Roelof van der Merwe

Netherlands

Full name Roelof Erasmus van der Merwe

Born December 31, 1984, Johannesburg, Transvaal

Current age 33 years 200 days

Major teams Netherlands, South Africa, Brisbane Heat, Delhi Daredevils, Northerns, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Somerset, South Africa A, South Africa Under-19s, St Lucia Zouks, Titans

Also known as Roela

Playing role Allrounder

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox

Education Waterkloof

Explore Roelof van der Merwe's performance

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
ODIs	13	7	3	39	12	9.75	41	95.12	0	0	3	2	3
T20Is	25	16	6	211	48	21.10	158	133.54	0	0	15	8	13
First-class	63	102	14	3053	205*	34.69	4357	70.07	6	18	355	36	46
List A	173	142	42	2652	165*	26.52	2658	99.77	1	10	215	74	66
T20s	176	132	36	2014	89*	20.97	1544	130.44	0	8	179	78	70

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w
ODIs	13	13	705	561	17	3/27	3/27	33.00	4.77	41.4	0	0
T20Is	25	24	504	570	31	2/3	2/3	18.38	6.78	16.2	0	0
First-class	63	106	8738	4342	123	4/22	8/104	35.30	2.98	71.0	6	0
List A	173	162	7626	6136	236	5/26	5/26	26.00	4.82	32.3	12	4
T20s	176	170	3405	4022	163	3/13	3/13	24.67	7.08	20.8	0	0

Career statistics

ODI debut	South Africa v Australia at Centurion, Apr 5, 2009 scorecard
Last ODI	West Indies v South Africa at Port of Spain, Jun 3, 2010 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut	South Africa v Australia at Centurion, Mar 29, 2009 scorecard
Last T20I	Netherlands v Ireland at Rotterdam, Jun 13, 2018 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut	Limpopo v Northerns at Duiwelskloof, Dec 7-9, 2006 scorecard
Last First-class	Somerset v Nottinghamshire at Taunton, Jun 9-12, 2018 scorecard
List A debut	Northerns v North West at Pretoria, Oct 15, 2006 scorecard
Last List A	Hampshire v Somerset at Southampton, Jun 6, 2018 scorecard
T20s debut	Titans v Warriors at Benoni, Mar 28, 2008 scorecard
Last T20s	Gloucestershire v Somerset at Bristol, Jul 13, 2018 scorecard

Recent matches

Bat & Bowl	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
11, 1/15	Somerset	v Gloucs	Bristol	13 Jul 2018	T20
12*, 0/35	Somerset	v Kent	Taunton	8 Jul 2018	T20
0/22	Somerset	v Gloucs	Taunton	6 Jul 2018	T20
2/24, 37	Netherlands	v Ireland	Rotterdam	13 Jun 2018	T20I # 672
0, 1/5, 4/138	Somerset	v Notts	Taunton	9 Jun 2018	FC
2/70, 12	Somerset	v Hampshire	Southampton	6 Jun 2018	LA
18*	Somerset	v Gloucs	Taunton	1 Jun 2018	LA
3, 0/2	Somerset	v Kent	Canterbury	29 May 2018	LA
52, 1/19	Somerset	v Middlesex	Taunton	27 May 2018	LA
1/58, 61	Somerset	v Essex	Chelmsford	25 May 2018	LA

Profile

With just a clutch of domestic and Under-19 matches to his credit, Roelof van der Merwe marked his Twenty20 international debut for South Africa with a quickfire 48 and 1 for 30. He was duly named Man of the Match. It marked a quick rise for a tidy left-arm spinner who can hit the ball hard.

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