Hannes van der Merwe (born February 5, 1980) was a Namibian cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm offbreak bowler.
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| Full name | Hannes Marthinus van der Merwe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 February 1980 Windhoek, South-West Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2002/03 | Namibia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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)