Royal Dutch Cricket Association

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Royal Dutch Cricket Association
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Sport Cricket
Jurisdiction Cricket in the Netherlands
AbbreviationKNCB
Founded1890;134 years ago (1890)
Affiliation International Cricket Council
Affiliation date1966;58 years ago (1966)
Regional affiliation ICC Europe
Affiliation date1997;27 years ago (1997)
Headquarters Amstelveen, Netherlands
Location Amstelveen
ChairmanGuido Landheer
CEO Monica Visser
CoachRyan Cook
Sponsor NORDEK, Gray-Nicolls, Fairtree, SISAR B.V. [1]
Official website
www.kncb.nl
Flag of the Netherlands.svg

The Royal Dutch Cricket Association (Dutch: Koninklijke Nederlandse Cricket Bond; KNCB) is the governing body of cricket in the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It was formed in 1890 and received a Royal charter in 1958. The KNCB is responsible for the national men's and women's teams, and also for the various domestic competitions, including the Topklasse (Division One) and Hoofdklasse (Division Two) leagues, and the Dutch Twenty20 Cup. The KNCB has been an associate member of the International Cricket Council since 1966. It is one of the oldest national governing bodies in the sport, older than those of many full ICC members. The KNCB is also a member of the ICC Europe (succeeding the European Cricket Council), which organises the European Cricket Championship.

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Overview

Koninklijke Nederlandse Cricket Bond is an administrative organization responsible for the promotion, development, and organization of the sport of cricket in the Netherlands. It controls the men's national team, and the women's national team teams. The women's national team currently have Test status and played their first Test match in 2007. A total of 57 cricket clubs take part in the domestic season, which include the Hoofdklasse, Topklasse and the region T20 cricket. [2]

History

Cricket was first seen being played on Dutch soil in the 1780s by an English traveller in Scheveningen, and by the turn of the 20th century, Dutch teams were touring England regularly. Cricket was one of the most popular sports in the Netherlands in the 19th century, surpassed since by many other sports, most notably association football. Cricket even found enough of a following to survive the German occupation of the country between May 1940 and May 1945. The sport, famously dismissed as "unmanly and un-German" and "insufficiently violent" by Adolf Hitler himself, endured thanks in no small part to the dogged enthusiasm of local players, who shrugged off the requisitioning of grounds and restrictions on weekend travel – not to mention the presence of thousands of heavily armed Nazis and the bombing of the main sports dealers in Rotterdam – to organise as many as 300 matches a year. [3]

The KNCB has been an associate member of the International Cricket Council since 1966. [4] There are a few cricket grounds in the Netherlands which are officially sanctioned by the ICC to host ODIs such as Amstelveen, Rotterdam and Voorburg. It hosted one of the matches of the 1999 Cricket World Cup, though the Dutch did not participate in that tournament. [5]

The Dutch participated in the 1996 Cricket World Cup, 2003 Cricket World Cup, 2007 Cricket World Cup, and 2011 Cricket World Cup. In their debut campaign, they lost all of their matches barring a respectful performance against England. They qualified for the 2003 edition after winning the 2001 ICC Trophy, [6] with their only win of the World Cup tournament coming against fellow qualifier Namibia. It was around this time that stars and excellent cricketers like Ronald Lefebvre and Ryan ten Doeschate started emerging to make Dutch cricket much more strong.

Present day

The Dutch qualified for the 2007 World Cup with a fifth-place finish at the 2005 ICC Trophy. [7] The Dutch struggled in the tournament, losing their first two games, with South African Herschelle Gibbs notably hitting Daan van Bunge for six sixes in an over. They did recover to beat Scotland by eight wickets in their last game. After failing to qualify for the 2007 ICC World Twenty20, they qualified for the 2009 ICC World Twenty20, [8] where they shocked host England at Lord's. [9]

After years of stagnation, the women's game is also developing rapidly in the Netherlands. Recently, the women's team outshone the men's team and they were given Test cricket status by the ICC in 2007 unlike their male counterparts. They played their inaugural Test match against South Africa Women in 2007.

The Dutch men's team qualified for the 2011 Cricket World Cup by coming third in the 2009 ICC World Cup Qualifier. [10] Although they lost all of their matches, the Dutch gave England a fright in Nagpur, where Ryan ten Doeschate smashed 119 runs. The result was 292 - 296/4. [11]

2010 turned out to be a memorable year for Dutch cricket as they defeated two Test-playing nations, Bangladesh and Zimbabwe.

The Netherlands cricket team participated in the Intercontinental Cup and Intercontinental Cup One-Day while the women's team won the 2011 Women's European Championship Twenty20. [12] More recently, they participated in the 2011 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier where they came third in Group A, thus gaining both ODI Status and World Cup participation. [13]

Name change

Before 1958 the KNCB was known as the Nederlandse Cricket Bond or the Dutch Cricket Board. After receiving a Royal charter in 1958, a ’Royal’ was added before the board's name known simply as Koninklijke in Dutch. The following names have been for the board in their history:-

Competitions

As well as maintaining Dutch international sides, the KNCB is also responsible for managing the regional domestic competitions. The following domestic competitions are organized in the Netherlands:-

In addition, a number of youth programs as well as women's programs are organized in the Netherlands. [14]

Women's cricket

Sponsorship

In recent years NORDEK and Fairtree have been substantial supporters of Dutch cricket in general and the men's team in particular. SISAR B.V. [1] became the first official sponsor of the Dutch women's cricket team in December 2022. SISAR B.V. signed a sponsorship contract for three years with the KNCB. [15]

In earlier years, sponsors included Amul as the official sponsor of the Dutch cricket team during the 2011 Cricket World Cup. [16] and leading Dutch bank ABN AMRO. [17]


See also

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  1. 1 2 https://www.sisar.nl/ [ bare URL ]
  2. ↑ Informatie Clubs KNCB (This page is in Dutch.) Retrieved 12 January 2012
  3. ↑ Eyeing the orange future ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 12 January 2012
  4. ↑ Netherlands Profile CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 January 2012
  5. ↑ ICC Cricket World Cup 1999 Static Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 January 2012
  6. ↑ ICC Trophy 2001 Static Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 January 2012
  7. ↑ ICC Trophy 2005 Archived 3 April 2007 at the Wayback Machine CricketEurope (Official Website). Retrieved 12 January 2012
  8. ↑ ICC World T20 Qualifier 2008 Archived 6 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine CricketEurope. Retrieved 12 January 2012
  9. ↑ Tom de Grooth leads Netherlands to famous win ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 12 January 2012
  10. ↑ ICC World Cup Qualifier 2009 Archived 25 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine Yahoo-Cricket (Official Website). Retrieved 12 January 2012
  11. ↑ England survive ten Doeschate brilliance ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 12 January 2012
  12. ↑ Women's European Championship Twenty20 2011 ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 12 January 2012
  13. ↑ 2011 ICC Women's World Cup Qualifier ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 12 January 2012
  14. ↑ Evenementen en Toernooien KNCB (This page is in Dutch.). Retrieved 12 January 2012
  15. ↑ "Sisar Gaat Nederlands Vrouwencricketteam Ondersteunen".
  16. ↑ Dutch Cricket announces Amul as World Cup sponsor SportzPower. Retrieved 12 January 2012
  17. ↑ Netherlands gain sponsorship deal ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 12 January 2012


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