The Netherlands men's national cricket team (), usually referred as "The Flying Dutchmen" represents the Netherlands in men's international cricket and is administered by the Royal Dutch Cricket Association.

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 and field hockey – 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 1890 and the Netherlands achieved Associate Membership of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 1966.

The Netherlands have taken part in all eleven ICC Trophy/World Cup Qualifier tournaments, winning the competition in Canada in 2001 and finishing as runners-up three times (in 1986, 1990 and 2023). The Netherlands also participated in the 1996, 2003, 2007, 2011 and 2023 Cricket World Cups, and from 1995 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 suffering an innings defeat against Ireland in Deventer.

The Netherlands enjoyed full One Day International status from 1 January 2006 until 1 February 2014. They regained Twenty20 International status in June 2014, having played their first match in this format in 2008. The Netherlands regained their ODI status after the conclusion of the 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier in March 2018. They had guaranteed this status before the tournament as a result of winning the 2015–17 ICC World Cricket League Championship and thus qualifying for the 2020–23 ICC Cricket World Cup Super League, and retained the status until the 2023 Cricket World Cup Qualifier.

In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant full Twenty20 International (T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between the Netherlands and other ICC members after 1 January 2019 have the full T20I status. Scott Edwards is the current team captain.

History

19th century

Cricket was introduced to the Netherlands by British soldiers during the Napoleonic Wars in the 19th century. 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 1890, with 18 member clubs, four of which are still in existence today.

The first national tournament was held the following year, and was won by Haagsche CC. English touring teams then began visiting in 1890 including one in 1891 that featured the author of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Tours by English teams 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.

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. 1905 saw the first international game against Belgium, which finished in a draw.

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, and to France by 63 runs, but beat Belgium by 116 runs.

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.

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.

1990s

In 1990 the Netherlands hosted the ICC Trophy, the first such tournament outside England, and again finished runners-up to Zimbabwe. followed in 1993 by a seven-wicket win over an England XI and in 1994 a nine-wicket win over a South Africa XI. 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. 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. This was followed by a triangular series against Bermuda and Canada, which they won. 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.

In early 2007, they travelled to Nairobi, Kenya to take part in Division One of the World Cricket League, finishing third out of six. 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.

Following the World Cup, the team 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. They then won the first ODI by 117 runs, with the second one being abandoned. They then played a quadrangular series in Ireland, losing by ten wickets to the West Indies, and by one run to Ireland, with the game against Scotland being abandoned due to rain.

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

The Netherlands caused a sensation in the cricketing world by beating England in the opening match of the ICC World Twenty20 2009, whilst being 500/1 outsiders.

They lost their second match to the eventual winners Pakistan and did not qualify for the Super 8 stage based on run rate.

thumb|Netherlands national cricket team at [[Rotterdam, ICC WCL Division One in 2010]]

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 team, they beat Bangladesh by 6 wickets. 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.

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.

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 T20I status by the ICC board at the annual conference in Melbourne.

In the 2023 Cricket World Cup, the Netherlands defeated South Africa for a second time in one of the biggest upsets in World Cup history.

International grounds

{| class="wikitable sortable"

! Ground !! City !! Province !! Capacity !! Matches hosted !! Notes

|-

| Hazelaarweg Stadion || Rotterdam || South Holland || 3,500 || ODIs, T20Is || Home ground of VOC Rotterdam

|-

| Sportpark Thurlede || Schiedam || South Holland || 2,000 || ODIs || Hosts matches for Excelsior '20

|-

| Sportpark Westvliet || The Hague || South Holland || 2,000 || ODIs, T20Is || Home of HCC (Haagsche Cricket Club)

|-

| VRA Cricket Ground || Amstelveen || North Holland || 5,000 || ODIs, T20Is || Premier Dutch cricket venue; hosted full-member teams

|-

| Sportpark Het Schootsveld || Deventer || Overijssel || 1,000 || ODIs || Also used for ICC qualifiers

|-

| Sportpark Maarschalkerweerd || Utrecht || Utrecht || 1,500 || ODIs, T20Is || Shared use with Kampong Cricket Club

|}

Tournament history

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

ICC Cricket World Cup

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"

|-

! width=200 |Year

! width=150 |Round

! width=50 |Position

! width=50 |

! width=50 |

! width=50 |

! width=50 |

! width=50 |

! width=50 |Win%

|-

| 1975 || colspan="8" | Did not participate

|-

| 1979 || colspan="8" rowspan="4"| Did not qualify

|-

| 1983

|-

| 1987

|-

| 1992

|-

| 1996 || Group stage || 12/12 || 5 || 0 || 5 || 0 || 0 || 0.00%

|-

|style="border: 3px solid red"| 1999 || colspan="8" | Did not qualify

|-

| 2003 || Group stage || 11/14 || 6 || 1 || 5 || 0 || 0 || 16.67%

|-

| 2007 || Group stage || 12/16 || 3 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 33.33%

|-

| 2011 || Group stage || 13/14 || 6 || 0 || 6 || 0 || 0 || 0.00%

|-

| 2015 || colspan="8" rowspan="2"| Did not qualify

|-

| 2019

|-

| 2023||Group Stage|| 10/10 || 9 || 2 || 7 || 0 || 0 ||28.57%

|-

| 2027 || colspan="8" rowspan="2"| TBD

|-

| 2031

|-

! Total !! Group Stage !! 10th !! 29 !! 4 !! 25 !! 0 !! 0 !! 13.79%

|}

ICC T20 World Cup

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; width=900px;"

|-

! width=150 |Year

! width=150 |Round

! width=50 |Position

! width=50 |

! width=50 |

! width=50 |

! width=50 |

! width=50 |

! width=50 |Win %

|-

| 2007 || colspan="8" | Did not qualify

|-

| 2009 || Group stage || 9/12 || 2 || 1

|1|| 0

|0|| 50.0%

|-

| 2010 || colspan="8" rowspan="2"| Did not qualify

|-

| 2012

|-

| 2014 || Super 10 || 9/16 || 7 || 3 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 42.8%

|-

| 2016|| Group stage || 12/16 || 3 || 1

|1

|0|| 1 || 33.3%

|-

| 2021

|Group Stage|| 15/16

|3|| 0 || 3

|0|| 0 || 0.0%

|-style="background:#ffebcd;"

| 2022|| Super 12 || 8/16 || 8 || 4

|4

|0

|0|| 50.0%

|-

| 2024 || Group stage ||14/20 || 4 || 1 || 3

|0

|0|| 25.0%

|-

| 2026 || Group stage || 15/20 || 4 || 1 || 3

|0

|0|| 25.0%

|-

| 2028 || colspan="8" rowspan="2"| TBD

|-

| 2030

|-

! Total !! Super 10 !! 8th !! 31 !! 11 !! 19 !! 0 !! 1 !! 35.5%

|}

T20 World Cup Europe Regional Final

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; width=900px;"

|-

!colspan=9|ICC T20 World Cup Europe Regional Final records

|-

! width=150 |Year

! width=150 |Round

! width=50 |Position

! width=50 |GP

! width=50 |W

! width=50 |L

! width=50 |T

! width=50 |NR

|-

| 2019|| rowspan=3 colspan=7|Did not participate

|-

| 2021

|-

| 2023

|- style="background:gold;"

| 2025||Winners (Q)||1/5||4||3||1||0||0

|-

|Total||Winners||1st||4||3||1||0||0

|}

  • Q - Qualified for T20 World Cup

ICC Champions Trophy

Known as the "ICC Knockout" in 1998 and 2000

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; width:800px"

|-

! width=150 |Year

! width=150 |Round

! width=50 |Position

! width=50 |

! width=50 |

! width=50 |

! width=50 |

! width=50 |

! width=50 |Win %

|-

| 1998 || colspan=8 rowspan=2 | Did not qualify

|-

| 2000

|-

| 2002 ||Group stage||12/12||2||0||2||0||0||0.00%

|-

| 2004|| colspan=8 rowspan=6 | Did not qualify

|-

| 2006

|-

| 2009

|-

| 2013

|-

| 2017

|-

| <br> 2025

|-

| 2029 || colspan="8"| TBD

|-

!Total!!Group stage!!12th!!2!!0!!2!!0!!0!!0.00%

|}

Other tournaments

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

{|class="wikitable"

! ICC Trophy/CWC Qualifier

! T20 World Cup Qualifier

! World Cricket League

|-

|valign=top|

  • 1979: First round
  • 2005: First round
  • 2006: First round
  • 2007–08: 5th place
  • 2009–10: 6th place
  • 2011–13: 8th place
  • 2015–17: 3rd place

|valign=top|

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

|valign=top|

  • 1996: Runners-up

Last updated 18 February 2026.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; width: 500px;"

| colspan=7 align="center" | Playing Record

|-

! Format !! M !! W !! L !! T !! NR !! Inaugural match

|-

| style="text-align:left;"| One-Day Internationals || 146 || 54 || 85 || 2 || 5 || 17 February 1996

|-

| style="text-align:left;"| Twenty20 Internationals || 133 || 64 || 61 || 3 || 5 || 2 August 2008

|}

One-Day Internationals

  • Highest team total: 374/6 v. Scotland 12 June 2025 at Forthill, Dundee
  • Highest individual score: 158*, Max O'Dowd v. Scotland on 12 June 2025 at Forthill, Dundee
  • Best individual bowling figures: 6/34, Aryan Dutt v. Namibia on 19 February 2024 at Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur

Most ODI runs for Netherlands

{| class="wikitable"

|- style="background:#bdb76b;"

! Player!!Runs!!Average!!Career span

|-

|align=left|Max O'Dowd || 2,153 || 35.88 || 2019–2025

|-

|align=left|Scott Edwards || 2,108 || 38.32 || 2018–2025

|-

|align=left|Ryan ten Doeschate || 1,541 || 67.00 || 2006–2011

|-

|align=left|Wesley Barresi || 1,352 || 27.59 || 2010–2025

|-

|align=left|Tom Cooper || 1,319 || 45.48 || 2010–2023

|}

Most ODI wickets for Netherlands

{| class="wikitable"

|- style="background:#bdb76b;"

! Player!!Wickets!!Average!!Career span

|-

|align=left|Aryan Dutt || 62 || 32.88 || 2021–2025

|-

|align=left|Paul van Meekeren || 61 || 27.47 || 2013–2025

|-

|align=left|Mudassar Bukhari || 57 || 28.08 || 2007–2014

|-

|align=left|Pieter Seelaar || 57 || 35.68 || 2006–2022

|-

|align=left|Ryan ten Doeschate || 55 || 24.12 || 2006–2011

|}

  • Players still playing for Netherlands are listed in bold.

ODI record versus other nations

Records complete to ODI #4888. Last updated 12 June 2025.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; width: 600px;"

|-

! Opponent !! M !! W !! L !! T !! NR !! First match !! First win

|-

| colspan="8" style="text-align:center;"| ICC Full members

|-

|align=left| || 10 || 2 || 8 || 0 || 0 || 30 August 2009 || 30 August 2009

|-

|align=left| || 3 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 20 February 2003 ||

|-

|align=left| || 3 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 20 July 2010 || 20 July 2010

|-

|align=left| || 7 || 0 || 7 || 0 || 0 || 22 February 1996 ||

|-

|align=left| || 3 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 12 February 2003 ||

|-

|align=left| || 13 || 3 || 8 || 1 || 1 || 8 August 2006 || 5 February 2007

|-

|align=left| || 5 || 0 || 5 || 0 || 0 || 17 February 1996 ||

|-

|align=left| || 7 || 0 || 7 || 0 || 0 || 26 February 1996 ||

|-

|align=left| || 8 || 1 || 6 || 0 || 1 || 5 March 1996 || 17 October 2023

|-

|align=left| || 6 || 0 || 6 || 0 || 0 || 16 September 2002 ||

|-

|align=left| || 6 || 0 || 5 || 1 || 0 || 10 July 2007 ||

|-

|align=left| || 7 || 3 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 28 February 2003 || 19 June 2019

|-

| colspan="8" style="text-align:center;"| ICC Associate members

|-

|align=left| || 7 || 6 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 28 November 2006 || 28 November 2006

|-

|align=left| || 12 || 10 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 26 November 2006 || 26 November 2006

|-

|align=left| || 10 || 7 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 31 January 2007 || 21 August 2008

|-

|align=left| || 5 || 4 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 3 March 2003 || 3 March 2003

|-

|align=left| || 7 || 3 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 1 August 2018 || 1 August 2018

|-

|align=left| || 3 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 3 July 2023 || 3 July 2023

|-

|align=left| || 16 || 6 || 9 || 0 || 1 || 6 August 2006 || 22 March 2007

|-

|align=left| || 5 || 3 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 1 March 1996 || 9 November 2024

|-

|align=left| || 3 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 22 June 2023 || 22 June 2023

|}

Twenty20 Internationals

  • Highest team total: 247/5 v. Namibia on 29 February 2024 at Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur.
  • Highest individual score: 135, Michael Levitt v. Namibia on 29 February 2024 at Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur.
  • Best individual bowling figures: 5/19, Ahsan Malik v. South Africa on 27 March 2014 at Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong.

Most T20I runs for Netherlands

{| class="wikitable"

|- style="background:#bdb76b;"

! Player!!Runs!!Average!!Career span

|-

|align=left|Max O'Dowd || 2,354 || 29.06 || 2015–2026

|-

|align=left|Scott Edwards || 1,316 || 23.08 || 2018–2026

|-

|align=left|Ben Cooper || 1,239 || 28.15 || 2013–2021

|-

|align=left|Michael Levitt || 945 || 33.75 || 2024–2026

|-

|align=left|Stephan Myburgh || 915 || 21.78 || 2012–2022

|}

Most T20I wickets for Netherlands

{| class="wikitable"

|- style="background:#bdb76b;"

! Player!!Wickets!!Average!!Career span

|-

|align=left|Paul van Meekeren || 84 || 21.55 || 2013–2025

|-

|align=left|Roelof van der Merwe || 61 || 19.27 || 2015–2026

|-

|align=left|Pieter Seelaar || 58 || 22.24 || 2008–2021

|-

|align=left|Timm van der Gugten || 52 || 22.51 || 2012–2026

|-

|align=left|Fred Klaassen || 45 || 23.66 || 2018–2026

|}

T20I record versus other nations

Records complete to T20I #3723. Last updated 18 February 2026.

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"

|-

!scope="col" |Opponent

!scope="col" |Matches

!scope="col" |Won

!scope="col" |Lost

!scope="col" |Tied

!scope="col" |No Result

!scope="col" |First

!scope="col" |Last

|-

| style="text-align: center;" colspan="9" | Full Members

|-

|align=left| || 4 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 12 February 2010 || 12 February 2010

|-

|align=left| || 8 || 1 || 6 || 0 || 1 || 25 July 2012 || 26 July 2012

|-

|align=left| || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 5 June 2009 || 5 June 2009

|-

|align=left| || 2 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 27 October 2022 ||

|-

|align=left| || 15 || 7 || 7 || 0 || 1 || 5 August 2008 || 21 March 2014

|-

|align=left| || 3 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 29 March 2014 ||

|-

|align=left| || 3 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 9 June 2009 ||

|-

|align=left| || 3 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 27 March 2014 || 6 November 2022

|-

|align=left| || 4 || 0 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 24 March 2014 ||

|-

|align=left| || 5 || 2 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 19 March 2014 || 23 June 2019

|-

| colspan="8" style="text-align:center;"| ICC Associate members

|-

|align=left| || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 26 October 2019 || 26 October 2019

|-

|align=left| || 5 || 3 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 2 August 2008 || 9 February 2010

|-

|align=left| || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 9 July 2025 || 9 July 2025

|-

|align=left| || 3 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 18 January 2017 || 10 October 2019

|-

|align=left| || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 11 July 2025 || 11 July 2025

|-

|align=left| || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 5 July 2025 || 5 July 2025

|-

|align=left| || 6 || 4 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 2 August 2008 || 2 August 2008

|-

|align=left| || 2 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 18 April 2021 || 18 April 2021

|-

|align=left| || 6 || 4 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 19 October 2019 || 19 October 2019

|-

|align=left| || 15 || 7 || 6 || 1 || 1 || 30 June 2015 || 16 June 2025

|-

|align=left| || 7 || 4 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 11 March 2016 || 15 January 2017

|-

|align=left| || 3 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 24 October 2019 || 2 November 2019

|-

|align=left| || 18 || 9 || 9 || 0 || 0 || 4 August 2008 || 4 August 2008

|-

|align=left| || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 22 October 2019 || 22 October 2019

|-

|align=left| || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 14 July 2022 || 14 July 2022

|-

|align=left| || 9 || 5 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 17 March 2014 || 17 March 2014

|-

|align=left| || 4 || 3 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 15 July 2022 || 15 July 2022

|}

Other records

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

Notable 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.

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
  • Michael Swart - who played for Western Australia from 2010 until 2011.
  • 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 – Played for New South Wales and others in Australia and New Zealand. Now playing for Glamorgan.
  • Logan van Beek - who currently plays for Wellington Firebirds and previously represented Canterbury Wizards and Worcestershire.
  • Paul van Meekeren - who played for Somerset from 2016 to 2019, Durham in 2021, and for Gloucestershire in 2022 and 2023.
  • Fred Klaassen - who currently plays for Kent.
  • Bas de Leede - who currently plays for Durham.
  • Shane Snater - who currently plays for Essex.

Current squad

Updated as of 21 February 2026.

This lists all the active players who are contracted to or have played for Netherlands in the past year and the forms in which they have played, and any players (in italics) outside this criterion who have been selected in the team's most recent ODI or T20I squad. Uncapped players are listed in italics.

{| class="wikitable"

|-

! style="text-align:center; background:#FF771D; color:white; | Name

! style="text-align:center; background:#FF771D; color:white; | Age

! style="text-align:center; background:#FF771D; color:white; | Batting style

! style="text-align:center; background:#FF771D; color:white; | Bowling style

! style="text-align:center; background:#FF771D; color:white; | Forms<!--NOTE: This refers to the forms they've played for the Netherlands in the past year, not over their whole Netherlands career-->

! style="text-align:center; background:#FF771D; color:white; | No

! style="text-align:center; background:#FF771D; color:white; | Last ODI

! style="text-align:center; background:#FF771D; color:white; | Last T20I

! style="text-align:center; background:#FF771D; color:white; | Notes

|-

! colspan="9" | Batters

|-

| Colin Ackermann || || Right-handed || Right-arm off break || ODI, T20I ||align="center"|48 || 2025 || 2026 ||

|-

| Michael Levitt || || Right-handed || Right-arm medium || ODI, T20I ||align="center"|55 || 2025 || 2026 ||

|-

| Teja Nidamanuru || || Right-handed || Right-arm off break || ODI, T20I ||align="center"| 25 || 2025 || 2025 ||

|-

| Max O'Dowd || || Right-handed || Right-arm off break || ODI, T20I ||align="center"| 4 || 2025 || 2026 ||

|-

| Vikramjit Singh || || Left-handed || Right-arm medium || ODI, T20I ||align="center"| 7 || 2025 || 2025 ||

|-

| Sikander Zulfiqar || || Right-handed || Right-arm medium || T20I ||align="center"| || || 2025 ||

|-

! colspan="9" | All-rounders

|-

| Bas de Leede || || Right-handed || Right-arm medium-fast || ODI, T20I ||align="center"| 5 || 2025 || 2026 ||

|-

| Zach Lion-Cachet || || Right-handed || Right-arm off break || ODI, T20I ||align="center"| 15 || 2025 || 2026 ||

|-

| Roelof van der Merwe || || Right-handed || Slow left-arm orthodox || ODI, T20I ||align="center"| 52 || 2025 || 2026 ||

|-

| Tim Pringle || || Right-handed || Slow left-arm orthodox || T20I ||align="center"| 11 || 2022 || 2025 ||

|-

|| Saqib Zulfiqar || || Right-handed || Leg break || T20I ||align="center"| 66 || 2023 || 2025 ||

|-

! colspan="9" | Wicket-keepers

|-

| Noah Croes || || Right-handed || || ODI, T20I ||align="center"|36 || 2025 || 2026 ||

|-

| Scott Edwards || || Right-handed || || ODI, T20I ||align="center"| 35 || 2025 || 2026 || Captain

|-

| Wesley Barresi || || Right-handed || Right-arm off break || ODI ||align="center"| 35 || 2025 || 2024 ||

|-

! colspan="9" | Pace bowlers

|-

| Paul van Meekeren || || Right-handed || Right-arm fast-medium || ODI, T20I ||align="center"| 47 || 2025 || 2026 ||

|-

| Logan van Beek || || Right-handed || Right-arm medium-fast || ODI, T20I ||align="center"| 17 || 2023 || 2026 ||

|-

| Vivian Kingma || || Right-handed || Right-arm medium-fast || ODI, T20I ||align="center"| 23 || 2025 || 2025 ||

|-

| Fred Klaassen || || Right-handed || Left-arm fast-medium || ODI, T20I ||align="center"| 12 || 2025 || 2026 ||

|-

| Kyle Klein || || Right-handed || Right-arm medium || ODI, T20I ||align="center"| 1 || 2025 || 2026 ||

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| Timm van der Gugten || || Right-handed || Right-arm fast-medium || ODI, T20I ||align="center"| 10 || 2025 || 2026 ||

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| Ben Fletcher || || Left-handed || Left-arm medium || T20I ||align="center"| 13 || || 2025 ||

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! colspan="9" | Spin bowlers

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| Shariz Ahmad || || Left-handed || Leg break googly || ODI, T20I ||align="center"| 18 || 2024 || 2025 ||

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| Daniel Doram || || Left-handed || Slow left-arm orthodox || T20I ||align="center"| 33 || || 2025 ||

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| Aryan Dutt || || Right-handed || Right-arm off break || ODI, T20I ||align="center"| 88 || 2025 || 2026 ||

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Coaching staff

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! style="background:#FF771D; color:white; text-align:center; | Position

! style="background:#FF771D; color:white; text-align:center; | Name

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| High Performance Manager

| Roland Lefebvre

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| Head coach

| Ryan Cook

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| Batting coach

| Heino Kuhn

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| Bowling coach

| Ryan van Niekerk

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|Strength & Conditioning coach

| Dean Munsami

|-

| Physiotherapist

| George Dunlop

|}

Coaches

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

{| class="wikitable"

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! Name !! Appointed !! Resigned !! Notable tournaments

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| Emmerson Trotman || 1996/1997 || October 2004 || 2001 ICC Trophy (won)<br>2002 Champions Trophy<br>2003 World Cup

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| Peter Cantrell (acting) || October 2004 || November 2004 ||

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| Bob Simpson || November 2004 || after 2005 ICC Trophy || 2005 ICC Trophy

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| Peter Cantrell || November 2005 || April 2007 || 2007 WCL (Div. 1)<br>2007 World Cup

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| Paul-Jan Bakker (acting) || 1 May 2007 || January 2008 || 2007–08 Intercontinental Cup (first two matches)

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| Peter Drinnen || January 2008 || October 2013 || 2007–08 Intercontinental Cup (last five matches)<br>2009 World Cup Qualifier<br>2010 WCL (Div. 1)<br>2011 World Cup<br>2011–13 WCL Championship

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| Anton Roux (initially acting) || October 2013 ||November 2022|| 2018 World Cup Qualifier<br>2021 T20 World Cup

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| Ryan Cook (initially acting) || November 2022|| || 2022 T20 World Cup<br>2023 World Cup Qualifier<br>2023 World Cup<br>2024 T20 World Cup

|-

|}

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

Notes

References

  • Royal Dutch Cricket Association (in Dutch)
  • VRA, Amsterdam