
Lack of game time meant, Campbell also did not know what the best Netherlands XI would be for the mega event, which was quite evident.

Moreover, Netherlands did not have many first-choice players at their disposal for that tour.
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In fact, Netherlands’ tour of Nepal was the only series they played since winning the Qualifiers in 2019 before playing their first match of the T20 World Cup in 2021. However, what transpired was a disappointing string of results that saw them crash out of the tournament without a single win.Īs head coach Ryan Campbell told ahead of the tournament, the Netherlands had not played a single T20 International (T20I) since April this year. With things finally looking up for the Dutch, one expected them to come out all guns blazing in the T20 World Cup. A tour of South Africa and England are also in the pipeline. They started off with a series win over Ireland at home, which was the first cricket series to be telecast live in the Netherlands.
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Having won the Qualifiers in 2019, the Netherlands also won the World Cricket League (WCL), which has now put them in the ODI World Cup Super League, where they will compete against full members on a regular basis in a bid to gain qualification for the 2023 50-over World Cup in India.

They beat England twice in a World T20 and Ireland twice before this edition of the T20 World Cup. Here’s a look at how they fared in the tournament:įor years, the Netherlands have had the pedigree of making it to major tournaments consistently and have always gone toe-to-toe with some of the big teams. The Netherlands, Oman, Papua New Guinea (PNG) and Ireland went into the T20 World Cup at the back of some impressive performances, but in the end, they could not go through to the Super 12s despite putting in their best efforts.
