Roelof van der Merwe

Netherlands

Full name Roelof Erasmus van der Merwe

Born December 31, 1984, Johannesburg, Transvaal

Current age 34 years 145 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

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	28	17	6	211	48	19.18	159	132.70	0	0	15	8	13
First-class	63	102	14	3053	205*	34.69	4357	70.07	6	18	355	36	46
List A	183	150	43	2797	165*	26.14	2799	99.92	1	10	225	78	77
T20s	192	141	43	2109	89*	21.52	1598	131.97	0	8	188	82	79

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	28	27	576	641	33	2/3	2/3	19.42	6.67	17.4	0	0
First-class	63	106	8738	4342	123	4/22	8/104	35.30	2.98	71.0	6	0
List A	183	171	8011	6481	247	5/26	5/26	26.23	4.85	32.4	12	4
T20s	192	186	3771	4523	176	3/13	3/13	25.69	7.19	21.4	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	Ireland v Netherlands at Al Amerat, Feb 17, 2019 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	Nottinghamshire v Somerset at Nottingham, May 12, 2019 scorecard
T20s debut	Titans v Warriors at Benoni, Mar 28, 2008 scorecard
Last T20s	Ireland v Netherlands at Al Amerat, Feb 17, 2019 scorecard

Recent matches

Bat & Bowl	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
11, 3/29	Somerset	v Notts	Nottingham	12 May 2019	LA
13, 1/26	Somerset	v Worcs	Worcester	10 May 2019	LA
1/45	Somerset	v Surrey	Taunton	7 May 2019	LA
38, 1/57	Somerset	v Hampshire	Taunton	5 May 2019	LA
1/58, 38	Somerset	v Middlesex	Radlett	1 May 2019	LA
15, 0/57	Somerset	v Gloucs	Bristol	28 Apr 2019	LA
1/25	Somerset	v Essex	Taunton	26 Apr 2019	LA
2*	Somerset	v Sussex	Hove	24 Apr 2019	LA
14, 2/36	Somerset	v Glamorgan	Cardiff	21 Apr 2019	LA
14, 1/12	Somerset	v Kent	Taunton	19 Apr 2019	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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