Ackermann, Klaassen, van der Merwe absent from Netherlands squad for World Cup Qualifier
Logan van Beek, Clayton Floyd and Saqib Zulfiqar are additionally again within the squad, whereas 19-year outdated Michael Levitt has earned a call-up.
“Coming off the back of a three game series in Zimbabwe a few months ago, we have been really intentional in our preparation for the qualifiers and we are confident the squad we have picked can play a brand of cricket that will be successful in these conditions,” captain Scott Edwards stated. “We have a good mixture of experienced players along with some exciting young players who have performed well in the domestic Pro Series and club season leading into this tournament.”
Netherlands will play towards Zimbabwe, USA, Nepal and West Indies from Group A on June 20, 22, 24 and 26, respectively. Group B has Sri Lanka, Ireland, Scotland, Oman and UAE. The prime three from every group will then advance to the Super Sixes stage, the place they may solely play the edges they didn’t meet within the group stage. The prime two groups from the Super Sixes will qualify for the World Cup, to be held in India in October and November this yr.
They lost 2-0 to South Africa within the three-match ODIs and suffered 2-1 defeat to Zimbabwe.
Squad: Scott Edwards (captain, wk), Max O’Dowd, Logan van Beek, Vikramjit Singh, Aryan Dutt, Vivian Kingma, Bas de Leede, Noah Croes, Ryan Klein, Teja Nidamanuru, Wesley Barresi, Shariz Ahmad, Clayton Floyd, Michael Levitt, Saqib Zulfiqar.