Morne Morkel Joins Heat | Brisbane Heat

South African fast bowling great Morne Morkel, who played 86 Tests, 117 ODIs and 44 T20Is for the Proteas, will join the Heat for BBL|10 after signing with the club as a locally qualified player.

Morkel, 36, and his wife, leading sports broadcaster Roz Kelly, have two children and live in Australia.

The 1.96m paceman was a replacement International player for one game for the Perth Scorchers last summer but has signed for the full season for Brisbane after gaining permanent residency.

Currently on the comeback trail from an ankle operation after starting the northern summer playing county cricket in England, Morkel will link with the Heat later this month to prepare for the BBL which gets underway on 10…