Netherlands Announce Squads For South Africa And Zimbabwe Series, Scott Edwards To Lead

The Royal Netherlands Cricket Board (KNCB) has announced the squads for South Africa and Zimbabwe series. The Netherlands will play a three-match ODI series against Zimbabwe at Harare, which is their last series of the CWC Super League. The Dutch side will play the remaining two ODI matches in South Africa, which were interrupted due to Covid-19.

The final five matches will be crucial for the hosts as they seek direct qualification for the ODI World Cup 2023, as the Netherlands can’t make it into the top eight and will have to compete in the upcoming World Cup qualifiers for the last two berths. The Netherlands is likely to return to the Associates competition for the upcoming qualification round with the Super League suspended after its inaugural edition.

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Scott Edwards will lead the Netherlands on their first bilateral overseas tour after taking over the captaincy from Pieter Seelaar, with several first-choice players missing out due to availability issues. Left-arm spinner Tim Pringle and seam all-rounder Logan van Beek remain in New Zealand with the Northern Districts and Wellington, respectively. Colin Ackermann, Brandon Glover, and Bas de Leede are absent from the tour of South Africa.

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Roelof van der Merwe and Tom Cooper have returned to the Dutch side. Fred Klaassen, Paul van Meekeren, Vivian Kingma, and Ryan Klein are the seam bowlers for both series. Wesley Barresi and Aryan Dutt will join the squad for the South Africa series but are not available for the Zimbabwe series.

Shariz Ahmad has cemented his place as the Netherlands’ first-choice wrist-spin option after Michael Rippon moved to New Zealand. Max O’Dowd and Vikram Singh will likely open the innings. Musa Ahmad and Teja Nidamanuru are the other batting options available for the middle orders.

Netherlands Squad For Zimbabwe Series

Scott Edwards (c, wk), Max O’Dowd, Vikram Singh, Colin Ackermann, Bas de Leede, Teja Nidamanuru, Roelof van der Merwe, Musa Nadeem Ahmad, Tom Cooper, Shariz Ahmad, Brandon Glover, Vivian Kingma, Fred Klaassen, Ryan Klein, Paul van Meekeren.

Netherlands Squad For South Africa Series

Scott Edwards (c, wk), Max O’Dowd, Vikram Singh, Teja Nidamanuru, Tom Cooper, Roelof van der Merwe, Musa Nadeem Ahmad, Wesley Barresi, Aryan Dutt, Shariz Ahmad, Vivian Kingma, Fred Klaassen, Ryan Klein, Paul van Meekeren.

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