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Full name Merwe Gerhard Erasmus
Born April 11, 1995, Windhoek, Namibia
Current age 23 years 165 days
Major teams Namibia, Namibia Under-19s
Playing role Middle-order batsman
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Legbreak
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-class | 38 | 68 | 6 | 1255 | 192 | 20.24 | 2844 | 44.12 | 1 | 3 | 149 | 13 | 24 | 2 |
| List A | 47 | 42 | 5 | 1075 | 91 | 29.05 | 1457 | 73.78 | 0 | 8 | 77 | 18 | 28 | 0 |
T20s 
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50 | 36 | 5 | 402 | 30 | 12.96 | 422 | 95.26 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 13 | 12 | 5 |
| Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-class | 38 | 7 | 146 | 104 | 2 | 2/46 | 2/46 | 52.00 | 4.27 | 73.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| List A | 47 | 2 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 1/11 | 1/11 | 18.00 | 5.68 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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T20s
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50 | 4 | 72 | 88 | 3 | 3/23 | 3/23 | 29.33 | 7.33 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| First-class debut | Ireland v Namibia at Belfast, Sep 6-9, 2011 scorecard |
| Last First-class | KwaZulu-Natal v Namibia at Durban, Apr 12-13, 2018 scorecard |
| List A debut | Namibia v Scotland at Windhoek, Sep 28, 2011 scorecard |
| Last List A | Namibia v Canada at Windhoek, Feb 15, 2018 scorecard |
| T20s debut | Namibia v Scotland at Windhoek, Oct 1, 2011 scorecard |
| Last T20s | Kenya v Namibia at East London, Sep 16, 2018 scorecard |
| Bat & Bowl | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0/27, 5 | Namibia | v Kenya | East London | 16 Sep 2018 | T20 |
| 6, 3/23 | Namibia | v Mpumalanga | East London | 15 Sep 2018 | T20 |
| 0/21, 4* | Namibia | v Border | East London | 14 Sep 2018 | T20 |
| 0/17, 24 | Namibia | v E. Province | East London | 14 Sep 2018 | T20 |
| 34, 2/46, 33 | Namibia | v KZ-Natal | Durban | 12 Apr 2018 | FC |
| 42 | Namibia | v Canada | Windhoek | 15 Feb 2018 | LA |
| 58 | Namibia | v U.A.E. | Windhoek | 14 Feb 2018 | LA |
| - | Namibia | v Kenya | Windhoek | 13 Feb 2018 | LA |
| 66 | Namibia | v Canada | Windhoek | 12 Feb 2018 | LA |
| 63* | Namibia | v Oman | Windhoek | 11 Feb 2018 | LA |
- The painfully small margins in Associate cricket (Mar 16, 2018)
- An offspinning allrounder, an ice-cool finisher, a teenaged legspinner (Feb 16, 2018)
- Canada defend 247 to claim third place (Feb 15, 2018)
- Shaiman, Usman fifties propel UAE into World Cup Qualifier (Feb 14, 2018)
- Williams, Erasmus fifties hand Canada first loss (Feb 12, 2018)
Apr 2, 2018
Joe Root discusses the light with the umpires
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Feb 11, 2018
Gerhard Erasmus walks off exhausted but exultant after taking Namibia to victory
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Feb 11, 2018
Gerhard Erasmus gambled successfully in the final over with a scoop over fine leg for four
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