Netherlands national cricket team
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| ICC status | Associate member with T20I status (1966) |
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| ICC region | Europe |
| WCL | One |
| Coach |
Ryan Campbell Chris Adams (acting) |
| Captain | Peter Borren |
| First international | |
| 1881 v Uxbridge CC at The Hague | |
| World Cup | |
| Appearances | 4 (first in 1996) |
| Best result | Group stage (1996, 2003, 2007, 2011) |
| World Cup Qualifier | |
| Appearances | 10 (first in 1979) |
| Best result | Winners, 2001 |
| World Twenty20 | |
| Appearances | 3 (first in 2009) |
| Best result | Super 10, 2014 |
| World Twenty20 Qualifier | |
| Appearances | 5 (first in 2008) |
| Best result | Winners, 2008 and 2015 |
| As of 10 March 2016 | |
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 Nieuwegein in the centre of the country and is older than many renowned cricket clubs in the West Indies, Australia, and New Zealand.
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 - 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 1883 and the Netherlands achieved Associate Membership of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 1966.
The Netherlands have taken part in all ten ICC Trophy/World Cup Qualifier tournaments, winning the competition in Canada in 2001 and finishing as runners-up twice (in 1986 and 1990). The Netherlands also participated in the 1996, 2003, 2007 and 2011 Cricket World Cups, and from 1996 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 going down to an innings defeat against Ireland in Deventer.
The Netherlands enjoyed full One Day International status from 1 January 2006 until 1 February 2014. They have had Twenty20 International status since June 2014, having played their first match in this format in 2008.
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