Pieter Seelaar

Netherlands skipper Pieter Seelaar won the toss and elected to bat first against Ireland in the first round of the Twenty20 World on Monday.

The Netherlands open their assault on the T20 World Cup next Monday against Ireland. Both team coach Ryan Campbell and captain Pieter Seelaar have high hopes for the little associate country, known for punching above their own weight and upsetting some big name teams -- just as they did in 2009 when they stunned England at Lord's.

A team which has a penchant for beating higher-ranked sides at major tournaments, Ireland will begin their T20 World Cup first-round campaign against a rising Netherlands on Monday.

Sri Lanka skipper Dasun Shanaka won the toss and elected to field first against Netherlands in their last first round Group A game on Friday.

Although nearly four centuries have passed since Dutch explorer Abel Tasman discovered New Zealand, his adventurous spirit lives on in a new generation of pioneers from the Netherlands - only this time they are traveling for a game of cricket. For the first time, New Zealand will host a team from beyond the elite world of Test-playing nations for an international tour, arranging a one-off Twenty20 with the Dutch on Friday and three one-day internationals between March 29 and April 4.

Pakistan will look to collect crucial World Cup qualifying points when they tackle the Netherlands in a three-match ODI series from Tuesday but must do without star bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi.

Sri Lanka bowler Wanindu Hasaranga on Saturday became the third cricketer to take a hat-trick in the T20 World Cup. Hasaranga achieved the feat against South Africa in the ongoing T20 World Cup on Saturday.

Netherlands would look to regroup after a comprehensive loss to Ireland and open their account when they take on tournament debutants Namibia in a must-win match of the T20 World Cup's first round on Wednesday.

Rashid Khan claimed three wickets and effected a run-out as Afghanistan defeated the Netherlands by 36 runs in the first of a three-match one-day international series Friday in Doha.

Kenya will be hoping overtake the Netherlands in Group B clash when they take on Peter Borren's side on Thursday at the ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier in New Zealand.

A superb unbroken sixth wicket partnership of 118 between Brandon King and Keacy Carty steered the West Indies from potential embarrassment in Amstelveen to a five-wicket victory over Netherlands in the second one-day international on Thursday.

Young Sri Lankan duo of Wanindu Hasaranga and Maheesh Theekshana spun their web around Netherlands to bundle them out for a paltry 44 in their last first round game of the T20 World Cup on Friday.

Newly-minted Dutch captain Scott Edwards won the toss and put his side in to bat against England in a rain-delayed second one-day international at the VRA cricket ground outside Amsterdam. The game will finally get under way at 1.45pm local time after heavy overnight showers caused wet spots next to the pitch and a wet outfield.

A Super 12 spot already secured, Sri Lanka's struggling top-order batters would look to utilise their final Group A league game to get back in form when they clash with the Netherlands in the T20 World Cup, here on Friday.

Cricket hopefuls the Netherlands are heading to the Twenty20 World Cup in Australia after a "summer of learning" and a series of setbacks, including losing a coach and a captain.

England broke their own world record for the highest team total in one-day international (ODI) history after they smashed 498-4 in 50 overs against a hapless Netherlands side to win a one-sided contest by 232 runs in Amstelveen on Friday.

Already qualified for the Super 12s, Sri Lanka thrashed Netherlands by eight wickets in their final T20 World Cup first round match with the spin duo of Wanindu Hasaranga and Maheesh Theekshana bamboozling the opposition batters on Friday.

England broke their own world record for the highest team total in one-day international (ODI) history after they scored 498-4 in 50 overs against a hapless Netherlands attack on Friday.

Maharashtra opener Pavan Shah missed a hundred by just four runs but Siddhesh Veer (115*) is making it count in the CK Nayudu Trophy (U-25) cricket match at Mulapadu, near Vijayawada.

Pakistan will look to collect crucial World Cup qualifying points when they tackle the Netherlands in a three-match ODI series from Tuesday but will have a wary eye on the fitness of star bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi.