Ackermann, Klaassen, van der Merwe absent from Netherlands squad for World Cup Qualifier
Even although counties have to permit their gamers to play for his or her Associate groups in ICC occasions, gamers and boards perceive that they can not implement that protocol because it might lead to some gamers shedding their county offers. In an interview final yr, Klaasen had termed this a “tricky situation” for the reason that county offers present the gamers monetary safety.
Logan van Beek, Clayton Floyd and Saqib Zulfiqar are additionally again within the squad, whereas 19-year outdated Michael Levitt has earned a call-up.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.
Netherlands gained some priceless expertise in Zimbabwe previous to the Qualifier, after they toured South Africa and Zimbabwe in March.
They lost 2-0 to South Africa within the three-match ODIs and suffered 2-1 defeat to Zimbabwe.
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.