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Roelof van der Merwe, an Uncommon card
Roelof Erasmus van der Merwe is a Dutch-South African professional cricketer who has played internationally for both South Africa and the Netherlands, one of the few players to represent more than one international team.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 66
- DEF
- 50
- Power
- 116
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 62,000
Power 116 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 55 % of WikiCards cards.
Roelof van der Merwe quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Roelof van der Merwe card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
An all-rounder, he bowls left-arm ______ spin and is a right-handed middle-order batsman.
Answer
orthodox. An all-rounder, he bowls left-arm orthodox spin and is a right-handed middle-order batsman. From the Roelof van der Merwe article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Born in Johannesburg, Van der Merwe made his first-class and List A debuts for Northerns during the ____–07 season, before moving into franchise cricket with Titans the following season.
Answer
2000s. Born in Johannesburg, Van der Merwe made his first-class and List A debuts for Northerns during the 2006–07 season, before moving into franchise cricket with Titans the following season. From the Roelof van der Merwe article on Wikipedia.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Born in Johannesburg, Van der Merwe made his first-class and List A debuts for Northerns during the 2006–07 season, before moving into franchise cricket with Titans the following season.
- An all-rounder, he bowls left-arm orthodox spin and is a right-handed middle-order batsman.
- He played One Day International and Twenty20 International cricket for South Africa between 2009 and 2011, playing 13 times in each format.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Roelof van der Merwe article was read about 62,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 66 and blocks with 50: each hit it takes is cut by 20 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Roelof van der Merwe (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Ytfc23, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
