ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Qualifiers final, Papua New Guinea vs Netherlands, statistical preview

Papua New Guinea and Netherlands will faceoff in the final of the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifiers, at Dubai International Cricket Stadium. Ahead of the final, here is a statistical review.

Statistical preview

0 appearances in the final of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup final for PNG.

1 match between Netherlands and PNG till date, in the league phase in the tournament. PNG won the match by 5 wickets.

1 run needed by Ryan ten Doeschate (499) and 36 by Pieter Seelaar (464) to become the 7th Netherlands cricketer and 127th overall to reach 500 T20I runs.

2 appearances in the final of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup final for Netherlands. Both finals were washed out: Netherlands were named joint champions on both occasions, with Ireland in 2008 and with Scotland in 2015.

2.428 win-loss ratio of PNG (17 wins, 7 defeats), the best for any side with a 20-match cut-off. Netherlands’ ratio is 1.187 (38 wins, 32 defeats).

3 wickets needed by Paul van Meekeren (47) to become the 2nd Netherlands cricketer (after Seelaar, 53) and 31st overall to reach 50 T20I wickets.

3 dismissals needed by Scott Edwards (21 catches, 4 stumpings) to go past Warren Barresi (26 catches, 1 stumping) and secure the top spot among Netherlands wicketkeepers.

25 matches for both Lega Siaka and Assad Vala, the most for PNG.

27 runs needed by Ben Cooper (205), 28 by Max O’Dowd (204), and 33 by ten Doeschate (199) to set the record for most runs for a Netherlands batsman in a single T20I series or tournament. The record lies with Ben’s elder brother Tom (231 in the 2013-14 World T20).

48 runs needed by Vala (452) to become the 2nd PNG cricketer (after Tony Ura, 667) and 127th overall to reach 500 T20I runs.

54 runs needed by Ura (190) and 55 by Vala (189) to set the record for most runs for a PNG batsman in a single T20I series or tournament. Ura himself had scored 243 in the ICC World T20 East Asia-Pacific Region Final in 2018-19.