Martin van Jaarsveld

Martin van Jaarsveld
Personal information
Full name
Martin van Jaarsveld
Born (1974-06-18) 18 June 1974 (age 50)
Klerksdorp, Transvaal Province, South Africa
NicknameJarre
Height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
Right-arm off spin
RoleBatsman
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 287)18 October 2002 v Bangladesh
Last Test26 December 2004 v England
ODI debut (cap 71)6 October 2002 v Bangladesh
Last ODI18 September 2004 v West Indies
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1994–2004Northerns
2004Northamptonshire
2004–2011Titans
2005–2011Kent (squad no. 41)
2012Glamorgan
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODI FC LA
Matches 9 11 222 250
Runs scored 397 124 15,587 7,973
Batting average 30.53 20.66 45.97 40.88
100s/50s 0/3 0/0 48/75 14/48
Top score 73 45 262* 132*
Balls bowled 42 31 2,940 1,389
Wickets 0 2 42 30
Bowling average 9.00 36.09 40.93
5 wickets in innings 0 1 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 1/0 5/33 3/13
Catches/stumpings 11/– 4/– 328/– 144/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 19 October 2009

Martin van Jaarsveld (born 18 June 1974) is a former South African cricketer who played nine Tests and eleven One Day Internationals for South Africa between 2002 and 2004. Van Jaarsveld is a specialist middle-order batsman, though he has two wickets in One Day International cricket, including England opening batsman Marcus Trescothick in a match where he bowled five overs for 18 runs, but did not get to bat because of a 153-run partnership between Jacques Kallis and Jacques Rudolph.