At the time of his birth on November 16, 1993, Anrich Arno Nortje was a cricket player from South Africa. It was in March 2019 that he made his debut for the South African cricket team on the international stage. In July of 2020, Nortje was honored with the title of newcomer of the year at the annual awards event that is held by Cricket South Africa. The Eastern Province team that will compete in the Africa Twenty20 Cup in 2016 will feature him.
The Cape Town Blitz selected him to be a member of their team for the first Mzansi Super League Twenty20 event, which took place in October 2018. As a result of an ankle injury, he was unable to continue competing in the event halfway through. By participating in the player auction for the 2019 Indian Premier League, the Kolkata Knight Riders were able to acquire his services in December 2018. On the other hand, due to a shoulder injury, he was unable to participate in the league in March of 2019.
He was included in the roster of the Cape Town Blitz side that will compete in the 2019 Mzansi Super League competition. This announcement was made in September of 2019. In advance of the Indian Premier League auction in 2020, the Kolkata Knight Riders decided to release him. The St. Lucia Zouks announced in July 2020 that he will be a member of their team for the Caribbean Premier League in 2020. Despite this, Nortje was one of five South African cricketers who did not participate in the event because they were unable to finalize their travel arrangements promptly.
Anrich Nortje Biography
| Name | Anrich Nortje |
| Full Name | Anrich Arno Nortje |
| Date of Birth | 16 November 1993 |
| Place of Birth | Kariega, South Africa |
| Other Names | NA |
| Nationality | South African |
| Father’s Name | Late Ramesh Tendulkar |
| Mother’s Name | Amanda Nortje |
| Siblings | Anton Nortje |
| Spouse | Micaela Nortje |
| Marriage Date | NA |
| Children | NA |
| Role | Bowling |
| Batting | Right-handed |
| Bowling | Right-arm fast |
| ODI Debut | 3 March 2019 vs. Sri Lanka |
| Test Debut | October 2019 vs. India |
| Favourite Food | NA |
| Favourite Actor | NA |
| Favourite Actress | NA |
| Favourite Colour | NA |
| Retirement | Still Playing |
As a substitute for Chris Woakes in the 2020 Indian Premier League, Nortje joined the Delhi Capitals in August of that same year on August of that same year. Nortje bowled to Jos Buttler of Rajasthan Royals with a pace of 156.22 kilometers per hour (97 miles per hour) on October 14, 2020, during the 30th match of the 2020 Indian Premier League. This was the league’s fastest delivery to date.
The Eastern Province’s squad was selected for the 2021–22 cricket season in South Africa, and he was given a spot on the team in April of that year. His selection for the Washington Freedom team took place in March of 2023, just before the beginning of the first season of Major League Cricket in the United States. He was selected to be a member of South Africa’s One-Day International (ODI) team for the series that they were going to play against Sri Lanka in February 2019.
On March 3, 2019, he first appeared for South Africa in a one-day international match against Sri Lanka. It was announced in March 2019 that he would be included in South Africa’s Twenty20 International (T20I) team for the series against Sri Lanka; however, he was unable to participate in the T20I series owing to an injury. The announcement that he will be a part of South Africa’s team for the 2019 Cricket World Cup came in April of this year.
He was replaced by Chris Morris on May 7, 2019, when it was determined that he would not be able to participate in the event due to a hand injury. In August 2019, he was considered for inclusion in South Africa’s Test and Twenty20 International (T20I) teams for their upcoming series against India. On September 18, 2019, he made his debut for South Africa in a Twenty20 International match against India. On October 10, 2019, he performed his first test for South Africa, which was also against India. In the fourth test match against England, which took place in January 2020, Nortje achieved his first-ever five-wicket haul in the sport of test cricket.
Batting & Fielding Stats
| YEAR | MAT | NO | RUNS | HS | AVG | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4S | 6S | CT | ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career | 41 | 9 | 45 | 23* | 11.25 | 41 | 109.76 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 10 | 4 | 37 | 23* | 12.33 | 29 | 127.59 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1* | – | 6 | 16.67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2021 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 3* | 7.00 | 6 | 116.66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Bowling
| YEAR | MAT | BALLS | RUNS | WKTS | BBM | AVE | ECON | SR | 4W | 5W |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career | 41 | 946 | 1328 | 54 | 3/33 | 24.59 | 8.42 | 17.52 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 | 24 | 48 | 1 | 1/48 | 48.00 | 12.00 | 24.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 10 | 240 | 364 | 10 | 2/20 | 36.40 | 9.10 | 24.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 6 | 134 | 217 | 9 | 3/42 | 24.11 | 9.72 | 14.89 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 8 | 182 | 187 | 12 | 2/12 | 15.58 | 6.16 | 15.16 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 16 | 366 | 512 | 22 | 3/33 | 23.27 | 8.39 | 16.63 | 0 | 0 |
Within March in the year 2020, Cricket South Africa presented him with a national contract in preparation for the 2020–21 season. During the Indian Premier League match that took place on March 28, Thursday, Delhi suffered their second consecutive loss. In the second match of the group stage, which took place at the Sawai Man Singh Stadium in Jaipur, DC ended up losing to Rajasthan by a score of 12 runs. Delhi was unable to successfully chase down 186 runs throughout the game as a result of some excellent bowling from the Rajasthan team.
Mr. James Hopes, the bowling coach for Delhi, responded to the question of whether or not it was troubling to lose two games in a row by stating that he was not going to be too harsh on his bowlers. Within the context of the press conference that took place following the completion of the game, the bowling coach for the District of Columbia talked extensively about the star pacer Anrich Nortje. In his return, Nortje seemed to be undercooked, as he yielded 48 runs from his four overs of bowling.
Riyan Parag, a teenage player from Rajasthan, gave RR a battling total to defend with his outstanding 84* off only 45 balls. He attacked Nortje for 25 runs in his last over, which was the final over of his innings. After taking a terrible hammering against Rajasthan Royals in their Indian Premier League (IPL) encounter on Thursday, the bowling coach of the Delhi Capitals, James Hopes, is hopeful that pace spearhead Anrich Nortje will eventually recover and return to his previous level of performance.
