Former South Africa pacer Morne Morkel makes an appearance in Wimbledon Final

It has been a few months since lanky pacer Morne Morkel retired from international Test cricket. However, his presence within the South African ranks remains to be quite profound, to say the least. At the moment, the Proteas are doing battle with Sri Lanka, and having lost the first Test in Galle, Faf du Plessis and his band of merry men have seemingly become one of those teams which are ‘Lions at Home, and Lambs away’.

As they await the second Test in Colombo, something they will be hoping to make a mark in, the erstwhile Morne Morkel was seen at the Wimbledon final when South African Kevin Anderson went into battle with the legendary Novak Djokovic. In fact, Morkel was seen sitting in the player’s box and perarched behind Anderson’s girlfriend as his friend did battle on center-court.

It was a particularly one-sided final however this time around in Wimbeldon. Although the group stages and the quarterfinals had indeed been somewhat of a spectacle to watch, it was quite clear that Morkel’s buddy Anderson simply did not have the firepower to match that of Anderson’s as he was defeated by the then three-time champion Djokovic.

This would also seem as Djokovic’s rise back from the dumps into reckoning once again. He claimed his fourth Wimbledon title and 12th Grand Slam of all-time.

As far as Morkel is concerned, after having announced his retirement, he immediately signed a Kolpak deal with English county club Surrey and has been quite impressive for them with the ball in recent times. Should Surrey have any hopes of making back from relegation into the top-flight, they will certainly do it with the firepower of the 34-year old Morkel.

Here are a few tweets:

#WimbledonFinal
WTF is Morné Morkel doing at this match…No wonder Anderson is chocking.😣😣😣

— Gumball Waterson (@Gumball_SBO) July 15, 2018

Biggest celebrity at todays Wimbledon final is Morne Morkel?? Sad day for tennis this

— David Brent bets IPL (@DavidBrentIPL) July 15, 2018

Commentator: “Morne Morkel in Kevin Anderson’s box. Fast bowler. He’s playing for Surrey at the moment…”

Boris Becker: “ …..when he was in trouble vs Nadal….”

The German had no clue who or what his colleague was speaking about.

— Derek Alberts (@derekalberts1) July 15, 2018

Kevin Anderson should ask Morne Morkel to leave, because y'all know what happens to the Proteas 😂

— Isgak (@iceman_brfc) July 15, 2018

What is Morne Morkel doing in Kevin Anderson’s box? He should take a flight directly to Colombo right now coz the Proteas need him more than Kevin Anderson. #Wimbledon

— Arjun Ashok (@arj_90) July 15, 2018

The last time I saw Morne Morkel this close to tennis racquets, Mark Boucher was smacking bouncers at him from 8m to prep him for Mitchell Johnson.

— stuart hess (@shockerhess) July 15, 2018

Morne Morkel at Wimbledon to support Kevin Anderson pic.twitter.com/fF6ozTYS2i

— Anis Khan (@AniskhanFr) July 15, 2018

Morne Morkel I see u in de the Anderson camp @mornemorkel65

— Lethabo (@LethaboDr) July 15, 2018

Morne morkel is there.. Such a Shame no one knows him.

— Rafole fan (@Neerav31258) July 15, 2018

Morne Morkel in Anderson's box 😃

— Praveen Nadalista (@praveen_248) July 15, 2018

Morne Morkel in his corner… Obvious he will choke lol

— 👑DUKE👑 (@JustMarko10) July 15, 2018

Why is Morne Morkel in Anderson's supporters box? #Anderson #Wimbledon

— André de Beer (@AndredeBeer) July 15, 2018

Morne Morkel in attendance. CHOKERS… Djokocvic is gonna beat your fella today 🤣 #WimbledonFinal

— Ayush Gupta (@The_AyushGupta) July 15, 2018

did i just see morne morkel in the box ? #Wimbledon

— Sallu (@Salil5555) July 15, 2018

Morne Morkel’s face is very punchable

— # (@eli96_) July 15, 2018

#WimbledonFinal #AndrewCastle identified #MorneMorkel after a considerable length of time

— Moeen's doosra (@pelepele1) July 15, 2018

Morne Morkel there..at Wimbledon ! always see cricketers turn up at tennis. Never see tennis players coming up for Cricket World Cup ! except Sania Mirza and that except IndvPak

— freeshead (@jnd583) July 15, 2018

Morné Morkel at Wimbledon, isn't he supposed to be with the Proteas

— Ndim iGrootman (@Asanda_Bilose) July 15, 2018

Oh look the camel that is Morné Morkel at #Wimbledon

— 🥀 (@PandaDembouz) July 15, 2018

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