Netherlands national cricket team

Netherlands appear in 214 of the men's internationals in the records used here: 96 One Day Internationals and 118 Twenty20 Internationals. The earliest of them is dated 12 February 2003 and the most recent 31 July 2026.

Of the 203 matches that produced a winner, Netherlands won 93 and lost 110, a win rate of 45.8%. Across the 19 national sides on this site that is the 13th highest overall win rate, although the sides are measured over very different eras and formats.

The latest recorded result is an ODI against Namibia on 31 July 2026: Namibia won by 6 wickets.

In One Day Internationals, Netherlands have played 96 recorded matches, winning 35 and losing 56, with 1 tie and 4 without a result. The first of these is dated 12 February 2003 and the last 31 July 2026, a win rate of 38.5% in decided matches. Among the 19 sides with enough ODI matches recorded to compare, that is 16th. Their innings in these matches average 200.3 runs, against 227.5 for opponents. Batting first Netherlands have won 16 and lost 27 (37.2%); chasing, 19 won and 29 lost (39.6%).

In Twenty20 Internationals, Netherlands have played 118 recorded matches, winning 58 and losing 54, with 3 ties and 3 without a result. The first of these is dated 4 August 2008 and the last 18 February 2026, a win rate of 51.8% in decided matches. Among the 19 sides with enough T20I matches recorded to compare, that is 12th. Their innings in these matches average 142.1 runs, against 140.3 for opponents. Batting first Netherlands have won 28 and lost 29 (49.1%); chasing, 30 won and 25 lost (54.5%).

Since the start of 2024 Netherlands have played 64 recorded matches across all formats, winning 32 and losing 28. That win rate of 53.3% is above the overall figure of 45.8%.

Netherlands's first recorded year is 2003, with 5 matches. The busiest calendar year is 2024 with 32 matches, and the year with most wins is 2024, with 17 wins and 14 defeats from 32 matches. The heaviest year for defeats is 2022, with 19.

Year by year, the most recent calendar years read as follows: 2018, 2 won and 2 lost from 5; 2019, 15 won and 9 lost from 25; 2021, 5 won and 7 lost from 14; 2022, 8 won and 19 lost from 27; 2023, 7 won and 13 lost from 21; 2024, 17 won and 14 lost from 32; 2025, 10 won and 9 lost from 21; 2026, 5 won and 5 lost from 11.

Earlier calendar years: 2003, 1-4 from 5; 2006, 1-1 from 2; 2007, 2-2 from 5; 2008, 1-1 from 2; 2009, 1-1 from 2; 2010, 1-2 from 3; 2011, 0-7 from 7; 2012, 2-2 from 4; 2013, 3-4 from 8; 2014, 4-5 from 9; 2015, 5-0 from 5; 2016, 2-1 from 3; 2017, 1-2 from 3.

By decade the recorded record is 2000s, 6 wins and 9 defeats from 16 matches; 2010s, 35 wins and 34 defeats from 72 matches; 2020s, 52 wins and 67 defeats from 126 matches.

In One Day Internationals, Netherlands's highest ODI total in the records is 374/6, made against Scotland at Forthill, Dundee on 12 June 2025; the lowest completed innings is 90 against Australia on 25 October 2023. The widest recorded ODI wins are by 113 runs against United Arab Emirates on 6 May 2025 and by 9 wickets against Canada on 29 August 2013. Among individual efforts, the highest individual score is 158 by MP O'Dowd against Scotland on 12 June 2025 and the best bowling is 6 for 34 by A Dutt against Namibia on 19 February 2024. The longest run of consecutive recorded wins is 5, between 25 February 2024 and 21 August 2024. The longest losing run is 12, from 29 March 2022 to 21 August 2022.

In Twenty20 Internationals, Netherlands's highest T20I total in the records is 247/5, made against Namibia at Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur on 29 February 2024; the lowest completed innings is 39 against Sri Lanka on 24 March 2014. The widest recorded T20I wins are by 103 runs against Nepal on 1 July 2015 and by 9 wickets against Italy on 11 July 2025. Among individual efforts, the highest individual score is 135 by M Levitt against Namibia on 29 February 2024 and the best bowling is 5 for 19 by FJ Klaassen against Uganda on 14 July 2022. The longest run of consecutive recorded wins is 7, between 31 March 2014 and 3 February 2016. The longest losing run is 4, from 19 September 2019 to 9 October 2019.

The leading ODI run scorer for Netherlands in the records is MP O'Dowd with 2,258 runs from 70 matches at an average of 34.21, ahead of SA Edwards (2,156) and BFW de Leede (1,336). The most successful bowler is A Dutt with 73 wickets at 29.74, followed by PA van Meekeren (59) and LV van Beek (56).

The leading T20I run scorer for Netherlands in the records is MP O'Dowd with 2,256 runs from 88 matches at an average of 28.92, ahead of SA Edwards (1,283) and BN Cooper (1,127). The most successful bowler is PA van Meekeren with 84 wickets at 20.99, followed by RE van der Merwe (57) and T van der Gugten (50).

In One Day Internationals, Netherlands players have passed 100 on 11 occasions and 50 (without reaching 100) on 94 occasions; the most centuries are RN ten Doeschate (3), AT Nidamanuru (2) and Vikramjit Singh (1). A bowler has taken five wickets in an innings 5 times, most often Shariz Ahmad (1), BFW de Leede (1) and A Dutt (1). The most recorded appearances are MP O'Dowd (70), SA Edwards (69), A Dutt (57) and BFW de Leede (54).

In Twenty20 Internationals, Netherlands players have passed 100 on 2 occasions and 50 (without reaching 100) on 65 occasions; the most centuries are MP O'Dowd (1) and M Levitt (1). A bowler has taken five wickets in an innings 2 times, most often FJ Klaassen (1) and Ahsan Malik (1). The most recorded appearances are MP O'Dowd (88), SA Edwards (84), PA van Meekeren (73) and PM Seelaar (64).

In One Day Internationals, the highest total Netherlands have chased down is 374, against Scotland on 12 June 2025, one of 19 recorded wins batting second; the lowest total they have successfully defended is 159, against Namibia on 7 March 2025, among 16 wins batting first.

In Twenty20 Internationals, the highest total Netherlands have chased down is 209, against Nepal on 20 April 2021, one of 30 recorded wins batting second; the lowest total they have successfully defended is 59, against Ireland on 13 March 2016, among 28 wins batting first.

The One Day Internationals milestones in the records: match 1 was against India on 12 February 2003 (India won by 68 runs); match 10 was against Australia on 18 March 2007 (Australia won by 229 runs); match 25 was against Kenya on 23 January 2014 (Kenya won by 4 wickets); match 50 was against South Africa on 31 March 2023 (South Africa won by 8 wickets).

The Twenty20 Internationals milestones in the records: match 1 was against Scotland on 4 August 2008 (Netherlands won by 5 wickets); match 10 was against Kenya on 19 April 2013 (Kenya won by 5 wickets); match 25 was against United Arab Emirates on 12 July 2015 (Netherlands won by 7 wickets); match 50 was against Oman on 9 October 2019 (Oman won by 7 wickets); match 100 was against United States on 28 August 2024 (Netherlands won by 4 runs).

The side Netherlands have met most often in the records is Scotland: 27 matches, 12 won and 14 lost, the latest on 8 July 2025.

Other regular opponents are Ireland (9 won, 11 lost from 20), Nepal (10 won, 8 lost from 20), Namibia (9 won, 3 lost from 13), Zimbabwe (5 won, 6 lost from 12) and Canada (8 won, 2 lost from 12).

Against opponents met at least five times, the strongest record is against Canada (80.0% of decided matches won) and the weakest against Ireland (45.0%).

Against the other sides met at least three times the recorded results are United Arab Emirates (8 won, 3 lost from 11, last met 12 May 2025), Bangladesh (2 won, 7 lost from 10, last met 3 September 2025), South Africa (2 won, 6 lost from 9, last met 8 June 2024), Oman (5 won, 4 lost from 9, last met 16 November 2024), England (2 won, 6 lost from 8, last met 8 November 2023), Pakistan (0 won, 8 lost from 8, last met 7 February 2026), United States (7 won, 1 lost from 8, last met 8 June 2026), New Zealand (0 won, 7 lost from 7, last met 9 October 2023), Sri Lanka (0 won, 7 lost from 7, last met 16 June 2024), West Indies (0 won, 4 lost from 5, last met 26 June 2023), India (0 won, 5 lost from 5, last met 18 February 2026), Kenya (2 won, 3 lost from 5, last met 18 October 2019), Bermuda (2 won, 1 lost from 3, last met 26 October 2019), Hong Kong (2 won, 1 lost from 3, last met 12 July 2022) and Papua New Guinea (2 won, 1 lost from 3, last met 11 July 2022).

The grounds used most often are Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur (14 matches, 7 won and 5 lost), Al Amerat Cricket Ground Oman Cricket (Ministry Turf 1) (14 matches, 6 won and 8 lost), VRA Ground, Amstelveen (13 matches, 3 won and 10 lost) and Sportpark Maarschalkerweerd, Utrecht (12 matches, 8 won and 4 lost).

Further grounds with the most recorded matches are Sportpark Westvliet, The Hague (12, 5-7), Hazelaarweg, Rotterdam (12, 7-4), Dubai International Cricket Stadium (10, 7-3) and Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo (7, 4-3).

By competition, the largest groups of recorded matches are ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2 (29 matches, 17 won, 11 lost), ICC Men's T20 World Cup (19 matches, 6 won, 13 lost), ICC Cricket World Cup (14 matches, 2 won, 12 lost), ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier (14 matches, 12 won, 2 lost) and Netherlands Tri-Nation T20I Series (12 matches, 6 won, 6 lost).

Smaller groups of matches are ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier (11, 8-3), ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier (10, 5-4), Nepal Tri-Nation T20I Series (10, 5-3), World T20 (9, 4-5), ICC World Cup (8, 2-6), Zimbabwe tour of Netherlands and Ireland (4, 3-0) and ICC World Cricket League Championship (4, 1-2).

Across the last 10 recorded matches, most recent first, the sequence is L W W W N L W L L W (W won, L lost, T tied, D drawn, N no result): 5 wins and 4 defeats.

In order, those matches were Namibia on 31 July 2026 (ODI, Namibia won by 6 wickets); Nepal on 29 July 2026 (ODI, Netherlands won by 57 runs); Namibia on 25 July 2026 (ODI, Netherlands won by 58 runs); Nepal on 23 July 2026 (ODI, Netherlands won by 6 wickets); Canada on 16 June 2026 (ODI, No result).

Every count on this page comes from the recorded matches only. For Netherlands the earliest dates are ODI 2003 and T20I 2008, so no figure here is an all-time total.

Of the 214 matches counted for Netherlands, 93 were won, 110 were lost and 11 ended tied, drawn or without a result; the win rate in the tables leaves that last group out.

Netherlands won the toss in 105 of 214 recorded matches (49.1%) and chose to field 58 times and to bat 47 times. They went on to win 39 of the 99 of those matches that produced a winner (39.4%).

Netherlands batters hit 2,882 fours and 727 sixes in the recorded innings, one boundary every 10.4 balls; 47.7% of the runs came in boundaries.

Batters were dismissed caught 50%, bowled 23%, lbw 12%, run out 9% and stumped 3% of the 1,513 times.

Wickets credited to bowlers fell caught 62%, bowled 22%, lbw 11%, caught and bowled 3% and stumped 2% of the 1,366 times.