Cricket Netherland: History of the Netherlands at the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup

History of Netherlands at Cricket World Cup: The Netherlands participated four times in the 50-over World Cup: in 1996, 1999, 2003 and 2011. A total of twenty matches played in the group stage, of which the Netherlands won two.

ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup: In 1994 Netherlands qualified for first time :-

In 1994 the Netherlands qualified for the 50 over Cricket World Cup for the first time in history. At the CWC in India and Pakistan in 1996 they took on New Zealand, South Africa, England, Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates. Although the team did not win any of these encounters, the Dutch did impress against England (279-230).

Dutch again qulaified for World Cup in 2003 :-

In 1997 the Dutch missed out for the 1999 World Cup, but in 2001 they won the ICC Trophy which meant that they qualified for he World Cup in South Africa in 2003. The Netherlands almost caused an upset in the first match, bowling out India for 204, but they were unable to chase that meagre score.

They did book their first ever World Cup victory however over Namibia, when Kloppenburg and Van Noortwijk recorded the first two ever Dutch World Cup centuries.

Dutch recording first win in World Cup over Scotland :-

In 2007 the Dutch took part in the World Cup in the West Indies, recording a win over Scotland (136-140/2).

The final Dutch World Cup appearance was in 2011 when despite two Ryan Ten Doeschate tons the Netherlands were beaten by England (292/6-296/4) and Ireland (306-307/4).

The Netherlands missed out on the 2015 and 2019 Cricket World Cups.

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