According to the ICC’s new regulations, all the T20 matches of any associate nation are being given international status. As a result, the various statistics in T20I cricket are hugely dominated by those teams now.
One of the key T20I tournaments was the ICC Men’s World T20 Qualifier in the UAE which showed the brilliance of teams like Papua New Guinea and Namibia.
Team | M | W | L | T | NR | W/L |
Papua New Guinea | 17 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7.000 |
Namibia | 16 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6.000 |
Canada | 12 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4.000 |
Afghanistan | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3.500 |
Germany | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3.500 |
Qatar | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4.500 |
Nepal | 19 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6.000 |
New Zealand | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3.500 |
UAE | 17 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5.000 |
Scotland | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4.500 |
The most runs table is dominated by two senior Irish batsmen- Paul Stirling and Kevin O’ Brien. Apart from them, Max O’Dowd is the only batsman to have crossed the 700-run mark.
Players | Teams | R | Ave | SR |
Paul Stirling | Ireland | 748 | 41.55 | 140.6 |
Kevin O’Brien | Ireland | 729 | 31.69 | 155.43 |
Max O’Dowd | Netherlands | 702 | 29.25 | 120.82 |
Ben Cooper | Netherlands | 637 | 37.47 | 127.91 |
Andy Balbirnie | Ireland | 601 | 33.38 | 143.77 |
Tony Ura | Papua New Guinea | 572 | 47.66 | 147.04 |
Parash Khadka | Nepal | 541 | 33.81 | 145.82 |
George Munsey | Scotland | 526 | 37.57 | 166.45 |
Virat Kohli | India | 466 | 77.66 | 147.93 |
Callum MacLeod | Scotland | 440 | 36.66 | 128.27 |
David Warner has an astonishing average of 287 followed by Sami Sohail’s 115.
Players | Teams | R | Ave | SR |
David Warner | Australia | 287 | 287 | 145.68 |
Sami Sohail | Malawi | 115 | 115 | 118.55 |
Virat Kohli | India | 466 | 77.66 | 147.93 |
Iftikhar Ahmed | Pakistan | 150 | 75 | 144.23 |
Sudesh Wickramasekara | Czech Republic | 214 | 71.33 | 205.76 |
Stuart Poynter | Ireland | 70 | 70 | 137.25 |
Nouman Sarwar | Qatar | 172 | 57.33 | 134.37 |
Rehman Abdul | Italy | 102 | 51 | 99.02 |
Mohammed Nurji | Malawi | 101 | 50.5 | 171.18 |
Muhammad Kashif | Kuwait | 242 | 48.4 | 112.55 |
Mirza Ahsan is boasting of a strike rate of 305.55. Faisal Khan, Scott Kuggeleijn, Sudesh Wickramasekara, and JP Duminy are the other batsmen to have 200+ strike rates.
Players | Teams | R | Ave | SR |
Mirza Ahsan | Austria | 55 | 55 | 305.55 |
Faisal Khan | Saudi | 134 | 44.66 | 239.28 |
Scott Kuggeleijn | New Zealand | 65 | 32.5 | 216.66 |
Sudesh Wickramasekara | Czech Republic | 214 | 71.33 | 205.76 |
JP Duminy | South Africa | 76 | 76 | 200 |
Karl Birkenstock | Namibia | 64 | 32 | 193.93 |
Jason Kila | Papua New Guinea | 60 | 30 | 193.54 |
Mohammad Adnan | Saudi Arabia | 60 | – | 193.54 |
Bilal Zalmai | Austria | 208 | 69.33 | 190.82 |
Ammad Uddin | Bahrain | 101 | 33.66 | 190.56 |
Kevin O’Brien has hit the most number of over boundaries in 2019.
Players | Teams | 6s | BF | B/6 |
Kevin O’Brien | Ireland | 36 | 469 | 13.03 |
George Munsey | Scotland | 34 | 316 | 9.29 |
Tony Ura | Papua New Guinea | 30 | 389 | 12.97 |
Parash Khadka | Nepal | 25 | 371 | 14.84 |
Hazratullah Zazai | Afghanistan | 24 | 208 | 8.67 |
Ravija Sandaruwan | Kuwait | 24 | 216 | 9.00 |
Virat Kohli | India | 23 | 315 | 13.70 |
Mohammad Nabi | Afghanistan | 22 | 183 | 8.32 |
Rohit Sharma | India | 22 | 286 | 13.00 |
Muhammad Tanveer | Qatar | 22 | 331 | 15.05 |
Kevin’s colleague Paul Stirling is leading the most fours table with 90 boundaries to his name.
Players | Teams | 4s | BF | B/4 |
Paul Stirling | Ireland | 90 | 532 | 5.91 |
Andy Balbirnie | Ireland | 71 | 418 | 5.89 |
Max O’Dowd | Netherlands | 69 | 581 | 8.42 |
Kevin O’Brien | Ireland | 67 | 469 | 7.00 |
Parash Khadka | Nepal | 60 | 371 | 6.18 |
Ben Cooper | Netherlands | 56 | 498 | 8.89 |
Tobias Visee | Netherlands | 47 | 241 | 5.13 |
Jatinder Singh | Oman | 47 | 314 | 6.68 |
George Munsey | Scotland | 47 | 316 | 6.72 |
Callum MacLeod | Scotland | 46 | 343 | 7.46 |
Stirling has also scored the maximum number of half-centuries. Max O’Dowd, Virat Kohli, and Ben Cooper are the other batter to score five T20I fifties this year.
Players | Teams | 50s |
Paul Stirling | Ireland | 8 |
Max O’Dowd | Netherlands | 6 |
Virat Kohli | India | 5 |
Ben Cooper | Netherlands | 5 |
Tony Ura | Papua New Guinea | 4 |
KL Rahul | India | 4 |
Babar Azam | Pakistan | 4 |
Stephan Baard | Namibia | 4 |
Gerhard Erasmus | Namibia | 4 |
Rohit Sharma | India | 4 |
Syed Aziz | Malaysia | 4 |
Muhammad Tanveer | Qatar | 4 |
Hazratullah Zazai has recorded the highest T20I score this year. He remained unbeaten with 162 runs against Ireland on February 23.
Players | Scores | Teams | Against | Date |
Hazratullah Zazai | 162* | Afghanistan | Ireland | 23-Feb |
George Munsey | 127* | Scotland | Netherlands | 16-Sep |
Kevin O’Brien | 124 | Ireland | Hong Kong | 07-Oct |
Glenn Maxwell | 113* | Australia | India | 27-Feb |
Bilal Zalmai | 111* | Austria | Czech Rep. | 01-Sep |
Tony Ura | 107* | PNG | Philippines | 23-Mar |
Gyanendra Malla | 107 | Nepal | Bhutan | 05-Dec |
Paras Khadka | 106* | Nepal | Singapore | 28-Sep |
Sivakumar Periyalwar | 105* | Romania | Turkey | 29-Aug |
S Wickramasekara | 104* | Czech Rep. | Turkey | 30-Aug |
Leslie Dunbar | 104* | Serbia | Bulgaria | 14-Oct |
Sandeep Lamichhane, Brandon Glover, and Karan KC are leading the most wickets table with 28 wickets each. Lamichhane has the best average and economy among these three.
Players | Teams | W | Ave | Econ |
Sandeep Lamichhane | Nepal | 28 | 13.71 | 6.5 |
Brandon Glover | Netherlands | 28 | 16 | 6.89 |
Karan KC | Nepal | 28 | 17 | 7.23 |
Mark Adair | Ireland | 27 | 15.29 | 6.57 |
Paul van Meekeren | Netherlands | 27 | 18.33 | 7.26 |
Iqbal Hussain | Qatar | 26 | 16.38 | 8.16 |
Damien Ravu | Papua New Guinea | 24 | 9.2 | 5.24 |
Nalin Nipiko | Vanuatu | 24 | 12.95 | 7.9 |
Bilal Khan | Oman | 24 | 15.75 | 6.75 |
Dominic Blampied | Jersey | 24 | 16.45 | 6.4 |
Ramesh Satheesan has scalped only eight wickets in 2019 but maintained an average of 5.5.
Players | Teams | W | Ave | Econ |
Ramesh Satheesan | Romania | 8 | 5.5 | 3.38 |
Lega Siaka | Papua New Guinea | 9 | 6.22 | 4.66 |
Jonathan Hurley | Argentina | 5 | 6.6 | 3.3 |
Hernan Fennell | Argentina | 8 | 7.12 | 4.75 |
Bilal Zalmai | Austria | 9 | 7.44 | 4.78 |
Ruann van der Merwe | Argentina | 8 | 7.75 | 4.76 |
Chad Soper | Papua New Guinea | 10 | 8.3 | 4.18 |
Pedro Arrighi | Argentina | 10 | 8.4 | 4.42 |
Irfan Bhima | Malwai | 6 | 8.5 | 3.4 |
Karima Gore | USA | 8 | 8.75 | 4.37 |
Spain’s Raja Adeel is leading the best bowling economy chart.
Players | Teams | W | Ave | Econ |
Raja Adeel | Spain | 3 | 12 | 3.27 |
Jonathan Hurley | Argentina | 5 | 6.6 | 3.3 |
Ramesh Satheesan | Romania | 8 | 5.5 | 3.38 |
Irfan Bhima | Malwai | 6 | 8.5 | 3.4 |
Andrew Westphal | Mexico | 5 | 13 | 3.42 |
Muhammad Saleem | Brazil | 5 | 9 | 4.09 |
Chad Soper | Papua New Guinea | 10 | 8.3 | 4.18 |
Dipakkumar Patel | Panama | 2 | 21 | 4.2 |
Mark Bacarese | Gibraltar | 2 | 25.5 | 4.25 |
Ziaul Hoque | Thailand | 3 | 17 | 4.25 |
Nalin Nipiko is the only bowler who has taken four wickets thrice this year.
Players | Teams | 4WIs |
Nalin Nipiko | Vanuatu | 3 |
Dillon Heyliger | Canada | 2 |
Bilal Khan | Oman | 2 |
Brandon Glover | Netherlands | 2 |
Karan KC | Nepal | 2 |
Aamir Kaleem | Oman | 2 |
Christi Viljoen | Namibia | 2 |
Rashid Khan | Afghanistan | 2 |
Damien Ravu | Papua New Guinea | 2 |
Charles Perchard | Jersey | 2 |
Norman Vanua | Papua New Guinea | 2 |
Deepak Chahar’s 6/7 against Bangladesh is the best T20I bowling figure of all time.
Players | Spells | Teams | Against | Date |
Deepak Chahar | 6/7 | India | Bangladesh | 10-Nov |
Pedro Arrighi | 5/4 | Argentina | Brazil | 04-Oct |
Ankush Nanda | 5/6 | Luxembourg | Turkey | 29-Aug |
Lasith Malinga | 5/6 | Sri Lanka | New Zealand | 06-Sep |
Christi Viljoen | 5/9 | Namibia | Botswana | 22-May |
Karim Janat | 5/11 | Afghanistan | West Indies | 16-Nov |
Damien Ravu | 5/15 | Papua New Guinea | Vanuatu | 09-Jul |
Aamir Kaleem | 5/15 | Oman | Nepal | 10-Oct |
Charles Perchard | 5/17 | Jersey | Guernsey | 01-Jun |
Norman Vanua | 5/17 | Papua New Guinea | Vanuatu | 13-Jul |
Out of 12 hattricks in the history of T20I cricket, six have been registered this year with five of them coming in the second half of the year.
Players | Victims | Teams | Against | Dates |
Rashid Khan | Kevin O’Brien George Dockrell Shane Getkate Simi Singh | Afghanistan | Ireland | 24-02 |
Lasith Malinga | Colin Munro Hamish Rutherford C de Grandhomme Ross Taylor | Sri Lanka | New Zealand | 06-09 |
Mohd Hasnain | Bhanuka Rajapaksa Dasun Shanaka Shehan Jayasuriya | Pakistan | Sri Lanka | 05-10 |
Khawar Ali | Antonius Staal Colin Ackermann Roelof van der Merwe | Oman | Netherlands | 09-10 |
Norman Vanua | Dion Stovell Kamau Leverock Deunte Darrell | PNG | Bermuda | 19-10 |
Deepak Chahar | Shafiul Islam Mustafizur Rahman Aminul Islam | India | Bangladesh | 10-11 |