New Zealand cricket team in the Netherlands in 2022

The New Zealand cricket team toured the Netherlands in August 2022 to play two Twenty20 International (T20I) matches.[1][2] It was the first time that the New Zealand team had toured the Netherlands since 1986.[3] The tour was originally scheduled for to take place in June 2020 before it was postponed in April 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4][5] On 19 July 2022, the date of the second T20I was brought forward by one day due to a cancellation of a connecting flight for the New Zealand team's tour of the West Indies.[6] During the 2022 summer, New Zealand also toured England, Ireland and Scotland prior to this series.[7]

New Zealand cricket team in the Netherlands in 2022
 
  Netherlands New Zealand
Dates 4 – 5 August 2022
Captains Scott Edwards Mitchell Santner
Twenty20 International series
Results New Zealand won the 2-match series 2–0
Most runs Bas de Leede (119) Mitchell Santner (84)
Most wickets Tim Pringle (2)
Shariz Ahmad (2)
Logan van Beek (2)
Blair Tickner (5)

Squads

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T20Is
  Netherlands[8]   New Zealand[9]

Adam Milne was ruled out of New Zealand's squad due to an Achilles injury with Jacob Duffy named as his replacement.[10]

T20I Series

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1st T20I

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4 August 2022
17:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
New Zealand  
148/7 (20 overs)
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  Netherlands
132 (19.3 overs)
Martin Guptill 45 (36)
Shariz Ahmad 2/15 (3 overs)
Bas de Leede 66 (53)
Blair Tickner 4/27 (3.3 overs)
New Zealand won by 16 runs
Sportpark Westvliet, Voorburg
Umpires: Rizwan Akram (Ned) and Nitin Bathi (Ned)
Player of the match: Bas de Leede (Ned)
  • New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Ryan Klein (Ned) made his T20I debut.

2nd T20I

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5 August 2022
17:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Netherlands  
147/4 (20 overs)
v
  New Zealand
149/2 (14 overs)
Bas de Leede 53* (48)
Michael Bracewell 2/20 (4 overs)
Mitchell Santner 77* (42)
Bas de Leede 1/13 (2 overs)
New Zealand won by 8 wickets
Sportpark Westvliet, Voorburg
Umpires: Rizwan Akram (Ned) and Adriaan van den Dries (Ned)
Player of the match: Mitchell Santner (NZ)
  • Netherlands won the toss and elected to bat.

References

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  1. ^ "Netherlands to face New Zealand in two T20I's". Royal Dutch Cricket Association. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Netherlands to face New Zealand in two T20I's". Cricket World. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  3. ^ "KNCB announces a full month of international cricket". Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on 26 December 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  4. ^ "New Zealand say Scotland and Ireland games 'highly unlikely'". BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  5. ^ "Netherlands add New Zealand T20Is to summer schedule". Emerging Cricket. 2 April 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  6. ^ "Netherlands, New Zealand agree to move second T20I to August 5". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  7. ^ "Netherlands to host New Zealand for two T20Is in August". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  8. ^ "Squad announced for T20 matches against New Zealand". Royal Dutch Cricket Association. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  9. ^ "Rippon earns first BLACKCAPS call up as white-ball squads named for Ireland, Scotland and Netherlands". Cricket New Zealand. Archived from the original on 20 June 2022. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  10. ^ "Milne sidelined by Achilles injury, Duffy called into T20I squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
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