 de Wet toured India with the South Africa 'A' party in 2007–08 and signed for Middlesex as a Kolpak registration for the 2008 season.On 5 January 2011 it was announced that he would play for Hampshire as a Kolpak registration for the 2011 season.He also had a spell in the Lancashire Cricket League with Chorley Cricket Club in 2008 taking 56 wickets at an average of just over 13.