Pieter Seelaar

Netherlands

Full name Pieter Marinus Seelaar

Born July 2, 1987, Schiedam

Current age 32 years 79 days

Major teams Netherlands, Hermes DVS

Playing role Allrounder

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
ODIs	41	24	10	155	34*	11.07	244	63.52	0	0	13	3	12
T20Is	55	29	9	354	96*	17.70	294	120.40	0	1	25	7	23
First-class	23	41	10	751	138*	24.22	1538	48.82	1	2	80	6	6
List A	124	75	24	761	68	14.92	1164	65.37	0	2	50	15	49
T20s	76	40	16	443	96*	18.45	375	118.13	0	1	31	10	29

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w
ODIs	41	41	1901	1476	50	4/15	4/15	29.52	4.65	38.0	1	0
T20Is	55	45	825	977	40	4/19	4/19	24.42	7.10	20.6	1	0
First-class	23	32	2450	1434	35	5/57	5/57	40.97	3.51	70.0	0	1
List A	124		4874	3862	119	4/15	4/15	32.45	4.75	40.9	2	0
T20s	76	65	1161	1344	47	4/19	4/19	28.59	6.94	24.7	1	0

Career statistics

ODI debut	Netherlands v Sri Lanka at Amstelveen, Jul 6, 2006 scorecard
Last ODI	Netherlands v Zimbabwe at Deventer, Jun 21, 2019 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut	Kenya v Netherlands at Belfast, Aug 2, 2008 scorecard
Last T20I	Ireland v Netherlands at Dublin (Malahide), Sep 18, 2019 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut	Netherlands v Bermuda at Pretoria, Nov 21-24, 2006 scorecard
Last First-class	Hong Kong v Netherlands at Mong Kok, Feb 10-13, 2017 scorecard
List A debut	Netherlands v Warwickshire at Rotterdam, May 3-4, 2005 scorecard
Last List A	Netherlands v Zimbabwe at Deventer, Jun 21, 2019 scorecard
T20s debut	Kenya v Netherlands at Belfast, Aug 2, 2008 scorecard
Last T20s	Ireland v Netherlands at Dublin (Malahide), Sep 18, 2019 scorecard

Recent matches

Bat & Bowl	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
1/27, 4	Netherlands	v Ireland	Dublin (Malahide)	18 Sep 2019	T20I # 887
0/35, 96*	Netherlands	v Scotland	Dublin (Malahide)	16 Sep 2019	T20I # 884
25, 0/27	Netherlands	v U.A.E.	The Hague	8 Aug 2019	T20I # 847
2/21, 12	Netherlands	v U.A.E.	The Hague	6 Aug 2019	T20I # 845
34, 0/31	Netherlands	v U.A.E.	Amstelveen	5 Aug 2019	T20I # 844
1/20, 9*	Netherlands	v U.A.E.	Amstelveen	3 Aug 2019	T20I # 841
29*, 1/28	Netherlands	v Zimbabwe	Rotterdam	25 Jun 2019	T20I # 811
1*, 3/28	Netherlands	v Zimbabwe	Rotterdam	23 Jun 2019	T20I # 808
1/45, 32	Netherlands	v Zimbabwe	Deventer	21 Jun 2019	ODI # 4167
2/32	Netherlands	v Zimbabwe	Deventer	19 Jun 2019	ODI # 4164

Profile

Nurtured by the Dutch youth system from Under-15 level, Pieter Seelaar made his debut as a canny 18-year-old left-arm spinner but found fame, momentarily, for his penguin dance after dismissing England captain Paul Collingwood in Netherland's historic win in the opening game of the 2009 World Twenty20. Seelaar is not a great spinner of the ball but his economy rate is good and, despite being just 21 years old, knows his game well. He missed out on the World Cup in 2007 but was impressive in India four years later, dismissing both Kevin Pietersen and Sachin Tendulkar and finishing as Netherlands' leading wicket taker. Seelaar's favourite player is another left-arm spinner who started young - Daniel Vettori.
Sahil Dutta May 2011

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