Johannes van der Merwe

Hannes van der Merwe (born February 5, 1980) was a Namibian cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm offbreak bowler.

Johannes van der Merwe

Personal information
Full name	Hannes Marthinus van der Merwe
Born	(1980-02-05) 5 February 1980 (age 45) Windhoek, South-West Africa
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm off break
International information
National side	Namibia
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2002/03	Namibia
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A Matches 1 5 Runs scored 50 67 Batting average 25.00 13.40 100s/50s –/– –/– Top score 48 46 Balls bowled – – Wickets – – Bowling average – – 5 wickets in innings – – 10 wickets in match – – Best bowling – – Catches/stumpings –/– 2/–
Source: CricketArchive (subscription required), 16 October 2011

Born in Windhoek, the young batsman played in several youth one-day internationals during the Under-19 World Cups of 1997/98 and 1999/2000, his first match coming against Bangladesh Under-19s on January 12, 1998, where he was bowled out by a duck by Shabbir Khan.

Two years later, in the 1999/2000 Under-19 World Cup, he watched Australia Under-19s beat his team by 266 runs in a match dominated by Australian attack. He took part in the 2004 Intercontinental Cup where the Namibians lost by five wickets to Uganda.

External links

• Hannes van der Merwe at Cricket Archive (subscription required)