ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Qualifiers 2019-20 statistical round-up: Stirling finishes with most runs, Bilal with most wickets

Paul Stirling moved up two places to finish at the top of the most runs table, 23 runs ahead of Gerhard Erasmus.

Players	Teams	R	Ave	SR
Paul Stirling	Ireland	291	41.57	135.3
Gerhard Erasmus	Namibia	268	38.28	137.4
Jatinder Singh	Oman	267	38.14	134.2
Ben Cooper	Netherlands	246	30.75	111.3
Nitish Kumar	Canada	245	49.00	150.3

Nitish Kumar replaced Gareth Delany at the leading position of the best batting average table.

Players	Teams	R	Ave	SR
Nitish Kumar	Canada	245	49.00	150.3
Matthew Cross	Scotland	189	47.25	134.0
Ryan ten Doeschate	Netherlands	233	46.60	136.3
Irfan Karim	Kenya	173	43.25	121.8
Paul Stirling	Ireland	291	41.57	135.3

JJ Smit finished at the top of the strike rates. His teammate Nikolaas Davin finished second, while Nitish Kumar and Delany both struck at over 150.

Players	Teams	R	Ave	SR
JJ Smit	Namibia	190	27.14	168.1
Nikolaas Davin	Namibia	139	15.44	158.0
Nitish Kumar	Canada	245	49.00	150.3
Gareth Delany	Ireland	150	37.50	150.0
George Munsey	Scotland	234	29.25	141.8

Smit’s strike rate was largely due to his big hits: he finished at the top of the sixes chart as well, 3 clear of anyone else’s tally.

Players	Teams	6s	BF	B/6
JJ Smit	Namibia	14	113	8.1
George Munsey	Scotland	11	165	15.0
Gerhard Erasmus	Namibia	11	195	17.7
Richie Berrington	Scotland	9	138	15.3
Ryan ten Doeschate	Netherlands	9	171	19.0

The highest score table remains unchanged. Nobody managed to reach 90, let alone record a hundred.

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

While there were three Namibians in the top five wicket-takers, Bilal Khan finished on top.

Players	Teams	W	Ave	Econ
Bilal Khan	Oman	18	12.50	6.65
Brandon Glover	Netherlands	16	10.68	5.89
JJ Smit	Namibia	16	13.31	6.42
Jan Frylinck	Namibia	15	10.40	6.24
Bernard Scholtz	Namibia	15	12.46	5.34
Paul van Meekeren	Netherlands	15	14.06	6.05

Collins Obuya, whose team did not feature in the top eight, finished at the top of the bowling average chart.

Players	Teams	W	Ave	Econ
Collins Obuya	Kenya	11	9.45	5.83
Damien Ravu	PNG	12	9.50	5.10
Assad Vala	PNG	10	10.10	4.59
Jan Frylinck	Namibia	15	10.40	6.24
Brandon Glover	Netherlands	16	10.68	5.89

Assad Vala, Ehsan Khan, and Mark Adair, the three most economical bowlers, all went for under 5 an over.

Players	Teams	W	Ave	Econ
Assad Vala	PNG	10	10.10	4.59
Ehsan Khan	Hong Kong	4	31.50	4.63
Mark Adair	Ireland	12	12.50	4.78
Damien Ravu	PNG	12	9.50	5.10
Sultan Ahmed	UAE	1	114.00	5.18

The best bowling figures of the tournament remained unchanged.

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 was the only bowler to do the hat-trick in the tournament.

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