Grant Roelofsen
Grant Roelofsen (born 26 July 1996) is a South African cricketer. He made his first-class debut for Gauteng in the 2016–17 Sunfoil 3-Day Cup on 13 October 2016. He was the leading run-scorer in the 2017–18 Sunfoil 3-Day Cup for KwaZulu-Natal Inland, with 781 runs in ten matches.
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Full name | Grant Roelofsen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Johannesburg, South Africa | 26 July 1996||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Wicket-keeper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015/16–2016/17 | Gauteng | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017/18–2019/20 | KwaZulu-Natal Inland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018/19–present | Dolphins | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | Essex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023–present | MI Cape Town | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023 | Gloucestershire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First-class debut | 13 October 2016 Gauteng v KZN-Inland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
List A debut | 21 March 2016 Gauteng v Easterns | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 30 September 2023 |
In September 2018, he was named in KwaZulu-Natal Inland's squad for the 2018 Africa T20 Cup. He was the leading run-scorer in the 2019–20 Momentum One Day Cup, with 588 runs in ten matches. In July 2020, Roelofsen was named one-day player of the year at Cricket South Africa's annual awards ceremony.
In April 2021, Roelofsen was named in the South Africa Emerging Men's squad for their six-match tour of Namibia. Later the same month, he was named in KwaZulu-Natal's squad, ahead of the 2021–22 cricket season in South Africa.