# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/albie-morkel
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:32:32.439Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/albie-morkel"
name: "Albie Morkel"
slug: "albie-morkel"
description: "Johannes Albertus Morkel, better known as Albie Morkel, is a former South African cricketer. He is an all-rounder who bowls right-arm medium fast and bats left-handed. He was earmarked as the new Lance Klusener from an early age and is famous for his six hitting abilities. Albie has a younger brother, Morné Morkel, who also played international cricket for South Africa while his father Albert played provincial cricket in South Africa. He has a particularly impressive first class record, with a batting average of 44.0 and a bowling average of 29.0. In January 2019, he retired from all forms of cricket."
tagline: "South African cricket player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Albie_Morkel_2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1981-06-10"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.13
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.956378666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  245
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/albiemorkel"
    handle:    "albiemorkel"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.albiemorkel.co.za/Home.aspx"
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    title: "ایلبی مورکل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "البى موركيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "আলবি মরকেল"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "अल्बी मॉर्केल"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "அல்பி மோர்க்கல்"
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    title: "ఆల్బీ మోర్కెల్"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump