List of Netherlands first-class cricketers

First-class cricket is an official classification of the highest-standard international or domestic matches in the sport of cricket. 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 each although, in practice, a team might play only one innings or none at all.

The Netherlands national cricket team (Dutch: Nederland se cricketteam) is the team that represents Netherlands and is administered by the Royal Dutch Cricket Association. 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 football – 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 International Cricket Council (ICC) in 1966.

In 2004 Netherlands first played first-class cricket in the ICC Intercontinental Cup, drawing with Scotland in Aberdeen and then going down to an innings defeat against Ireland in Deventer. 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 has played as well as captained more first-class matches for Netherlands than any other Dutchman.

Captain Peter Borren 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's unbeaten 259 runs, scored against Canada in 2006 is the highest individual score by a Dutch batsmen, while he has also the team's best batting average: 142.77. Among the bowlers, Edgar Schiferli and Peter Borren has taken more wickets than any other, claiming 41 wickets each. On the contrary, Timm van der Gugten has the best bowling figures in an innings representing Netherlands, who picked up 7 wickets conceding 68 runs against Namibia in 2013.

Players are initially listed in alphabetical order of their referred name.

Key General – Wicket-keeper First – Year of first-class debut for Netherlands Last – Year of latest first-class match for Netherlands Mat – Number of first-class appearances for NetherlandsBatting Runs – Runs scored in career HS – Highest score Avg – Runs scored per dismissal * – Batsman remained not outBowling Overs – Overs bowled in career Wkt – Wickets taken in career BBI – Best bowling in an innings Ave – Average runs per wicketFielding Ca – Catches taken St – Stumpings effected List of first-class cricketers +Netherlands first-class players No. Name First Last MatRunsHSAvgOversWktBBIAveCaSt Ref(s) Batting Bowling Fielding1 2004 2010 7 62 28 6.88 125.2 7 2/82 59.85 0 02 2015 2016 2 18 8 4.50–––– 1 03 2011 2016 4 36 21 18.00 93.5 8 3/55 28.87 1 04 2017 2017 1 9 9* – 10.00 0 – – 1 05 2008 2008 1 16 16 8.00 – – – – 0 06 2009 2017 18 608 81 17.88 10.00 3 3/42 16.00 32 47 2006 2017 27 1331 109 27.16 532.5 41 4/1 40.29 40 08 2012 2013 2 28 23 14.00 27.0 0 – – 0 09 2009 2009 1 30 20 15.00 4.0 0 – – 1 010 2007 2016 12 424 66* 21.20 318.1 34 6/43 27.70 2 011 2007 2010 5 176 41 19.55 – – – – 16 112 2015 2017 4 451 173* 75.16 – – – – 2 013 2011 2013 4 341 109 48.71 46.3 3 2/43 56.33 5 014 2010 2012 2 48 32 16.00 – – – – 5 015 2004 2012 20 892 196 26.23 7.3 1 1/2 36.00 7 016 2017 2017 1 61 56* 61.00 – – – – 0 017 2006 2006 1 23 23 11.50 13.0 0 – – 0 018 2010 2010 3 171 72* 34.20 – – – – 2 019 2013 2015 2 30 14 30.00 54.4 8 5/82 22.62 2 020 2017 2017 1 5 5 5.00 – – – – 5 121 2004 2004 2 37 23 12.33 27.0 1 1/51 107.00 1 022 2004 2005 3 13 10 4.33 63.0 8 4/77 29.25 1 023 2013 2013 1 5 5 2.50 – – – – 1 024 2012 2016 6 95 29 8.63 1.0 0 – – 1 025 2013 2017 5 44 17 8.80 110.0 9 2/10 44.33 2 026 2010 2013 4 202 59 33.66 31.0 3 2/41 40.66 2 027 2006 2010 6 144 43* 20.57 143.0 15 5/21 27.93 3 028 2007 2010 4 62 18* 10,33 70.0 8 2/63 37.12 1 029 2005 2010 11 514 98 34.26 26.0 2 1/14 41.00 4 030 2013 2017 6 10 5* 2.00 158.3 24 4/36 22.29 1 031 2004 2004 1 0 0 0.00 32 2007 2008 2 13 5* 6.50 33 2011 2011 1 91 91 91.00 34 2010 2010 2 11 5 3.66 35 2006 2010 6 59 24* 11.80 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 List of captains + Netherlands first-class captains No. Name First Last Mat Won Lost Tie Draw Win%1 2004 2006 4 0 1 0 30.002 2005 2008 7 4 2 0 157.143 2005 2005 1 0 0 0 10.004 2007 2017 19 3 12 0 415.785 2010 2010 1 0 1 0 00.006 2012 2012 1 0 0 0 10.00 Total

List of Netherlands first-class cricketers

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