| Born | 4 October 1994 Centurion, Gauteng, South Africa | |||
| Nickname | "Pup" "Aidy" "Prakash" | |||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | |||
| Batting style | Right-handed | |||
| Bowling style | Right-arm off break | |||
| Role | Opening Batsman | |||
| International information | ||||
| National side | South Africa | |||
| Test debut (cap 332) | 28 September 2017 v Bangladesh | |||
| Last Test | 30 March 2018 v Australia | |||
| ODI debut (cap 122) | 22 October 2017 v Bangladesh | |||
| Last ODI | 10 February 2018 v India | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 2014–present | Northerns | |||
| 2016–present | [Titans | |||
| 2018–present | Durham | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | Test | ODI | FC | LA |
| Matches | 10 | 7 | 48 | 33 |
| Runs scored | 1,000 | 193 | 3,677 | 1,200 |
| Batting average | 55.55 | 27.57 | 47.75 | 38.70 |
| 100s/50s | 4/3 | 0/1 | 10/18 | 4/2 |
| Top scores | 152 | 66 | 182 | 183 |
| Balls bowled | 52 | 30 | 408 | 372 |
| Wickets | 0 | 2 | 3 | 14 |
| Bowling average | – | 19.00 | 66.33 | 23.71 |
| 5 wickets in innings | – | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 wickets in match | – | n/a | 0 | n/a |
| Best bowling | – | 2/18 | 1/1 | 4/45 |
| Catches/stumpings | 8/– | 4/– | 47/– | 13/– |
| Source: ESPNcricinfo, 7 May 2018 | ||||
Aiden Kyle Markram (born 4 October 1994) is a South African cricketer who captained the South African U-19 cricket team to win the 2014 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup.
International career[]
Debut years[]
In June 2017, he was named in South Africa’s Test squad for their series against England, but did not play. In August 2017, he was named as captain of the South Africa A cricket team for their two four-day matches against India A.
In September 2017, he was named in South Africa's Test squad for their series against Bangladesh. He made his Test debut for South Africa against Bangladesh on 28 September 2017.
Record breaking start[]
After narrowly missing out on a maiden Test century on debut, Markram completed the feat in the second Test against Bangladesh on 6 October 2017 scoring 143 off 186 balls before being bowled by Rubel Hossain.
In October 2017, he was added to South Africa's One Day International (ODI) squad ahead of the third match against Bangladesh, replacing Hashim Amla. He made his ODI debut for South Africa against Bangladesh on 22 October 2017, scored 66 runs and took 2 wickets.
In December 2017, he scored his second Test hundred and became the first South Africa player to score two centuries in his first three Tests.
One Day International captaincy[]
In February 2018, South Africa's captain Faf du Plessis was ruled out of the last five ODIs and the Twenty20 International (T20I) series against India due to a finger injury. Markram was named as South Africa's captain for the remaining ODI fixtures in du Plessis' absence. He, at the age of 23 years 123 days, is the second youngest player to captain South Africa in ODIs after Graeme Smith.
On 30 March 2018, Markram scored his career-best score of 152 runs on the first day of the fourth test against Australia.