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Marchant de Lange’s last appearance for South Africa came against England in February 2016 © Getty Images
Marchant de Lange, the South Africa fast bowler, has joined Glamorgan on a three-year deal. He has secured the moved through his wife holding a British passport, having not met the criteria to be a Kolpak registration, and neither is he classed as an overseas player.
De Lange, 26, played two Tests, four ODIs and six T20Is for South Africa but did not qualify through the Kolpak route taken by a group of South Africans in recent months because he had not featured enough at international level in recent times.
His two Tests came in 2011 – when he took 7 for 81 on debut against Sri Lanka – and 2012, while his last international appearance was against England in an ODI last February.
In the recently concluded South Africa domestic season for Knights he claimed 35 wickets at 28.31 in the Sunfoil Series, 11 wickets in 10 Momentum One-Day Cup outings and nine wickets in seven T20 Challenge matches. He will be available for Glamorgan across all formats and is set for his debut in the opening Specsavers Championship match against Northamptonshire. His arrival will help ease the burden on Timm van der Gugten and Michael Hogen who admirably led the Championship bowling last season.
“Marchant is a match winner. He has pace, aggression and he’s the right age and at the right stage of his career to make an impact for us,” Robert Croft, the Glamorgan head coach, said. “When you are looking at winning matches in four-day cricket, twenty wickets is the challenge and Marchant is a wicket-taker, but his performances in one-day cricket have also been impressive and he will be a great addition to our squad.”
Although not a Kolpak, de Lange joins a lengthy list of South African internationals to have shifted their careers to England during the off-season: Kyle Abbott and Rilee Rossouw (Hampshire), Hardus Viljoen (Derbyshire), Simon Harmer (Essex), Rilee Rossouw (Hampshire), David Wiese and Stiaan van Zyl (Sussex) and Dane Vilas (Lancashire).
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