PLAYER CAREER

Roelof van der Merwe

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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South Africa2009–2026

Scorecard coverage and data completeness

Career snapshots and available scorecards have different scopes. These counts describe recorded batting or bowling innings, not every international appearance.

Player archive coverage
Format	Matches	Bat inns	Balls recorded	Boundaries recorded	First scorecard	Latest scorecard
ODI	13	7	7	7	2009-04-05	2010-06-03
T20I	12	6	6	6	2009-03-29	2010-05-19

117Internationals

920Career runs

0Centuries

129Wickets

Career records by format

ODI

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 46
Innings: 32
Runs: 345
Average: 14.37
Strike rate: 84.55
Highest score: 57
Not outs: 8
100s: 0
50s: 1
Ducks: 3
4s: 22
6s: 8
Balls faced: 408

Bowling

Matches: 46
Innings: 45
Balls: 2,254
Maidens: 6
Runs conceded: 1,707
Wickets: 54
Average: 31.61
Economy: 4.54
Strike rate: 41.74
Best innings: 3/14
Best match: 3/14
4 wickets: 0
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 46
Innings: 45
Catches: 16
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 16
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 16
Dismissals / inns: 0.355
Best innings: 2 (2ct 0st)

T20I

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 71
Innings: 46
Runs: 575
Average: 21.29
Strike rate: 126.93
Highest score: 75*
Not outs: 19
100s: 0
50s: 2
Ducks: 7
4s: 43
6s: 16
Balls faced: 453

Bowling

Matches: 71
Innings: 69
Balls: 1,339
Maidens: 1
Runs conceded: 1,481
Wickets: 75
Average: 19.74
Economy: 6.63
Strike rate: 17.85
Best innings: 4/35
Best match: 4/35
4 wickets: 1
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 71
Innings: 70
Catches: 30
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 30
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 30
Dismissals / inns: 0.428
Best innings: 2 (2ct 0st)

Career records checked: 2026-09-07. — means not recorded; N/A means the statistic does not apply. Career totals are independent of the scorecard archive.

Explore this player’s available match data

27 match appearances in available scorecards. Filters below apply to this archive only.

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
2010-06-03	West Indies v South Africa	ODI	South Africa won by 1 wickets
2010-05-19	West Indies v South Africa	T20I	South Africa won by 13 runs
2010-05-10	Pakistan v South Africa	T20I	Pakistan won by 11 runs
2010-05-05	Afghanistan v South Africa	T20I	South Africa won by 59 runs
2010-05-02	India v South Africa	T20I	India won by 14 runs
2010-02-27	India v South Africa	ODI	South Africa won by 90 runs
2010-02-24	India v South Africa	ODI	India won by 153 runs
2009-12-04	England v South Africa	ODI	No result
2009-11-27	South Africa v England	ODI	South Africa won by 112 runs
2009-11-22	South Africa v England	ODI	England won by 7 wickets
2009-11-20	England v South Africa	ODI	No result
2009-11-15	South Africa v England	T20I	South Africa won by 84 runs

South Africa

THE SHAPE OF A CAREER

Performance by year

Available scorecards

Formats are shown separately. These totals cover published scorecards against the twelve national teams; they can differ from complete official career records.

ODI

ODI · Runs by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact runs at right

200917 runs
201022 runs

ODI · Wickets by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact wickets at right

200913 wickets
20104 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 2 seasons

ODI archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	100s	50s	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
2010	3	2	22	12	22.00	122.22	0	0	3	1	18	3	4	34.00	4.53	45.00
2009	10	5	17	6	5.66	73.91	0	0	0	1	23	10	13	32.69	4.85	40.38

T20I

T20I · Runs by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact runs at right

200949 runs
20108 runs

T20I · Wickets by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact wickets at right

200910 wickets
20102 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 2 seasons

T20I archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	100s	50s	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
2010	4	3	8	4	N/A	72.72	0	0	0	0	11	4	2	42.00	8.40	30.00
2009	8	3	49	48	16.33	125.64	0	0	2	4	39	8	10	20.40	6.80	18.00

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.

2009-03-29
First available scorecard
T20I v Australia · SuperSport Park
2009-03-29
Highest recorded innings · 48 runs
T20I v Australia · SuperSport Park
2009-11-10
Best recorded bowling · 3/27
ODI v Zimbabwe · SuperSport Park
2010-06-03
Latest available scorecard
ODI v West Indies · Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain