Netherlands at the Cricket World Cup

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 Amstelveen close to Amsterdam and is older than many renowned cricket clubs in the West Indies, Australia, and New Zealand. The Netherlands have participated in the 1996, ^[1] 2003, ^[2] 2007 ^[3] 2011, ^[4] and 2023 Cricket World Cups. ^[5]

Cricket World Cup Record

Cricket World Cup record									Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR		Pld	W	L	T	NR
1975	Did not participate								No qualifier held
1979	Did not qualify								4	1	2	0	1
1983									7	3	1	0	3
1987									9	7	2	0	0
1992									9	7	2	0	0
1996	Group stage	12/12	5	0	5	0	0	9	7	2	0	0
1999	Did not qualify								8	3	3	0	2
2003	Group stage	11/14	6	1	5	0	0	10	9	1	0	0
2007	Group stage	12/16	3	1	2	0	0	7	5	2	0	0
2011	Group stage	13/14	6	0	6	0	0	10	7	3	0	0
2015	Did not qualify								20	12	6	1	1
2019									25	16	7	0	2
2023	Group Stage	10/10	9	2	7	0	0	32	7	23	1	1
Total	5/13	0 titles	29	4	25	0	0	150	84	54	2	10

World Cup Record (By Team)

Cricket World Cup matches (By team)
Against	Wins	Draws	Losses	Total	First win
Afghanistan	0	0	1	1
Australia	0	0	3	3
Bangladesh	1	0	1	2	28 October 2023
England	0	0	4	4
India	0	0	3	3
Ireland	0	0	1	1
Namibia	1	0	0	1	27 February 2003
New Zealand	0	0	2	2
Pakistan	0	0	3	3
Scotland	1	0	0	1	20 March 2007
South Africa	1	0	3	4	17 October 2023
Sri Lanka	0	0	1	1
United Arab Emirates	0	0	1	1
West Indies	0	0	1	1
Zimbabwe	0	0	1	1
Total	4	0	25	29	[6] [7]

Tournament results

1996 World Cup

Main article: 1996 Cricket World Cup

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. ^[8]

17 February	New Zealand   307/8 (50 overs)	v	Netherlands 188/7 (50 overs)	New Zealand won by 119 runs
Scorecard				Reliance Stadium, Baroda Umpires: Khizer Hayat and Ian Robinson Player of the match: Craig Spearman (NZ)
	Craig Spearman 68 (59) Steven Lubbers 3/48 (9 overs)		Peter Cantrell 45 (86) Chris Harris 3/24 (10 overs)

22 February	England   279/4 (50 overs)	v	Netherlands 230/6 (50 overs)	England won by 49 runs
Scorecard				Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar Umpires: Steve Bucknor and K.T. Francis Player of the match: Graeme Hick (Eng)
	Graeme Hick 104* (133) Roland Lefebvre 1/40 (10 overs)		Klaas van Noortwijk 64 (82) Phil DeFreitas 3/31 (10 overs)

26 February	Netherlands   145/7 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 151/2 (30.4 overs)	Pakistan won by 8 wickets
Scorecard				Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Umpires: K.T. Francis and Steve Bucknor Player of the match: Waqar Younis (Pak)
	Flavian Aponso 58 Waqar Younis 4/26		Saeed Anwar 83* Peter Cantrell 1/18 (4 overs)

1 March	Netherlands   216/9 (50 overs)	v	United Arab Emirates 220/3 (44.2 overs)	United Arab Emirates won by 7 wickets
Scorecard				Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Umpires: Mahboob Shah and Steve Randell Player of the match: Shaukat Dukanwala (UAE)
	Peter Cantrell 47 (106) Shaukat Dukanwala 5/29 (10 overs)		Saleem Raza 84 (68) Roland Lefebvre 1/24 (8 overs)
This was the first ever official ODI between two ICC Associate teams.

5 March	South Africa 328/3 (50 overs)	v	Netherlands   168/8 (50 overs)	South Africa won by 160 runs
				Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Umpires: Khizer Hayat and Steve Randell Player of the match: Andrew Hudson (SA)
	Andrew Hudson 161 (132) Eric Gouka 1/32 (2 overs)		Nolan Clarke 32 (46) Allan Donald 2/21 (6 overs)

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2003 World Cup

Main article: 2003 Cricket World Cup

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 one day international win over Namibia during the tournament. Feiko Kloppenburg (with 121) and Klaas-Jan van Noortwijk (134 not out) scored the first two One Day International centuries in the side's history. ^[8]

12 February 2003	India   204 (48.5 overs)	v	Netherlands 136 (48.1 overs)	India won by 68 runs.
Scorecard				Boland Bank Park, Paarl, South Africa Umpires: Daryl Harper and Peter Willey Player of the match: Tim de Leede (Net)
	Sachin Tendulkar 52 (72) Tim de Leede 4/35 (9.5 overs)		Daan van Bunge 62 (116) Javagal Srinath 4/30 (9.1 overs)

16 February 2003	Netherlands   142/9 (50 overs)	v	England 144/4 (23.2 overs)	England won by 6 wickets.
Scorecard				Buffalo Park, East London, South Africa Umpires: Darrell Hair and Rudi Koertzen Player of the match: James Anderson (Eng)
	Tim de Leede 58 (96) James Anderson 4/25 (10 overs)		Michael Vaughan 51 (47) Daan van Bunge 3/16 (3 overs)

20 February 2003	Australia   170/2 (36 overs)	v	Netherlands 122 (30.2 overs)	Australia won by 76 runs (D/L method).
Scorecard				North West Cricket Stadium, Potchefstroom, South Africa Umpires: Dave Orchard and Peter Willey Player of the match: Damien Martyn (Aus)
	Damien Martyn 67 (76) Tim de Leede 2/34 (7 overs)		Tim de Leede 24 (38) Andy Bichel 3/13 (5 overs)
Rain meant that Netherlands had a revised target of 198 from 36 overs.

25 February 2003	Pakistan   253/9 (50 overs)	v	Netherlands 156 (39.3 overs)	Pakistan won by 97 runs.
Scorecard				Boland Bank Park, Paarl, South Africa Umpires: Steve Bucknor and Srinivas Venkataraghavan Player of the match: Yousuf Youhana (Pak)
	Yousuf Youhana 58 (59) Daan van Bunge 2/27 (4 overs)		Daan van Bunge 31 (60) Wasim Akram 3/24 (8.3 overs)

28 February 2003	Zimbabwe   301/8 (50 overs)	v	Netherlands 202/9 (50 overs)	Zimbabwe won by 99 runs.
Scorecard				Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe Umpires: Steve Bucknor and Tyron Wijewardene Player of the match: Heath Streak (Zim)
	Andy Flower 71 (72) Roland Lefebvre 2/38 (8 overs)		Daan van Bunge 37 (47) Brian Murphy 3/44 (10 overs)

27 February 2003	Netherlands   314/4 (50 overs)	v	Namibia 250 (46.5 overs)	Netherlands won by 64 runs
Scorecard				Goodyear Park, Bloemfontein, South Africa Umpires: Daryl Harper (Aus) and Nadeem Ghauri (Pak) Player of the match: Feiko Kloppenburg (NLD)
	Klaas-Jan van Noortwijk 134 (129) Louis Burger 2/49 (10 overs)		Gavin Murgatroyd 52 (62) Feiko Kloppenburg 4/42 (10 overs)

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2007 World Cup

Main article: 2007 Cricket World Cup

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. The 2007 World Cup was in the West Indies, and the Netherlands were eliminated in the first round, though they did beat Scotland along the way. ^[9]

16 March 2007	South Africa   353/3 (40 overs)	v	Netherlands 132/9 (40 overs)	South Africa won by 221 runs
Scorecard				Warner Park Stadium, Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis Umpires: Mark Benson (Eng) and Tony Hill (NZ) Player of the match: Herschelle Gibbs (SA)
	Jacques Kallis 128* (109) Billy Stelling 1/43 (8 overs)		Ryan ten Doeschate 57 (74) Justin Kemp 2/18 (4 overs)
Wet pitch reduced the match to 40 overs per side.

18 March 2007	Australia   358/5 (50 overs)	v	Netherlands 129 (26.5 overs)	Australia won by 229 runs
Scorecard				Warner Park Stadium, Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WI) and Tony Hill (NZ) Player of the match: Brad Hodge (SA)
	Brad Hodge 123* (89) Tim de Leede 2/40 (10 overs)		Daan van Bunge 33 (33) Brad Hogg 4/27 (4.5 overs)

20 March 2007	Scotland   136 (34.1 overs)	v	Netherlands 140/2 (23.5 overs)	Netherlands won by 8 wickets
Scorecard				Warner Park, Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis Umpires: Asoka de Silva (SL) and Tony Hill (NZ) Player of the match: Billy Stelling (Nld)
	Neil McCallum 24 (43) Billy Stelling 3/12 (8 overs)		Ryan ten Doeschate 70 (68) John Blain 2/29 (5 overs)

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2011 World Cup

Main article: 2011 Cricket World Cup

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.

22 February 2011	Netherlands   292/6 (50 overs)	v	England 296/4 (48.4 overs)	England won by 6 wickets
Scorecard				Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Bruce Oxenford (Aus) Player of the match: Ryan ten Doeschate (Ned)
	Ryan ten Doeschate 119 (110) Graeme Swann 2/35 (10 overs)		Andrew Strauss 88 (83) Ryan ten Doeschate 2/47 (10 overs)
Netherlands won the toss and elected to bat.

28 February 2011	West Indies   330/8 (50 overs)	v	Netherlands 115 (31.3 overs)	West Indies won by 215 runs
14:30 (D/N) Scorecard				Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi Umpires: Amiesh Saheba (Ind) and Simon Taufel (Aus) Player of the match: Kemar Roach (WI)
	Chris Gayle 80 (110) Mudassar Bukhari 2/65 (10 overs)		Tom Cooper 55* (72) Kemar Roach 6/27 (8.3 overs)
Netherlands won the toss and elected to field.

3 March 2011	South Africa   351/5 (50 overs)	v	Netherlands 120 (34.5 overs)	South Africa won by 231 runs
09:30 Scorecard				Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali Umpires: Asoka de Silva (SL) and Richard Kettleborough (Eng) Player of the match: AB de Villiers (SA)
	AB de Villiers 134 (98) Ryan ten Doeschate 3/72 (10 overs)		Wesley Barresi 44 (66) Imran Tahir 3/19 (6.5 overs)
Netherlands won the toss and elected to field.

9 March 2011	Netherlands   189 (46.4 overs)	v	India 191/5 (36.3 overs)	India won by 5 wickets
14:30 (D/N) Scorecard				Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi Umpires: Steve Davis (Aus) and Bruce Oxenford (Aus) Player of the match: Yuvraj Singh (Ind)
	Peter Borren 38 (36) Zaheer Khan 3/20 (6.4 overs)		Yuvraj Singh 51* (73) Pieter Seelaar 3/53 (10 overs)
Netherlands won the toss and elected to bat.

14 March 2011	Netherlands   160 (46.2 overs)	v	Bangladesh 166/4 (41.2 overs)	Bangladesh won by 6 wickets
09:30 Scorecard				Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Rod Tucker (Aus) Player of the match: Imrul Kayes (Ban)
	Ryan ten Doeschate 53* (71) Abdur Razzak 3/29 (10 overs)		Imrul Kayes 73* (113) Tom Cooper 2/33 (7.2 overs)
Netherlands won the toss and elected to bat.

18 March 2011	Netherlands   306 (50 overs)	v	Ireland 307/4 (47.4 overs)	Ireland won by 6 wickets
09:30 Scorecard				Eden Gardens, Kolkata Umpires: Billy Doctrove (WI) and Ian Gould (Eng) Player of the match: Paul Stirling (Ire)
	Ryan ten Doeschate 106 (108) Paul Stirling 2/51 (10 overs)		Paul Stirling 101 (72) Tom Cooper 2/31 (7 overs)
Ireland won the toss and elected to field.

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2023 World Cup

Main article: 2023 Cricket World Cup

6 October 2023	Netherlands   205/10 (41 overs)	v	Pakistan 286/10 (49 overs)	Pakistan won by 81 runs
Scorecard				Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad Umpires: Adrian Holdstock (SA) and Chris Brown (NZ) Player of the match: Saud Shakeel (Pak)
	Bas de Leede 67 (68) Haris Rauf 3/43 (9 overs)		Saud Shakeel 68 (52) Bas de Leede 4/62 (9 overs)
Netherlands won the toss and elected to field first.

9 October 2023	New Zealand   322/7 (50 overs)	v	Netherlands 223 (46.3 overs)	New Zealand won by 99 runs
14:00 (D/N) Scorecard				Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad Umpires: Paul Reiffel (Aus) and Rod Tucker (Aus) Player of the match: Mitchell Santner (NZ)
	Will Young 70 (80) Roelof van der Merwe 2/56 (9 overs)		Colin Ackermann 69 (73) Mitchell Santner 5/59 (10 overs)
Netherlands won the toss and elected to field.

17 October 2023	Netherlands   245/8 (43 overs)	v	South Africa 207 (42.5 overs)	Netherlands won by 38 runs
14:00 (D/N) Scorecard				Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamshala Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Richard Kettleborough (Eng) Player of the match: Scott Edwards (Ned)
	Scott Edwards 78* (69) Marco Jansen 2/27 (8 overs)		David Miller 43 (52) Logan van Beek 3/60 (8.5 overs)
South Africa won the toss and elected to field. The match was reduced to 43 overs per side due to rain.

21 October 2023	Netherlands   262 (49.4 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 263/5 (48.2 overs)	Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets
10:30 Scorecard				Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow Umpires: Marais Erasmus (SA) and Ahsan Raza (Pak) Player of the match: Sadeera Samarawickrama (SL)
	Sybrand Engelbrecht 70 (82) Dilshan Madushanka 4/49 (9.4 overs)		Sadeera Samarawickrama 91* (107) Aryan Dutt 3/44 (10 overs)
Netherlands won the toss and elected to bat.

25 October 2023	Australia   399/8 (50 overs)	v	Netherlands 90 (21 overs)	Australia won by 309 runs
14:00 (D/N) Scorecard				Arun Jaitley Cricket Stadium, Delhi Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Sharfuddoula (Ban) Player of the match: Glenn Maxwell (Aus)
	Glenn Maxwell 106 (44) Logan van Beek 4/74 (10 overs)		Vikramjit Singh 25 (25) Adam Zampa 4/8 (3 overs)
Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

28 October 2023	Netherlands   229 (50 overs)	v	Bangladesh 142 (42.2 overs)	Netherlands won by 87 runs
14:00 (D/N) Scorecard				Eden Gardens, Kolkata Umpires: Joel Wilson (WI) and Paul Wilson (Aus) Player of the match: Paul van Meekeren (Ned)
	Scott Edwards 68 (89) Mustafizur Rahman 2/36 (10 overs)		Mehidy Hasan 35 (40) Paul van Meekeren 4/23 (7.2 overs)
Netherlands won the toss and elected to bat.

3 November 2023	Netherlands   179 (46.3 overs)	v	Afghanistan 181/3 (31.3 overs)	Afghanistan won by 7 wickets
14:00 (D/N) Scorecard				Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow Umpires: Nitin Menon (Ind) and Sharfuddoula (Ban) Player of the match: Mohammad Nabi (Afg)
	Sybrand Engelbrecht 58 (86) Mohammad Nabi 3/28 (9.3 overs)		Hashmatullah Shahidi 56* (64) Saqib Zulfiqar 1/25 (3 overs)
Netherlands won the toss and elected to bat.

8 November 2023	England   339/9 (50 overs)	v	Netherlands 179 (37.2 overs)	England won by 160 runs
14:00 (D/N) Scorecard				Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune Umpires: Ahsan Raza (Pak) and Rod Tucker (Aus) Player of the match: Ben Stokes (Eng)
	Ben Stokes 108 (84) Bas de Leede 3/74 (10 overs)		Teja Nidamanuru 41* (34) Moeen Ali 3/42 (8.2 overs)
England won the toss and elected to bat.

12 November 2023	India   410/4 (50 overs)	v	Netherlands 250 (47.5 overs)	India won by 160 runs
14:00 (D/N) Scorecard				M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Michael Gough (Eng) Player of the match: Shreyas Iyer (Ind)
	Shreyas Iyer 128* (94) Bas de Leede 2/82 (10 overs)		Teja Nidamanuru 54 (39) Mohammed Siraj 2/29 (6 overs)
India won the toss and elected to bat.

Netherlands World Cup statistics

Highest innings totals

Score	Opponent	Venue	Year
314/4 (50 overs)	v   Namibia	Mangaung Oval	2003
306 (50 overs)	v   Ireland	Eden Gardens	2011
296/6 (50 overs)	v   England	Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium	2011
262 (49.4 overs)	v   Sri Lanka	Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium	2023
245/8 (43 overs)	v   South Africa	HPCA Stadium	2023
Source: [10] Updated: 7 April 2021

Lowest completed innings

Score	Opponent	Venue	Year
90 (21 overs)	v   Australia	Arun Jaitley Stadium	2023
115 (31.3 overs)	v   West Indies	Feroz Shah Kotla	2011
120 (34.5 overs)	v   South Africa	Punjab Cricket Association Stadium	2011
129 (26.5 overs)	v   Australia	Warner Park Stadium	2007
132/9 (40 overs)	v   South Africa	Warner Park Stadium	2007
Source: [11] (unfinished innings excluded from this list)Updated: 7 April 2021

Highest individual innings

Player	Score	Opponent	Venue	Year
Klaas-Jan van Noortwijk	134*	Namibia	Mangaung Oval	2003
Feiko Kloppenburg	121	Namibia	Mangaung Oval	2003
Ryan ten Doeschate	119	England	Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium	2011
Ryan ten Doeschate	106	Ireland	Eden Gardens	2011
Peter Borren	84	Ireland	Eden Gardens	2011
Source: [12] Updated: 7 April 2021

Best bowling figures

Bowling figures	Player	Opponent	Venue	Year
4/23 (7.2 overs)	Paul van Meekeren	v   Bangladesh	Eden Gardens	2023
4/35 (9.5 overs)	Tim de Leede	v   India	Boland Bank Park	2003
4/42 (10 overs)	Feiko Kloppenburg	v   Namibia	Mangaung Oval	2003
4/42 (8.5 overs)	Adeel Raja	v   Namibia	Mangaung Oval	2003
3/12 (8 overs)	Billy Stelling	v   Scotland	Warner Park	2007
Source: [13] Updated: 7 April 2021

Most matches

Number of matches	Player	Years spanned
18	Bastiaan Zuiderent	1996–2011
14	Tim de Leede	1996–2007
9	6 Dutch players have 9 World Cup matches.
Source: [14] Updated: 7 April 2021

Most runs

Runs	Player	Years spanned
435	Ryan ten Doeschate	2007–2011
322	Klaas-Jan van Noortwijk	1996–2003
223	Tim de Leede	1996–2007
199	Peter Borren	2007–2011
196	Bastiaan Zuiderent	1996–2011
Source: [15] Updated: 7 May 2021

See also

• Netherlands national cricket team
• Cricket in the Netherlands

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