The Zimbabwe cricket team toured the Netherlands in June 2019 to play two One Day Internationals (ODIs) and two Twenty20 International (T20I) matches.[1][2][3] The two teams last faced each other in an ODI match at the 2003 Cricket World Cup, with Zimbabwe winning by 99 runs.[4] The last time the two sides played a T20I match against each other was during the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 tournament, with Zimbabwe winning by five wickets.[4]
| Zimbabwean cricket team in the Netherlands in 2019 | |||
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| Netherlands | Zimbabwe | ||
| Dates | 19 – 25 June 2019 | ||
| Captains | Pieter Seelaar | Hamilton Masakadza | |
| One Day International series | |||
| Results | Netherlands won the 2-match series 2–0 | ||
| Most runs | Max O'Dowd (145) | Brendan Taylor (122) | |
| Most wickets | Fred Klaassen (4) | Sean Williams (6) | |
| Twenty20 International series | |||
| Results | 2-match series drawn 1–1 | ||
| Most runs | Roelof van der Merwe (87) | Craig Ervine (88) | |
| Most wickets | Roelof van der Merwe (5) | Christopher Mpofu (4) | |
The Netherlands won the ODI series 2–0.[5] It was their first ever ODI series win against a Full Member side.[6] The T20I series was drawn 1–1, with Zimbabwe winning the second match in a Super Over.[7]
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- Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.
- Netherlands were set a revised target of 206 runs from 47 overs due to rain.
- Max O'Dowd, Tobias Visee (Ned) and Ainsley Ndlovu (Zim) all made their ODI debuts.
- Roelof van der Merwe also made his ODI debut for the Netherlands after previously playing 13 ODIs for South Africa, becoming the 12th cricketer to represent two international teams in ODIs.[10]
- Ainsley Ndlovu (Zim) became the 26th bowler to take a wicket with his first delivery in ODIs.[11]
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- Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.
- Brandon Glover and Saqib Zulfiqar (Ned) both made their ODI debuts.
- This was the Netherlands' highest successful run chase in ODIs.[12]
T20I series edit
1st T20I edit
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- Netherlands won the toss and elected to bat.
References edit
- ^ "Zimbabwe to host UAE, travel to Netherlands". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
- ^ "Zimbabwe set for packed season of international cricket". CricBuzz. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
- ^ "Zimbabwe to break cricket hiatus with series against UAE". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
- ^ a b "Salland and VOC hosts ODI/T20I series against Zimbabwe". Royal Dutch Cricket Association (KNCB). Archived from the original on 29 June 2019. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
- ^ "O'Dowd, Van der Merwe power Netherlands to 2-0 series win". CricBuzz. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
- ^ "Dutch take ODI series in a last-over thriller". Emerging Cricket. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
- ^ "Zimbabwe secure Super Over win against Netherlands". CricBuzz. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
- ^ a b "Netherlands recall Vivian Kingma, Bas de Leede for Zimbabwe series". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
- ^ a b "Brendan Taylor, Hamilton Masakadza back in Zimbabwe squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
- ^ "Records: Combined Test, ODI and T20I records. Individual records (captains, players, umpires), Representing two countries". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
- ^ "O'Dowd's debut fifty helps Netherlands dominate Zimbabwe". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
- ^ "Van der Merwe, Edwards and Seelaar seal Netherlands' highest ODI chase". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
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