Scorchers to 抑えるのをやめる armchair fan Morkel
He hasn't played a match for five weeks but new Perth Scorchers 輸入する Morne Morkel has a secret 武器 ahead of his BBL debut - armchair 熟考する/考慮する.
Morkel will 取って代わる 出発/死ing 輸入する Chris Jordan in time for the Scorchers' last 正規の/正選手 season match against the 雷鳴 in Sydney on Sunday.
Jordan's last match will be against Adelaide Strikers at Optus Stadium on Friday night before he links up with England's international squad.
Morkel has 広大な experience on the international 行う/開催する/段階, having played 44 T20s, 117 ODIs, and 86 実験(する)s for South Africa.
But the 35-year-old paceman will enter the BBL 井戸/弁護士席 short of match fitness given his last game was on December 16 in South Africa's 国内の T20 league.
However, he will be 井戸/弁護士席 詩(を作る)d on the players he will be coming up against after spending the past month watching BBL games on the TV in South Africa.
"I've watched almost every game, so I know more or いっそう少なく what I'm going to be up against," Morkel said.
"I've played a lot of cricket here, I know the wickets. I think the size of the square 境界s is going to play into my favour.
"There are a lot of things and 肯定的なs I can tap into to help me. It's just a 事柄 of 支援 myself, 信用ing my 技術s and 遂行する/発効させるing."
Morkel dusted off the cobwebs with a 逮捕する 開会/開廷/会期 at the WACA Ground on Wednesday, but he is yet to 会合,会う his new チーム仲間s 直面する to 直面する.
"Only on the WhatsApp group," Morkel said.
"They've got a couple of days off - a 井戸/弁護士席 deserved 残り/休憩(する) - and then training tomorrow, so I'll be 会合 them tomorrow."
Morkel hopes it won't take long to get himself up to 速度(を上げる) にもかかわらず his 最近の five-week break.
"From a cricket and 技術s point of 見解(をとる) I'm a little bit behind. I would have liked a bit more game time," Morkel said.
"But I've been keeping fit. I've been getting myself ready for the English season starting in April, so I've been doing a lot of fitness stuff."
The Scorchers sit in fourth 位置/汚点/見つけ出す on the (米)棚上げする/(英)提議する, and will probably need to 勝利,勝つ at least one of their final two games to 安全な・保証する a 決勝戦 寝台/地位.