Roelof van der Merwe

Personal information

Full name

Roelof Erasmus van der Merwe

Born

31 December 1984 (age 32)
Johannesburg, Transvaal Province, South Africa

Nickname

The Bulldog

Batting style

Right-handed

Bowling style

Slow left-arm orthodox

Role

All-rounder

International information

National side

South Africa (2009–2010)
Netherlands (2015–present)

ODI debut (cap 96)

5 April 2009
South Africa v Australia

Last ODI

3 June 2010
South Africa v West Indies

T20I debut (cap 41/35)

29 March 2009
South Africa v Australia

Last T20I

18 January 2017
Netherlands v Hong Kong

Domestic team information

Years

Team

2006–2014

Northerns

2007–2015

Titans (squad no. 52)

2009–2010

Royal Challengers Bangalore

2011–2013

2011

2011–2012

2014

2016–present

Somerset (squad no. 52)

Career statistics

Competition	ODI	T20I	FC	LA
Matches	13	24	58	144
Runs scored	39	174	2,833	1,992
Batting average	9.75	19.33	35.41	24.90
100s/50s	0/0	0/0	5/18	0/8
Top score	12	48	205*	93
Balls bowled	705	480	7,720	6,356
Wickets	17	29	102	194
Bowling average	33.00	18.82	38.27	25.97
5 wickets in innings	0	0	0	4
10 wickets in match	n/a	n/a	0	n/a
Best bowling	3/27	2/3	4/45	5/26
Catches/stumpings	3/–	12/–	43/–	51/–

Source: CricketArchive, 18 February 2017

Roelof Erasmus van der Merwe (born 31 December 1984) is a professional cricketer who has played internationally for both South Africa and the Netherlands, one of the few players to represent multiple international teams. From Johannesburg, van der Merwe made his first-class and one-day debuts for Northerns during the 2006–07 season, before moving into franchise cricket with Titans the following season. An all-rounder he bowls left-arm orthodox spin and is a right-handed middle-order batsman. He played international cricket for South Africa in ODI and Twenty20 International between 2009 and 2010 playing 13 times in each format, before having gained a Dutch passport in June 2015, he was selected in the Netherlands squad for the 2015 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier.

Born in Johannesburg, van der Merwe made his List A debut in October 2006 for Northerns against North West. He was dismissed for a duck and bowled his full allocation of nine overs conceding 29 runs. In December 2006 he made his first-class debut for Northerns against Limpopo he bowled 12 wicketless overs but scored 36 runs and took three catches.

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