Roelof van der Merwe

Roelof van der Merwe
Van der Merwe bowling for Somerset in 2016
Personal information
Born31 December 1984
Johannesburg, Transvaal
NicknameBulldog[1]
BattingRight-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm orthodox
RoleAll-rounder
International information
National sides
ODI debut5 April 2009 
South Africa v Australia
Last ODI17 October 2023 
Netherlands v South Africa
ODI shirt no.52
T20I debut29 March 2009 
South Africa v Australia
Last T20I6 November 2022 
Netherlands v South Africa
T20I shirt no.52
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 18 October 2023

Roelof Erasmus van der Merwe is a Dutch-South African International cricketer who has played for both South Africa and the Netherlands internationally. He was born on 31 December 1984 in Johannesburg, Transvaal.

He played 13 ODI and Twenty20 International cricket for South Africa between 2009 and 2011.[2] In June 2015, van der Merwe got the Netherlands passport and he immediately made himself available for Netherlands cricket team and was selected in the Netherlands squad for the 2015 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier in July.[3]

International career

In the 2023 Cricket World Cup, he played an important role in Netherlands win over South Africa by scoring 29 runs off 19 balls and taking two wickets for 34 runs in his nine overs.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Dutch 'Bulldog' bites Proteas". SA Cricketmag. 17 October 2023.
  2. ↑ "Roelof van der Merwe: the man who was there, until he wasn't". Cricbuzz. 2 February 2023.
  3. ↑ Moonda, Firdose (30 June 2015). "Van der Merwe switches to Netherlands". ESPNcricinfo.
  4. ↑ Ramesh, Akshay (18 October 2023). "12 years after World Cup snub, Dutch 'bulldog' Roelof van der Merwe haunts South Africa in stunning upset". India Today.

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