Vivian Kingma

Vivian Kingma

Personal information
Full name	Vivian Jilling Kingma
Born	(1994-10-23) 23 October 1994 (age 31) The Hague, Netherlands
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm Medium fast
Role	Bowler
International information
National side	Netherlands (2014-present)
ODI debut(cap  60)	28 January 2014 v  Canada
Last ODI	12 June 2025 v  Scotland
T20I debut(cap  37)	5 February 2016 v  Scotland
Last T20I	16 November 2024 v  Oman
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA Matches 30 25 6 56 Runs scored 16 10 10 49 Batting average 1.60 2.50 2.00 3.26 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 Top score 9* 4 5* 26 Balls bowled 1,364 521 951 2,354 Wickets 40 24 24 71 Bowling average 28.85 28.33 22.29 27.29 5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 1 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling 3/19 4/21 4/36 6/39 Catches/stumpings 6/– 2/– 1/– 10/–
Source: Cricinfo, 14 June 2025

Vivian Jilling Kingma (born 23 October 1994) is a Dutch cricketer. He played for the Netherlands in the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 tournament. ^[1] He was initially selected in the Netherlands squad for the 2015 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament in July 2015, but was replaced by Roelof van der Merwe. ^[2] He made his Twenty20 International debut against Scotland on 5 February 2016. ^[3]

In December 2017, he took a hat-trick and his first five-wicket haul in List A cricket while playing for the Netherlands against Namibia in the 2015–17 ICC World Cricket League Championship. ^[4]

In July 2019, he was selected to play for the Rotterdam Rhinos in the inaugural edition of the Euro T20 Slam cricket tournament. ^{[5] [6]} However, the following month the tournament was cancelled. ^[7] In April 2020, he was one of seventeen Dutch-based cricketers to be named in the team's senior squad. ^[8]

In January 2022, in the Dutch ODI series against Afghanistan in Qatar, Kingma was banned for four matches after being found guilty of ball tampering in the third ODI. ^{[9] [10]}

In May 2024, he was named in the Netherlands squad for the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup tournament. ^[11]

In September 2025, Kingma was suspended for three months, with the possibility of reduction to one month by undertaking a treatment program, for an anti-doping breach, where he tested positive for Benzoylecgonine following a match against the United Arab Emirates in the Cricket World Cup League 2. ^[12]

References

1. "Vivian Kingma". ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 21 March 2014.
2. "Canada pick Hiral Patel after Dutta opts for CPL". ESPNcricinfo. 3 July 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
3. "Scotland tour of United Arab Emirates, Only T20I: Netherlands v Scotland at ICCA Dubai, Feb 5, 2016". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
4. "Kingma's hat-trick sets up Dutch sweep of Namibia". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
5. "Eoin Morgan to represent Dublin franchise in inaugural Euro T20 Slam". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
6. "Euro T20 Slam Player Draft completed". Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on 19 July 2019. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
7. "Inaugural Euro T20 Slam cancelled at two weeks' notice". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
8. "Dutch men's squads announced". Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on 25 February 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
9. "Netherlands fast bowler Kingma suspended for four matches for ball-tampering". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
10. "Kingma suspended for four matches after breaching ICC Code of Conduct". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
11. "Netherlands' Squad for ICC Men's T20I World Cup". ScoreWaves. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
12. "Netherlands fast bowler Vivian Kingma banned for recreational drug use". ESPNCricinfo. 16 September 2025.