Anrich Nortje

Anrich Nortje

Full Name

Anrich Arno Nortje

Birth Date

November 16, 1993

Other Name

–

Role

Bowler

Birth Place

Uitenhage, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Batting Style

Right-hand Batsman

Bowling Style

Right Arm Fast

IPL Debut

2020

Team

Delhi Capitals Delhi Capitals

Anrich Arno Nortje is a South African cricketer. He made his international debut for the South Africa cricket team in March 2019. In July 2020, Nortje was named the newcomer of the year at Cricket South Africa’s annual awards ceremony.

Domestic Career:

  • He was included in Eastern Province’s squad for the 2016 Africa T20 Cup.
  • In October 2018, he was named in Cape Town Blitz’s squad for the first edition of the Mzansi Super League T20 tournament.
  • In September 2019, he was named in the squad for the Cape Town Blitz team for the 2019 Mzansi Super League tournament.
  • In July 2020, he was named in the St Lucia Zouks squad for the 2020 Caribbean Premier League.
  • In April 2021, he was named in Eastern Province’s squad, ahead of the 2021 – 22 cricket season in South Africa.
  • He was selected for the Washington Freedom squad in March 2023, ahead of the inaugural season of Major League Cricket in the USA.

Indian Premier League (IPL) T20 Franchise Career:

  • In December 2018, he was bought by the Kolkata Knight Riders in the player auction for the 2019 Indian Premier League.
  • He was released by the Kolkata Knight Riders ahead of the 2020 IPL auction.
  • In August 2020, Nortje joined the Delhi Capitals as a replacement for Chris Woakes in the 2020 Indian Premier League.
  • On 14 October 2020, during the 30th match of the 2020 IPL, Nortje bowled at the speed of 156.22 km/h (97 mph) to Jos Buttler of Rajasthan Royals, the fastest delivery to date in the IPL.

International Career:

  • ODI debut: for South Africa against Sri Lanka on 3 March 2019
  • T20I debut: for South Africa, against India, on 18 September 2019
  • Test debut: for South Africa, also against India, on 10 October 2019
  • In January 2020, in the fourth Test against England, Nortje took his maiden five – wicket haul in Test cricket.
  • In March 2020, he was awarded with a national contract by Cricket South Africa ahead of the 2020 – 21 season.
  • In May 2024, he was named in South Africa’s squad for the 2024 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup tournament.

Major Achievements:

  • On 14 October 2020, during the 30th match of the 2020 IPL, Nortje bowled at the speed of 156.22 km/h (97 mph) to Jos Buttler of Rajasthan Royals, the fastest delivery to date in the IPL.
  • In March 2020, he was awarded with a national contract by Cricket South Africa ahead of the 2020 – 21 season.

BATTING AND FIELDING
Year Mat Runs HS Avg S/R 100 50 4s 6s
2024 6 4 4 2.00 50.00 0 0 0 0
2023 10 37 23* 12.33 127.59 0 0 6 0
2022 6 1 1* – 16.67 0 0 0 0
2021 8 0 0 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0
2020 16 7 3* 7.00 116.66 0 0 0 0
All IPL 46 49 23* 8.17 100.00 0 0 6 0

BOWLING
Year Mat Ov Runs Wkts Avg Eco Best 4W
2024 6 22 294 7 42.00 13.36 3/59 0
2023 10 40 364 10 36.40 9.10 2/20 0
2022 6 22.2 217 9 24.11 9.72 3/42 0
2021 8 30.2 187 12 15.58 6.16 2/12 0
2020 16 61 512 22 23.27 8.39 3/33 0
All IPL 46 175.4 1574 60 26.23 8.96 3/33 0

FIELDING STATISTICS
IPL Season Match Catch Taken Stumps
2024 6 1 0
2023 10 2 0
2022 6 2 0
2021 8 1 0
2020 16 4 0
All IPL 46 10 0

CAREER STATISTICS
Competition Test ODI T20I FC
Matches 19 22 42 67
Runs Scored 187 40 17 906
Batting Average 7.79 6.66 2.83 13.32
100s / 50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/4
Top Score 40 10 4* 79*
Balls Bowled 3,057 1,006 869 11,064
Wickets 70 36 53 234
Bowling Average 26.71 27.27 19.16 26.17
5 Wickets In Innings 4 0 0 9
10 Wickets In Match 0 0 0 0
Best Bowling 6/56 4/51 4/7 6/44
Catches / Stumpings 6/- 3/- 10/- 15/-

ANRICH NORTJE’S IPL AUCTION PRICE HISTORY
Year Price Team
2019 20 Lakh Kolkata
2021 89.82 Lakh Delhi
2022 6.50 Cr Delhi
2023 6.50 Cr Delhi
2024 6.50 Cr Delhi