Cricket selection announced for World Cup qualifying matches against Pakistan
Published at 13 August, 2022On 16, 18 and 21 August 2022, the Netherlands will play three World Cup qualifying matches (One Day Internationals) against Pakistan at VOC’s cricket ground in Rotterdam. The selection committee has announced its squad for the matches. Notable names in the selection are Wesley Barresi (HBS), who returns, and 20-year old newcomer Arnav Jain (VOC).
Barresi (38) made his debut for the Netherlands in 2010 and played his last game in 2019. In 32 ODIs he made 927 runs (avg. 35.65) and in 42 T20Is another 799 (22.82). He can keep wicket and also bowls offspin.
Arnav Jain (20) is an offspinner / batsman. He previously played for the Netherlands U19 and impressed during the recent T20 final day. He bowled 2-15 in the final and made 40 runs off 22 balls.
The Netherlands squad consists of the following players:
- Scott Edwards (VOC, captain and wicketkeeper )
- Musa Ahmad (VCC)
- Shariz Ahmad (VCC)
- Wesley Barresi (HBS)
- Logan van Beek (VCC)
- Tom Cooper (Kampong)
- Aryan Dutt (VRA)
- Arnav Jain (VOC)
- Viv Kingma (VCC)
- Ryan Klein (HBS)
- Bas de Leede (VCC)
- Teja Nidamanuru (Punjab CCR)
- Tim Pringle (HCC)
- Max O’Dowd (VOC)
- Vikram Singh (VRA)
Pakistan
In Pakistan’s squad, the names of batsman Babar Azam and left arm seamer Shaheen Shah Afridi stand out. Newcomers to the squad are Abdullah Shafique, Salman Ali Agha and Naseem Shah.
Pakistan's squad consists of:
- Babar Azam (captain)
- Shadab Khan (vice-captain)
- Mohammad Rizwan (wk)
- Mohammad Haris (wk)
- Abdullah Shafique
- Fakhar Zaman
- Haris Rauf
- Imam-ul-Haq
- Khushdil Shah
- Mohammad Nawaz
- Mohammad Wasim Jr
- Naseem Shah
- Salman Ali Agha
- Shaheen Shah Afridi
- Shahnawaz Dahani
- Zahid Mahmood
Matches (all at VOC, Hazelaarweg, Rotterdam):
- 16 August 2022 - 11.00 AM: Netherlands vs Pakistan
- 18 August 2022 - 11.00 AM: Netherlands vs Pakistan
- 21 August 2022 - 11.00 AM: Netherlands vs Pakistan
