ICC World Twenty20: Netherlands team guide
Thursday 3 March 2016 17:12, UK
Netherlands squad for 2016 ICC World Twenty20
Peter Borren (captain)
- The most experienced member of the squad, with 37 T20I appearances
- Played for New Zealand in the ICC Under 19 World Cup in 2002 alongside Ross Taylor and Jesse Ryder
- Scored 30 as the Netherlands defeated England at Lord's in 2009 ICC WT20
Wesley Barresi
- Scored 202 runs in eight matches in ICC WT20 qualifying competition
- In 2014 ICC WT20, he hit an unbeaten 40 to seal victory over Ireland and then 48 in the win over England
- His 137 not out against Kenya at Lincoln in 2014 is the highest individual score for the Netherlands in ODI cricket
Logan van Beek
- The grandson of former Test cricketer Sammy Guillen who represented both West Indies and New Zealand
- Represented New Zealand in ICC Under 19 World Cup in 2010
- Ever-present for the Netherlands in 2014 ICC WT20, taking 3-9 in the victory over England
- Scored a maiden first-class century in October 2015 in New Zealand, batting at number nine for Canterbury. He also took eight wickets in the match against Otago
Mudassar Bukhari
- Won 'Player of the Match' for his figures of 3-9 in the win over England at the 2014 ICC WT20
- Joint-leading wicket-taker for the Netherlands in the qualifying tournament in 2015 with 11 wickets in eight matches, including 4-28 against Ireland
- Became just the third player to take at least four wickets in successive T20I matches when he took 4-7 against the UAE in Dubai in February 2016
- Often used as a pinch-hitting batsman
Ben Cooper
- The brother of Tom Cooper, who has also represented the Netherlands
- Scored just 49 runs in seven innings in the 2014 ICC WT20, but was at the crease at the end of the memorable victory over Ireland
Timm van der Gugten
- Started his domestic career in Australia for New South Wales before switching to Tasmania
- Recently signed a three-year contract to play for Glamorgan
- Played all seven matches for the Netherlands in the 2014 ICC WT20, taking nine wickets at 18.7 apiece, including a haul of 3-30 against New Zealand
Vivian Kingma
- Made his T20I debut against Scotland at Dubai in February 2016
- Initially selected in the Netherlands squad for the 2015 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament but was replaced by Roelof van der Merwe
- His solitary ODI so far was against Canada in January 2014 when he was aged just 19
Ahsan Malik
- Leading wicket-taker for the Netherlands and joint-leading wicket-taker overall at the 2014 ICC WT20 with 12 wickets in seven matches
- He took 5-19 against South Africa at Chittagong which won him the 'Player of the Match' award
- Following rehabilitative training, his action has been cleared by the ICC, and he returned to international cricket in January 2016
Paul van Meekeren
- Made his T20I debut against Kenya at Windhoek in April 2013
- First represented the Netherlands at Under 13 level in European Under-13 Championship in 2006
- Plays his domestic cricket for North Holland Hurricanes in the North Sea 20 Series, a professional league which features teams from the Netherlands and Scotland
Roelof van der Merwe
- Playing in his third ICC WT20, but his first for the Netherlands
- Made his T20I debut for South Africa against Australia at Centurion in March 2009
- After 13 T20I matches for South Africa, debuted for the Netherlands against Nepal at Rotterdam in July 2015
- Ever-present in the 2015 qualifying tournament, scoring 60 runs and taking 11 wickets
Stephan Myburgh
- Scored 224 runs in the 2014 ICC WT20 including three scores of fifty or more
- His innings of 63 from just 23 balls set up their memorable victory over Ireland, and he struck 51 from just 28 balls against South Africa
- Hit more boundaries than anyone else in the competition, with 26 fours and 13 sixes
Max O'Dowd
- Born in Auckland, he holds a Dutch passport through his mother
- Played five matches in the qualifying tournament last year, scoring 68 runs
- Took a wicket with his fourth delivery in first-class cricket in the 2015 ICC Intercontinental Cup match against Papua New Guinea
Michael Rippon
- Born in South Africa, he made his Twenty20 debut for Cape Cobras in the 2011 South African domestic T20 competition
- Signed for Sussex in 2012 and took 4-23 on his T20 debut against Kent at Hove
Pieter Seelaar
- Playing in his third ICC WT20
- Took 1-33 in his four overS in the memorable victory over England at Lord's in the 2009 ICC WT20
- Ever-present in the Netherlands' successful campaign at the 2014 ICC WT20, taking 2-9 against Zimbabwe
- His career-best figures in this format are 4-19 against Kenya in ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier in Abu Dhabi in 2010
Sikander Zulfiqar
- Made his T20I debut against the UAE at Dubai in February 2016
- He is the youngest player to represent the Netherlands in T20I cricket, aged just 18 years 312 days on debut
- First represented his country in the European Under-15 Championship in 2011
- His father Zulfiqar Ahmed also represented the Netherlands between 1996 and 2002 and in two ICC Trophies
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