Aiden Markram

thumb|Aiden Kyle Markram Aiden Kyle Markram (born 4 October 1994) is a South African cricketer who is the current captain of the South Africa national cricket team in Twenty20 International cricket and vice-captain in One Day International and Test cricket. Quotes When you're 19, you think a lot differently about the game and are probably a lot more free-spirited and oblivious to the external pressures that come with playing cricket, I remember things being quite relaxed and quite simple. We were pretty clear on what we were trying to achieve and that was where all our focus was I wasn't 100% sure how I wanted to go about things as a captain then You kind of try to work out as quickly as you can what your unique way of trying to lead is, and that series helped me sort of find that out. That was a blessing in disguise It wasn't a great series, of course, but it was cool at the time to have that responsibility, although pretty unexpected. In hindsight, I still hold those memories and lessons close." It was nice to have a much better understanding and idea of how I wanted to do things as a captain. It helped a lot that Coach Adi Birrell was there. He's seen it all. All in all, I had a much better understanding. "[Power-hitting] is not the most natural thing for me just based on how I've always played," I 've always been a space hitter - generally more fours than sixes, a lot more twos than ones, especially in the initial phase of my innings, I don't mind my power game once I feel in. But to have that and to be able to do that after three, four balls is a completely different ball game. It's not the most natural thing to me but the way the game's moving, I'd be silly not to be training that and not to try and grow my game to hopefully then be able to do it . And even if you don't do it, I suppose just feeling confident enough out in the middle that you can do it because you've trained it. He's really clear in how he wants to see the team play the game, and that makes for pretty simple decision-making when you're out in the middle. I've gathered quite a lot of that. I've learned a lot from them, from Dan [Vettori, SRH head coach] and Pat in that regard. Aiden Markram is not your typical South African captain (and that's a good thing), June 2024, Cricinfo by Firdose Moonda External links Category:Cricketers from South Africa Category:Living people Category:1994 births