First-class cricket is an official classification of the highest-standard international or domestic matches in the sport of cricket. A first-class match is of three or more days' scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players each and is officially adjudged to be worthy of the status by virtue of the standard of the competing teams. Matches must allow for the teams to play two innings each although, in practice, a team might play only one innings or none at all.[1]

The Netherlands national cricket team (Dutch: Nederland se cricketteam) is the team that represents Netherlands and is administered by the Royal Dutch Cricket Association. 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.[2]

In 2004 Netherlands first 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.[3][4] Netherlands played 33 first-class matches in total, with majority of them against Ireland and Scotland.[5] In total, 50 Dutchmen have made first-class appearances for Netherlands. Peter Borren has played as well as captained more first-class matches for Netherlands than any other Dutchman.[6][7]

Captain Peter Borren is also the Netherlands' leading run-scorer at first-class level, aggregating 1331 runs.[8] Nineteen centuries including two double centuries have been scored by ten Dutch batsmen in this format.[9] Ryan ten Doeschate's unbeaten 259 runs, scored against Canada in 2006 is the highest individual score by a Dutch batsmen, while he has also the team's best batting average: 142.77.[10][11] Among the bowlers, Edgar Schiferli and Peter Borren has taken more wickets than any other, claiming 41 wickets each.[12] On the contrary, Timm van der Gugten has the best bowling figures in an innings representing Netherlands, who picked up 7 wickets conceding 68 runs against Namibia in 2013.[13]

Players are initially listed in alphabetical order of their referred name.

Key

General

  • † – Wicket-keeper
  • First – Year of first-class debut for Netherlands
  • Last – Year of latest first-class match for Netherlands
  • Mat – Number of first-class appearances for Netherlands

Batting

Bowling

Fielding

List of first-class cricketers

Netherlands first-class players[14][15]
No. Name First Last Mat Runs HS Avg Overs Wkt BBI Ave Ca St Ref(s)
Batting Bowling Fielding
1 Adeel Raja 20042010762286.88125.272/8259.8500[16]
2 Rahil Ahmed 2015201621884.50– – – – 10[17]
3 Ahsan Malik 201120164362118.0093.583/5528.8710[18]
4 Ali Ahmed 20172017199*–10.000––10[19]
5 Rifaiz Bakas 20082008116168.00––––00[20]
6 Wesley Barresi 20092017186088117.8810.0033/4216.00324[21]
7 Peter Borren 2006201727133110927.16532.5414/140.29400[22]
8 Sebastiaan Braat 201220132282314.0027.00––00[23]
9 Jeroen Brand 200920091302015.004.00––10[24]
10 Mudassar Bukhari 200720161242466*21.20318.1346/4327.7020[25]
11 Atse Buurman 2007201051764119.55––––161[26]
12 Ben Cooper 201520174451173*75.16––––20[27]
13 Tom Cooper 20112013434110948.7146.332/4356.3350[28]
14 Steven de Bruin 201020122483216.00––––50[29]
15 Tom de Grooth 200420122089219626.237.311/236.0070[30]
16 Bas de Leede 2017201716156*61.00––––00[31]
17 Tim de Leede 200620061232311.5013.00––00[32]
18 Wilfred Diepeveen 20102010317172*34.20––––20[33]
19 Daniel Doram 201320152301430.0054.485/8222.6220[34]
20 Scott Edwards 201720171555.00––––51[35]
21 Jacob-Jan Esmeijer 200420042372312.3327.011/51107.0010[36]
22 Sebastiaan Gokke 20042005313104.3363.084/7729.2510[37]
23 James Gruijters 201320131552.50––––10[38]
24 Tim Gruijters 20122016695298.631.00––10[39]
25 Quirijn Gunning 20132017544178.80110.092/1044.3320[40]
26 Tom Heggelman 2010201342025933.6631.032/4140.6620[41]
27 Mark Jonkman 20062010614443*20.57143.0155/2127.9330[42]
28 Maurits Jonkman 2007201046218*10,3370.082/6337.1210[43]
29 Alexei Kervezee 20052010115149834.2626.021/1441.0040[44]
30 Vivian Kingma 201320176105*2.00158.3244/3622.2910[45]
31 Feiko Kloppenburg 200420041000.00
32 Somesh Kohli 200720082135*6.50
33 Neil Kruger 201120111919191.00
34 Bernard Loots 2010201021153.66
35 Mohammad Kashif 2006201065924*11.80
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List of captains

Netherlands first-class captains[46]
No. Name First Last Mat Won Lost Tie Draw Win%
1 Luuk van Troost 20042006401030.00
2 Jeroen Smits 200520087420157.14
3 Bas Zuiderent 20052005100010.00
4 Peter Borren 20072017193120415.78
5 Nick Statham 20102010101000.00
6 Michael Swart 20122012100010.00
Total3371601030.43

See also

References

  1. ↑ "ICC Classification of Official Cricket" (PDF). International Cricket Council. 1 October 2017: 3. Retrieved 29 April 2021. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. ↑ "Cricket in the Netherlands". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  3. ↑ "A brief history of Netherlands cricket". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  4. ↑ "Zuiderent and van Troost secure a draw". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  5. ↑ "Netherlands Cricket Team Records & Stats | Result Summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  6. ↑ "Netherlands Cricket Team Records & Stats | Players playing most first-class matches". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  7. ↑ "Netherlands Cricket Team Records & Stats | Most Matches as a captain". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  8. ↑ "Netherlands Cricket Team Records & Stats | First-class matches | Most Runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  9. ↑ "Netherlands Cricket Team Records & Stats | First-class matches | List of hundreds". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  10. ↑ "ten Doeschate sets new record". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  11. ↑ "Netherlands Cricket Team Records & Stats | First-class matches | Highest Batting Averages". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  12. ↑ "Netherlands Cricket Team Records & Stats | First-class matches | Most Wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  13. ↑ "Netherlands Cricket Team Records & Stats | First-class matches | Best Bowling Figures in an innings". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  14. ↑ "Netherlands Cricket Team Records & Stats | First-class matches | Batting Averages". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  15. ↑ "Netherlands Cricket Team Records & Stats | First-class matches | Bowling Averages". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  16. ↑ "Adeel Raja profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  17. ↑ "Rahil Ahmed profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  18. ↑ "Ahsan Malik profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  19. ↑ "Ali Ahmed profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  20. ↑ "Rifaiz Bakas profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  21. ↑ "Wesley Barresi profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  22. ↑ "Peter Borren profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  23. ↑ "Sebastiaan Braat profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  24. ↑ "Jeroen Brand profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  25. ↑ "Mudassar Bukhari profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  26. ↑ "Atse Buurman profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  27. ↑ "Ben Cooper profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  28. ↑ "Tom Cooper profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  29. ↑ "Steven de Bruin profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  30. ↑ "Tom de Grooth profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  31. ↑ "Bas de Leede profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  32. ↑ "Tim de Leede profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  33. ↑ "Wilfred Diepeveen profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  34. ↑ "Daniel Doram profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  35. ↑ "Scott Edwards profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  36. ↑ "Jacob-Jan Esmeijer profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  37. ↑ "Sebastiaan Gokke profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  38. ↑ "James Gruijters profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  39. ↑ "Tim Gruijters profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  40. ↑ "Quirijn Gunning profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  41. ↑ "Tom Heggelman profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  42. ↑ "Mark Jonkman profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  43. ↑ "Maurits Jonkman profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  44. ↑ "Alexei Kervezee profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  45. ↑ "Vivian Kingma profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  46. ↑ "Netherlands Cricket Team Records & Stats | First-class matches | List of captains". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
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