Netherlands national cricket team

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Netherlands
Flag of the Netherlands
Flag of the Netherlands
ICC membership granted 1966
ICC member status Associate member with ODI status
ICC development region Europe
Captain Jeroen Smits
World Cricket League division One
European Cricket Championship division One
First recorded match 1881 v Uxbridge CC at The Hague
ICC Trophy
Appearances 8 (First in 1979)
Best result Winners, 2001
One Day Internationals
ODI matches played 34
ODI wins/losses 9/22
First class cricket
First class matches played 8
First class wins/losses 2/1
List A cricket
List A matches played 74
List A wins/losses 25/45
As of 14 July 2007


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. Many other sports (notably football) have long since surpassed cricket in popularity amongst the Dutch, and today there are around 6,000 cricketers in the Netherlands, making it the 25th most popular sport. 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 ICC in 1966.

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

In 2005 the Dutch team beat the UAE to finish fifth in the ICC Trophy, a slightly disappointing result but one which meant that they qualified for the 2007 World Cup and would gain full One Day International status from 1 January 2006 until the 2009 ICC Trophy.

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[edit] History

[edit] 19th Century

Cricket was introduced to the Netherlands by British soldiers during the Napoleonic Wars in the 19th Century[1] and the Cape Colony in 1856. 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.[2]

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 Sherlock Holmes author, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.[2]

In 1894, the Gentlemen of Holland became 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.[3] Tours by English sides continued for the rest of the 1890s, which also saw the emergence of Carst Posthuma, who was to become the first Dutch player to play first class cricket.[2] He was eventually to take 2339 wickets at an average of 8.66 in his career in the Netherlands.[4]

[edit] 1900s to 1910s

1901 saw another visit to England by the Gentlemen of Holland. They played five games on the tour, drawing two and the losing the remainder.[5] 1905 saw the first international game against Belgium, which finished in a draw.[2]

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,[6], and to France by 63 runs[7], but beat Belgium by 116 runs.[8]

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.[2]

[edit] 1920s to 1940s

The Flamingo's, a Dutch touring side, was formed in 1921, they would go on to make several tours of England. Tours by English teams would continue in this period also. The 1930's are said to be the decade in which Dutch cricket thrived the most, with cricket curtailed somewhat after the German invasion in 1940, due to its association with the British military. 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 curtailed somewhat after the German invasion in 1940.[2]

[edit] 1950s to 1980s

The 1950s saw visits to the Netherlands by Australia and the West Indies, in addition to the 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.[2]

1964 brought the Netherlands first victory against a Test-playing nation, with a 3 wicket win over the Australian team.[2] They were rewarded with associate membership of the ICC two years later. [9]

The first two ICC Trophy tournaments, in 1979 and 1982 brought little success to the Dutch, not progressing beyond 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.[2] In 1989, the Dutch beat a strong England XI that featured two future England captains in Alec Stewart and Nasser Hussain by 3 runs.[10]

[edit] 1990s

1990 would once again see the Dutch finish runners up to Zimbabwe in the ICC Trophy, a tournament they hosted. (The first outside England)[2] Test nations would be beaten again in 1991, which saw a 5 wicket win over the West Indies,[11] in 1993, which saw a 7 wicket win over England,[12] and in 1994, which saw a 9 wicket win over South Africa.[13] 1994 would also finally see the Dutch qualify for the World Cup, after finishing third in that year's ICC Trophy. In the World Cup itself in 1996, they didn't progress past the first round, but performed with some credit in their game against England.[2]

1995 saw the Dutch enter the NatWest Trophy for the first time, and they would spend 10 years in the tournament, their best performance coming in 1999, when they progressed to the 4th round, beating Durham along the way. 1999 also saw a World Cup game come to the Netherlands, but sadly for them the Dutch were not involved, after a 6th place finish in the 1997 ICC Trophy.[2]

The Netherlands competed in the first European Championship in 1996, coming second. They have competed in every tournament since, winning in 1998 and 2000.[2]

[edit] 2000s

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 ODI win over Namibia during the tournament.[2]

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 ODI with this new status was intended 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 in what was their first ODI at home. This ended in disappointment though as the Dutch conceded a record ODI score of 443/9. They lost the two match series 2-0.[2]

The Dutch played their first Intercontinental cup game of 2006 against Kenya in Nairobi in March. The game finished in a draw, with the Netherlands gaining six points for having a first innings lead.[14] 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.[2]

In November, the Dutch travelled to South Africa. They first played an Intercontinental Cup match against Bermuda, with David Hemp scoring a then competition record of 247 not out in the drawn match.[15] This was followed by a triangular series against Bermuda and Canada, which they won.[16] 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.[17]

In early 2007, they travelled to Nairobi, Kenya to take part in Division one of the World Cricket League, finishing third in the six team total.[18] This was followed by the 2007 World Cup in the West Indies, where they did not progress beyond the first round, though they did beat Scotland along the way.[19]

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.[20] They then won the first ODI by 117 runs,[21] with the second one being abandoned.[22] They then played a quadrangular series in Ireland, losing by ten wickets to the West Indies,[23] and by one run to Ireland,[24] with the game against Scotland being abandoned due to rain.[25]

[edit] Tournament History

[edit] World Cup

[edit] ICC Champions Trophy

[edit] World Cricket League

[edit] Intercontinental Cup

[edit] ICC 6 Nations Challenge

  • 2000: Runners up[42]
  • 2002: 6th place[43]
  • 2004: 4th place[44]

[edit] ICC Trophy

[edit] European Championship

  • 1996: Runners up[2]
  • 1998: Won[2]
  • 2000: Division One winners[2]
  • 2002: 4th place (Division One)[2]
  • 2004: 3rd place (Division One)[2]
  • 2006: 3rd place (Division One)[2]

[edit] The future

The Netherlands will play two ODIs against Bermuda in August 2007, also playing Intercontinental Cup matches against Bermuda and Scotland the same month.[45] They will play in the ICC World Cup Qualifier in 2009.[46]

[edit] 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.

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

[edit] Current squad

The Dutch squad for their most recent series, a quadrangular series played in Belfast and Dublin was as follows:[47]

[edit] Records

[edit] One-day International

Most ODI runs for The Netherlands[51]

Player Runs Average
Ryan ten Doeschate 615 55.90
Bas Zuiderent 612 21.10
Tim de Leede 400 16.66
Daan van Bunge 392 20.63
Darron Reekers 387 29.76

Most ODI wickets for The Netherlands[52]

Player Wickets Average
Ryan ten Doeschate 30 21.80
Tim de Leede 29 34.44
Billy Stelling 22 25.77
Peter Borren 15 43.20
Darron Reekers 13 29.92

[edit] ICC Trophy

[edit] See also

Cricket Portal

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ A little known fact about the Netherlands
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad Netherlands timeline at CricketEurope
  3. ^ Scorecard of MCC v Netherlands match, 10 August 1894 at Cricinfo
  4. ^ Carst Posthuma at Cricinfo
  5. ^ Netherlands in England, 1901 at Cricinfo
  6. ^ Scorecard of MCC v Netherlands], 23 June 1910 at Cricinfo
  7. ^ Scorecard of France v Netherlands, 26 June 1910 at Cricinfo
  8. ^ Scorecard of Belgium v Netherlands, 25 June 1910 at Cricinfo
  9. ^ Netherlands at Cricket Archive
  10. ^ Scorecard of Netherlands v England, 16 August 1989 at Cricket Archive
  11. ^ Scorecard of Netherlands v West Indies, 15 August 1991 at Cricinfo
  12. ^ Scorecard of Netherlands v England, 10 July 1993 at Cricinfo
  13. ^ Scorecard of Netherlands v South Africa, 4 September 1994 at Cricinfo
  14. ^ Scorecard of Kenya v Netherlands, 29 March 2006 at Cricket Archive
  15. ^ Scorecard of Bermuda v Netherlands, 21 November 2006 at Cricket Archive
  16. ^ ICC Associates South Africa Tri-Series points table at Cricket Archive
  17. ^ Scorecard of Canada v Netherlands, 5 December 2006 at Cricket Archive
  18. ^ a b 2007 ICC World Cricket League Division One points table at Cricket Archive
  19. ^ a b 2007 World Cup at Cricinfo
  20. ^ Scorecard of Canada v Netherlands, 28 June 2007 at Cricket Archive
  21. ^ Scorecard of Canada v Netherlands, 3 July 2007 at Cricket Archive
  22. ^ Scorecard of Canada v Netherlands, 4 July 2007 at Cricket Archive
  23. ^ Scorecard of Netherlands v West Indies, 10 July 2007 at Cricket Archive
  24. ^ Scorecard of Ireland v Netherlands, 11 July 2007 at Cricket Archive
  25. ^ Scorecard of Netherlands v Scotland, 13 July 2007 at Cricket Archive
  26. ^ 1975 World Cup at Cricinfo
  27. ^ 1979 World Cup at Cricinfo
  28. ^ 1983 World Cup at Cricinfo
  29. ^ 1987 World Cup at Cricinfo
  30. ^ 1992 World Cup at Cricinfo
  31. ^ 1996 World Cup at Cricinfo
  32. ^ 1999 World Cup at Cricinfo
  33. ^ 2003 World Cup at Cricinfo
  34. ^ 1998 ICC Knockout at Cricinfo
  35. ^ 2000 ICC Knockout at Cricinfo
  36. ^ 2002 ICC Champions Trophy at Cricinfo
  37. ^ 2004 ICC Champions Trophy at Cricinfo
  38. ^ 2006 ICC Champions Trophy at Cricinfo
  39. ^ 2004 ICC Intercontinental Cup Points Table at Cricket Archive
  40. ^ 2005 ICC Intercontinental Cup Points Table at Cricket Archive
  41. ^ 2006 ICC Intercontinental Cup points table at Cricket Archive
  42. ^ ICC Emerging Nations Tournament points table at Cricket Archive
  43. ^ 2002 ICC 6 Nations Challenge points table at Cricket Archive
  44. ^ 2004 ICC 6 Nations Challenge points table at Cricket Archive
  45. ^ Netherlands international results, 2007 at CricketEurope
  46. ^ World Cricket League structure
  47. ^ Netherlands squad for 2007 Quadrangular Series (Ireland) at Cricinfo
  48. ^ Netherlands totals of 250 and more in an innings in ODI cricket at Cricket Archive
  49. ^ Individual scores of 100 and more in an innings for Netherlands in ODI cricket at Cricket Archive
  50. ^ Four or more wickets in an innings for Netherlands in ODI cricket at Cricket Archive
  51. ^ Netherlands ODI Career Batting. Cricinfo.
  52. ^ Netherlands ODI Career Bowling. Cricinfo.
  53. ^ Netherlands totals of 200 and more in an innings in the ICC Trophy at Cricket Archive
  54. ^ Individual scores of 100 and more in an innings for Netherlands in the ICC Trophy at Cricket Archive
  55. ^ Five or more wickets in an innings for Netherlands in the ICC Trophy at Cricket Archive
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