Roelof

van der Merwe

South Africa
All Rounder

About Roelof van der Merwe

Name
Roelof van der Merwe
Born
Dec 31, 1984 (39 years)
Birth Place
South Africa
Role
All Rounder
Batting Style
Right Handed
Bowling Style
Slow left-arm orthodox

A slow left-arm spinner, Roelof van der Merwe is a South African cricketer who plays domestic cricket for Titans and Northerns, and has represented South Africa in ODIs. He also played in the 2004 Under-19 World Cup.

Also known as “Roela”, he made his domestic debut with Northerns in 2006, but found success when he moved to franchise cricket with the Titans in the 2007-08 season. He was the leading wicket-taker in the MTN Domestic Championship and third in the Standard Bank Pro20 series, where the Titans won both titles and van der Merwe was named Player of the Year along with Newcomer of the Year at the SA Cricket awards.

A hard-hitter of the ball, van der Merwe was then selected for the South African T20 side and made his T20I debut in 2009. He also bagged an Indian T20 Leaugue contract from Bengaluru in the same year. In 2011, he was signed by Delhi.

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ICC Ranking

# 0
Test
# 277
ODI
# 310
T20I

Career Stats

Batting
Bowling
Batter
Test
ODI
T20I
Domestic-Firstclass
Matches
0
27
57
80
Innings
0
17
38
128
Runs
0
167
490
3587
Highest Score
0
57
75
205
SR
0.00
89.00
128.00
69.00
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Team Played For

South Africa
South Africa
Netherlands
Netherlands
Northerns
Northerns
South Africa A
South Africa A
South African Invitation XI
South African Invitation XI
Titans
Titans
Royal Challengers Bengaluru
Royal Challengers Bengaluru
Delhi Capitals
Delhi Capitals
South Africa Under-19
South Africa Under-19
Somerset
Somerset
Brisbane Heat
Brisbane Heat
Marylebone Cricket Club
Marylebone Cricket Club
Barbados Royals
Barbados Royals
Saint Lucia Kings
Saint Lucia Kings
Jo'burg Giants
Jo'burg Giants
Maratha Arabians
Maratha Arabians
Tshwane Spartans
Tshwane Spartans
Biratnagar Warriors
Biratnagar Warriors
Amsterdam Knights
Amsterdam Knights
Team Abu Dhabi
Team Abu Dhabi
London Spirit
London Spirit
Northern Superchargers
Northern Superchargers
Welsh Fire
Welsh Fire
Sunrisers Eastern Cape
Sunrisers Eastern Cape
Dubai Capitals
Dubai Capitals