Full name Albert van der Merwe
Born June 1, 1979, Bellville, Cape Town, South Africa
Current age 41 years 239 days
Major teams Ireland
Playing role Bowler
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ODIs | 9 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 3.75 | 25 | 60.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| First-class | 7 | 7 | 3 | 42 | 20 | 10.50 | 114 | 36.84 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| List A | 14 | 9 | 3 | 31 | 8 | 5.16 | 56 | 55.35 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ODIs | 9 | 9 | 432 | 323 | 11 | 5/49 | 5/49 | 29.36 | 4.48 | 39.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| First-class | 7 | 11 | 837 | 430 | 28 | 6/27 | 11/68 | 15.35 | 3.08 | 29.8 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| List A | 14 | 14 | 605 | 474 | 12 | 5/49 | 5/49 | 39.50 | 4.70 | 50.4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| ODI debut | Netherlands v Ireland at Amstelveen, Jul 9, 2010 scorecard |
| Last ODI | Ireland v Canada at Dublin, Sep 20, 2011 scorecard |
| ODI statistics | |
| First-class debut | Ireland v Netherlands at Dublin, Aug 11-13, 2010 scorecard |
| Last First-class | Ireland XI v South Africa A at Coleraine, Aug 13-16, 2012 scorecard |
| List A debut | Ireland v West Indies A at Belfast, Jun 23, 2010 scorecard |
| Last List A | Ireland XI v South Africa A at Belfast, Aug 23, 2012 scorecard |
| Bat & Bowl | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0/42 | Ireland XI | v SA A | Belfast | 23 Aug 2012 | LA |
| 0*, 0/14 | Ireland XI | v SA A | Belfast | 21 Aug 2012 | LA |
| 0/25 | Ireland XI | v SA A | Strabane | 19 Aug 2012 | LA |
| 6*, 0/44 | Ireland XI | v SA A | Coleraine | 13 Aug 2012 | FC |
| 1/43, 20 | Ireland XI | v SA A | Wicklow | 6 Aug 2012 | FC |
| 0/25 | Ireland XI | v Bangladeshis | Comber | 16 Jul 2012 | Other T20 |
| 1/24 | Ireland | v Afghanistan | Dublin | 9 Jul 2012 | FC |
| 0*, 5/41, 0, 6/27 | Ireland | v Kenya | Mombasa | 12 Feb 2012 | FC |
| 0/37 | Ireland | v Canada | Dublin | 20 Sep 2011 | ODI # 3197 |
| 5*, 5/70, 3/61 | Ireland | v Canada | Dublin | 13 Sep 2011 | FC |
Bespectacled, tall and lanky, Albert van der Merwe is an offspinning allrounder whose outstanding performances for The Hills club in the Leinster Senior League led to an Ireland debut against West Indies A in June 2010 and inclusion in the World Cricket League Division One tournament in Netherlands the following month. Born in Cape Town, van der Merwe captained Potchefstroom University to their first SA University title before emigrating to Ireland in 2004. Van der Merwe made his start in Irish club cricket with Derriaghy in 2007 before joining The Hills the following season. Opening the batting and contributing regularly with the ball, he played a pivotal role in the club's victorious Leinster Senior League campaign that year, and in 2009 he won the Samuels Cup as the leading allrounder in Leinster. In 16 matches in the season, van der Merwe scored 570 runs at an average of 40.71 including a top score of 123 not out off just 125 balls. He also took 26 wickets at an average of 20.45 including best figures of 5 for 7.
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Sep 14, 2011
Albert Van Der Merwe finished with eight wickets in the game
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Sep 14, 2011
Albert Van Der Merwe celebrates a wicket
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Feb 28, 2011
Albert van der Merwe at training
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