14 Facts About Gerhard Erasmus

Merwe Gerhard Erasmus was born on 11 April 1995 and is a Namibian cricketer, and the current captain of the Namibia cricket team.

Gerhard Erasmus was a member of Namibia's squad for the 2012 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier.

Gerhard Erasmus was included in the Namibia under-19s squad for the 2012 Under-19 Cricket World Cup in Australia.

Gerhard Erasmus captained the team at the 2014 Under-19 Cricket World Cup in the United Arab Emirates.

Gerhard Erasmus played in Namibia's squad for the 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament.

In March 2019, Gerhard Erasmus was named as the captain of Namibia's squad for the 2019 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament.

Gerhard Erasmus made his ODI debut for Namibia on 27 April 2019, against Oman, in the tournament's final.

Gerhard Erasmus made his Twenty20 International debut for Namibia against Ghana on 20 May 2019.

Gerhard Erasmus was the leading run-scorer for Namibia in the tournament, with 268 runs in nine matches.

In September 2021, Gerhard Erasmus was named as the captain of Namibia's squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup, with the International Cricket Council later naming him as the key player in Namibia's team.

In March 2022, in the second match of the 2022 United Arab Emirates Tri-Nation Series, Gerhard Erasmus scored his first century in ODI cricket, with 121 not out.

In January 2023, Gerhard Erasmus won the International Cricket Council's Associate Cricketer of the Year award.

Gerhard Erasmus scored 956 ODI runs at an average of 56.23 and took a dozen wickets in 2022, and scored a century in both ODI and T20I formats.

Gerhard Erasmus's father Francois runs a family law firm in Windhoek and is a former president of Cricket Namibia and associate director of the International Cricket Council.