roelof van der merwe Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
roelof van der merwe is a cricketer(sportsman) from Netherlands. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
Roelof Erasmus van der Merwe
Born
December 31, 1984, Johannesburg, Transvaal
Age
38 years old
Also Known As
Roela, Bulldog
Batting Style
Right hand Bat
Bowling Style
Slow Left arm Orthodox
Playing Role
Bowling Allrounder
Education
Waterkloof
Batting Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | - | 24 | 51 | 21 |
Inn | - | 16 | 36 | 15 |
Runs | - | 164 | 465 | 159 |
Avg | - | 12.62 | 21.14 | 14.45 |
SR | - | 91.11 | 127.4 | 112.77 |
HS | - | 57 | 75 | 35 |
NO | - | 3 | 14 | 4 |
100s | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
50s | - | 1 | 2 | 0 |
4s | - | 12 | 37 | 11 |
6s | - | 6 | 13 | 8 |
Bowling Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | - | 24 | 51 | 21 |
Inn | - | 24 | 50 | 21 |
Balls | - | 1161 | 997 | 443 |
Runs | - | 996 | 1070 | 498 |
Wkt | - | 25 | 56 | 21 |
BBI | - | 27 / 3 | 35 / 4 | 20 / 4 |
BBM | - | 27 / 3 | 35 / 4 | 20 / 4 |
Eco | - | 5.15 | 6.44 | 6.74 |
Avg | - | 39.84 | 19.11 | 23.71 |
5W | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
10W | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Teams he has played for:
- Netherlands
- South Africa
- Barbados Royals
- Brisbane Heat
- Delhi Daredevils
- London Spirit (Men)
- Northern Superchargers (Men)
- Northerns
- Royal Challengers Bangalore
- Somerset
- South Africa A
- South Africa Under-19s
- St Lucia Zouks
- Sunrisers Eastern Cape
- Titans
- Welsh Fire (Men)
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
Nicknamed “the Bulldog” for his tenacity and ferocious competitiveness in all aspects of the game, picking highlights out of the left-arm spinning all-rounder’s storied career might be compared to finding hay in a haystack. Whether it’s in Orange defending six off the final over to tie a T20I against Zimbabwe after giving up a maximum first ball, or in Somerset colours smashing an implausible, irrepressible 165* after walking in at 22-5 to deliver an impossible victory over Surrey, or taking any number of catches that others might not even consider a half chance, van der Merwe’s never-say-die attitude has been an asset to each of the many teams he’s played for.
Early in his career that was the Titans and South Africa. Van der Merwe first represented his native country at the 2004 Under-19 World Cup, going on to make his professional debut for Northerns two years later. He was soon a regular for the Titans franchise, topping the wicket-takers table in the MTN Domestic Championship to help the Titans to the title in 2008, a season where he swept the domestic player awards. An equally successful season the following year saw the Titans retain their title and earned van der Merwe a Proteas call-up. Despite impressing on T20I debut with a brisk 48 on debut against Australia, and in the ODI series that followed, van der Merwe would remain on the fringes of the national side for the ensuing years, missing out on selection for the 2011 World Cup.
By then his globe-trotting franchise career had taken off however, picked up by Royal Challengers Bangalore in the nascent IPL whom he represented for two seasons before switching to Delhi Daredevils in 2011. A stint with Amsterdamsche Cricket Club in 2015 would result in his international return, the Netherlands coach Anton Roux persuading him to take advantage of his maternal Dutch heritage and secure a Netherlands passport. The decision allowed van der Merwe to make his debut in Orange in their 2015 home series against Nepal, as well as allowing him to play as a local in County Cricket, of which Somerset (whom he’d played for as an overseas in 2011) were quick to take advantage.
Now settled in the UK van der Merwe is an established crowd favourite at Taunton, but remains a regular on the franchise circuit during the northern winter. He returned to South Africa in 2023 to play for Sunrisers Eastern Cape, collecting 20 wickets and the Bowler of the Season award, while in the CPL he signed for the Royals. Meanwhile van der Merwe continues to represent the Dutch when his Somerset commitments allow. His second international career has taken him to three T20 World Cups and finally a long-awaited ODI World Cup in 2023.
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
A tidy left-arm spinner and hard-hitting batter, Roelof van der Merwe is one of a small set of cricketers to have represented two international teams.
Van der Merwe played in the 2004 Under-19 World Cup for South Africa before he made his domestic debut in 2006 for Northerns. He first tasted success in franchise cricket with Titans in the 2007-08 season, when he topped the wicket-takers' chart in the MTN Domestic Championship, finished third in the Standard Bank Pro20 Series, and contributed handy runs in both tournaments. Titans won both titles and van der Merwe harvested a clutch of player-of-the-year titles. The following season, his 30 wickets were pivotal in the team retaining the MTN title.
He marked his T20I debut, against Australia in 2009 with a quickfire 48 and 1 for 30 and was named Player of the Match. He played 26 games, split evenly between ODIs and T20Is over a year, for South Africa before calling time on his international career with them. Between then and when he first turned out for Netherlands in 2015, having acquired a Dutch passport, he plied his trade as a T20 journeyman, with gigs in the IPL with Royal Challengers Bangalore and Delhi Daredevils, and with Somerset in England's T20 Blast, while still appearing for Titans.
Van der Merwe got off to a brisk start in T20Is for Netherlands, taking two wickets apiece in each of his first four games, in 2015. In June 2019, he produced a breakneck 75 not out against Zimbabwe, and in the game after, took 4 for 35 - though Zimbabwe won that match in the eliminator after it was tied.
As he entered his late 30s, van der Merwe continued to ply his trade around the world, though primarily as a bowler as his batting became less consistent. At the T20 World Cup in 2022, playing for Netherlands, he took a stunning high catch off David Miller to help his side secure a famous victory - one which knocked his old team, South Africa, out of the tournament before the semi-finals.
His longevity was confirmed when, in early 2023, he finished the inaugural SA20 as the leading wicket-taker for champions Sunrisers Eastern Cape.
ESPNcricinfo staff