Ruan de Swardt

Ruan de Swardt
Personal information
Born (1998-01-21) 21 January 1998
Kempton Park, Gauteng, South Africa
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium-fast
RoleBowling all rounder
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 361)4 February 2024 v New Zealand
Last Test13 February 2024 v New Zealand
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2017/18–2019/20Northerns
2020/21–2022/23Dolphins
2023/24North West
Career statistics
Competition Test FC LA T20
Matches 2 33 35 17
Runs scored 99 1,609 919 125
Batting average 33.00 44.69 43.76 13.88
100s/50s 0/1 3/10 3/3 0/0
Top score 64 124 114 37
Balls bowled 270 3,247 1,149 196
Wickets 3 47 30 10
Bowling average 40.33 33.08 28.00 26.60
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 2/61 4/41 4/17 3/14
Catches/stumpings 3/– 19/– 18/– 7/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 17 February 2024

Ruan de Swardt (born 21 January 1998) is a South African cricketer. He made his List A debut for Northerns in the 2017–18 CSA Provincial One-Day Challenge on 4 March 2018. In September 2018, he was named in Northerns' squad for the 2018 Africa T20 Cup. He made his first-class debut for Northerns in the 2018–19 CSA 3-Day Provincial Cup on 1 November 2018. He made his Twenty20 debut for Northerns in the 2019–20 CSA Provincial T20 Cup on 13 September 2019.

He was the leading run-scorer in the 2019–20 CSA Provincial One-Day Challenge, with 426 runs in seven matches. In July 2020, de Swardt was named as the CSA Student Cricketer of the Year. In April 2021, he was named in KwaZulu-Natal's squad, ahead of the 2021–22 cricket season in South Africa.