Roelof van der Merwe

Roelof van der Merwe
Personal information
Full name Roelof Erasmus van der Merwe
Born (1984-12-31) 31 December 1984
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
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 13 March 2016 
Netherlands v Ireland
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2006–2014 Northerns
2007–2015 Titans (squad no. 52)
2009–2010 Royal Challengers Bangalore
2011–2013 Delhi Daredevils
2011 Somerset
2011–2012 Brisbane Heat
2014 St Lucia Zouks
2016–present Somerset (squad no. 52)
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 13 21 57 142
Runs scored 39 125 2,696 1,902
Batting average 9.75 17.85 34.56 24.38
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 4/18 0/7
Top score 12 48 205* 93
Balls bowled 705 408 7,396 6,242
Wickets 17 26 100 191
Bowling average 33.00 17.92 37.66 25.88
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/– 11/– 42/– 50/–
Source: CricketArchive, 22 September 2016

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.

Domestic career

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.[1] 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.[2]

Van der Merwe had a successful 2007–08 season, moving into franchise cricket with the Titans.[3] He made his debut for Titans in the SuperSport Series in November 2007 against the Eagles. His first one-day appearance for them came in February 2008 against Zimbabwe he claimed four wickets conceding 24 runs (4/24).[4] He finished the MTN Domestic Championship as Titans leading wicket-taker with 27 wickets at an average of 14.25.[5] He also scored 269 runs at 29.88.[6] In the Standard Bank Pro20 Series which followed van der Merwe was the third leading wicket-taker with 13 victims at 13.92,[7] he also contributed 192 runs at 27.42.[8] Titans won both 50 over and 20 over competitions and for van der Merwe's part in it he was awarded Player of the Year, MTN Domestic Championship Player of the Year, Standard Bank Pro20 Series Player of the Year and the Newcomer of the Year at the team's end of season award.[9] On a national level he was selected Domestic Newcomer of the Year at the SA Cricket Awards.[10]

Titans retained the MTN Domestic Championship in 2008/09 with van der Merwe again being instrumental to the success, he took 30 wickets at 13.96, 14 more than any other bowler.[11]

Club cricket

In 2007 van der Merwe played for Monton & Weaste in the Central Lancashire League before he was released mid season after the club realised he wasn't eligible for amateur status having played first-class cricket the previous winter.[12] He has also represented Stretford, in 2006 he scored a league record 1200 runs at 80 as well as taking 53 wickets at 11.26.[13]

International career

Van der Merwe was selected in the South Africa team for the 2004 U-19 Cricket World Cup, he played five matches, scoring 129 runs and taking 3 wickets.[14][15] Following the tournament it was over two years before he made his first-class debut and van der Merwe has admitted he "didn't take things too seriously" and was "partying all the time".[16]

In August 2008 van der Merwe was selected for the South Africa Academy to play against their Bangladesh equivalents, in the second of a five match series he scored 79 from 70 balls and took 6/52.[17]

Van der Merwe played in the 2008 Hong Kong International Cricket Sixes, he was South Africa's leading runscorer and wicket-taker.[18]

Full Honors

South Africa

Van der Merwe was selected in the South Africa Twenty20 squad for their two Twenty20 Internationals against Australia in March 2009. In the second of these he made his full debut, top scoring with 48 from 30 balls an innings that included four sixes, and taking a maiden international wicket of David Hussey he was awarded man of the match.[19] After this performance he was added to the squad for the One Day International series as cover for Jacques Kallis,[20] van der Merwe made his ODI debut in the second match of the series at SuperSport Park, he bowled five wicketless overs and wasn't required to bat.[21] He had a more prominent role in his second ODI, he scored his maiden ODI runs with a six and took 3/37 from his allotted ten overs.[22] In the final two matches he claimed five more wickets to finish his maiden ODI series with eight at 18.62.[23]

Netherlands

In 2015, Van der Merwe secured a Dutch passport and was selected to play against Nepal in four match series.[24] He was also selected for 2015 World T20 Qualifier after Vivian Kingma pulled out.[25] He made his T20I debut for the Netherlands against Nepal on 3 July 2015.[26] He is also included to the Netherlands squad for 2016 ICC World Twenty20 as well.

International Awards

Twenty20 International Cricket (for South Africa)

Man of the Match Awards

# Series Date Against Match performance Result Notes
1 2009 ICC World Twenty20 9 June 2009 New Zealand 0 (6 balls) ; 4-0-14-2  South Africa won by 1 run [27]

Twenty20 International Cricket (for Netherlands)

Man of the Match Awards

# Series Date Against Match performance Result Notes
1 2015 World Twenty20 Qualifier 12 July 2015 UAE 4-0-10-2 ; 41* (26 balls, 1x4, 2x6)  Netherlands won by 7 wickets [28]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Northerns v North West, South African Airways Provincial One-Day Challenge 2006/07 (Pool A), CricketArchive, Retrieved on 29 March 2009
  2. ↑ Limpopo v Northerns, South African Airways Provincial Three-Day Challenge 2006/07 (Pool A), CricketArchive, Retrieved on 29 March 2009
  3. ↑ Player Oracle: RE van der Merwe, CricketArchive, Retrieved on 29 March 2009
  4. ↑ Titans v Zimbabwe, MTN Domestic Championship 2007/08, CricketArchive, Retrieved on 29 March 2009
  5. ↑ MTN Domestic Championship 2007/08, Bowling for Titans, CricketArchive, Retrieved on 29 March 2009
  6. ↑ MTN Domestic Championship 2007/08, Batting and Fielding for Titans, CricketArchive, Retrieved on 29 March 2009
  7. ↑ Leading wicket-takers in Standard Bank Pro20 Series 2007/08, CricketArchive, Retrieved on 29 March 2009
  8. ↑ Standard Bank Pro20 Series 2007/08, Batting and Fielding for Titans, CricketArchive, Retrieved on 29 March 2009
  9. ↑ Northerns Cricket Union Awards Night Titans website, Retrieved on 29 March 2009
  10. ↑ 2008 Mutual & Federal SA Cricket Awards – Winners, Mutual & Federal website, Retrieved on 29 March 2009
  11. ↑ Leading wicket-takers in MTN Domestic Championship 2008/09, CricketArchive, Retrieved on 29 March 2009
  12. ↑ Local cricket round-up, 27 July 2007, Manchester Evening News, Retrieved on 29 March 2009
  13. ↑ Roelof van der Merwe, Cricx.com, Retrieved on 29 March 2009
  14. ↑ Under-19 World Cup 2003/04, Bowling for South Africa, CricketArchive, Retrieved on 29 March 2009
  15. ↑ Under-19 World Cup 2003/04, Batting and Fielding for South Africa, CricketArchive, Retrieved on 29 March 2009
  16. ↑ Party dawg turns bulldog, Cricinfo, Retrieved on 18 April 2009
  17. ↑ South Africa Academy v Bangladesh Cricket Board Academy, Bangladesh Cricket Board Academy in South Africa 2008/09, CricketArchive, Retrieved on 29 March 2009
  18. ↑ Hong Kong International Cricket Sixes, 2008/09 – South Africa, Cricinfo, Retrieved on 29 March 2009
  19. ↑ South Africa v Australia, Australia in South Africa T20I Series – 2nd T20I, Cricinfo, Retrieved on 29 March 2009
  20. ↑ van der Merwe added to one-day squad, Cricinfo, Retrieved on 11 April 2009
  21. ↑ South Africa v Australia, Australia in South Africa ODI Series – 2nd ODI, Cricinfo, Retrieved on 11 April 2009
  22. ↑ South Africa v Australia, Australia in South Africa ODI Series – 3rd ODI, Cricinfo, Retrieved on 11 April 2009
  23. ↑ Statsguru – One-Day Internationals – All-round analysis, Cricinfo, Retrieved on 18 April 2009
  24. ↑ "Van der Merwe switches to Netherlands". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  25. ↑ "Canada pick Hiral Patel after Dutta opts for CPL". ESPNcricinfo. 3 July 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  26. ↑ "Nepal tour of Netherlands, 4th T20I: Netherlands v Nepal at Rotterdam, Jul 3, 2015". ESPNcricinfo. 3 July 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  27. ↑ "ICC World Twenty20, 2009 - 10th match, Group D Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. 25 February 2015. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
  28. ↑ "ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier, 2015 - 13th match, Group B Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. 25 July 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
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