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Roelof van der Merwe

Cricket player · All-rounder · Netherlands

Roelof van der Merwe

Roelof van der Merwe appears in 36 matches with a full FairPlay scorecard (9 Oct 2025 to 17 Sept 2026). 172 runs in 14 innings. 22 wickets from 109 overs. 270 matches in FairPlay's recorded career data.

Player profile

Country
Netherlands
Role
All-rounder
Batting
Right-hand bat
Bowling
Slow left-arm orthodox
Born
31 Dec 1984 Age 41
Recorded matches
27086 internationals

Roelof van der Merwe is an all-rounder from Netherlands with 270 matches in FairPlay's recorded data, including 86 internationals (44 ODIs, 42 T20Is).

Batting: 2,133 runs across all recorded formats, with 0 hundreds and 7 fifties; the most runs came in T20 (league and domestic) cricket (636) and the highest recorded score is 88.

Bowling: 254 wickets in recorded matches, 119 of them in T20 (league and domestic) cricket, with 3 five-wicket hauls.

Career figures by format

Summed over the seasons in FairPlay's data provider's records, mostly recent ones. Older seasons can be missing, so these totals may be lower than the official career record.

Roelof van der Merwe: batting and bowling figures by format in FairPlay's recorded data
FormatMatInnsRunsHSAvgSR100/50WktsBowl avgEcon5w
ODI44334515716.7088.80/15031.104.660
T20I42293327520.75123.90/23822.296.660
T20 (league and domestic)127656364816.31125.70/011923.347.492
T10228462115.33158.60/0741.8612.380
100-ball17121333044.33134.30/01331.9211.070
First-class18265358822.2966.40/42726.932.881

Avg is runs per dismissal; SR is runs per 100 balls; Bowl avg is runs per wicket; Econ is runs per over; 5w is five or more wickets in an innings.

Roelof van der Merwe at a glance

FairPlay holds 36 complete scorecards featuring Roelof van der Merwe, most recently for Netherlands (T20 and shorter, one-day).

In those matches Roelof van der Merwe batted 14 times for 172 runs at a strike rate of 101.78. The highest score was 35 not out off 23 balls against Western Province.

With the ball: 22 wickets from 109 overs, an economy rate of 5.96. Best figures: 3 for 15 against Nepal.

How the 10 dismissals happened: caught 5, bowled 3, LBW 1, run out 1.

These matches were played at 15 different grounds.

Figures in FairPlay's scorecards

Batting
14417235*17.20101.780/0
Bowling
301091650223/155.96

Match by match

Newest first. Dates in India Standard Time. * means not out.

DateMatch
17 Sept 2026Rotterdam Dockers v Dublin GuardiansBat – · Bowl 1/35 (4)
15 Sept 2026Edinburgh Castle Rockers v Rotterdam DockersBat – · Bowl 0/12 (1)
12 Sept 2026Belfast Wolves v Rotterdam DockersBat – · Bowl 0/13 (2)
10 Sept 2026Rotterdam Dockers v Glasgow CosmicBat – · Bowl 0/31 (3)
6 Sept 2026Amsterdam Flames v Rotterdam DockersBat – · Bowl 0/39 (4)
5 Sept 2026Rotterdam Dockers v Edinburgh Castle RockersBat 4 (9) · Bowl 1/29 (4)
2 Sept 2026Dublin Guardians v Rotterdam DockersBat – · Bowl 2/35 (4)
1 Sept 2026Glasgow Cosmic v Rotterdam DockersBat – · Bowl 2/24 (4)
29 Aug 2026Rotterdam Dockers v Belfast WolvesBat – · Bowl 0/22 (4)
26 Aug 2026Rotterdam Dockers v Amsterdam FlamesBat – · Bowl 2/21 (4)
31 Jul 2026Netherlands v NamibiaBat 26 (33) · Bowl 1/24 (7)
29 Jul 2026Nepal v NetherlandsBat 1 (3) · Bowl 2/30 (10)
25 Jul 2026Namibia v NetherlandsBat 1* (1) · Bowl 0/34 (8)
23 Jul 2026Netherlands v NepalBat – · Bowl 3/15 (6.4)
16 Jun 2026Netherlands v CanadaBat – · Bowl –
10 Jun 2026Canada v NetherlandsBat 34 (36) · Bowl 1/28 (10)
8 Jun 2026Netherlands v United States of AmericaBat 5 (7) · Bowl 2/29 (6.5)
18 Feb 2026India v NetherlandsBat – · Bowl 0/15 (1)
13 Feb 2026Netherlands v United States of AmericaBat 10 (11) · Bowl 0/36 (3)
10 Feb 2026Namibia v NetherlandsBat – · Bowl 0/22 (2)
7 Feb 2026Netherlands v PakistanBat 4 (9) · Bowl 1/13 (3)
5 Feb 2026Australia v NetherlandsBat – · Bowl –
3 Feb 2026Netherlands v ZimbabweBat 7 (8) · Bowl 0/12 (2)
21 Nov 2025Titans v DolphinsBat – · Bowl 0/18 (1)
14 Nov 2025North West Dragons v TitansBat – · Bowl 0/4 (1)
9 Nov 2025Western Province v TitansBat 35* (23) · Bowl 0/9 (1)
6 Nov 2025Rocks (Boland) v TitansBat 7 (4) · Bowl 1/21 (3)
1 Nov 2025Titans v WarriorsBat 9 (12) · Bowl 0/18 (2)
29 Oct 2025KwaZulu-Natal Inland v TitansBat 8* (7) · Bowl 2/12 (4)
14 Oct 2025Montreal Royal Tigers v Brampton BlitzBat – · Bowl –
14 Oct 2025Brampton Blitz v Mississauga MastersBat – · Bowl –
13 Oct 2025Brampton Blitz v Montreal Royal TigersBat 21* (6) · Bowl 1/20 (1)
12 Oct 2025Brampton Blitz v Vancouver AnchorsBat – · Bowl –
11 Oct 2025Brampton Blitz v Whiterock WarriorsBat – · Bowl –
10 Oct 2025Mississauga Masters v Brampton BlitzBat – · Bowl 0/11 (1)
9 Oct 2025Brampton Blitz v Toronto SixersBat – · Bowl 0/18 (1.3)

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