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• Yorkshire Bank 40: Worcestershire defeat Netherlands by 44 runs - SkySports
  In a Group A game at New Road reduced to 18 overs-a-side due to rain, the visitors moved past the home side's below-par total of 90-6 with 14 balls to spare. Tom Cooper steered the Dutch to their third straight win in Worcester with an unbeaten 29 ...
• Proteas fine-tuning side in Dutch one-dayer - BDlive
  AB DE VILLIERS will have one eye on South Africa's bowling reserves and the other on the weather in his team's match against the Netherlands in Amsterdam on Friday. Along with a warm-up game against Pakistan at the Oval on Monday, Friday's one-day ...
• JP Duminy fires South Africa to victory over the Netherlands - SkySports
  Sky Sports experts · Scores · Cricket on Sky · Get Sky Sports. Fit-again South Africa batsman JP Duminy blazed a rapid century as South Africa beat the Netherlands by 84 runs in a One Day International in Amstelveen. Duminy cracked 150 not out, his ...
• Outlaws ready for Dutch test at Truro - This is Cornwall
  “This is another cricket match for us to try and win and get two points from, that's how we'll be viewing it,” he added. “But, if the weather's kind to us, it will be a nice place to go and somewhere different from the usual grounds we play at. “The ...
• Yorkshire Bank 40: Rain pain for Sussex in Schiedam - SkySports
  Also see. Sky Sports experts · Scores · Cricket on Sky · Get Sky Sports. The Netherlands and Sussex managed to complete only 10.2 overs of their Yorkshire Bank 40 Group A clash at Schiedam before it was abandoned due to heavy rain. Having won the toss, ...
• Cummins set for Irish return - Herald Sun
  The 20-year-old will play against Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) before switching side two days later to play against Ireland Under-19s, who are preparing for their Under-19 World Cup qualifiers in the Netherlands in August. Cummins's participation in ...
• Time for sweet revenge against Glamorgan - Worcester News
  GLAMORGAN come to New Road tomorrow for our LV= County Championship Division Two re-match and we owe them one after our defeat at the SWALEC Stadium at the start of the season. The toss ...
• Key stars as Kent see off the Dutch - This is Kent
  "I always think people want to see runs and boundaries rather than a seaming snake pit where the ball's hard work and that was a good game of one-day cricket. "That [Netherlands score] looked more than competitive, when a side gets 250 in 40-over ...
• PAT COMING BACK VIA IRELAND - Perth Now
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• THE MATT MASON COLUMN - Worcester Standard
  It's been a nice break for the lads this week but we've got a couple of big games coming up before the t20 competition gets underway. Gareth Andrew is going to be given a rest against The Netherlands in the YB40 on Sunday as he's played a lot of ...

Netherlands ICC World Cup 2011 Profile

Netherlands national cricket team

History of Netherlands cricket

Netherlands have a distinct advantage of being near England due to which some of its main players can participate in the first class structure in the UK. Not only that, but there are many of those who feature in the club cricket and second grade cricket in the UK and that helps the side immensely. They first played in a World Cup in 1996, and since then, have grown into a side to watch out for amongst the Associate nations. They are also a part of folklore as they were one of the five nations to jointly host a cricket World Cup – the only time this has happened – in 1999. Netherlands also plays in the one-day domestic competition in England and that allows all its national players a chance to display their wares.

Road to qualification

Netherlands also had a bye to the top 12 in the qualification stage and were to play Canada, Kenya, Scotland, Afghanistan, Namibia and UAE in the qualifiers. They won all but one of their games – losing to UAE – and that meant that they had qualified for the Super Eight stage. They had a woeful start to the Super Eights as they lost two of their three opening games before recovering well to end with four wins and at the fourth spot. That clinched them the World Cup berth.

Strength

Netherlands rely on their medium pace bowlers to get them the early wickets and while it is a strategy that may not work in the sub-continent, it would be interesting to see how the side adjusts to the pitches.

Weakness

The lack of experience in playing in the sub-continent will make it difficult for the Dutch side.

Opportunity

Netherlands is in the tougher of the two groups with both Bangladesh and Ireland being difficult countries to beat. However, if they do manage to put it across one of the two nations, it would have been a job well-done.

Threat

The pitch conditions, the weather, the personnel and the opposition all lead one to believe that it is difficult to see the Dutch side win any games in this tournament.

Previous Record

Netherlands had first played in a World Cup in 1996 when they went down to all the teams in the tournament including the UAE. They failed to qualify for the 1999 World Cup before making it through to the 2003 tournament. In 2003, they recorded their first World Cup win over the lowly and the first-timers Namibia but revelled in their performance against India when they restricted the opposition to only 204. However, their biggest scalp has come in the T20 World Cup in 2009 when they beat England in the opening game of the tournament.

Expected Captain

Peter Borren should continue to lead the side.

Players to look out for

Ryan ten Doeschate’s all-round skills will make him the player to watch out. Earlier he had won the ICC award for the best Associates’ player and will probably be the one who could end up getting an IPL contract.