Sarel Erwee (born 10 November 1989) is a South African professional cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm off-break bowler who plays for KwaZulu Natal. He was born in Pietermaritzburg. He made his international debut for the South Africa cricket team in February 2022.
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| Full name | Sarel Johannes Erwee | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1989-11-10) 10 November 1989 (age 32) Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm offbreak | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Opening batter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 350) | 17 February 2022 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 8 September 2022 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2008/09–present | KwaZulu-Natal Inland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Erwee made his List A debut in January 2008, against KZN Inland. As a lower-order batsman, he scored just a single run in his debut. He made his first-class debut in October 2008 against South Western Districts. Batting in the upper order, he scored 8 runs in his debut innings. He was included in the KZN Inland squad for the 2015 Africa T20 Cup.[1]
In November 2017, he scored his first century in Twenty20 cricket, when he made 103 not out for Dolphins against Cape Cobras in the 2017–18 Ram Slam T20 Challenge.[2]
In September 2018, he was named in KwaZulu-Natal Inland's squad for the 2018 Africa T20 Cup.[3] The following month, he was named in Durban Heat's squad for the first edition of the Mzansi Super League T20 tournament.[4][5] In September 2019, he was named in the squad for the Durban Heat team for the 2019 Mzansi Super League tournament.[6]
In December 2020, Erwee was named in South Africa's Test squad for their series against Sri Lanka.[7] In January 2021, Erwee was named in South Africa's Test squad for their series against Pakistan.[8] In April 2021, he was named in KwaZulu-Natal's squad, ahead of the 2021–22 cricket season in South Africa.[9] In May 2021, Erwee was again named in South Africa's Test squad, this time for their series against the West Indies.[10] In December 2021, Erwee received another call-up to South Africa's Test squad, this time for their home series against India.[11] In January 2022, he received a further call-up to the Test side, for their tour of New Zealand.[12] He made his Test debut on 17 February 2022, for South Africa against New Zealand.[13] In the second Test of the series, Erwee scored his first century in Test cricket, with 108 runs in the first innings.[14]