paul van meekeren Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
paul van meekeren is a cricketer(sportsman) from Netherlands. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
Paul Adriaan van Meekeren
Born
January 15, 1993, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Age
30 years old
Batting Style
Right hand Bat
Bowling Style
Right arm Fast medium
Playing Role
Bowler
Batting Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | - | 22 | 57 | - |
Inn | - | 19 | 17 | - |
Runs | - | 97 | 99 | - |
Avg | - | 8.82 | 7.07 | - |
SR | - | 69.78 | 119.28 | - |
HS | - | 21 | 24 | - |
NO | - | 8 | 3 | - |
100s | - | 0 | 0 | - |
50s | - | 0 | 0 | - |
4s | - | 6 | 7 | - |
6s | - | 2 | 5 | - |
Bowling Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | - | 22 | 57 | - |
Inn | - | 22 | 56 | - |
Balls | - | 1028 | 1165 | - |
Runs | - | 986 | 1358 | - |
Wkt | - | 27 | 64 | - |
BBI | - | 23 / 4 | 11 / 4 | - |
BBM | - | 23 / 4 | 11 / 4 | - |
Eco | - | 5.75 | 6.99 | - |
Avg | - | 36.52 | 21.22 | - |
5W | - | 0 | 0 | - |
10W | - | 0 | 0 | - |
Teams he has played for:
- Netherlands
- Dambulla Aura
- Khulna Tigers
- Netherlands Under-13s
- Netherlands Under-15s
- Netherlands Under-19s
- St Kitts and Nevis Patriots
- Winnipeg Hawks
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
By then he was an established figure in the Netherlands national side, representing the Dutch up through age group cricket and making his T20 debut against Kenya in 2013 at the age of just 20. He made his List A debut the same year in the Netherlands’ final season in the English domestic one-day competition, before making his ODI debut in a one-off match against South Africa at Amstelveen later that summer. A tall aggressive fast bowler, van Meekeren plays an enforcer role in the team while also showing an ability to swing a bat at the back end of the innings. His knack for taking big wickets eventually attracted attention across the North Sea, first picked up by Somerset for the 2016 season. Despite taking three wickets on debut against a touring Pakistan side van Meekeren but struggled to nail down a place in the first team and was released two years later, but determined to make a career for himself in the UK he remain in England playing club cricket, at one stage resorting to gigging for Uber Eats to get by.
A brief stint at Durham for the T20 blast did not lead to a permanent contract, though it did get him picked up by the Kitts and Nevis Patriots for his first taste of the Franchise big leagues in the 2021 CPL. His persistence in England was rewarded with a contract at Gloucestershire for the 2022 season, though it would again prove short-lived, and limited his availability for the Dutch during their home summer. Despite missing much of the Netherlands’ Super-League campaign as well as the 2023 ODI World Cup Qualifier, he remains a regular ODI pick when available and a mainstay of the T20 side.
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
Paul van Meekeren drew attention to himself during the World Twenty20 qualifiers in 2016 when he produced a spell of 4 for 11 against Ireland. A trial match at Taunton Vale, plus the success of his Dutch compatriot Timm van der Gugten at Glamorgan, was enough for Somerset to offer him a short-term deal midway through the 21016 season which they extended to a two-year deal until the end of the 2018 season. He made his Somerset first-class debut against the Pakistan tourists and followed up with T20 and List-A debuts for the Club in the same season, catching the eye in a NatWest T20 Blast fixture at Cardiff where he bowled with genuine pace. The following season, in his sole Championship appearance, he took four wickets on debut against Essex at Chelmsford.
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