Dutch national cricket team

The Dutch national cricket team is the national cricket team that represents the Netherlands at international level. It belongs to the second row of national teams and is therefore an associate member of the International Cricket Council .

history

Before becoming an Associate Member

Cricket has been known in the Netherlands since British soldiers brought it with them in the Napoleonic Wars in the 19th century. As a result, several cricket clubs were established until the Dutch Cricket Union was founded in 1983. However, cricket remained an amateur sport in the kingdom for a long time. Although individual international games were played by Dutch teams from the end of the 19th century, great successes could not be achieved. In 1964 the Dutch national team managed to win against the test nation Australia. Joined the ICC in 1966.

The years as an associate member

First class cricket

The Dutch team takes part in the Intercontinental Cup as one of the best teams that do not have test status . However, the previous five editions did not succeed in making it past the preliminary round.

One-day internationals

In the first qualifications for the Cricket World Cup in 1979 and 1982, the team failed both times early. In the third and fourth editions, in 1986 and 1989, they only lost in the final against Zimbabwe . Only in the 1994 tournament did they qualify for the 1996 Cricket World Cup . However, there they lost all games and were eliminated in the preliminary round. The qualification for the Cricket World Cup 1999 failed in 1997 and so one could only qualify again for the Cricket World Cup 2003 after winning the qualifying tournament for the first time two years earlier. There they won the last game against Namibia , but it was not enough to qualify for the second round. At the Cricket World Cup 2007 you failed again in the preliminary round, where you could only win against Scotland . With third place in the qualifying tournament in 2009 you could not only qualify for the Cricket World Cup 2011 , but also immediately secured ODI status until 2013. At the final tournament, the team did not win and was eliminated from the group bottom in the preliminary round. In qualifying for the next World Championships in 2015 , the team was eliminated in the preliminary round and thus failed. The team won the following ICC World Cricket League Championship 2015–17 , but failed again in the preliminary round to qualify for the 2019 Cricket World Cup

Twenty20 Internationals

In qualifying for the first ICC World Twenty20 in 2007 , they failed to participate with only three runs in the game against Scotland. The qualifying tournament in 2008 was won together with Ireland and could thus qualify. At the tournament itself, they surprised with a win against England . However, since they lost to Pakistan and they were beaten by England, they ultimately failed due to the poorer net run rate in the preliminary round. In qualifying for the ICC World Twenty20 2010 , they only finished fourth and thus failed. The same was the case two years later when they also finished fourth in qualifying for the 2012 ICC World Twenty20 . At the next round in 2013 they were able to prevail again and in the final round even the full member Zimbabwe was able to leave behind in the preliminary round. In the following Super 8 rune England could also be beaten, but they finished last there. In the 2015 qualification , the team was able to qualify for the finals again . There the team was eliminated in the preliminary round.

International tournaments

World Cricket Championship

• 1975 did not qualify
• 1979 not qualified ( qualification )
• 1983 not qualified ( qualification )
• 1987 not qualified ( qualification )
• 1992 preliminary round ( qualification )
• 1996 not qualified ( qualification )
• 1999 preliminary round ( qualification )
• 2003 preliminary round ( qualification )
• 2007 preliminary round ( qualification )
• 2011 preliminary round ( qualification )
• 2015 not qualified ( qualification )
• 2019 not qualified ( qualification )

Champions Trophy

• 1998 did not qualify
• 2000 did not qualify
• 2002 preliminary round
• 2004 did not qualify
• 2006 did not qualify
• 2009 did not qualify
• 2013 did not qualify
• 2017 did not qualify

World Twenty20

• 2007 did not qualify
• 2009 preliminary round ( qualification )
• 2010 not qualified ( qualification )
• 2012 not qualified ( qualification )
• 2014 preliminary round ( qualification )
• 2016 preliminary round ( qualification )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Cricket below sea level ( English ) Just Landed. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
2. ↑ Dutch Cricket Timeline ( English ) Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on January 23, 2013. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
3. ↑ Promising but patchy ( English ) Cricinfo. March 22, 2011. Retrieved April 5, 2011.

Web links

• Nederlandse Cricket Bond (Dutch)