Anrich Nortje

South Africa·Bowler·Age 32

Right-hand bat · Right-arm fast

IPL runs: 49
Average: 7.00
Strike rate: 98.0
Highest: 23

Overview

What the figures show

Anrich Nortje is in the IPL books with the ball: 60 wickets from roughly 176 overs, conceded at an economy rate of 8.96.

Club by club, the record reads Delhi Capitals (2020–2024) and Lucknow Super Giants (2026). There is no IPL cricket on the record in 2021 and 2025. That is a wicket every 18 balls. At 8.96 an over that is 0.79 more than the 8.17 median among the 102 bowlers who have sent down 300 or more IPL balls.

Indian Premier League

Season by season

Season	Team	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	4s
2020	DC	3	2	7	3	7.00	116.7	0
2022	DC	1	1	1	1	—	16.7	0
2023	DC	7	4	37	23	12.30	127.6	6
2024	DC	2	0	4	4	2.00	50.0	0
2026	LSG	1	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0
Total	5 seasons	14	7	49	23	7.00	98.0	6

IPL bowling

Wickets: 60
Economy: 8.96
Average: 26.23
Balls bowled: 1,054

Articles

Articles about Anrich Nortje

Anrich Nortje and the Price of Bowling at 156kph

A South African quick whose value and whose fragility come from the same source, traced through the 2020 IPL, the 2024 T20 World Cup and a long list of absences.

6 min read

Questions

About Anrich Nortje

How many IPL runs has Anrich Nortje scored?

Anrich Nortje has scored 49 runs in the IPL across 5 seasons, averaging 7 at a strike rate of 98. The highest score is 23.

How many IPL wickets has Anrich Nortje taken?

Anrich Nortje has taken 60 IPL wickets at an economy rate of 8.96 and an average of 26.23.

Which IPL teams has Anrich Nortje played for?

Anrich Nortje has appeared for Delhi Capitals and Lucknow Super Giants in the IPL.

What is Anrich Nortje's playing style?

Anrich Nortje is a right-hand bat who bowls right-arm fast, listed as a bowler.

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How this page was worked out

Where these figures come from

Sources for this profile

IPL figures computed from ball-by-ball records of 1,243 IPL matches.
Date of birth, playing style and photograph come from a third-party player feed, matched by name.

How the numbers are derived

A wide is not a ball faced; a no ball is.
Byes and leg byes are not charged to the bowler; wides and no balls are.
Six kinds of dismissal are credited to a bowler. A run out is not one of them.
An average is runs over dismissals, and is left blank rather than shown as infinite.
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