Pieter Seelaar

Netherlands

Full name Pieter Marinus Seelaar

Born July 2, 1987, Schiedam

Current age 31 years 294 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	39	23	10	123	34*	9.46	229	53.71	0	0	8	2	11
T20Is	47	21	5	144	36	9.00	150	96.00	0	0	9	1	19
First-class	23	41	10	751	138*	24.22	1538	48.82	1	2	80	6	6
List A	122	74	24	729	68	14.58	1149	63.44	0	2	45	14	48
T20s	68	32	12	233	36	11.65	231	100.86	0	0	15	4	25

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w
ODIs	39	39	1799	1399	47	4/15	4/15	29.76	4.66	38.2	1	0
T20Is	47	37	660	760	32	4/19	4/19	23.75	6.90	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	122		4772	3785	116	4/15	4/15	32.62	4.75	41.1	2	0
T20s	68	57	996	1127	39	4/19	4/19	28.89	6.78	25.5	1	0

Career statistics

ODI debut	Netherlands v Sri Lanka at Amstelveen, Jul 6, 2006 scorecard
Last ODI	Netherlands v Nepal at Amstelveen, Aug 3, 2018 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut	Kenya v Netherlands at Belfast, Aug 2, 2008 scorecard
Last T20I	Ireland v Netherlands at Al Amerat, Feb 17, 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 Nepal at Amstelveen, Aug 3, 2018 scorecard
T20s debut	Kenya v Netherlands at Belfast, Aug 2, 2008 scorecard
Last T20s	Ireland v Netherlands at Al Amerat, Feb 17, 2019 scorecard

Recent matches

Bat & Bowl	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
8, 0/32	Netherlands	v Ireland	Al Amerat	17 Feb 2019	T20I # 743
0/38	Netherlands	v Oman	Al Amerat	15 Feb 2019	T20I # 741
1/19	Netherlands	v Scotland	Al Amerat	13 Feb 2019	T20I # 739
2/50, 21	Netherlands	v Nepal	Amstelveen	3 Aug 2018	ODI # 4028
5, 3/20	Netherlands	v Nepal	Amstelveen	1 Aug 2018	ODI # 4026
-	Netherlands	v Nepal	Lord's	29 Jul 2018	T20I # 691
0/13	Netherlands	v M.C.C.	Lord's	29 Jul 2018	T20
0/34, 4	Netherlands	v Scotland	Amstelveen	20 Jun 2018	T20I # 677
1/31	Netherlands	v Scotland	Amstelveen	19 Jun 2018	T20I # 676
1/30, 22*	Netherlands	v Ireland	Rotterdam	13 Jun 2018	T20I # 672

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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