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{{short description|South African cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}}
{{Use South African English|date=November 2012}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Marchant de Lange
| image = 1 36 Marchant de Lange.jpg
| caption = de Lange playing for Somerset in 2021
| country = South Africa
| full_name = Marchant de Lange
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|10|13|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Tzaneen]], [[Transvaal Province]], South Africa
| nickname = Langy, Chant, Chana
| heightm = 2.01
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm [[Fast bowling|fast]]
| role = [[Bowler (cricket)|Bowler]]
| international = true
| internationalspan = 2011–2016
| testdebutdate = 26 December
| testdebutyear = 2011
| testdebutagainst = Sri Lanka
| testcap = 312
| lasttestdate = 23 March
| lasttestyear = 2012
| lasttestagainst = New Zealand
| odidebutdate = 3 March
| odidebutyear = 2012
| odidebutagainst = New Zealand
| odicap = 103
| lastodidate = 3 February
| lastodiyear = 2016
| lastodiagainst = England
| odishirt =
| club1 = [[Easterns (cricket team)|Easterns]]
| year1 = 2010/11–2015/16
| club2 = [[Titans (cricket team)|Titans]]
| year2 = 2010/11–2015/16
| club3 = [[Kolkata Knight Riders]]
| year3 = 2012
| club4 = [[Mumbai Indians]]
| year4 = 2014–2015
| club5 = [[Guyana Amazon Warriors]]
| year5 = 2015
| club6 = [[Barbados Tridents]]
| year6 = 2016
| club7 = [[Knights (cricket team)|Knights]]
| year7 = {{nowrap|2016/17–2018/19}}
| club8 = [[Free State (cricket team)|Free State]]
| year8 = 2016/17
| club9 = [[Glamorgan County Cricket Club|Glamorgan]]
| year9 = 2017–2020
| club10 = [[Durban Heat]]
| year10 = 2018
| club11 = [[Somerset County Cricket Club|Somerset]]
| year11 = 2021–2022
| club12 = [[Trent Rockets]]
| year12 = 2021
| club13 = [[Dambulla Giants]]
| year13 = 2021
| club14 = [[Islamabad United]]
| year14 = 2022
| club15 = [[Gloucestershire County Cricket Club|Gloucestershire]]
| year15 = 2023–2026
| club16 = [[Abu Dhabi Knight Riders]]
| year16 = 2024
| club17 = [[Biratnagar Kings]]
| year17 = 2025
| columns = 4
| column1 = [[Test cricket|Test]]
| matches1 = 2
| runs1 = 9
| bat avg1 = 4.50
| 100s/50s1 = 0/0
| top score1 = 9
| deliveries1 = 448
| wickets1 = 9
| bowl avg1 = 30.78
| fivefor1 = 1
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 7/81
| catches/stumpings1 = 1/–
| column2 = [[One Day International|ODI]]
| matches2 = 4
| runs2 = –
| bat avg2 = –
| 100s/50s2 = –
| top score2 = –
| deliveries2 = 209
| wickets2 = 10
| bowl avg2 = 19.80
| fivefor2 = 0
| tenfor2 = 0
| best bowling2 = 4/46
| catches/stumpings2 = 0/–
| column3 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]
| matches3 = 112
| runs3 = 2,162
| bat avg3 = 17.02
| 100s/50s3 = 1/6
| top score3 = 113
| deliveries3 = 19,555
| wickets3 = 380
| bowl avg3 = 30.48
| fivefor3 = 13
| tenfor3 = 2
| best bowling3 = 7/23
| catches/stumpings3 = 45/–
| column4 = [[List A cricket|LA]]
| matches4 = 100
| runs4 = 776
| bat avg4 = 15.52
| 100s/50s4 = 0/2
| top score4 = 58[[Not out|*]]
| deliveries4 = 4,984
| wickets4 = 174
| bowl avg4 = 25.91
| fivefor4 = 4
| tenfor4 = 0
| best bowling4 = 5/49
| catches/stumpings4 = 25/–
| date = 11 August
| year = 2026
| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/marchant-de-lange-393279 ESPNcricinfo
}}
'''Marchant de Lange''' (born 13 October 1990) is a South African [[cricket]]er who plays for [[Gloucestershire County Cricket Club]].

He is a right-arm [[Fast bowling|fast bowler]] and tail-end right-handed batsman and was called up to the [[South Africa national cricket team|South Africa]] squad from relative obscurity and little first-class experience for the series against [[Sri Lanka national cricket team|Sri Lanka]] in 2011, returning figures of 8/126 on Test debut, including 7/81 in the Sri Lankan first innings.<ref name=debut>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/south-africa-v-sri-lanka-2011/engine/current/match/514033.html |title=2nd Test: South Africa v Sri Lanka at Durban, Dec 26-30, 2011 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=27 December 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/sport/cricket/de-lange-tops-role-models-20111227-1pblp.html|title=De Lange tops role models|date=28 December 2011|work=[[The Age]]|access-date=28 December 2011}}</ref>

He is qualified to play in English county cricket due to his British spouse.<ref>{{cite web |date=12 April 2018 |title=The who's who of South Africa's Kolpak brigade |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/23129936/the-south-africa-kolpak-brigade |website=ESPNcricinfo|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190706164321/http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/23129936/the-south-africa-kolpak-brigade|archive-date=6 July 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Playing style==
de Lange is a tall right-arm fast bowler with an ability to gain swing and accuracy. Prior to his cricketing career, de Lange was a [[javelin thrower]] hence his ability to attain such impressive pace around 145–150 km/h from a short run-up.

==International career==
de Lange, at the age of 19, made his first class debut in 2010 for [[Easterns cricket team|Easterns]] against [[Free State cricket team|Free State]] and returned match figures of 4/99. He was called up to the [[South Africa national cricket team|South Africa]] squad from relative obscurity and little first-class experience for the series against [[Sri Lanka national cricket team|Sri Lanka]] and impressed in the second test with pace and bounce claiming 7–81 in the [[Sri Lanka national cricket team|Sri Lankan]] first-innings and capturing 1–56 in the second. He suffered an injury during an unofficial T20 series in Zimbabwe in early 2012 and was forced to remodel his action to prevent further recurrences of the injury happening again.

He made his Twenty20 debut against [[New Zealand Cricket Team|New Zealand]] on 19 February 2012 at Hamilton. He took the wicket of [[Martin Guptill]] on his debut.<ref>{{cite web|title=New Zealand vs South Africa - 20-20, 2nd T20I, Seddon Park, Hamilton, New Zealand, Sun, 19 Feb 2012|url=http://cricket.yahoo.com/cricket-live-score-new-zealand-vs-south-africa_104759#FullScoreboard}}</ref>

==T20 franchise cricket==
Marchant de Lange was a surprise buy in the 2012 [[Indian Premier League]] Auction with [[Kolkata Knight Riders]] notching him up for his base price of $50,000. That season he played in three matches and picked up 3 wickets at an average of 35.66.

In players auction for [[IPL 2014]], [[Mumbai Indians]] bought this talented bowler for Rs. 30 lakhs. He debuted for them in their second match against [[Delhi Daredevils]] replacing their best bowler [[Lasith Malinga]]. It was an important match as Mumbai needed to win all their in order to qualify for the playoffs. He went for 10 in his first over but impressed everyone with a great comeback, bowling [[Dinesh Karthik]] out in the first ball he bowled to him and later getting the important wicket of [[Manoj Tiwary (cricketer)|Manoj Tiwary]]. He finished with figures of 2/31 and was awarded the "Kanna Keep Calm" award for maintaining composure and helping turn the match in his team's favour.

In October 2018, he was named in [[Durban Heat]]'s squad for the [[2018 Mzansi Super League|first edition]] of the [[Mzansi Super League]] T20 tournament.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sport24.co.za/Cricket/live-mzansi-super-league-player-draft-20181017 |title=Mzansi Super League - full squad lists |work=Sport24 |access-date=17 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iol.co.za/sport/cricket/domestic/mzansi-super-league-player-draft-the-story-so-far-17521199 |title=Mzansi Super League Player Draft: The story so far |work=Independent Online |access-date=17 October 2018}}</ref>

In 2021, he took the first 5 Wicket Haul in the inaugural edition of [[The Hundred (cricket)|The Hundred]] while playing for the [[Trent Rockets]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/the-hundred-men-s-competition-2021-1252040/trent-rockets-men-vs-southern-brave-men-3rd-match-1252668/live-cricket-score | title=Marchant de Lange five-for humbles Southern Brave before Dawid Malan steers chase | work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> He finished the season as a joint leading taker with 12 wickets in total.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Hundred Men's Competition, 2021 Cricket Team Records & Stats |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=13880&type=tournament |access-date=2022-02-28 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> In December 2021, he was signed by [[Islamabad United]] following the players' draft for the [[2022 Pakistan Super League]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pcb.com.pk/press-release-detail/franchises-finalise-squad-for-hbl-psl-2022-.html |title=Franchises finalise squad for HBL PSL 2022 |work=Pakistan Cricket Board |access-date=12 December 2021}}</ref> In April 2022, he was bought by the [[Trent Rockets]] for the [[2022 season of The Hundred|2022 season]] of [[The Hundred (cricket)|The Hundred]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/60477088 |title=The Hundred 2022: latest squads as Draft picks revealed |work=BBC Sport |access-date=5 April 2022}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of South Africa cricketers who have taken five-wicket hauls on Test debut]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{ESPNcricinfo|id=393279}}

{{Gloucestershire County Cricket Club squad}}
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