Roelof van der Merwe
| Full name: | Roelof Erasmus van der Merwe |
| Born: | 31st December 1984, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa |
| Batting: | Right-hand batter |
| Bowling: | Slow left-arm orthodox |
| Occasional wicket-keeper | |
| Education: | Pretoria High School |
| Teams: | South Africa (International Twenty20: 2008/09-2010); South Africa (ODI: 2008/09-2010); Netherlands (International Twenty20: 2015-2025); Netherlands (ODI: 2019-2025); Northerns (Main ListA: 2006/07-2024/25); Northerns (Main FC: 2006/07-2013/14); Titans (Main FC: 2007/08-2014/15); Titans (Main ListA: 2007/08-2014/15); Titans (Main Twenty20: 2007/08-2014/15); Royal Challengers Bangalore (Main Twenty20: 2009-2009/10); Delhi Daredevils (Main Twenty20: 2011-2013); Somerset (Main Twenty20: 2011-2024); Brisbane Heat (Main Twenty20: 2011/12); St Lucia Zouks (Main Twenty20: 2014); Somerset (Main FC: 2016-2022); Somerset (Main ListA: 2016-2019); Tshwane Spartans (Main Twenty20: 2019/20); London Spirit Men (Main Twenty20: 2021); Northern Superchargers Men (Main Twenty20: 2022); Sunrisers Eastern Cape (Main Twenty20: 2022/23); Welsh Fire Men (Main Twenty20: 2023); Barbados Royals (Main Twenty20: 2023); Northerns (Main Twenty20: 2024/25); South Africa Under-19s (Under-19 ODI: 2003/04); All teams |
| South African Cricket Annual Cricketer of the Year: 2009 | |
| Somerset cap: 2018 | |
| Lists of matches and more detailed statistics | |
| Articles: | Royal Challengers Bangalore - From Outsiders to Favourites |
| Graeme Smith named SA 'Cricketer of the Year' | |
| New Zealand trip over modest SA total | |
| South Africa show Scotland the exit door | |
| List of all articles | |
| Pictures: | van der Merwe celebrates the wicket of Taylor |
| Roelof van der Merwe bowls | |
| ODI Career Batting and Fielding (2008/09-2025) | |||||||||||
| M | I | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | SRate | Ct | ||
| South Africa | 13 | 7 | 3 | 39 | 12 | 9.75 | 0 | 0 | 95.12 | 3 | |
| Netherlands | 26 | 20 | 4 | 239 | 57 | 14.93 | 0 | 1 | 83.27 | 10 | |
| Overall | 39 | 27 | 7 | 278 | 57 | 13.90 | 0 | 1 | 84.75 | 13 | |
| ODI Career Bowling (2008/09-2025) | ||||||||||
| Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | Ave | 4wI | 5wI | SRate | Econ | |
| South Africa | 705 | 2 | 561 | 17 | 3-27 | 33.00 | 0 | 0 | 41.47 | 4.77 |
| Netherlands | 1258 | 3 | 986 | 28 | 3-14 | 35.21 | 0 | 0 | 44.92 | 4.70 |
| Overall | 1963 | 5 | 1547 | 45 | 3-14 | 34.37 | 0 | 0 | 43.62 | 4.72 |
| International Twenty20 Career Batting and Fielding (2008/09-2025) | |||||||||||
| M | I | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | SRate | Ct | ||
| South Africa | 13 | 6 | 3 | 57 | 48 | 19.00 | 0 | 0 | 114.00 | 6 | |
| Netherlands | 54 | 38 | 16 | 504 | 75* | 22.90 | 0 | 2 | 131.59 | 18 | |
| Overall | 67 | 44 | 19 | 561 | 75* | 22.44 | 0 | 2 | 129.56 | 24 | |
| International Twenty20 Career Bowling (2008/09-2025) | ||||||||||
| Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | Ave | 4wI | 5wI | SRate | Econ | |
| South Africa | 264 | 0 | 305 | 14 | 2-14 | 21.78 | 0 | 0 | 18.85 | 6.93 |
| Netherlands | 1021 | 1 | 1090 | 60 | 4-35 | 18.16 | 1 | 0 | 17.01 | 6.40 |
| Overall | 1285 | 1 | 1395 | 74 | 4-35 | 18.85 | 1 | 0 | 17.36 | 6.51 |
| First-Class Career Batting and Fielding (2006/07-2022) | |||||||||||
| M | I | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | SRate | Ct | ||
| Overall | 80 | 128 | 16 | 3587 | 205* | 32.02 | 6 | 22 | 69.51 | 61 | |
| First-Class Career Bowling (2006/07-2022) | ||||||||||
| Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | Ave | 5wI | 10wM | SRate | Econ | |
| Overall | 10252 | 283 | 5069 | 150 | 5-174 | 33.79 | 1 | 0 | 68.34 | 2.96 |
| List A Career Batting and Fielding (2006/07-2025) | |||||||||||
| M | I | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | SRate | Ct | ||
| Overall | 218 | 174 | 49 | 3127 | 165* | 25.01 | 1 | 11 | 95.83 | 91 | |
| List A Career Bowling (2006/07-2025) | ||||||||||
| Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | Ave | 4wI | 5wI | SRate | Econ | |
| Overall | 9725 | 43 | 7822 | 288 | 5-26 | 27.15 | 12 | 4 | 33.76 | 4.82 |
| Twenty20 Career Batting and Fielding (2007/08-2025) | |||||||||||
| M | I | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | SRate | Ct | ||
| Overall | 363 | 238 | 91 | 3143 | 89* | 21.38 | 0 | 10 | 131.28 | 150 | |
| Twenty20 Career Bowling (2007/08-2025) | ||||||||||
| Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | Ave | 4wI | 5wI | SRate | Econ | |
| Overall | 6643 | 5 | 8076 | 338 | 6-20 | 23.89 | 4 | 2 | 19.65 | 7.29 |
| Under-19 ODI Career Batting and Fielding (2003/04) | |||||||||||
| M | I | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | SRate | Ct | ||
| South Africa Under-19s | 5 | 5 | 0 | 129 | 54 | 25.80 | 0 | 1 | 65.48 | 3 | |
| Under-19 ODI Career Bowling (2003/04) | ||||||||||
| Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | Ave | 4wI | 5wI | SRate | Econ | |
| South Africa Under-19s | 108 | 1 | 77 | 3 | 2-30 | 25.66 | 0 | 0 | 36.00 | 4.27 |
| Indian Premier League Career Batting and Fielding (2009-2013) | |||||||||||
| M | I | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | SRate | Ct | ||
| Overall | 21 | 15 | 4 | 159 | 35 | 14.45 | 0 | 0 | 112.76 | 8 | |
| Indian Premier League Career Bowling (2009-2013) | ||||||||||
| Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | Ave | 4wI | 5wI | SRate | Econ | |
| Overall | 443 | 1 | 498 | 21 | 3-20 | 23.71 | 0 | 0 | 21.09 | 6.74 |
| Big Bash League Career Batting and Fielding (2011/12) | |||||||||||
| M | I | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | SRate | Ct | ||
| Brisbane Heat | 3 | 3 | 0 | 66 | 36 | 22.00 | 0 | 0 | 140.42 | 1 | |
| Big Bash League Career Bowling (2011/12) | ||||||||||
| Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | Ave | 4wI | 5wI | SRate | Econ | |
| Brisbane Heat | 48 | 0 | 83 | 2 | 1-23 | 41.50 | 0 | 0 | 24.00 | 10.37 |
| Caribbean Premier League Career Batting and Fielding (2014-2023) | |||||||||||
| M | I | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | SRate | Ct | ||
| Overall | 13 | 8 | 2 | 63 | 21 | 10.50 | 0 | 0 | 108.62 | 3 | |
| Caribbean Premier League Career Bowling (2014-2023) | ||||||||||
| Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | Ave | 4wI | 5wI | SRate | Econ | |
| Overall | 144 | 0 | 222 | 6 | 3-40 | 37.00 | 0 | 0 | 24.00 | 9.25 |
| Twenty20 Blast Career Batting and Fielding (2011-2024) | |||||||||||
| M | I | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | SRate | Ct | ||
| Somerset | 114 | 74 | 33 | 1034 | 89* | 25.21 | 0 | 3 | 152.05 | 63 | |
| Twenty20 Blast Career Bowling (2011-2024) | ||||||||||
| Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | Ave | 4wI | 5wI | SRate | Econ | |
| Somerset | 2177 | 1 | 2856 | 94 | 5-32 | 30.38 | 1 | 1 | 23.15 | 7.87 |
| South African Franchise T20 Career Batting and Fielding (2019/20-2022/23) | |||||||||||
| M | I | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | SRate | Ct | ||
| Overall | 19 | 7 | 5 | 60 | 16* | 30.00 | 0 | 0 | 105.26 | 7 | |
| South African Franchise T20 Career Bowling (2019/20-2022/23) | ||||||||||
| Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | Ave | 4wI | 5wI | SRate | Econ | |
| Overall | 346 | 0 | 339 | 28 | 6-20 | 12.10 | 1 | 1 | 12.35 | 5.87 |
| The Hundred Career Batting and Fielding (2021-2023) | |||||||||||
| M | I | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | SRate | Ct | ||
| Overall | 21 | 12 | 10 | 133 | 30 | 66.50 | 0 | 0 | 134.34 | 8 | |
| The Hundred Career Bowling (2021-2023) | ||||||||||
| Balls | Dots | Runs | Wkts | BB | Ave | 4wI | 5wI | SRate | Econ | |
| Overall | 245 | 58 | 415 | 13 | 2-16 | 31.92 | 0 | 0 | 18.84 | 169.38 |
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