Albert van der Merwe

Albert van der Merwe
Personal information
Full name Albert van der Merwe
Born (1979-06-01) 1 June 1979
Bellville, Cape Province,
South Africa
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right-arm off break
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 36) 9 July 2010 v Netherlands
Last ODI 20 September 2011 v Canada
Career statistics
Competition ODI FC LA
Matches 9 7 14
Runs scored 15 42 31
Batting average 3.75 10.50 5.16
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 237* 20 8
Balls bowled 432 837 605
Wickets 11 28 12
Bowling average 29.36 15.35 39.50
5 wickets in innings 1 3 1
10 wickets in match n/a 1 n/a
Best bowling 5/49 6/27 5/49
Catches/stumpings 1/– 5/– 3/–
Source: CricketArchive, 28 May 2013

Albert van der Merwe (born 30 June 1981) is a South African-born Irish cricketer. Van der Merwe is right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off break and who currently plays international cricket for Ireland and also club cricket with the skerries hills. He was born at Bellville, Cape Province. Van Der Merwe is currently coaching at a cricket school in Wallace, Lisburn where he hopes to take some top cricketers to the next level.

Van der Merwe made his List-A debut for Ireland against West Indies A during their tour of Ireland, where he played both matches against the tourists.[1]

Van der Merwe was a member of Ireland's 2010 ICC World Cricket League Division One winning squad. During the tournament, he made his One Day International debut against the Netherlands.[2]

Van der Merwe was selected in Ireland's 15-man squad for the 2011 World Cup,[3] but did not play in the tournament. In January 2012 Cricket Ireland increased the number of player contracts to 23 across three categories, and van der Merwe was given a category C contract.[4]

References

  1. ↑ List A Matches played by Albert van der Merwe
  2. ↑ One-Day International Matches played by Albert van der Merwe
  3. ↑ ESPNcricinfo staff (19 January 2011), Ireland pick Ed Joyce for World Cup, Cricinfo, retrieved 2011-01-27
  4. ↑ Hopps, David (24 January 2012), Ireland map out path to Tests, Cricinfo, retrieved 2012-02-02

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