First-class cricket First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket. A first-class match is one of three or more days' scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players each and is officiall ...

is an official classification of the highest-standard international or domestic matches in the sport of

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. A first-class match is of three or more days' scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players each and is officially adjudged to be worthy of the status by virtue of the standard of the competing teams. Matches must allow for the teams to play two

innings An innings is one of the divisions of a cricket match during which one team takes its turn to bat. Innings also means the period in which an individual player bats (acts as either striker or nonstriker). Innings, in cricket, and rounders, is bot ...

each although, in practice, a team might play only one innings or none at all. The

Netherlands national cricket team The Netherlands national cricket team (Dutch: Nederlandse cricket team) is the men's team that represents the Kingdom of the Netherlands and is administered by the Royal Dutch Cricket Association. Cricket has been played in the Netherlands sin ...

(

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: Nederland se cricketteam) is the team that represents

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and is administered by the

Royal Dutch Cricket Association The Royal Dutch Cricket Association (Dutch: Koninklijke Nederlandse Cricket Bond; KNCB) is the governing body of cricket in the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It was formed in 1890 and received a Royal charter in 1958. The KNCB is responsible for t ...

. Cricket has been played in the Netherlands since at least the 19th century, and in the 1860s was considered a major sport in the country. Other sports – notably

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– have long since surpassed cricket in popularity amongst the Dutch, but today there are around 6,000 cricketers in the Netherlands. The first national association, the forerunner of today's Royal Dutch Cricket Association, was formed in 1883 and the Netherlands achieved Associate Membership of the

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(ICC) in 1966. In 2004 Netherlands first played

first-class cricket First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket. A first-class match is one of three or more days' scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players each and is officiall ...

in the

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, drawing with

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in Aberdeen and then going down to an innings defeat against

Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...

Deventer Deventer (; Sallands: ) is a city and municipality in the Salland historical region of the province of Overijssel, Netherlands. In 2020, Deventer had a population of 100,913. The city is largely situated on the east bank of the river IJssel, bu ...

. Netherlands played 33 first-class matches in total, with majority of them against Ireland and Scotland. In total, 50 Dutchmen have made first-class appearances for Netherlands.

Peter Borren Peter William Borren (born 21 August 1983) is a former Dutch international cricketer. He was the captain for Netherlands at international level, until he retired in April 2018. Early career He played in the 2002 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup, U ...

has played as well as captained more first-class matches for Netherlands than any other Dutchman. Captain

is also the Netherlands' leading run-scorer at first-class level, aggregating 1331 runs. Nineteen centuries including two double centuries have been scored by ten Dutch batsmen in this format.

Ryan ten Doeschate Ryan Neil ten Doeschate (; born 30 June 1980) is a former Dutch–South African cricketer who played for the Netherlands national cricket team in One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket. Ten Doeschate was named ICC ...

's unbeaten 259 runs, scored against

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in 2006 is the highest individual score by a Dutch batsmen, while he has also the team's best

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: 142.77. Among the bowlers, Edgar Schiferli and Peter Borren has taken more

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than any other, claiming 41 wickets each. On the contrary,

Timm van der Gugten Timm van der Gugten (born 25 February 1991) is an Australian–Dutch international cricketer who made his debut for the Dutch national team in January 2012. He was born in Australia, and has also played for several teams in Australian domestic ...

has the best bowling figures in an innings representing Netherlands, who picked up 7 wickets conceding 68 runs against

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in 2013. Players are initially listed in

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of their referred name.

Key

List of first-class cricketers

List of captains

References

First class

External links

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Key

List of first-class cricketers

List of captains

See also

References

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