Netherlands national cricket team

Netherlands

ICC status	Associate member with T20I status (1966)
ICC region	Europe
WCL	One
Coach	Chris Adams (acting)
Captain	Peter Borren
First international
1881 v Uxbridge CC at The Hague
World Cup
Appearances	4 (first in 1996)
Best result	Group stage (1996, 2003, 2007, 2011)
World Cup Qualifier
Appearances	10 (first in 1979)
Best result	Winners, 2001
World Twenty20
Appearances	3 (first in 2009)
Best result	Super 10, 2014
World Twenty20 Qualifier
Appearances	5 (first in 2008)
Best result	Winners, 2008 and 2015
As of 10 March 2016

The Dutch cricket team is a national cricket team representing the Netherlands. It is administered by the Koninklijke Nederlandse Cricket Bond (Royal Dutch Cricket Association) which is based in Nieuwegein in the centre of the country and is older than many renowned cricket clubs in the West Indies, Australia, and New Zealand.

Cricket has been played in the Netherlands since at least the 19th century, and in the 1860s was considered a major sport in the country. Other sports - notably football - have long since surpassed cricket in popularity amongst the Dutch, but today there are around 6,000 cricketers in the Netherlands. The first national association, the forerunner of today's Royal Dutch Cricket Association, was formed in 1883 and the Netherlands achieved Associate Membership of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 1966.

The Netherlands have taken part in all ten ICC Trophy/World Cup Qualifier tournaments, winning the competition in Canada in 2001 and finishing as runners-up twice (in 1986 and 1990). The Netherlands also participated in the 1996, 2003, 2007 and 2011 Cricket World Cups, and from 1996 onwards the national team entered the English domestic NatWest Trophy competition (and its successor, the C&G Trophy). In 2004 they played first-class cricket in the ICC Intercontinental Cup, drawing with Scotland in Aberdeen and then going down to an innings defeat against Ireland in Deventer.

The Netherlands enjoyed full One Day International status from 1 January 2006 until 1 February 2014.^[1] They have had Twenty20 International status since June 2014, having played their first match in this format in 2008.^[2]

History

19th century

Cricket was introduced to the Netherlands by British soldiers during the Napoleonic Wars in the 19th century.^[3] Further clubs came into existence in the 1870s. The Netherlands national team played their first game in 1881. They fielded 22 players against an Uxbridge Cricket Club XI, but still lost by an innings. The Dutch Cricket Union was formed in 1883, with 18 member clubs, four of which are still in existence today.^[4]

The first national tournament was held the following year, and was won by Haagsche CC. English touring teams then began visiting in 1886 including one in 1891 that featured the author of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.^[4]

In 1894, the Gentlemen of Holland were the first Dutch team to visit England. The tour included a game against the MCC at Lord's, which the MCC won by an innings and 169 runs.^[5] Tours by English sides continued for the rest of the 1890s, which also saw the emergence of Carst Posthuma, who was later the first Dutch player to play first class cricket.^[4] He took 2339 wickets at an average of 8.66 in his career in the Netherlands.^[6]

1900s to 1910s

1901 saw another visit to England by the Gentlemen of Holland. They played five games on the tour, drawing two and losing the remainder.^[7] 1905 saw the first international game against Belgium, which finished in a draw.^[4] Cricket began a decline in popularity in the first decade of the 20th century, particularly amongst young athletes, due, in part, to the Dutch sympathizing with the Boers in the Boer War and therefore not being attracted to a game with links to England.^[8]

In 1910, the Dutch team visited Belgium to take part in an exhibition tournament, which also featured the MCC, Belgium and France. They lost to the MCC by 2 wickets,^[9] and to France by 63 runs,^[10] but beat Belgium by 116 runs.^[11]

During World War I, in which the Netherlands remained neutral, large numbers of British officers were interned in the country, and many of these joined local cricket clubs. A team made up of these players even won the Dutch championship in 1918.^[4]

1920s to 1940s

The Flamingos, a Dutch touring side, was formed in 1921, and later made several tours of England. Tours by English teams also continued in this period. The 1930s are said to be the heyday of Dutch cricket. In 1934, the first Dutch women's league was formed, and the women's national team played two games against Australia in 1937, losing heavily in both. Cricket was of course curtailed after the German invasion in 1940.^[4]

1950s to 1980s

The 1950s saw visits to the Netherlands by Australia and the West Indies, in addition to their first match against Denmark. In 1958, the Cricket Board received a Royal Charter, and became the "Koninklijke Nederlandse Cricket Bond", a name which it retains to this day.^[4]

In August 1964, the Netherlands achieved their first victory against a Test-playing nation when they beat Australia by three wickets at The Hague.^[4] They were rewarded with associate membership of the ICC two years later.^[12]

The first two ICC Trophy tournaments, in 1979 and 1982, brought little success to the Dutch, who were eliminated in the first round in both tournaments. But in the 1986 tournament, they finished as runners-up to Zimbabwe. The same year, Paul-Jan Bakker became the first Dutch player to play county cricket.^[4] In 1989, the Dutch beat a strong England XI that included two future England captains, Alec Stewart and Nasser Hussain, by 3 runs.^[13]

1990s

In 1990 the Netherlands hosted the ICC Trophy, the first such tournament outside England, and again finished runners-up to Zimbabwe.^[4] In 1991 they achieved a five-wicket win over a West Indies XI,^[14] followed in 1993 by a seven-wicket win over an England XI^[15] and in 1994 a nine-wicket win over a South Africa XI.^[16] In 1994 the Dutch finally qualified for the World Cup, after finishing third in that year's ICC Trophy. In the World Cup itself in 1996, they were eliminated in the first round, but performed with some credit in their game against England.^[4]

1995 saw the Netherlands enter the NatWest Trophy for the first time. They took part in this tournament for ten years, and their best performance came in 1999 when they reached the fourth round, beating Durham along the way.

The Netherlands failed to qualify for the 1999 World Cup, as they could only manage sixth in the 1997 ICC Trophy. However, the country hosted one World Cup match, between Kenya and South Africa at Amstelveen.^[4]

The Netherlands competed in the first European Championship in 1996, coming second. They have competed in every tournament since, winning in 1998 and 2000.^[4]

21st century

2000–2009

2001 finally saw the Netherlands win the ICC Trophy, beating Namibia in the final in Toronto. They thus qualified for the 2003 World Cup. They again failed to progress beyond the first round in the tournament, but recorded their first one-day international win over Namibia during the tournament. Feiko Kloppenburg (with 121) and Klaas-Jan van Noortwijk (134 not out) scored the first two One Day International centuries in the side's history.^[4]

In the 2005 ICC Trophy, the Netherlands finished 5th, qualifying for the 2007 Cricket World Cup, and gaining one-day International status until the 2009 ICC World Cup Qualifier. Their first one-day international with this new status was scheduled to be against Kenya in March 2006; however this match was cancelled due to a Kenyan tour of Bangladesh. Instead their first ODI with this status (and their twelfth overall) came against Sri Lanka; this was their first ODI at home. However Sri Lanka won the two match series 2–0, with a then-record ODI score of 443–9.^[4]

The Dutch played their first Intercontinental Cup match of 2006 against Kenya in Nairobi in March. The game was drawn, but the Netherlands gained six points for a first innings lead.^[17] In August, the Netherlands competed in Division One of the European Championship. They beat Denmark and Italy, but lost to Scotland and their game against Ireland was rained off. They finished third in the tournament.^[4]

In November, the Dutch travelled to South Africa. They first played an Intercontinental Cup match against Bermuda: David Hemp achieved what was then a competition record score of 247 not out in the drawn match.^[18] This was followed by a triangular series against Bermuda and Canada, which they won.^[19] Their final game of 2006, also in South Africa, was an Intercontinental Cup game against Canada. They won the match by 7 wickets, with Ryan ten Doeschate setting a new competition record individual score of 259 not out.^[20]

In early 2007, they travelled to Nairobi, Kenya to take part in Division One of the World Cricket League, finishing third out of six.^[21] This was followed by the 2007 World Cup in the West Indies, where they were eliminated in the first round, though they did beat Scotland along the way.^[22]

Following the World Cup, they underwent a period of transformation. Captain Luuk van Troost retired, as did Tim de Leede and their coach Peter Cantrell. Daan van Bunge also opted to take a break from international cricket, and the new coach opted not to retain the services of bowling coach Ian Pont.

In June 2007, they visited Canada, first winning an Intercontinental Cup match against Canada in King City, Ontario.^[23] They then won the first ODI by 117 runs,^[24] with the second one being abandoned.^[25] They then played a quadrangular series in Ireland, losing by ten wickets to the West Indies,^[26] and by one run to Ireland,^[27] with the game against Scotland being abandoned due to rain.^[28]

In August 2008, The Netherlands participated in the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier. This was their debut playing Twenty20 International matches.^[29] They finished in first place in Group B, based on their run-rate.^[30] After beating Scotland in the Semi-Finals,^[31] the final was abandoned due to rain and the trophy was shared between The Netherlands and Ireland.^[32]

The Netherlands caused a sensation in the cricketing world by beating England^[33] in the opening match of the ICC World Twenty20 2009,^[34] whilst being 500/1 outsiders.^[35] They lost their second match to the eventual winners Pakistan^[36] and did not qualify for the super 8 stage based on run rate.

2010–present

On 20 July 2010, The Netherlands beat a full-member nation for the first time in an ODI. In a one-off match shortened by rain to 30 overs a side, they beat Bangladesh by 6 wickets.^[37] The win in combination with their winning percentage against other associate and affiliate nations resulted in The Netherlands being included in ICC's official ODI-rankings.^[38][39]

On 22 February 2011, The Netherlands posted their highest ever total against a full-member nation, scoring 292 against England, batting first at the 2011 Cricket World Cup. Ryan Ten Doeschate top scored 119 from 110 balls. However, the Netherlands were unable to defend their strong total and failed to pull off a huge shock, England winning by 6 wickets with 2 overs to spare.They eventually failed to win any of their group matches and were last in their Group.

In September 2011, Netherlands whitewashed Kenya in a short two-match ODI series held at home.^[40]

In the 2014 ICC World Twenty20, Netherlands had one win and one loss before their final game. In order to go through on net run rate against Zimbabwe and Ireland, they needed to chase down Ireland's score in 14.2 overs or less. As Ireland scored 189, this seemed unlikely. However, strong and aggressive batting enabled them to score 193/4 in 13.5 overs, securing passage to the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 Super 10s. Although they lost their first three games in the group, including a 39/10 against Sri Lanka, they pulled off an upset against England in their last game.

In June 2014, Nepal along with Netherlands granted T20 status by the ICC board at the annual conference in Melbourne.^[2]

International grounds

Tournament history

A red box around the year indicates tournaments played within the Netherlands

World Cup

World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR
1975	Did not participate
1979	Did not qualify
1983	Did not qualify
1987	Did not qualify
1992	Did not qualify
1996	Group stage	12/12	5	0	5	0	0
1999	Did not qualify
2003	Group stage	11/14	6	1	5	0	0
2007	Group stage	12/16	3	1	2	0	0
2011	Group stage	13/14	6	0	6	0	0
2015	Did not qualify
2019	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Total			20	2	18	0	0

World Twenty20

World Twenty20 record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR
2007	Did not qualify
2009	Group stage	9/12	2	1	1	0	0
2010	Did not qualify
2012	Did not qualify
2014	Super 10	9/16	7	3	4	0	0
2016	Group stage	12/16	3	1	1	0	1
Total			12	5	6	0	1

Other tournaments

^† The final was washed out by rain, so the trophy was shared.

Records and statistics

International Match Summary – Netherlands^[52][53]

Last updated 13 March 2016.

Format	M	W	L	T	NR	Inaugural Match
One Day Internationals	76	28	44	1	3	17 February 1996
Twenty20 Internationals	42	23	17	0	2	2 August 2008

One Day Internationals

• Highest team total: 315/8 v Bermuda, 18 August 2007 at Rotterdam^[54]
• Highest individual score: 137 not out, Wesley Barresi v Kenya, 23 January 2014 at Lincoln^[55]
• Best individual bowling figures: 5/24, Timm van der Gugten v Canada, 29 August 2013 at King City^[56]

Highest individual innings

Player	Score	Opposition	Venue	Year
Wesley Barresi	137*	Kenya	Bert Sutcliffe Oval	2014
Klaas-Jan van Noortwijk	134*	Namibia	OUTsurance Oval	2003
Feiko Kloppenburg	121	Namibia	OUTsurance Oval	2003
Ryan ten Doeschate	119	England	Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium	2011
Ryan ten Doeschate	109*	Bermuda	Ruaraka Sports Club Ground	2007

Best bowling figures in an innings

Player	Score	Opposition	Venue	Year
Timm van der Gugten	5/24	Canada	Maple Leaf Cricket Club	2013
Pieter Seelaar	4/15	Canada	Maple Leaf Cricket Club	2013
Edgar Schiferli	4/23	Kenya	Senwes Park	2009
Ryan ten Doeschate	4/31	Canada	Ruaraka Sports Club Ground	2007
Peter Borren	4/32	Afghanistan	Sharjah Cricket Stadium	2012

ODI record versus other nations^[52]

Records complete to ODI #3464. Last updated 28 January 2014.

Opponent	M	W	L	T	NR	First match	First win
vs Test nations
v  Australia	2	0	2	0	0	20 February 2003
v  Bangladesh	2	1	1	0	0	20 July 2010	20 July 2010
v  England	3	0	3	0	0	22 February 1996
v  India	2	0	2	0	0	12 February 2003
v  New Zealand	1	0	1	0	0	17 February 1996
v  Pakistan	3	0	3	0	0	26 February 1996
v  South Africa	4	0	4	0	0	5 March 1996
v  Sri Lanka	3	0	3	0	0	16 September 2002
v  West Indies	2	0	2	0	0	10 July 2007
v  Zimbabwe	1	0	1	0	0	28 February 2003
vs Associate/Affiliate Members
v  Afghanistan	6	2	4	0	0	30 August 2009	30 August 2009
v  Bermuda	7	6	1	0	0	28 November 2006	28 November 2006
v  Canada	9	8	0	0	1	26 November 2006	26 November 2006
v  Ireland	10	1	7	1	1	8 August 2006	5 February 2007
v  Kenya	10	7	3	0	0	31 January 2007	21 August 2008
v  Namibia	1	1	0	0	0	3 March 2003	3 March 2003
v  Scotland	9	2	6	0	1	6 August 2006	22 March 2007
v  United Arab Emirates	1	0	1	0	0	1 March 1996

Twenty20 Internationals

• Highest team total: 193/4 v Ireland, 21 March 2014 at Sylhet^[59]
• Highest individual score: 89, Michael Swart v Kenya, 19 April 2013 at Windhoek^[60]
• Best individual bowling figures: 5/19, Ahsan Malik v South Africa, 27 March 2014 at Chittagong^[61]

T20I record versus other nations^[53]

Records complete to T20I #533. Last updated 13 March 2016.

Opponent	M	W	L	T	NR	First match	First win
vs Test nations
v  Bangladesh	3	1	2	0	0	25 July 2012	26 July 2012
v  England	2	2	0	0	0	5 June 2009	5 June 2009
v  New Zealand	1	0	1	0	0	29 March 2014
v  Pakistan	1	0	1	0	0	9 June 2009
v  South Africa	1	0	1	0	0	27 March 2014
v  Sri Lanka	1	0	1	0	0	24 March 2014
v  Zimbabwe	1	0	1	0	0	19 March 2014
vs Associate/Affiliate Members
v  Afghanistan	4	2	2	0	0	12 February 2010	12 February 2010
v  Canada	3	2	1	0	0	2 August 2008	9 February 2010
v  Ireland	6	3	2	0	1	5 August 2008	21 March 2014
v  Kenya	5	3	2	0	0	2 August 2008	2 August 2008
v    Nepal	4	3	1	0	0	30 June 2015	30 June 2015
v  Oman	1	0	0	0	1	11 March 2016
v  Scotland	6	4	2	0	0	4 August 2008	4 August 2008
v  United Arab Emirates	3	3	0	0	0	17 March 2014	17 March 2014

ICC Trophy

• Highest team total: 425/4 v Israel, 18 June 1986 at Solihull, England^[64]
• Highest individual innings: 169 not out, Rupert Gomes v Israel, 4 June 1990 at Amstelveen, Netherlands^[65]
• Best innings bowling: 7/9, Asim Khan v East & Central Africa, 24 March 1997 at Royal Military College, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia^[66]

Famous players

Several Dutch cricketers have also played at first-class level elsewhere, the most successful of these probably being Roland Lefebvre who played for Somerset and Glamorgan in English county cricket as well as for Canterbury in New Zealand. The Essex all-rounder Ryan ten Doeschate and Worcestershire batsman Alexei Kervezee are the only current members of the Dutch team to be playing county cricket. Dirk Nannes has played for Victoria in Australian first-class cricket and for Delhi Daredevils and Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League.

Dutch players to have played first class cricket outside of the Intercontinental Cup include:

• Ryan ten Doeschate – Playing for Essex, Canterbury Wizards, Kolkata Knight Riders and the Mashonaland Eagles
• Dirk Nannes – who has played for the Victorian Bushrangers in Australia, the Delhi Daredevils, the Royal Challengers Bangalore and the Chennai Super Kings in the IPL, and has played T20I and ODI cricket for Australia.
• Nolan Clarke – who played for Barbados from 1969/70 until 1976/77.
• Tom Cooper – who currently plays first class cricket for South Australia
• Paul-Jan Bakker – who played for Hampshire from 1986 until 1992.
• Alexei Kervezee – Playing for Worcestershire since 2007.
• Bill Glerum – who played one first class game for the Free Foresters in 1957.
• Carst Posthuma – who played five first class games for London County Cricket Club in 1903.
• Darron Reekers – who played three first-class games for Otago in 1997/98 and List A matches for both Otago and Canterbury (1994/95-2001/02).
• Daan van Bunge – who played for Middlesex in 2004.
• Andre van Troost – who played for Somerset from 1991 to 1998, and for Griqualand West in the 1994/95 season in South Africa.
• Bas Zuiderent – who played for Sussex from 2001 to 2003.
• Timm van der Gugten – Playing for New South Wales.^[67]

Current squad

Players who have played for Netherlands in 2014 up to 2016 ICC World Twenty20:

Name	Age	Batting style	Bowling style	Club	ODI	FC	Notes
Captain
Peter Borren	33	Right-handed	Right medium/Off break	VRA	58	20
Vice-captain
Michael Swart	34	Right-handed	Off break	VRA	12	13
Batsmen
Stephan Myburgh	32	Left-handed	Off break	Excelsior '20	12	51
Ben Cooper	24	Left-handed	Right medium	VRA	4	0
Eric Szwarczynski	33	Right-handed	Right medium	VRA	41	18
Tim Gruijters	25	Right-handed	Right medium	Quick Haag	5	5
Max O'Dowd	22	Right	Right-arm off-spin	Quick Haag
Wicket-keepers
Wesley Barresi	32	Right-handed	Off break	VRA	28	15
Atse Buurman	34	Right-handed	n/a	VCC	17	5
All-rounders
Mudassar Bukhari	32	Right-handed	Right medium-fast	ACC	46	11
Michael Rippon	25	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	Sussex 2XI	4	5
Logan van Beek	26	Right-handed	Right medium-fast	Canterbury	0	15
Tom Heggelman	29	Right-handed	Right medium-fast	Excelsior '20	5	4
Roelof van der Merwe	31	Right	Left-arm orthodox spin	Titans	13
Sikander Zulfiqar	19	Right	Right-arm medium fast	North Holland Hurricanes
Fast-Bowlers
Vivian Kingma	32	Right-handed	Right medium-fast	VCC	1	1
Ahsan Malik	27	Right-handed	Right medium-fast	ACC	12	3
Paul van Meekeren	27	Right-handed	Right medium-fast	Rood en Wit	2	1
Timm van der Gugten	25	Right-handed	Right medium-fast	Tasmania	4	4
Spin-Bowlers
Pieter Seelaar	29	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	Hermes DVS	37	18
Thijs van Schelven	27	Right-handed	Leg break	Quick Haag	0	0

Coaching Staff

• Head coach: Anton Roux
• Batting coach: Chris Adams
• Bowling coach: Enoch Nkwe
• Fielding coach: n/a
• Mental conditioning coach: n/a
• Fitness trainer: n/a
• Head Physiotherapist: Jan Stappenbelt
• Masseur: n/a
• Performance analyst: n/a
• Manager: Ed van Nierop

Coaches

The following people have coached the Dutch national side at various stages. For some coaches, the exact dates of their tenure are unavailable, although key tournaments are noted:

Name	Appointed	Resigned	Notable tournaments
Emmerson Trotman	1996/1997	October 2004[68]	2001 ICC Trophy (won) 2002 Champions Trophy 2003 World Cup
/ Peter Cantrell (acting)	October 2004	November 2004
Bob Simpson	November 2004[69]	after 2005 ICC Trophy	2005 ICC Trophy
/ Peter Cantrell	November 2005[70]	April 2007[71]	2007 WCL (Div. 1) 2007 World Cup
Paul-Jan Bakker (acting)	1 May 2007[72]	January 2008	2007–08 Intercontinental Cup (first two matches)
Peter Drinnen	January 2008[73]	October 2013[74]	2007–08 Intercontinental Cup (last five matches) 2009 World Cup Qualifier 2010 WCL (Div. 1) 2011 World Cup 2011–13 WCL Championship
Anton Roux (initially acting)	October 2013[74]	current	2014 World Cup Qualifier

See also

• Dutch national cricket captains
• List of Netherlands ODI cricketers
• List of Netherlands Twenty20 International cricketers
• Netherlands national women's cricket team
• Cricket in the Netherlands

External links

• Koninklijke Nederlandse Cricket Bond (in Dutch)

References