Marchant de Lange (born 13 October 1990) is a South African cricketer who plays for Gloucestershire.
He is a right-arm fast bowler and tail-end right-handed batsman and was called up to the South Africa squad from relative obscurity and little first-class experience for the series against Sri Lanka.
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.
de Lange, at the age of 19, made his first class debut in 2010 for Easterns against Free State and returned match figures of 4/99.
[4] 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.