Cricket in the Netherlands

Cricket in the Netherlands

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. Many other sports (notably football) have long since surpassed cricket in popularity amongst the Dutch, and today there are around 6,500 cricketers in the Netherlands, recent developments show that cricket is growing in 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 ICC in 1966.

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Governing body

The Koninklijke Nederlandse Cricket Bond (Royal Dutch Cricket Board) is the governing body of cricket in the Netherlands. It was formed in 1883 and received a Royal charter in 1958. The Netherlands achieved Associate Membership of the ICC in 1966.

Domestic competition

The premier division is called Hoofdklasse cricket, in which ten teams compete for the national championships.

Famous players

Several Dutch cricketers have also played at first-class level elsewhere, the most successful of these probably being Roland Lefebvre who played for Somerset and Glamorgan in English county cricket as well as for Canterbury in New Zealand. The Essex all-rounder Ryan ten Doeschate and Worcestershire batsman Alexei Kervezee are the only current members of the Dutch team to be playing county cricket.

Other Dutch players to have played first class cricket outside of the Intercontinental Cup are:

National team

The Netherlands national cricket team qualified for the Cricket World Cup on 4 occasions; 1996, 2003, 2007 and 2011, Also qualified for 2009 ICC World Twenty20. The country has been considered one of the stronger "minnow" nations for some time. Netherlands beat England in the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 which is one of the biggest wins in Dutch cricket history [1]. Although the sport is sustained by a small player base, some have won professional contracts in England. Netherlands is ranked within the top 20 teams in the world and has co-hosted the ICC Cricket World Cup in 1999.

National women's team

The Dutch women's cricket team is the team that represents the Netherlands in international women's cricket matches. Unlike their male counterparts, they currently have both Test and ODI status.

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