Full Name

Grant Morgan

Born

May 19, 1971, Port Elizabeth, Cape Province

Age

52y 305d

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Fielding Position

Wicketkeeper

An enterprising wicketkeeper-batsman, Grant Morgan appeared to be primed for big things as a player. Instead, he made his name as a coach.

Morgan was schooled at Grey High School in Port Elizabeth, which also produced Graeme and Peter Pollock, and played for the 1989 South African schools side. He went on to represent the University of Port Elizabeth and the provincial side. In 1993, Morgan played against the touring English side. He carved out a solid career at domestic level but struggled to break through to higher levels. He retired in 2002 and took up coaching.

Armed with a Level 4 diploma, Morgan coached the University of Pretoria team, Bloemendal club in the Netherlands and, in 2008, was an assistant to Ray Jennings with the South Africa Under-19 side that reached the final of the age-group World Cup.

His first major appointment came after that when he was put in charge of provincial side Gauteng, but it was only when he moved to Pietermaritzburg to take over the KwaZulu-Natal Inland side that major success came. Under Morgan, the team won both limited-overs trophies in the 2013-14 season and then the three-day and 20-over cups in the 2015-16 summer. He was named head of coach of the Dolphins franchise ahead of the 2016-17 season.
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Grant Morgan Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAve100s50sCtSt
FC52811813298721.090511510
List A402463085617.11014412

Bowling

FormatMatBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
FC521240---2.00-000
List A40000-----000

Debut/Last Matches of Grant Morgan

FC Matches

Span
1993/94 - 1999/00

List A Matches

Span
1993/94 - 1998/99

Recent Matches of Grant Morgan

MatchBatWktDateGroundFormat
NZ A vs 21c/0s26-Sep-2004BenoniOTHEROD
Northerns vs KZ-Natal----14-Jan-2000DurbanFC
Northerns vs Free State0 & 81c/0s & 3c/0s17-Dec-1999BloemfonteinFC
Northerns vs W Province--1c/0s10-Dec-1999CenturionFC
Northerns vs Boland7* & 12*1c/0s03-Dec-1999CenturionFC