ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Qualifiers 2019-20 statistical round-up after October 30: Oman cricketers top runs, wickets charts

The main objective of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Qualifiers – selecting the six teams to complete the set of 16 in the main tournament in Australia next year – has been achieved. Papua New Guinea, Ireland, Netherlands, Namibia, Oman, and Scotland have already qualified. However, the first four teams all stand with a chance of winning the Qualifiers trophy.

Jatinder Singh of Oman leads the runs chart after two weeks of cricket. However, several others are within striking distance.

Players	Teams	R	Ave	SR
Jatinder Singh	Oman	260	43.33	136.8
Nitish Kumar	Canada	245	49.00	150.3
Paul Stirling	Ireland	237	47.40	139.4
Kinchit Shah	Hong Kong	223	37.17	119.9
George Munsey	Scotland	217	31.00	144.7

Gareth Delany (63) tops the batting averages chart at this stage. He is the only one with an average exceeding fifty.

Players	Teams	R	Ave	SR
Gareth Delany	Ireland	126	63.00	165.8
Nitish Kumar	Canada	245	49.00	150.3
Paul Stirling	Ireland	237	47.40	139.4
Jatinder Singh	Oman	260	43.33	136.8
Irfan Karim	Kenya	173	43.25	121.8

JJ Smit’s strike rate (189) is the highest of the tournament, almost 20 more than teammate Nikolaas Davin’s 170.

Players	Teams	R	Ave	SR
JJ Smit	Namibia	164	27.33	188.5
Nikolaas Davin	Namibia	134	19.14	169.6
Gareth Delany	Ireland	126	63.00	165.8
Nitish Kumar	Canada	245	49.00	150.3
George Munsey	Scotland	217	31.00	144.7

Smit has also hit the most sixes, followed by George Munsey and Gerhard Erasmus. The others are some distance behind.

Players	Teams	6s	BF	B/6
JJ Smit	Namibia	12	87	7.3
George Munsey	Scotland	11	150	13.6
Gerhard Erasmus	Namibia	11	155	14.1
Kamau Leverock	Bermuda	8	52	6.5
Richie Berrington	Scotland	8	127	15.9
Nitish Kumar	Canada	8	163	20.4

No batsman is yet to reach 90 – let alone a hundred – in this tournament. However, Muhammad Usman drew level with Delany (89*), currently the highest score of this edition.

Players	Scores	Teams	Against	Date
Gareth Delany	89*	Ireland	Oman	21/10
Muhammad Usman	89*	UAE	Canada	27/10
Dhiren Gondaria	85*	Kenya	Bermuda	21/10
Nitish Kumar	83	Canada	Jersey	20/10
Kinchit Shah	79	Hong Kong	Ireland	18/10

Bilal Khan’s burst in the last qualifier took him to the top of the wickets chart. He is a wicket ahead of Jan Frylinck.

Players	Teams	W	Ave	Econ
Bilal Khan	Oman	16	11.68	6.26
Jan Frylinck	Namibia	15	10.40	6.24
Bernard Scholtz	Namibia	14	9.57	4.96
Paul van Meekeren	Netherlands	14	10.07	5.25
Safyaan Sharif	Scotland	13	15.61	7.66

Craig Young’s remarkable average (4.80) put him at the top of the bowling averages chart. The top five all average below 10.

Players	Teams	W	Ave	Econ
Craig Young	Ireland	5	4.80	3.42
Assad Vala	PNG	9	8.11	4.56
Damien Ravu	PNG	10	8.50	4.72
Collins Obuya	Kenya	11	9.45	5.83
Bernard Scholtz	Namibia	14	9.57	4.96

Assad Vala has been the most economical bowler of the tournament so far. The top five have all conceded 5 or less per over.

Players	Teams	W	Ave	Econ
Assad Vala	PNG	9	8.11	4.56
Mark Adair	Ireland	10	11.00	4.58
Ehsan Khan	Hong Kong	4	31.50	4.63
Damien Ravu	PNG	10	8.50	4.72
Bernard Scholtz	Namibia	14	9.57	4.96

Bernard Scholtz and Brandon Glover now share the best bowling figures of the tournament.

Players	Spells	Teams	Against	Date
Bernard Scholtz	4/12	Namibia	Kenya	25/10
Brandon Glover	4/12	Netherlands	UAE	29/10
Craig Young	4/13	Ireland	Nigeria	26/10
Aamir Kaleem	4/14	Oman	Nigeria	23/10
Rohan Mustafa	4/18	UAE	Ireland	19/10
Damien Ravu	4/18	PNG	Singapore	25/10
Emmanuel Bundi	4/18	Kenya	PNG	27/10

Norman Vanua’s hat-trick against Bermuda remains the only one of the tournament.

Players	Batsmen	Teams	Against	Date
Norman Vanua	Dion Stovell Kamau Leverock Deunte Darrell	PNG	Bermuda	19/10