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Ruan de Swardt

Ruan de Swardt appears in 17 matches with a full FairPlay scorecard (31 Oct 2025 to 25 Oct 2026). 321 runs in 14 innings. 17 wickets from 65.5 overs. 43 matches in FairPlay's recorded career data.

Player profile

Country: South Africa
Role: Wicketkeeper
Batting: Left-hand bat
Born: 21 Jan 1998 Age 28
Recorded matches: 436 internationals

Ruan de Swardt is a wicketkeeper from South Africa with 43 matches in FairPlay's recorded data, including 6 internationals (2 Tests, 4 ODIs).

Batting: 667 runs across all recorded formats, with 1 hundred and 1 fifty; the most runs came in List A cricket (253) and the highest recorded score is 126.

Bowling: 42 wickets in recorded matches, 22 of them in T20 (league and domestic) cricket.

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.

Ruan de Swardt: batting and bowling figures by format in FairPlay's recorded data
Format	Mat	Inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ
Test	2	4	99	64	33.00	45.0	0/1	3	40.33	2.69
ODI	4	4	63	36	21.00	60.6	0/0	5	16.20	4.63
T20 (league and domestic)	29	22	252	45	18.00	120.6	0/0	22	27.86	9.04
List A	8	8	253	126	36.14	88.2	1/0	12	17.33	4.47

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.

Ruan de Swardt at a glance

FairPlay holds 17 complete scorecards featuring Ruan de Swardt, most recently for North West Dragons (T20 and shorter, one-day).

In those matches Ruan de Swardt batted 14 times for 321 runs at a strike rate of 121.59. The highest score was 126 off 116 balls against Lancashire.

With the ball: 17 wickets from 65.5 overs, an economy rate of 7.08. Best figures: 4 for 49 against Surrey.

How the 9 dismissals happened: caught 4, bowled 3, LBW 1, run out 1.

These matches were played at 11 different grounds.

Figures in FairPlay's scorecards

Batting
14	5	321	126	35.67	121.59	0/1

Bowling
17	65.5	1	466	17	4/49	7.08

Match by match

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

Date	Match	Batting	Bowling
25 Oct 2026	North West Dragons v Northern CapeBat – · Bowl 0/30 (4)	–	0/30 (4)
21 Oct 2026	North West Dragons v LimpopoBat 11* (8) · Bowl 0/8 (2)	11* (8)	0/8 (2)
10 Oct 2026	North West Dragons v South Western DistrictsBat 6* (5) · Bowl 1/43 (4)	6* (5)	1/43 (4)
28 Sept 2026	Eastern Cape Linyathi (Border) v North West DragonsBat 0 (1) · Bowl 0/31 (3)	0 (1)	0/31 (3)
25 Sept 2026	Warriors v North West DragonsBat – · Bowl 0/27 (4)	–	0/27 (4)
28 Jul 2026	Nottinghamshire v LeicestershireBat 4 (5) · Bowl 0/2 (2)	4 (5)	0/2 (2)
26 Jul 2026	Leicestershire v LancashireBat 126 (116) · Bowl 2/55 (10)	126 (116)	2/55 (10)
24 Jul 2026	Surrey v LeicestershireBat 18 (9) · Bowl 4/49 (10)	18 (9)	4/49 (10)
22 Jul 2026	Leicestershire v GloucestershireBat 42 (53) · Bowl 1/21 (7)	42 (53)	1/21 (7)
12 Jul 2026	Derbyshire v LeicestershireBat 2 (3) · Bowl 0/21 (2)	2 (3)	0/21 (2)
10 Jul 2026	Nottinghamshire v LeicestershireBat 15 (14) · Bowl –	15 (14)	–
8 Jul 2026	Leicestershire v DurhamBat 0 (2) · Bowl 0/22 (2)	0 (2)	0/22 (2)
19 Nov 2025	Lions v North West DragonsBat 45* (20) · Bowl 2/35 (4) & 2/7 (0.5)	45* (20)	2/35 (4) & 2/7 (0.5)
14 Nov 2025	North West Dragons v TitansBat 25* (16) · Bowl 1/40 (4)	25* (16)	1/40 (4)
11 Nov 2025	North West Dragons v KwaZulu-Natal InlandBat 27* (10) · Bowl 2/19 (2)	27* (10)	2/19 (2)
2 Nov 2025	Western Province v North West DragonsBat – · Bowl 1/26 (2)	–	1/26 (2)
31 Oct 2025	Rocks (Boland) v North West DragonsBat 0 (2) · Bowl 1/30 (3)	0 (2)	1/30 (3)

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