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In the first half of May the Dutch men's cricket team will play four One Day Internationals in the Netherlands. These matches – two against Scotland, two against United Arab Emirates – will be played within the framework of the Cricket World Cup League 2 (WCL2) and are important for qualification for the 2027 Cricket World Cup.
The matches will take place at VRA in Amstelveen and Kampong in Utrecht.
The top-4 of the eight countries participating in the WCL2 will eventually play a qualifying tournament for the World Cup, which will be held in South Africa, Namibia and Zimbabwe in 2027.
Squad
Shariz Ahmad (VRA)
Noah Croes (VCC)
Aryan Dutt (Hermes DVS)
Scott Edwards (captain, wk) (Kampong)
Viv Kingma (VCC)
Fred Klaassen (Kent)
Kyle Klein (HBS)
Bas de Leede (Durham)
Michael Levitt (VCC)
Zach Lion-Cachet (Sussex)
Paul van Meekeren (Rood en Wit)
Roelof van der Merwe (HBS)
Teja Nidamanuru (VRA)
Max O’Dowd (Kampong)
Vikram Singh (VRA)
Fixtures
11.00 4-5-2025 SCO v UAE (catch-up) VRA Amstelveen
11.00 6-5-2025 NED v UAE VRA Amstelveen
11.00 8-5-2025 SCO v UAE VRA Amstelveen
11.00 10-5-2025 NED v SCO VRA Amstelveen
11.00 12-5-2025 UAE v NED Kampong Utrecht
11.00 14-5-2025 UAE v SCO Kampong Utrecht
11.00 16-5-2025 NED v SCO Kampong Utrecht
For current WCL2 standings please visit ESPNcricinfo.
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