Pieter Seelaar

Pieter Marinus Seelaar (born 2 July 1987) is a Dutch cricketer and a former captain of the national team. He is a right-handed batsman and a left-arm orthodox spin bowler. Having played for The Netherlands at the Under-15, Under-17 and Under-19 levels, 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, Seelaar made his Twenty20 International debut.

Pieter Seelaar
Personal information
Full name
Pieter Marinus Seelaar
Born (1987-07-02) 2 July 1987
Schiedam, Netherlands
BattingRight-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm orthodox
RoleAll-rounder
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 31)6 July 2006 v Sri Lanka
Last ODI17 June 2022 v England
ODI shirt no.8
T20I debut (cap 7)2 August 2008 v Kenya
Last T20I22 October 2021 v Sri Lanka
T20I shirt no.8
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 57 77 23 140
Runs scored 347 591 751 953
Batting average 11.96 17.38 24.22 14.43
100s/50s 0/0 0/1 1/2 0/2
Top score 43 96* 138* 68
Balls bowled 2,609 1,132 2,450 5,582
Wickets 57 58 35 126
Bowling average 35.68 22.24 40.97 35.07
5 wickets in innings 0 0 1 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 4/15 4/19 5/57 4/15
Catches/stumpings 18/– 32/– 6/– 55/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 17 June 2022

In April 2018, he was appointed as the captain of the national side, following the retirement of Peter Borren. In June 2022, during the Dutch home series against England, a long-term back injury forced Seelaar to retire from international cricket.

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