ICC World Cup 2023: Jansen poised so as to add new chapter to South Africa’s wealthy historical past of all-rounders

How good an all-rounder is Marco Jansen? If this ODI World Cup is something to go by, he’s nearly as good as any on the planet proper now. 

No bowler has taken extra wickets on this World Cup than South Africa’s Jansen, and amongst bowlers to have taken 10 or extra wickets, no person has scored extra runs than him.

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Against New Zealand, on the MCA Stadium in Pune on Wednesday, South Africa didn’t want Jansen the batter, for the primary time this event. The Proteas batters continued to ship, as they scaled the 350-run mark for the fourth time on this World Cup.

Jansen the bowler was to not be silenced although. The left-arm pacer ripped via New Zealand’s high order, dismissing Devon Conway and Rachin Ravindra in his opening spell to place South Africa on track for an enormous win. 

Jansen used his 6ft 8in body to nice impact as he extracted vital bounce from the Pune floor, making life troublesome for the Black Caps and ending with figures of three for 31. 

The 23-year-old’s prowess with the ball is just not unknown. It is his batting capability that has taken the cricketing world abruptly this day out. 

Going into this World Cup, Jansen had 265 runs in ODIs at a median of 29.44 with a strike charge of 114.72 – numbers that may be thought of above par for a lower-order batter.

But he has upped his batting sport within the event, garnering 143 runs in six innings at a median of 47.66 and a strike charge of 128.82. 

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Along the way in which, Jansen additionally scored his first ODI fifty, hitting a glowing unbeaten 75 in 42 balls in opposition to England in Mumbai. He tagged together with a marauding Heinrich Klaasen to placed on a 151-run partnership for the sixth wicket to primarily seal the sport for the Proteas.

Jansen’s batting capabilities are important to South Africa’s staff construction. He is the buffer within the Proteas batting lineup at No. 7, connecting a full-throttle high order and a shaky tail. No one has scored extra runs batting at No. 7 or decrease on this World Cup than Jansen.

The eye-catching numbers with the bat have been complemented by an improved incisiveness with the ball. 

Ahead of the World Cup, Jansen had 18 ODI wickets at a median of 38.22, with an financial system of 6.24 and a bowling strike charge of 36.78.

But on this event, he has been in scorching kind with the ball, snaring 16 wickets at a formidable common of 20.06, with an financial system of 5.83, whereas his strike charge is a shocking 20.62. 

Jansen has taken no less than two wickets in each innings he has bowled on this World Cup up to now, successfully taking up because the chief of the South African bowling assault, which boasts of abilities like Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi and Gerald Coetzee. 

Jansen supplied a glimpse of his all-round prowess in South Africa’s five-match ODI collection in opposition to Australia, forward of the World Cup. The 23-year-old picked eight wickets and scored 134 runs within the collection. He reserved his finest for the final match, the place he thumped a 23-ball 47 earlier than scalping 5 Aussie wickets for 39 runs. The going has solely gotten higher from there on for Jansen. 

South Africa has a wealthy historical past of fast-bowling all-rounders – from the legendary Clive Rice to the reliable Shaun Pollock and the unbelievable Jacques Kallis. In Jansen, South Africa now has a possible candidate awaiting to hitch this league of extraordinary multi-faceted cricketers.