Pieter Seelaar

Pieter Seelaar
Personal information
Full name Pieter Marinus Seelaar
Born (1987-07-02) 2 July 1987
Schiedam, Netherlands
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox
Role Bowler
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 31) 6 July 2006 v Sri Lanka
Last ODI 28 January 2014 v Canada
ODI shirt no. 8
T20I debut (cap 7) 2 August 2008 v Kenya
Last T20I 3 February 2016 v UAE
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 37 33 21 103
Runs scored 97 54 545 500
Batting average 8.81 4.90 18.79 13.51
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/2 0/1
Top score 34* 9* 81* 68
Balls bowled 1,685 498 2,432 4,178
Wickets 42 26 34 99
Bowling average 31.64 20.73 41.91 33.93
5 wickets in innings 0 0 1 0
10 wickets in match n/a n/a 0 n/a
Best bowling 4/15 4/19 5/57 4/15
Catches/stumpings 11/– 15/– 6/– 33/–
Source: CricketArchive, 6 February 2016

Pieter Marinus Seelaar (born 2 July 1987) is a Dutch cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a left-arm orthodox spin bowler. Having played for The Netherlands at Under-15, Under-17 and Under-19 level, he made his senior debut in a C&G Trophy game against Warwickshire on 3 May 2005. He then played in the ICC Trophy later that year. He made his One Day International debut against Sri Lanka on 6 July 2006. Two years later he made his Twenty20 International debut.

Career

The 2008 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier was hosted by Ireland, the pre-tournament favourites. Of the six teams participating, the tournament marker the first time four of them played Twenty20 Internationals (T20I) including the Netherlands. The opening match between the Netherlands and Kenya nine of the Netherlands' players, including Seelaar, were playing not just their first T20I, but their first twenty20 match.[1][2] Seelaar took two wickets while conceding 59 runs,[3] and after rain prevent the final from being held the title was shared between Ireland and the Netherlands, both of whom qualified for the 2009 World Twenty20 in England.[4]

In April 2009 a qualifying tournament for the 2011 World Cup was held. It allowing Associate and Affiliate members of the ICC a chance to qualify for the World Cup, and the Netherlands was amongst the successful teams.[5] Seelaar picked up seven wickets from eight matches, on average each costing over fifty runs.[6] In June, the Netherlands participated in the World T20 in England. Though the Netherlands did not progress beyond the first round,[7] they beat England in the opening match of the tournament, an achievement hailed by captain Jeroen Smits as "Without doubt, the biggest day in Dutch cricket history".[8] Seelaar took three wickets in the Netherlands' two matches whilst conceding 69 runs.[9]

The England Cricket Board launched a new one-day competition, the Clydesdale Bank 40, in 2010. As well as the 18 first-class teams from England and Wales, two overseas teams were invited to participate. The Netherlands and Scotland made up the final two teams.[10] The Netherlands lost all but two of their twelve matches; they won one and the other was ended in no result.[11] Seelaar was the Netherlands' leading wicket-taker in the competition with 13 dismissals at an average of 28.46 and best figures of 3 for 31 (3/31).[12]

Seelaar was included in the Netherlands' 15-man squad for the 2011 World Cup.[13] Losing all six of their matches, the Netherlands exited in the first round.[14] Seelaar was the team's leading wicket-taker in the competition with eight wickets for 306 runs.[15] Later that year the Netherlands took part in the 2011 Clydesdale Bank 40. They improved on the results of the previous year, winning five and tying one of their twelve matches.[16] Seelaar took seven wickets at an average of 50.00.[17]

Ten teams participated in the 2011–12 Caribbean Twenty20: seven from the Caribbean and three foreign teams chosen by invitation. The three foreign teams were Canada (who had played in the previous two editions of the tournament), while the Netherlands and Sussex County Cricket Club replaced the two teams that had taken part the previous year.[18] Seelaar was included in the 14-man squad and took three wickets at an average of 20.66.[19] It was believed that the Caribbean Twenty20, held in January 2012, would provide good preparation for the Netherlands' participation in the 2012 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier in March.[20] The UAE hosted the qualifying tournament, and though the Netherlands made it to the preliminary finals they lost to Ireland and did not qualify for the World Twenty20 later that year,[21] with Seelaar contributing eight wickets from nine matches.[22]

International Awards

Twenty20 International Cricket

Man of the Match Awards

# Series Date Against Match Performance Result
1 2010 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier 11 February 2010 Kenya 4-0-19-4 ; 1 ct. ; DNB  Netherlands won by 7 wickets.[23]

References

  1. ↑ Ireland to host inaugural World Twenty20 qualifiers, ESPNcricinfo, 12 June 2008, retrieved 26 December 2011
  2. ↑ tt1003 itt58 Kenya v Netherlands: ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier 2008 (Group B), Cricket Archive, retrieved 10 January 2012
  3. ↑ Bowling in ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier 2008 (ordered by wickets), Cricket Archive, retrieved 26 December 2011
  4. ↑ Ireland and Netherlands share the trophy, ESPNcricinfo, 5 August 2008, retrieved 26 December 2011
  5. ↑ Kenya and Netherlands book World Cup places, ESPNcricinfo, 17 April 2009, retrieved 27 December 2011
  6. ↑ ICC World Cup Qualifiers, 2009 / Records / Most wickets, ESPNcricinfo, retrieved 27 December 2011
  7. ↑ ICC World Twenty20, 2009 / Points table, ESPNcricinfo, retrieved 27 December 2011
  8. ↑ 'Biggest day in Dutch cricket', ESPNcricinfo, 5 June 2009, retrieved 27 December 2011
  9. ↑ ICC World Twenty20, 2009 / Records / Most wickets, ESPNcricinfo, retrieved 27 December 2011
  10. ↑ Clydesdale Bank 40 unveiled, ECB, 15 February 2010, retrieved 26 December 2011
  11. ↑ Clydesdale Bank 40, 2010 / Results, ESPNcricinfo, retrieved 27 December 2011
  12. ↑ Bowling in Clydesdale Bank 40 2010 (ordered by wickets), Cricket Archive, retrieved 27 December 2011
  13. ↑ Peter Borren to lead Netherlands in World Cup, ESPNcricinfo, 1 January 2011, retrieved 27 December 2011
  14. ↑ ICC Cricket World Cup, 2010/11 / Results, ESPNcricinfo, retrieved 27 December 2011
  15. ↑ ICC Cricket World Cup, 2010/11 / Records / Most wickets, ESPNcricinfo, retrieved 27 December 2011
  16. ↑ Clydesdale Bank 40 2011 Tables, Cricket Archive, retrieved 27 December 2011
  17. ↑ Bowling in Clydesdale Bank 40 2011 (Ordered by Wickets), Cricket Archive, retrieved 27 December 2011
  18. ↑ Netherlands, Sussex to play Caribbean T20, ESPNcricinfo, 20 October 2011, retrieved 26 December 2011
  19. ↑ Bowling in Caribbean T20 2011/12 (ordered by wickets), Cricket Archive, retrieved 7 May 2012
  20. ↑ ten Doeschate, Cooper to miss Caribbean T20, ESPNcricinfo, 24 December 2011, retrieved 26 December 2011
  21. ↑ Siggins, Gerard (23 March 2012), Ireland edge one step closer to final, ESPNcricinfo, retrieved 7 May 2012
  22. ↑ ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier, 2011/12 / Records / Most wickets, ESPNcricinfo, retrieved 7 May 2012
  23. ↑ "ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier, 2010 - 11th match, Group B Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. 25 February 2015. Retrieved 12 March 2015.

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