Paul van Meekeren

Netherlands · PACE · 2013 to 2025 · on scorecards: PA van Meekeren

BATTING

Matches: 39
Innings: 28
Runs: 145
Average: 8.52
Strike rate: 65.9
High score: 21*
100s / 50s: 0 / 0

BOWLING & FIELDING

Wickets: 61
Average: 27.47
Economy: 5.37
Strike rate: 30.6
Best figures: 5/28
4w / 5w: 2 / 1
Catches / Stumpings: 7 / 0
Run-outs effected: 1

CAREER IN BRIEF

Paul van Meekeren played 38 ODIs for Netherlands in CricArcade's archive, from 2013 to 2025. The first came against South Africa at VRA Ground, with a score of 15 and 1 wicket, and the last against Scotland at Forthill in 2025.

The most productive decade was the 2020s: 57 wickets at 26.6 in 33 ODIs. The best bowling is 5 for 28 against Canada at Hazelaarweg in 2024. In all: 1 five-wicket haul.

With the ball: 32 wickets at 18.2 at home and 11 wickets at 48.3 away. The most wickets came against Scotland: 10 wickets at 30.4 in 6 ODIs. VRA Ground was the most frequent ground, with 6 ODIs and 10 wickets at 22.8. Netherlands won 16 of the ODIs Paul van Meekeren played and lost 22.

The career totals above are the official figures; everything below is computed from the 38 ODI scorecards in CricArcade's archive, each linked.

BEST INNINGS

Runs	Balls	Against	Ground	Year	Result
21*	9	Zimbabwe	Harare Sports Club	2023	Won
19	23	Scotland	Forthill	2025	Lost
15*	17	South Africa	VRA Ground	2013	Lost
12*	20	Nepal	VRA Ground	2018	Lost
7	12	South Africa	Willowmoore Park	2023	Lost

BEST BOWLING

Figures	Overs	Against	Ground	Year	Result
5/28	9.4	Canada	Hazelaarweg	2024	Won
4/23	7.2	Bangladesh	Eden Gardens	2023	Won
4/58	10	Nepal	Forthill	2025	Lost
3/24	8	United Arab Emirates	VRA Ground	2025	Won
3/31	9	United States	Hazelaarweg	2024	Won

RECORD BY OPPONENT

Against	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
Scotland	6	29	9.67	0/0	10	30.40
Nepal	4	22	22.00	0/0	6	28.83
South Africa	4	22	11.00	0/0	5	39.80
Zimbabwe	4	26	26.00	0/0	6	31.33
United Arab Emirates	3	3	3.00	0/0	6	21.67
Canada	2	7	7.00	0/0	8	8.63
England	2	6	3.00	0/0	3	38.67
Namibia	2	5	–	0/0	3	16.00
United States	2	2	–	0/0	5	12.60
Afghanistan	1	4	4.00	0/0	0	–
Australia	1	0	0.00	0/0	0	–
Bangladesh	1	0	0.00	0/0	4	5.75
India	1	3	–	0/0	1	90.00
Kenya	1	0	–	0/0	0	–
New Zealand	1	4	–	0/0	2	29.50
Oman	1	1	1.00	0/0	0	–
Pakistan	1	7	7.00	0/0	1	40.00
Sri Lanka	1	4	4.00	0/0	1	39.00

HOME, AWAY AND NEUTRAL

Where	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home	15	51	12.75	0/0	32	18.22
Away	11	61	12.20	0/0	11	48.27
Neutral	12	33	4.13	0/0	18	31.22

BY DECADE

Decade	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
2010s	5	30	–	0/0	4	40.25
2020s	33	115	6.76	0/0	57	26.58

GROUNDS

Ground	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
VRA Ground	6	32	32.00	0/0	10	22.80
Forthill	4	26	13.00	0/0	6	40.00
Hazelaarweg	4	15	7.50	0/0	11	10.55
Harare Sports Club	3	26	26.00	0/0	4	39.50
Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium	2	11	11.00	0/0	3	33.00
Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium	2	8	4.00	0/0	1	74.00

FIRST AND LAST

Debut: v South Africa, 2013 at VRA Ground
Latest in the archive: v Scotland, 2025 at Forthill

PLAYER DETAILS

Born: 15 January 1993
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm fast-medium
Balls faced (career): 220
Ducks: 4
Four-wicket hauls: 2

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