PLAYER CAREER

Yulandi van der Merwe

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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South Africa2000–2003

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
Test	3	6	6	6	2002-03-19	2003-08-20
ODI	16	10	10	10	2000-06-20	2003-08-17

21Internationals

190Career runs

0Centuries

17Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 3
Innings: 6
Runs: 79
Average: 15.80
Strike rate: 24.76
Highest score: 52*
Not outs: 1
100s: 0
50s: 1
Ducks: 1
4s: 14
6s: 0
Balls faced: 319

Bowling

Matches: 3
Innings: 3
Balls: 462
Maidens: 20
Runs conceded: 230
Wickets: 3
Average: 76.66
Economy: 2.98
Strike rate: 154.00
Best innings: 2/81
Best match: 2/81
4 wickets: 0
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: 0

Fielding

Matches: 3
Innings: 4
Catches: 1
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 1
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 1
Dismissals / inns: 0.250
Best innings: 1 (1ct 0st)

ODI

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 18
Innings: 10
Runs: 111
Average: 22.20
Strike rate: 66.07
Highest score: 42*
Not outs: 5
100s: 0
50s: 0
Ducks: 1
4s: 7
6s: 0
Balls faced: 168

Bowling

Matches: 18
Innings: 17
Balls: 776
Maidens: 13
Runs conceded: 576
Wickets: 14
Average: 41.14
Economy: 4.45
Strike rate: 55.42
Best innings: 3/25
Best match: 3/25
4 wickets: 0
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 18
Innings: 18
Catches: 3
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 3
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 3
Dismissals / inns: 0.166
Best innings: 1 (1ct 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

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

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
2003-08-20	England v South Africa	Test	England won by inns & 96 runs
2003-08-17	England v South Africa	ODI	England won by 9 wickets
2003-08-16	England v South Africa	ODI	South Africa won by 11 runs
2003-08-13	England v South Africa	ODI	England won by 175 runs
2003-08-07	England v South Africa	Test	Match drawn
2002-03-19	India v South Africa	Test	India won by 10 wickets
2002-03-16	India v South Africa	ODI	India won by 37 runs
2002-03-13	India v South Africa	ODI	South Africa won by 3 wickets
2002-03-10	India v South Africa	ODI	South Africa won by 29 runs
2002-03-07	India v South Africa	ODI	No result
2000-12-18	Australia v South Africa	ODI	Australia won by 9 wickets
2000-12-13	Australia v South Africa	ODI	Australia won by 9 wickets

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.

Test

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

20023 runs
200376 runs

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

20021 wickets
20032 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 2 seasons

Test 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
2003	2	4	76	52	25.33	26.20	0	1	14	0	290	2	2	77.50	3.52	132.00
2002	1	2	3	3	1.50	10.34	0	0	0	0	29	1	1	75.00	2.27	198.00

ODI

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

200064 runs
200222 runs
200325 runs

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

200011 wickets
20022 wickets
20031 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 3 seasons

ODI archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	4s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
2003	3	3	25	20	12.50	48.07	1	52	3	1	138.00	5.30	156.00
2002	3	2	22	12	22.00	78.57	2	28	3	2	48.00	3.69	78.00
2000	10	5	64	42	32.00	72.72	4	88	10	11	29.45	4.41	40.00

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

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

2000-06-20
First available scorecard
ODI v England · Chelmsford
2000-12-02
Best recorded bowling · 3/25
ODI v England · Lincoln
2003-08-07
Highest recorded innings · 52* runs
Test v England · Shenley
2003-08-20
Latest available scorecard
Test v England · Taunton