ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Qualifiers 2019-20 statistical round-up after October 24: Nitish Kumar has most runs, Frylinck, Sharif most wickets

Nitish Kumar is the only man to have breached the 200-run mark in the 2019 T20 World Cup Qualifiers. Kinchit Shah, second on the runs chart, is 6 behind the landmark.

Players	Teams	R	Ave	SR
Nitish Kumar	Canada	212	70.67	157.0
Kinchit Shah	Hong Kong	194	48.50	113.5
Calum MacLeod	Scotland	187	37.40	129.0
Paul Stirling	Ireland	168	42.00	134.4
Jonty Jenner	Jersey	160	53.33	133.3

Nitish also has the highest average, just above 70. Irfan Karim is close, while the others are all below 60.

Players	Teams	R	Ave	SR
Nitish Kumar	Canada	212	70.67	157.0
Irfan Karim	Kenya	139	69.50	121.9
Navin Param	Singapore	119	59.50	163.0
Gareth Delany	Ireland	107	53.50	175.4
Jonty Jenner	Jersey	160	53.33	133.3

Gareth Delany’s spectacular strike rate of 175 puts him at the top of the pile. Navin Param and Nitish are the only ones to have struck over 150.

Players	Teams	R	Ave	SR
Gareth Delany	Ireland	107	53.50	175.4
Navim Param	Singapore	119	59.50	163.0
Nitish Kumar	Canada	212	70.67	157.0
George Munsey	Scotland	145	29.00	145.0
Paul Stirling	Ireland	168	42.00	134.4

Nitish’s 8 sixes – the most – have contributed towards his aggregate. However, Ollie Hairs deserves a mention for having hit a six at under an over.

Players	Teams	6s	BF	B/6
Nitish Kumar	Canada	8	135	16.9
Jonty Jenner	Jersey	7	120	17.1
Ollie Hairs	Scotland	6	32	5.3
JJ Smit	Namibia	6	44	7.3
Nikolaas Davin	Namibia	6	45	7.5
Benjamin Ward	Jersey	6	45	7.5
Navin Param	Singapore	6	73	12.2
George Munsey	Scotland	6	100	16.7
Assad Vala	PNG	6	123	20.5

Let alone a hundred, nobody has reached 90 in the tournament. The top three scores, however, by Delany, Dhiren Gondaria, and Nitish, have all been over 80.

Players	Scores	Teams	Against	Date
Gareth Delany	89*	Ireland	Oman	21/10
Dhiren Gondaria	85*	Kenya	Bermuda	21/10
Nitish Kumar	83	Canada	Jersey	20/10
Kinchit Shah	79	Hong Kong	Ireland	18/10
Calum MacLeod	74	Scotland	Bermuda	24/10

Jan Frylinck and Safyaan Sharif have the most wickets in the tournament so far – 9 apiece.

Players	Teams	W	Ave	Econ
Jan Frylinck	Namibia	9	8.67	5.57
Safyaan Sharif	Scotland	9	17.88	8.05
Collins Obuya	Kenya	8	8.12	5.49
Paul van Meekeren	Netherlands	8	9.37	5.05
Josh Davey	Scotland	8	12.87	6.86

The ageless Collins Obuya leads the bowling averages table. Four men have averages under 10, while a fifth has exactly 10.

Players	Teams	W	Ave	Econ
Collins Obuya	Kenya	8	8.12	5.49
Aamir Kaleem	Oman	7	8.28	4.83
Jan Frynlinck	Namibia	9	8.67	5.57
Paul van Meekeren	Netherlands	8	9.37	5.05
Assad Vala	PNG	5	10.00	5.55

With 4.83 an over, Aamir Kaleem has been the most economical bowler. However, there are three others economy rates not exceeding 4.85.

Players	Teams	W	Ave	Econ
Aamir Kaleem	Oman	7	8.28	4.83
Sultan Ahmed	UAE	1	63.00	4.84
Rohan Mustafa	UAE	7	13.85	4.85
Ahmed Raza	UAE	5	19.40	4.85
Benjamin Ward	Jersey	6	12.5	5.00

Kaleem also has the best figures. Rohan Mustafa and Obuya are the only ones to have taken 4 wickets in a match.

Players	Spells	Teams	Against	Date
Aamir Kaleem	4/14	Oman	Nigeria	26/9
Rohan Mustafa	4/18	UAE	Ireland	8/9
Collins Obuya	4/27	Kenya	Bermuda	22/9
Bilal Khan	3/7	Oman	Nigeria	12/10
Timm van der Gugten	3/9	Netherlands	Singapore	29/9

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

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