Durham’s Colin Ackermann and Bas de Leede have been named in the Netherland squad for their Cricket World Cup League Two matches next month against Oman and the United Arab Emirates.
The Dutch team will play a number of matches in Oman from 1 to 16 November. Four 50-over matches are part of the World Cup qualification process for 2027.
In Oman, the Netherlands will take on the United Arab Emirates twice (on 3 and 9 November) and play twice against the host country (on 5 and 11 November).
These matches are part of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup League 2. The top four nations of this competition will be allowed to participate in a global World Cup qualifying tournament with ten participants in 2027.
In addition, the Netherlands will play three T20I matches against hosts Oman, which count for the T20I world ranking.
National men’s coach Ryan Cook: “Following the home series success in August it is important for us to keep the momentum going into the next WCL2 tour.
“Performances through the summer, both in the Netherlands and abroad have enabled us to pick a strong and well balanced squad which we are confident will be able to play well against the opposition in the conditions in Oman.”
Squad
Colin Ackermann (Durham Cricket), Shariz Ahmad (VRA), Noah Croes (Voorburg CC), Bas de Leede (Durham Cricket), Aryan Dutt (Hermes DVS), Scott Edwards (captain, wicketkeeper) (Kampong), Viv Kingma (Voorburg CC), Kyle Klein (HBS) Ryan Klein (Voorburg CC), Michael Levitt (Voorburg CC), Max O’Dowd (Kampong), Vikram Singh (VRA), Timm van der Gugten (Glamorgan CCC), Roelof van der Merwe (Somerset CCC),Paul van Meekeren (Weston-super-Mare)
For the T20 matches, Teja Nidamanuru (VRA) will be added to the squad.
Netherlands Fixture Schedule
3 November v UAE (50 over)
5 November v Oman (50 over)
9 November v UAE (50 over)
11 November v Oman (50 overs)
13 November v Oman (T20)
14 November v Oman (T20)
16 November v Oman (T20)