No plans on slowing down for Grant Roelofsen
In his first full season for the Dolphins, Roelofsen has become a mainstay at the top of the order and his versatility to open the batting in red ball cricket and white ball cricket as well as keep wicket in fifty over cricket has been a revelation for the Dolphins.
WITH the current domestic cricket season coming to a premature end due to the coronavirus outbreak, Hollywoodbets Dolphins batting star Grant Roelofsen is hoping to improve on the stellar season he has enjoyed when the new 2020/2021 season starts at the back end of the year.
In his first full season for the Dolphins, Roelofsen has become a mainstay at the top of the order and his versatility to open the batting in red ball cricket and white ball cricket as well as keep wicket in fifty over cricket has been a revelation for the Dolphins.
This season he racked up 575 runs in seven first class games at an average of 44 which included three hundreds and one fifty. His three centuries was the most by any player in the competition.
In fifty over cricket he finished the Momentum One Day Cup as the competitions leading run scorer with 588 runs in ten innings at an average of 65. He scored five fifties and one hundred in the ten innings he played with a top score of 147 not out.
Despite the relative ease he has shown at the top of the order, he was thrust into the role when he started playing for the Dolphins.
“I knew that opening the batting was my route into the side,” the 23 year-old said. “There was a slight fear of the unknown I guess but I was just really excited to play for the Dolphins and I knew that opening the batting would get me an extended run in the side. Although I hadn’t opened before when I trained it helped my mind-set change and it gave me a taste of what I needed to do so I felt prepared.”
It has been a watershed season for Roelofsen who has caught the attention of many cricket pundits. From SA Schools cricket, to SA Under 19, to semi-professional cricket to franchise cricket, it has been a patient journey for him but by all accounts he is here to stay.
“If you had told me before the season that this is how I would have performed I would have been happy with that.
I don’t think I blew it out the water at all and I set high standards for myself. I want to go all the way and be one of the best in the world and I feel that if I keep following this path and train hard and play well then I can do that.”
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