Cricket News: Morkel joins Surrey on a two-year Kolpak deal

After calling time on his international career, the 33-year old has penned a two-year deal with the English county side.

South Africa great Morne Morkel has joined Surrey on a two-year contract ahead of the new English county season, the club announced Tuesday.

The towering fast bowler retired from international cricket this month after helping South Africa seal their first home Test series victory over Australia since their apartheid-enforced exclusion.

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Morkel, 33, took 309 wickets in 86 Tests at an average of 27.66 and was a member of the South Africa side that topped the International Cricket Council’s Test rankings in 2012.

He will now be available to play for Surrey, whose headquarters are at The Oval in south London, in all forms of the game

Twitter tributes for Morkel as he bows out of international cricket: #MyMorneMoments

Morne Morkel’s international career came to an end on Tuesday, but not before this special tribute.

Morne Morkel bowed out of international cricket in fine style as South Africa registered a historic 3-1 series victory against Australia by winning the fourth and final Test by a mammoth 492 runs, the highest victory run margin in history.

The 33-year-old was in the thick of the action as he bowled what would become the final delivery of the series, where Aiden Markram effected the run out which would bring the contest, as well as a 12-year Test career, to a close.

Though his achievements in the side have been largely understated when compared to some of his relatively ‘superstar’ teammates, they haven’t gone unnoticed by the public, as well as former teammates, who paid a tribute by remembering some of his memorable moments through the hashtag, #MyMorneMoments on Twitter.

From his rather comical ‘tool shed’ moment, to his flying catch in the recent

The South Africa vs Australia 4th Test preview: Session times, playing XIs, pitch and live stream

South Africa have as good a chance as any to clinch their first home series win against Australia since readmission.

SA vs Australia, 4th Test

Date: Friday, 30 March – Tuesday, 3 April.

Time: 10:00 (SAST).

Venue: The Wanderers, Johannesburg.

Live Stream & TV: SABC 3, SuperSport 2 (South Africa), Channel 9 (Australia) Sony Ten 1 & Sony Ten 3 (India), Sky Sports Main Event (UK).

Overview
South Africa have an opportunity to claim their first ever home Test series win against Australia in close to fifty years as they go into the fourth and final match at the Wanderers on Friday with a 2-1 lead.

As has been the case in the build up to each Test in the current series, controversy has overshadowed actual cricket and, this time around, the Aussies have taken it up a notch to actual scandal, following their ball tampering antics.

They go into