Grant Roelofsen

Summary

Grant Roelofsen (born 26 July 1996) is a South African cricketer.[1] He made his first-class debut for Gauteng in the 2016–17 Sunfoil 3-Day Cup on 13 October 2016.[2] He was the leading run-scorer in the 2017–18 Sunfoil 3-Day Cup for KwaZulu-Natal Inland, with 781 runs in ten matches.[3]

Grant Roelofsen
Roelofsen in 2023
Personal information
Full name
Grant Roelofsen
Born (1996-07-26) 26 July 1996 (age 27)
Johannesburg, South Africa
BattingRight-handed
RoleWicket-keeper
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2015/16–2016/17Gauteng
2017/18–2019/20KwaZulu-Natal Inland
2018/19–presentDolphins
2022Essex
2023–presentMI Cape Town
2023Gloucestershire
First-class debut13 October 2016 Gauteng v KZN-Inland
List A debut21 March 2016 Gauteng v Easterns
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 55 52 60
Runs scored 2,864 1,880 1,624
Batting average 37.68 40.86 31.84
100s/50s 8/10 2/14 0/11
Top score 224* 147* 91
Catches/stumpings 116/12 50/12 39/9
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 30 September 2023

In September 2018, he was named in KwaZulu-Natal Inland's squad for the 2018 Africa T20 Cup.[4] He was the leading run-scorer in the 2019–20 Momentum One Day Cup, with 588 runs in ten matches.[5] In July 2020, Roelofsen was named one-day player of the year at Cricket South Africa's annual awards ceremony.[6]

In April 2021, Roelofsen was named in the South Africa Emerging Men's squad for their six-match tour of Namibia.[7] Later the same month, he was named in KwaZulu-Natal's squad, ahead of the 2021–22 cricket season in South Africa.[8]

References edit

  1. ^ "Grant Roelofsen". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  2. ^ "Sunfoil 3-Day Cup, Pool B: Gauteng v KwaZulu-Natal Inland at Johannesburg, Oct 13-15, 2016". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  3. ^ "Sunfoil 3-Day Cup, 2017/18 KwaZulu-Natal Inland: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  4. ^ "KwaZulu-Natal Inland Squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
  5. ^ "Momentum One Day Cup, 2019/20: Most runs". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  6. ^ "Quinton de Kock, Laura Wolvaardt scoop up major CSA awards". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  7. ^ "SA Emerging men to tour Namibia". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
  8. ^ "CSA reveals Division One squads for 2021/22". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 20 April 2021.

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