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IPL 2021 | MI monitored Marco Jansen for three years before purchasing him, reveals Mahela Jayawardene

Mumbai Indians head coach Mahela Jayawardene revealed that the club’s scouting does not just involve ‘instant decision-making’ and cited the example of Marco Jansen, who he revealed was monitored for three years. Eventually, in the IPL 2021 auction, MI purchased Jansen for INR 20 lakh.

Mumbai Indians have won more IPL titles than any other franchise and one of the primary reasons behind the club’s success is their impeccable scouting. The Blues boast of a group of scouts who work throughout the year identifying players - both local and overseas - and it was this scouting that enabled the side to sign the likes of Jasprit Bumrah and the Pandya brothers before any other franchise knew of their talent.

According to the side’s head coach Mahela Jayawardene, however, scouting does not just involve individuals being glanced at once or twice. Jayawardene, in an interview with the Hindustan Times, revealed that the management spend years tracking potential superstars and cited the example of South Africa’s Marco Jansen, who the club, in the 2021 auction, purchased for INR 20 lakh. Jayawardene revealed that MI had, in fact, been tracking Jansen since he was an 18-year-old.

“We have a group of individuals who work throughout the year, watching games, spotting players. Not only locally but we do have the same kind of network overseas as well. And it’s not just instant decision-making. Marco Jansen (South African left-arm pacer) is a classic example. We have monitored him for the last three years,” Jayawardene told Hindustan Times.

“Then he was a 17-18 year old. We kept monitoring him and picked him the same time he was picked for South Africa (Test squad for Pakistan in January). I don’t think there are secrets to scouting. It’s just pure hard work and finding the right people who have the ability to pick talent. You have to trust their instincts and their hard work needs to be acknowledged. It’s a process. For me, it’s brilliant to have that input coming in, knowing that they are turning each and every stone to find this talent. We monitor them and when we decide we need to invest in them, we go ahead and do that.”

Scouting has contributed to Mumbai’s success, but, historically, they have also been the most successful franchise in terms of tapping into the potential of players. Players like Quinton de Kock, Trent Boult and Rahul Chahar all never realized their potential in their previous franchise(s), but have seen themselves turn into world-class superstars for Mumbai. Jayawardene admitted that his afranchise are the best in the league when it comes to getting the best out of the players, and insisted that it has a lot to do with the conversations the management have with the players.

"I think so (We are the best at tapping into the full potential of players). We look at a lot of aspects, not just the skill set or the overall package of a player.Because it’s important that those players have that cricket intelligence at a certain level as well. We push them to think about the game, think about the situation and then the skill set comes into play. We always feel certain players add value to the squad. We have options and we go with that instinct and try and get players (in auctions).

“That’s how we got Quinton de Kock from RCB or Trent Boult (from Delhi Capitals). We spent a lot of money on Ishan (Kishan). I still remember my first question at the press conference after that 2018 auction was that if we were mad to spend ₹6 crore on a young Indian wicketkeeper batsman who wasn’t proven at that time. But we saw the potential. Those are the things the Mumbai Indians franchise always try to do.

“These are collective thought processes. We go through a lot of discussions to come to those kinds of decision-making processes and we back ourselves once we make those decisions to make sure those players get to that potential and add value to the team. That’s the most important thing,” the former Sri Lanka skipper said.

Jayawardene, however, refused to take full credit for the development of players. Mumbai Indians have given the national side a host of superstars, including Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya and Suryakumar Yadav, but the 43-year-old insisted that the franchise just ‘contributes’ to the player’s development.

“I don’t think we can take full credit for that. I think we are also part of that process. Everyone is part of the process. Our focus is only T20 cricket. Player development happens on various aspects as well. I think we are just contributing to that cause and process. Most of the player development on our part is when domestic Indian players come in to a squad like this, they are surrounded by a lot of experienced players. Associating them, the way the mindset is set up, tactically how we do things, that is an advantage for any young player. Then they start seeing the game in a much different way.”

https://sportscafe.in/cricket/articles/2021/apr/08/ipl-2021-mi-monitored-marco-jansen-for-three-years-before-purchasing-him-reveals-mahela-jayawardene
 
Mumbai Indians debutant Marco Jansen shares history with Virat Kohli

It turned out to be a special moment for young 20-year-old Marco Jansen as he made his Indian Premier League debut in the season opener against Royal Challengers Bangalore on Friday. The South African pacer was purchased by the defending champions for his base price of Rs 20 lakh at the mini-auction held in February this year.

A special moment!

Our pacer Marco Jansen makes his #IPL debut tonight! #OneFamily #MumbaiIndians #MI #MIvRCB #IPL2021
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) April 9, 2021

Jansen is a very raw cricketer and has just first-class experience under his kitty but shares a history with opposition skipper Virat Kohli.

As per a report, 17-year-old Jansen beat Kohli thrice in a row, while bowling at nets during India's tour of South Africa in early 2018.

Zaheer Khan, the director of cricket operations of Mumbai Indians, had said that the franchise had expected a bidding war for the South Africa, while team owner Akash Ambani mentioned that they had been tracking the bowler for almost two years before signing him up.

Owing to his effective performance in South Africa's domestic circuit, Jansen was also included in their national squad for the tour to Pakistan, held earlier this year.


https://zeenews.india.com/cricket/ipl-2021-mumbai-indians-debutant-marco-jansen-shares-history-with-virat-kohli-2353820.html
 
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Looked good.

I didn't see his speeds, but he looked like he had good control and there weren't too many freebies.

To manage 4-28-2 against that batting line-up was very impressive.
 
Marco Jansen, a kid who beat Virat Kohli in the nets, is now a Mumbai Indian

The nets at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg adjoin the Bullring. You walk through the stands and onto an elevated patch where there is room for several batsmen to have a hit, and plenty of space to give the ball a good whack. In early 2018, Virat Kohli batted there ahead of the Johannesburg Test. He was still stewing over India's series loss and coming off a combative press conference in Centurion, where he had made a sublime 153, the innings of the series.

In the Wanderers nets, appearing to be in a worked up state, which he usually can turn into a zen-like focus, Kohli is beaten three times in a row outside off stump.

The bowler is not Indian, he's not even a regular net bowler. He's Marco Jansen, all of 17 years old. And if it looks like he's in two places at once, it's because his twin brother Duan is there too. Both bowling left-arm pace, both nearer seven feet than six, the brothers will end the nets session by taking a photo with Kohli, which they will go on to enlarge and hang up in a flat they'll share.

Three years since drawing a "Well bowled" from Kohli, Marco might find himself bowling to the man again, this time in the most elite league in the world, when IPL 2021 comes around.

Marco was bought at his base price, Rs 20 lakh (close to US$28,000) by the Mumbai Indians, and Zaheer Khan, the director of cricket operations for the franchise, said after the auction that they were expecting a bidding war for the bowler. Team owner Akash Ambani said Mumbai had been "tracking Marco for the last two years". When the most complete franchise in T20, with a record of identifying potential early, shows interest in you, people sit up and take notice.

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Duan (left) and Marco with Virat Kohli in Johannesburg, 2018 Koos Jansen

"I actually can't believe it, if you think of it like that," Marco says. "To be honest, three years ago my brother and I were talking about playing for the varsity first team and never even thought about IPL. So to be where I am today, I'm very blessed and honoured. It's really a privilege.

"I'm 6ft 8in. At the start of this year, I went for testing in Pretoria and they had a speed gun there. I think my average speed was about 137-138kph. My top speed was 141.2 or 141.3.

"I just have to get in a jump, because I'm quite thin for my height, so I must get a little bit stronger. The goal is to try and get 140-plus as my average speed. That must be the main reason why they [Mumbai Indians] looked at me. And that I can also middle it a little bit [with the bat] as well. I'm not going to say anything more on that (chuckles), but yeah, I can hit the ball."

The Jansens' father, Koos, a former rugby union player for Free State Cheetahs, says he knew he had something special on his hands during an Under-9s school match.

"Marco opened the batting. It was small boys, so they were playing only 20 overs each, and he scored 164 not out," Koos remembers. "And Duan came in at No. 4 and scored over 80. I realised that for a little boy of nine years old to concentrate for 20 overs and score 164, he's got to have a special talent; both of them. So I explored that.

"We usually went to the nets. I trained them there, bowled to them, taught them some techniques. They were talented, I saw that, and I knew that they are going to be all right in the cricket scenery."

Marco is a little bit taller than Duan but also 15 minutes younger, which gives Duan certain older-sibling rights, like getting to keep that photo of them with Kohli when Marco moved to Port Elizabeth to play domestic cricket for the Warriors.

Marco on meeting Rahul Dravid: "He was very humble and it's something that I looked up to. It taught me to stay humble and not think I'm the best in the world" Koos Jansen
"He's definitely motivated to get to the stage where I am," Marco says of his brother. "And he's just as good as well. We're basically the same player. He can also hit a long ball, and he actually bowled quicker than me in high school. And we're more or less the same pace now as well. It's just literally, I've got more opportunities at the right time."

Koos, who has taken an active hand in furthering his sons' cricketing careers, understands that only one might make it big in South Africa. "Because they are exactly the same type of bowlers and batsmen, there's only place for one in our set-up.

"So Duan is taking the longer route to get to his dreams, but he's still playing very much, playing franchise cricket over here. I spoke to Duan [after the IPL auction] and he's over the moon. They're always supportive of each other. There's no jealousy between them. They are very competitive, but they are very happy when one of them does well."

They sometimes share in the punishment too. Once, on a rugby field when they were in school, Marco faced the referee's wrath for a tackle done wrong. He got sent off. "Then Duan took the ball because it was a penalty for us and the referee asked him why he was still on the field because he had just sent him off!"

That net session in 2018 wasn't the first time Marco was bowling to Indian batsmen with international experience. In 2017, during an India A tour of South Africa, the twins bowled to Manish Pandey, Karun Nair and Abhinav Mukund, as well as future internationals Shreyas Iyer and Ishan Kishan. Watching from the sidelines was Rahul Dravid, then the India A coach.

"He was very humble and it's something that I looked up to," Marco says of meeting Dravid. "I'm a player who always gets on top of everybody, or of a player who thinks he's very good. It taught me to stay humble and not think I'm the best in the world, or I'm better than the game or something."


Likewise, the IPL will not be Marco's first trip to the subcontinent. He was part of a 2019 South Africa A tour to India, and was called up as back-up for South Africa's Test squad in Pakistan earlier this year.

At the IPL, he will get to share a dressing room with Trent Boult, a natural idol for a left-arm quick bowler.

"Firstly, I just want to get to know them as people and from there on, try and tap into their cricket brains as much as possible, especially with Trent, [Jasprit] Bumrah, all those guys. Try and ask them as many questions as possible and just enjoy the experience. It's not every day that a youngster who is 20 years old gets picked in the IPL, so I just want to go there with an open mind and enjoy every moment."

And what's the first thing he'll ask Boult once he has got to know him well enough?

"The best fishing spots," Marco says, laughing. Perhaps also a tip or two on getting batsmen to fish outside off? "Oh that too, of course."
 
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Dale Steyn
@DaleSteyn62

Well done tonight Marco Jansen!
May have lost but you can be very proud

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Well done tonight Marco Jansen! <br>May have lost but you can be very proud &#55357;&#56394;&#55357;&#56394;&#55357;&#56394;</p>— Dale Steyn (@DaleSteyn62) <a href="https://twitter.com/DaleSteyn62/status/1380585933813211136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 9, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
 
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It is a terrible action, one of the least aesthetic pleasing actions i have seen. He looks like a rugby player that took up cricket quite late.
 
It is a terrible action, one of the least aesthetic pleasing actions i have seen. He looks like a rugby player that took up cricket quite late.
With a physique like that he would get mauled in U-15 women's rugby.
 
I think he needs a bit more time to develop further. But look playing in the IPL will help him develop in pressure situations.
 
Pretty incredible that MI has monitored since he was 17. This is why they win so many titles; their scouting network is the best in franchise cricket.
 
Pretty incredible that MI has monitored since he was 17. This is why they win so many titles; their scouting network is the best in franchise cricket.

Abhunav Mukund said in com box that Mumbai's newest scout-Parthiv Patel was assigned his case for this year. PP deemed him ready for IPL. MI were ready to buy him for quite a bit of money.
 
Mumbai Indians head coach Mahela Jayawardene revealed that they scouted South African left-arm paceman Marco Jansen for three years before signing him in 2021. Jansen made his IPL bow during Mumbai’s two-wicket loss for RCB last Friday, where he scooped 2/28. The 20-year-old was also on the Proteas selectors’ radar after being picked to tour Pakistan in January.

One of this year’s Indian Premier League (IPL) rare finds, gangling South African Marco Jansen, was scouted by the Mumbai Indians for three years before they bought him for 2 million Indian Rupees (R387 000) at the 2021 auction. Mumbai head coach Mahela Jayawardene told the Hindustan Times about how their scouting group was intent on getting unidentified talent to join them and focused their eye on the 20-year-old South African when he was just out of Potchefstroom Gymnasium.

The Warriors left-arm fast bowler stands at over 2m tall, runs in with a rangy stride and has proven himself an incredibly fast developer since making his first-class debut for Eastern Province against North West in 2018. READ | AB de Villiers, central pillar of IPL 2021, is already firing! Jansen took 2/28 in his IPL debut for Mumbai against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and was entrusted with the final over where AB de Villiers and Co. aimed to get seven from the last six balls for victory. "We have a group of individuals who work throughout the year, watching games, spotting players. Not only locally but we do have the same kind of network overseas as well. "It’s not just instant decision-making. Marco Jansen is a classic example. We have monitored him for the last three years," Jayawardene told Hindustan Times. "Then he was a 17 to 18-year-old. We kept monitoring him and picked him the same time he was picked for South Africa (Test squad for Pakistan in January).

"I don’t think there are secrets to scouting. It’s just pure hard work and finding the right people who have the ability to pick talent. "You have to trust their instincts and their hard work needs to be acknowledged. It’s a process. "For me, it’s brilliant to have that input coming in, knowing that they are turning each and every stone to find this talent. We monitor them and when we decide we need to invest in them, we go ahead and do that." When Jansen was called up as Ottniel Baartman’s replacement for the Proteas' tour to Pakistan in January he was the second-leading bowler in the CSA 4-Day Franchise Series at the time, with 21 wickets at a 20.71 average. He eventually finished with 23 wickets in six matches at 26.43. It’s clear that Proteas selectors, headed by selection chief Victor Mpitsang, haven’t missed a beat either when it comes to putting Jansen on their radar. The Mumbai Indians are the most successful IPL team having won the tournament five times since its 2008 inception and are the two-time defending champions that are looking to three-peat this year.

Mumbai face Kolkata Knight Riders at 16:00 on Tuesday.

https://www.news24.com/sport/cricke...or-3-years-before-impressive-ipl-bow-20210413
 
Commentators cant stop saying his name, like they're trying to force this guy to become a superstar, give him time let him develop properly, that action needs a lot of work still very raw.
 
India like Pakistan have bad reputation against debutant bowlers. Marco Jansen is likely going to make impact with both bat and ball. He is my vice captain in dream xi.
 
Good Future prospect.Nice action..generates good speed and bounce.
Has there been any successful left handed Test Match Speedster from SA before ?
 
Good Future prospect.Nice action..generates good speed and bounce.
Has there been any successful left handed Test Match Speedster from SA before ?

Brett Schultz played 9 Tests during the nineties in which he took 37 wickets at an average of 20. He was considered quicker than Donald, but persistent knee injuries prevented him from having a long career.
 
Brett Schultz played 9 Tests during the nineties in which he took 37 wickets at an average of 20. He was considered quicker than Donald, but persistent knee injuries prevented him from having a long career.
Just had a look at this guy on youtube. Looked a very good bowler. Lots of pace and could swing it both ways.
 
South Africa have missed big Verns control and batting at 8, but I saw him yesterday and I think they have found their 8 and a guy to give them control. He will average into the early 30s as a bat, he looked very assured yesterday and looks like a guy with an excellent future. He will be good with ball but if he can move the ball into the right handers, he will also become a top bowler.
 
One of the best young emerging finds in test cricket in my opinion and one to look out for in coming years if he remains fit. A really tall left arm pacer (around 6ft7, 6ft8) who can bowl at 140kph + and can bat a bit was always gonna be a prospect. Needs to work on that consistent swing and control with the new ball along with bit of reverse with the older ball to almost complete his test bowling Armory.
 
A very good bowling who has very good height and also bowls at very good pace.If he can start to bring the ball back into the right handers he will become very difficult to play.
 
Incredible début series for Jansen. Took so many crucial wickets for SA.
He also can score a little bit. I don't think he is the finished article yet.
 
Got stuck into the Indian side and didn't back down.

Good to see that he wasn't intimidated or feeling the need to stay on good terms with the opposition just so that he could get an IPL contract.
 
I am surprised he did as well as he did. He looks like a gun barrel straight bowler who relies more on cutters and slower deliveries than anything else along with changes in angles but he can catch the non-suspecting batsman by surprise with a fast rising delivery.
 
reminds me of mohammad irfan, his load up, release and exaggerated wrist flick. makes you think irfan could have been a great test bowler if he had been discovered in his teens.
 
Paramount he works on a inducker/inswinger like shaheen has, otherwise on flat tracks he would be a one trick pony.
 
Good bowler but to be honest was made to look better then what he is by some village batting who had no clue to handle rising balls very similar to how we did vs Oliver in our series in SA.
 
Not underestimating India in ODIs

Next up is the three-match ODI series beginning here on Wednesday. The last time India came to South Africa in 2018, they won the six-match ODI series 5-1. It was also India's first-ever ODI series win in South Africa.

"We hope to carry forward the momentum from the Test series. But we are not underestimating at all. We have to bring our A game and will be looking to take the fight to them," Jansen said.

"We have to work on our preparation and be as prepared as possible, give our all in the field. It will be very, very nice to get an ODI series win," he said.

Never expected an ODI call-up

With the experienced pacer Anrich Nortje missing the ODIs as well after being left out of the Tests due to a hip injury, Jansen has got a maiden ODI call-up in the squad led by Temba Bavuma.

"It wasn't a call-up I expected, but I'm very glad and honoured to be selected in the squad," Jansen said.

"I just want to learn as much as possible as it is my first call-up to the ODI squad. If I get an opportunity, I'll hope to make the most of it and take it with both hands." Having made a lacklustre debut in the Centurion Test, the lanky left-armer bounced back strongly to finish with 19 wickets, just behind their top wicket-taker Kagiso Rabada (20) with an superb average of 16.47.

"I've been in the Test squad previously, before this series, but obviously never expected to be selected. It was an honour.

"I didn't start the way I wanted to do. I was very, very nervous. It's normal to get nervous in your first Test. Just after that I was glad to come back well in the second innings and contributed to the team," Jansen, who got five wickets in his Test debut, said.

My identical twin is my best friend

The player from Potchefstroom has also a left-arm seamer identical twin in Duan, who was also part of the Mumbai Indians squad, albeit as a support player.

"We grew up together, know everything about each other. He's my best friend. It is not weird, but weird in some ways that we have the same traits. Sharing the journey with him is something very special. We love each other very much. I'm a bit taller than him," Jansen said.

"In the IPL, he came along as a support player and practiced with us. It was a great experience for him and for us. Our parents are very proud of us, back us all the way and are very, very supportive."

https://sports.ndtv.com/south-afric...s-vs-india-2713304#pfrom=home-ndtv_topstories
 
At SA20

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South Africa’s Marco Jansen has beaten strong contenders to win the ICC Men’s Emerging Cricketer of the Year award.

Marco Jansen has made a significant impact on international cricket since making his debut for South Africa in December 2021, most notably in the longest format. The athletic left-armer took 36 wickets in eight Test matches during 2022, all of which came against high-ranking Test sides; Australia, India, England and New Zealand. In addition to his impressive bowling average of 19.02, the 22-year-old also provided valuable runs in the lower order, underlining his credentials as a promising all-rounder to watch.

Jansen was equally thrilled with his award win, stating, “I am absolutely delighted to receive this award. I have worked hard on both my disciplines over the last 12 months, especially my batting, so to be rewarded by being named the ICC Men’s Emerging Cricketer of the Year for 2022 is a special honour.

“I would like to thank all the coaches, support staff and my teammates that have helped me develop over the past year and hopefully I can keep improving and performing for South Africa in the years to come.
 
Sizzling displays with the ball and vital contributions with the bat at crucial moments – the winner of the ICC Men's Emerging Cricketer of the Year Award had an unforgettable 2022. Here we relive his performances.

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36 Test wickets at 19.02, 234 runs at 21.27
Two ODI wickets, one T20I wicket

Jansen beat tough competition from India's Arshdeep Singh, Afghanistan's Ibrahim Zadran and New Zealand's Finn Allen, who all enjoyed a breakthrough year in 2022. Here we take a look at his exploits throughout the calendar year.

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The year that was

Just when we thought South Africa’s bowling attack could not be strengthened, up stepped a 206cm left-arm quick who made an impression of his own.

Jansen’s first nine* Test matches (*including Boxing Day in Australia) have turned heads in the cricket world, and moments with the white-ball show there will be little respite for batting line-ups no matter the format.

After a strong Test debut on home soil on Boxing Day in 2021, Jansen continued to trouble his opponents no matter where he travelled in 2022. Taking 14 Test wickets in the calendar year in South Africa at just 13.50, Jansen emulated the success on tour in England and Australia, averaging just 13.11 and 13.33 respectively. His nine Test wickets in New Zealand came at a respectable 28.55 to boot, as he contributed with the bat for Dean Elgar’s side.

Jansen made four appearances for South Africa across the two white-ball formats, showing early glimpses of his quality. He claimed Shreyas Iyer in his only T20I, and a pair of wickets in an ODI against Bangladesh.

Memorable performance

Making 30 with the bat in South Africa’s paltry total of 118 against England at The Oval, Jansen brought his form into the bowling performance, finishing with a maiden five-wicket haul on a surface historically good for batting.

Jansen made a mess of Alex Lees stumps to start the run, before trapping Zak Crawley plumb lbw in an early double-strike. He claimed Joe Root and Harry Brook when he returned to the bowling crease, before dismissing Ben Foakes for his fifth.

He finished with 5/35 as South Africa hit back in the match, bowling England out for just 158.

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Some clean hitting by Marco Jansen as he smashes 2⃣8⃣ runs off the Rashid over ��<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Betway?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Betway</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SA20?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SA20</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MICTvSEC?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MICTvSEC</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/Betway_India?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Betway_India</a> <a href="https://t.co/504jSzfqXf">pic.twitter.com/504jSzfqXf</a></p>— Betway SA20 (@SA20_League) <a href="https://twitter.com/SA20_League/status/1615724194628526084?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 18, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Can someone explain why they are playing IPL matches in South Africa? Seriously
 
I love the body language and attitude of Jansen. This is how fast bowlers should be.

They shouldn't be giving toys/gifts or joking around with opposition. Shaheen afridi please take note
 
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Just look at that height difference. Jansen is a marvel to behold
 
Great Player
He has the potential to be one of the ATGs at least, I reckon.
 
The next genuine all rounder now must ensure longevity unlike Ben Stokes & Hardik Pandya. Neeed to follow the path of Andrew Flintoff Abdur Razzaq
 
Marco Jansen has been phenomenal in powerplay. Most of his wickets came inside first 10 over. Fantastic

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Marco Jansen remained not out at 84 off 147 and missed out on a well deserved century as unfortunately Temba Bavuma could not come out due to injury and end with a lead of 164 runs against India in first innings of 1st Test.

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He was brilliant today. Started Afghan collapse.

A proper all-format player. He is the new Albie Morkel of South Africa.
 
One of the best all-rounders right now in cricket. All-format player.
 
Marco Jansen has second most first over wickets for SA in T20Is

9 - Dale Steyn
7 - Marco Jansen
6 - Kagiso Rabada
4 - Bjorn Fortuin
 
This guy just took a fifer in 6 overs for 13 runs against Sri Lanka in the first test match

Brilliant bowling from him
 
Marco Jansen boasts the best bowling average among pacers in the World Test Championship.

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Jansen hits the jackpot for South Africa as he dismissed the set batter Shan Masood and the lethal looking Kamran Ghulam for his side in the first Test against Pakistan.
 
Marco Jansen’s five-for pushes Pakistan into serious trouble as the collapse deepens on day 3 of first test between south Africa and Pakistan
 
Has the potential to become a great AR and continue the legacy of Pollock, Kallis, Klusner for Southern Afrikaan.
 
Great find for South Africa. He is only 24 and already dominating opponents like this.
 
He has been struggling but we have decided to get him back in form. His action is poor and he still gets wickets against us
 
I posted this in the match thread:

To give some context to Jansen’s 6fer,

His wickets of Rizwan, Salman, Jamal and Saud were a bit soft

However you need to understand how the game has gone for him. He opened the bowling from an end that he was not comfortable with in the first innings, he couldn’t find any rhythm and consistency, didn’t deliver as was expected from him.

In the second innings, it seems either he or the management were adamant that he bowls from the same end Rabada is bowling from to make him more effective.

His wicket of Kamran Ghulam last night was a top delivery with the angle and bounce. He would have got Babar out last night had bad light not been called, from the same angle that he did Kamran.

Again SA wanted to have a burst with Rabada up front this morning and were not going to compromise Jansen to bowl from the end he isn’t comfortable with. As soon as Rabada’s spell ended, Jansen came straight in and caused trouble for Babar from that angle and height. That wasn’t a soft wicket, he would have got Babar out any ball in the slips or caught behind.

Those two wickets of Kamran and Babar were proper worked wickets, and very important to the game
 
Fastest Test fifty by a South African against Pakistan in Tests. Marco Jansen brings up his fifty in just 42 balls

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Marco Jansen was named player of the tournament in the third edition of the SA20. He took 19 wickets and scored 204 runs in the tournament. He was also named the tournament's best bowler.

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Pakistan badly needs a player like Jansen could potentially end the careers of Faheem, Agha, Khusdil & even Naseem
 
Marco Jansen strikes for South Africa as he helps his side to dismiss Mohammad Nabi...Jansen's figures so far 1/19 in his 7th over.
 
Jansen reveals South Africa’s plans ahead of Champions Trophy semi-finals

South Africa has burst into the final four of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 with a win over England that has no doubt caught the attention of cricketing fans everywhere.

Topping Group B, finishing ahead of the Aussies (who also qualified for the semi-finals), the Proteas are playing tough and solid cricket that should hold up as the stakes rise.

It’s form they’ll happily back, as they move into the knockout phase. Marco Jansen has been central to that, off the back of a strong performance that earned him Player of the Match honours against England, taking 3/39 off seven overs, along with three catches.

“I wouldn't say the mindset changes (heading into the semi-finals), it's just the occasion that's probably a bit more hyped up I guess,” he told the media after South Africa’s win over England.

“You try your processes, it's a fancy term, but for me it's just you have your steps or your guides that you go into every match and then basically in semi-finals you just try and do that extraordinarily well if that makes sense, whatever that is for you.”

Form suggests the Proteas have all the pieces in place to go on and win the Champions Trophy from here.

While wet weather denied the cricketing world a chance to see how they looked against Australia, there’s no question they out-classed an England side stacked with talent.

“I think it was a good team performance all in all,” Jansen continued.

“As a bowling unit, I think we did the majority of what we wanted to do or what we planned out or set out to do. And then obviously the batters went out and did their job really nicely.”

Jansen provided some valuable insight into the real-time problem-solving with the ball he demonstrated against the English, which will continue to hold him in good stead, when confronted with tricky challenges against some of the world's best batters.

“I was hoping for some swing, but then obviously there wasn't too much in the air,” he said.

“There was a little bit of nip at the start and then once the ball got older there wasn't really much deviation from the wicket. For me it was just backing my options, which is probably hitting at a hard length and not early on the fuller side, rather on the shorter side.

“For us it's just all about going out and bowling with good intent because then if you bowl with good intent … you tend to have more energy on the ball and then things generally happen.

South Africa will only learn of their semi-final opponent after New Zealand meets India on Sunday, with the loser of that game locked in to meet the Proteas. That result will also impact the location, with India based in Dubai.

“For me, it's just depending on where you play on what lengths to hit and then, as a game develops, then try and figure out what works and what doesn't work and what to do and what not to do. For me personally it's just the occasion or the situation of the game probably changes, not really mentally," Jansen added.

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