The Netherlands have announced the squads for their upcoming tours of Oman and India.
The Associate side will play a T20I quadrangular series involving Oman, Ireland, and Scotland before heading to test their mettle against a number of Indian first-class sides.
The Netherlands will be in Oman from 8-18 February and then in India from 18 February – 3 March. While their squad for the Oman tour is full-strength, against India they have decided to blood some youngsters.
“To start a World Cup T20 Qualifying year with a quad series against top opposition like Scotland, Ireland & Oman is exactly what we were hoping for,” said Netherlands coach Ryan Campbell. “This tour presents us with a great opportunity to pick a close to full strength team & to work out strategies & team balance.
“To then move on to India with some of our best youngsters will be an invaluable experience for them playing against first-class Indian teams in local conditions, it doesn’t get any tougher than that and I really am looking forward to watching our players develop.”
Oman tour squad: Pieter Seelaar (captain), Wesley Barresi, Ben Cooper, Ryan ten Doeschate, Scott Edwards, Timm van der Gugten, Fred Klaassen, Paul van Meekeren, Stephan Myburgh, Max O’Dowd, Shane Snater, Roelof van der Merwe, Tobias Visée, Sikander Zulfiqar
India tour squad: Pieter Seelaar (captain), Wesley Barresi, Sebastiaan Braat, Ben Cooper, Bas de Leede , Scott Edwards, Vivian Kingma, Stephan Myburgh, Max O’Dowd, Hidde Overdijk, Leon Turmaine, Tobias Visée, Saqib Zulfiqar, Sikander Zulfiqar
