World cup 2007: Review of Cricket Teams – The Netherlands

About:

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.

History:

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 and tennis) 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 and 2003 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.

History in 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.

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.
In August 2006, 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

Tournament History

World Cup

1975: Did not participate
1979 to 1992 inclusive: Did not qualify
1996: First round
1999: Did not qualify
2003: First round

ICC Champions Trophy

2002: First round
2004: Did not qualify

Intercontinental Cup

2004: First round
2005: First round

ICC 6 Nations Challenge

2000: Runners up
2002: 6th place
2004: 4th place

ICC Trophy

1979: First round
1982: First round
1986: Runners up
1990: Runners up
1994: 3rd place
1997: 6th place
2001: Won
2005: 5th place

European Championship

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

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 is the only current member of the Dutch team to be playing regular county cricket.

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

Paul-Jan Bakker - who played for Hampshire from 1986 until 1992.
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.
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.

Cricket in 2006/07

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. [10] In November/December, they will travel to South Africa, for their remaining Intercontinental Cup games against Bermuda and Canada. They will also play a ODI triangular series against those two teams whilst in the country. In January 2007, they will return to Kenya to play in Division One of the ICC World Cricket League. The 2007 Cricket World Cup starts in March, and the Dutch have a tough first round group, playing Australia and South Africa in addition to fellow qualifier Scotland.

2007 ICC World Cricket League Division One squad

Head coach Peter Cantrell selected the following players to travel to Kenya in January 2007.
Peter Borren
Daan van Bunge
Ryan ten Doeschate
Mark Jonkman
Mohammad Kashif
Alexei Kervezee
Tim de Leede
Adeel Raja
Darron Reekers
Edgar Schiferli
Jeroen Smits
Billy Stelling
Eric Szwarczynski
Luuk van Troost
Bas Zuiderent

World Cup Group A:

Australia
South Africa
Scotland

Records

One-day International

Highest team total: 314/4 v Namibia, 3 March 2003 at Goodyear Park, Bloemfontein, South Africa
Highest individual innings: 134 not out, Klaas-Jan van Noortwijk v Namibia, 3 March 2003 at Goodyear Park, Bloemfontein, South Africa
Best innings bowling: 4/35, Tim de Leede v India, 12 February 2003 at Boland Park, Paarl, South Africa

ICC Trophy

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

World Cup like results:

Australia will Trash them so will South Africa. Scotland match would be intresting but of no use.

Other teams
Test playing Nations : India | Pakistan | West Indies | Sri Lanka | New Zealand | South Africa | England | Australia
Non test playing Nations : Canada | Bermuda | Scotland | Zimbabwe | Kenya | The Netherlands | Ireland | Bangladesh
Who will win Cricket world cup 2007?

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