T20I statistical highlights 2019: Associate nations dominate the year

T20I statistical highlights 2019: Associate nations dominate the year

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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.

TeamMWLTNRW/L
Papua New Guinea17142017.000
Namibia16124006.000
Canada1283014.000
Afghanistan1073003.500
Germany1073003.500
Qatar1594204.500
Nepal19127006.000
New Zealand1274103.500
UAE17106015.000
Scotland1596004.500

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.

PlayersTeamsRAveSR
Paul StirlingIreland74841.55140.6
Kevin O’BrienIreland72931.69155.43
Max O’DowdNetherlands70229.25120.82
Ben Cooper Netherlands63737.47127.91
Andy Balbirnie Ireland60133.38143.77
Tony UraPapua New Guinea57247.66147.04
Parash KhadkaNepal54133.81145.82
George Munsey Scotland52637.57166.45
Virat KohliIndia46677.66147.93
Callum MacLeodScotland44036.66128.27

David Warner has an astonishing average of 287 followed by Sami Sohail’s 115.

Players TeamsRAveSR
David WarnerAustralia287287145.68
Sami SohailMalawi115115118.55
Virat KohliIndia46677.66147.93
Iftikhar AhmedPakistan15075144.23
Sudesh WickramasekaraCzech Republic21471.33205.76
Stuart PoynterIreland7070137.25
Nouman SarwarQatar17257.33134.37
Rehman AbdulItaly1025199.02
Mohammed NurjiMalawi10150.5171.18
Muhammad KashifKuwait24248.4112.55

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 TeamsRAveSR
Mirza AhsanAustria5555305.55
Faisal KhanSaudi13444.66239.28
Scott KuggeleijnNew Zealand6532.5216.66
Sudesh WickramasekaraCzech Republic21471.33205.76
JP DuminySouth Africa7676200
Karl BirkenstockNamibia6432193.93
Jason KilaPapua New Guinea6030193.54
Mohammad AdnanSaudi Arabia60193.54
Bilal ZalmaiAustria20869.33190.82
Ammad UddinBahrain10133.66190.56

Kevin O’Brien has hit the most number of over boundaries in 2019.

PlayersTeams6sBFB/6
Kevin O’BrienIreland3646913.03
George MunseyScotland343169.29
Tony UraPapua New Guinea3038912.97
Parash KhadkaNepal2537114.84
Hazratullah ZazaiAfghanistan242088.67
Ravija SandaruwanKuwait242169.00
Virat KohliIndia2331513.70
Mohammad NabiAfghanistan221838.32
Rohit SharmaIndia2228613.00
Muhammad TanveerQatar2233115.05

Kevin’s colleague Paul Stirling is leading the most fours table with 90 boundaries to his name.

PlayersTeams4sBFB/4
Paul StirlingIreland905325.91
Andy BalbirnieIreland714185.89
Max O’DowdNetherlands695818.42
Kevin O’BrienIreland674697.00
Parash KhadkaNepal603716.18
Ben CooperNetherlands564988.89
Tobias ViseeNetherlands472415.13
Jatinder SinghOman473146.68
George MunseyScotland473166.72
Callum MacLeodScotland463437.46

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.

PlayersTeams50s
Paul StirlingIreland8
Max O’DowdNetherlands6
Virat KohliIndia5
Ben CooperNetherlands5
Tony UraPapua New Guinea4
KL RahulIndia4
Babar AzamPakistan4
Stephan BaardNamibia4
Gerhard ErasmusNamibia4
Rohit SharmaIndia4
Syed AzizMalaysia4
Muhammad TanveerQatar4

Hazratullah Zazai has recorded the highest T20I score this year. He remained unbeaten with 162 runs against Ireland on February 23.

PlayersScoresTeamsAgainstDate
Hazratullah Zazai162*AfghanistanIreland23-Feb
George Munsey127*ScotlandNetherlands16-Sep
Kevin O’Brien124IrelandHong Kong07-Oct
Glenn Maxwell113*AustraliaIndia27-Feb
Bilal Zalmai111*AustriaCzech Rep.01-Sep
Tony Ura107*PNGPhilippines23-Mar
Gyanendra Malla107NepalBhutan05-Dec
Paras Khadka106*NepalSingapore28-Sep
Sivakumar Periyalwar105*RomaniaTurkey29-Aug
S Wickramasekara104*Czech Rep.Turkey30-Aug
Leslie Dunbar104*SerbiaBulgaria14-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.

PlayersTeamsWAveEcon
Sandeep LamichhaneNepal2813.716.5
Brandon GloverNetherlands28166.89
Karan KCNepal28177.23
Mark AdairIreland2715.296.57
Paul van MeekerenNetherlands2718.337.26
Iqbal HussainQatar2616.388.16
Damien RavuPapua New Guinea249.25.24
Nalin NipikoVanuatu2412.957.9
Bilal KhanOman2415.756.75
Dominic BlampiedJersey2416.456.4

Ramesh Satheesan has scalped only eight wickets in 2019 but maintained an average of 5.5.

PlayersTeamsWAveEcon
Ramesh SatheesanRomania85.53.38
Lega SiakaPapua New Guinea96.224.66
Jonathan HurleyArgentina56.63.3
Hernan Fennell Argentina87.124.75
Bilal ZalmaiAustria97.444.78
Ruann van der MerweArgentina87.754.76
Chad Soper Papua New Guinea108.34.18
Pedro Arrighi Argentina108.44.42
Irfan BhimaMalwai68.53.4
Karima GoreUSA88.754.37

Spain’s Raja Adeel is leading the best bowling economy chart.

PlayersTeamsWAveEcon
Raja AdeelSpain3123.27
Jonathan HurleyArgentina56.63.3
Ramesh SatheesanRomania85.53.38
Irfan BhimaMalwai68.53.4
Andrew WestphalMexico5133.42
Muhammad SaleemBrazil594.09
Chad Soper Papua New Guinea108.34.18
Dipakkumar PatelPanama2214.2
Mark Bacarese Gibraltar225.54.25
Ziaul HoqueThailand3174.25

Nalin Nipiko is the only bowler who has taken four wickets thrice this year.

PlayersTeams4WIs
Nalin NipikoVanuatu3
Dillon HeyligerCanada2
Bilal KhanOman2
Brandon GloverNetherlands2
Karan KCNepal2
Aamir KaleemOman2
Christi ViljoenNamibia2
Rashid KhanAfghanistan2
Damien Ravu Papua New Guinea2
Charles PerchardJersey2
Norman VanuaPapua New Guinea2

Deepak Chahar’s 6/7 against Bangladesh is the best T20I bowling figure of all time.

PlayersSpellsTeamsAgainstDate
Deepak Chahar6/7IndiaBangladesh10-Nov
Pedro Arrighi5/4ArgentinaBrazil04-Oct
Ankush Nanda5/6LuxembourgTurkey29-Aug
Lasith Malinga5/6Sri LankaNew Zealand06-Sep
Christi Viljoen5/9NamibiaBotswana22-May
Karim Janat5/11AfghanistanWest Indies16-Nov
Damien Ravu 5/15Papua New GuineaVanuatu09-Jul
Aamir Kaleem5/15OmanNepal10-Oct
Charles Perchard5/17JerseyGuernsey01-Jun
Norman Vanua5/17Papua New GuineaVanuatu13-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.

PlayersVictimsTeamsAgainstDates
Rashid
Khan
Kevin O’Brien
George Dockrell
Shane Getkate
Simi Singh
AfghanistanIreland24-02
Lasith
Malinga
Colin Munro
Hamish Rutherford
C de Grandhomme
Ross Taylor
Sri LankaNew Zealand06-09
Mohd
Hasnain
Bhanuka Rajapaksa
Dasun Shanaka
Shehan Jayasuriya
PakistanSri Lanka05-10
Khawar AliAntonius Staal
Colin Ackermann
Roelof van der Merwe
OmanNetherlands09-10
Norman
Vanua
Dion Stovell
Kamau Leverock
Deunte Darrell
PNGBermuda19-10
Deepak
Chahar
Shafiul Islam
Mustafizur Rahman
Aminul Islam
IndiaBangladesh10-11