David B. "Davy" Bakker (born 16 January 1972) is a former Dutch international

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er who represented the Dutch national side between 1991 and 1998. He played as a right-handed top-order batsman. Bakker was born in

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, and played his club cricket for VOC Rotterdam. His father, Ton Bakker, represented the Netherlands at the

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. A former Dutch under-19s player, Bakker made his senior debut for the Netherlands in August 1991, in a one-day match against the

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(returning from a tour of England. In 1994, he represented the Netherlands at the ABN-AMRO Trophy, a preparatory tournament for the 1996 World Cup which also included the national teams of

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.Miscellaneous matches played by Davy Bakker
– CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 April 2016. Bakker made his sole

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appearance in June 1998, when he played a

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game against

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. He came in third in the batting order, behind Roger Bradley and

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, and scored five runs before being dismissed by

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.Somerset v Netherlands
National Westminster Bank Trophy 1998 (1st Round) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 April 2016. Bakker made his final appearances for the Netherlands at the 1998 European Championship, appearing against

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