With only two qualification places on offer, the Netherlands – like the other 15 participating nations – will face a tough programme at the World Twenty20 qualifier in March.

Punishing schedule for the Dutch in the UAE

Young NSW seamer Timm van der Gugten is set to appear for the Netherlands for the first time when the Dutch play in the Caribbean Twenty20 tournament.

Van der Gugten added to Dutch Calypso Cup squad

Dutch international allrounder Tim Gruijters will be back in the Quick Haag side for next season’s Topklasse competition, the club has announced.

Tim Gruijters to rejoin Quick Haag for 2012 season

This week’s meeting between KNCB chiefs and the clubs from the top three divisions will have a full agenda, from powerplays to the scheduling of the domestic competitions.

Leading Dutch clubs have plenty to debate

With 48 teams from sixteen clubs across four age-groups, next year’s indoor youth tournaments in the Netherlands will be bigger and better than ever.

Flamingo Indoor Tournaments continue to grow

The six nominations for the 2011 Dutch Player of the Year and your chance to vote in the poll.

2011 Dutch Player of the Year Poll

Next year’s Cricket Challenge in the Netherlands will introduce cricket to more than 1000 14-year-olds, with 34 schools participating in the first edition.

34 schools sign up for Dutch bilingual schools scheme

The KNCB has confirmed that the Dutch CB40 match against Gloucestershire in Amstelveen on 27 July will be shown live by the UK-based sports channel.

Sky Sports to televise live from Amstelveen in July

VRA Amsterdam and ACC meet on Saturday in a preview of the best-of-three finals series, but there’s plenty to play for as the Twenty20 Cup approaches its climax.

Topklasse finalists vie for home advantage

Dutch international batsman Bas Zuiderent, who announced his retirement on Monday, reflects on his career and the background to his decision.

Bas Zuiderent retires from international cricket

The range of CricketEurope’s StatsZones has been extended to include one covering all the Netherlands’ international matches since 1945.

CricketEurope launches Dutch international StatsZone

Adverse weather conditions predicted for Saturday have led to the cancellation of the scheduled match between sides led by Roland Lefebvre and Tim de Leede.

Ex-internationals’ match falls victim to the weather

The holders of more than 1800 international caps will meet in Rotterdam on Saturday in a match between the Rijnmond Royals and the Baggy Orange.

Hazelaarweg to become Memory Lane on Saturday

Only ACC won twice last weekend, but they tough a difficult match against Hermes-DVS in the third round of the Topklasse this Sunday.

ACC take their unbeaten record to Schiedam

Seven teams will be contesting the women’s national championship, which gets under way on Saturday.

All eyes on Kampong as new-look Women’s Hoofdklasse begins

After finishing at the wrong end of the Topklasse table in 2010, ACC and Quick Haag will be looking for greatly improved performances in the new season.

ACC and Quick Haag: different strategies, but the same goal

New Zealander Keryn Ambler and Australian Wade Townsend will spearhead the efforts of Rood en Wit and VOC as they challenge for top four places this season.

New player-coaches to raise the spirits in Haarlem and Rotterdam

With the Hoofdklasse and Eerste Klasse competitions starting this Sunday, the clubs should be hoping that home-produced players are able to give greater support to the efforts of coaches and exchange players.

Local talent needs to shine as Hoofdklasse gets under way

Strong team performances enabled HCC and Hermes-DVS Schiedam to reach the semi-finals last season, but staying in the top four will be an even bigger challenge in the new season.

HCC and Hermes face challenge to stay in top four

In the first of this season’s Topklasse previews, we look at the powerful squads of last year’s championship finalists.

VRA, Excelsior look to stay at the top

Regional newspaper De Stentor reports on the programme introducing cricket to bilingual education pupils in Epe, supported by the Salland club in Deventer.

Regional school sets to with cricket bats

The current furore about the position of Kampong Utrecht masks a much more fundamental problem – the scandalous neglect of women’s cricket in most Dutch clubs.

The real scandal of Dutch women’s cricket

A century by Tom de Grooth and fifties by Tom Heggelman and Atse Buurman were the highlights of a practice match in Amstelveen on Sunday.

Netherlands A too strong for VRA in warm-up game

A three-match series between representative teams will give players on the fringes of the Dutch national side an additional chance to stake their claim for promotion.

North-South series a new opportunity for emerging players

A new agreement with Sportbedrijf Deventer gives the ambitious Deventer club another platform for youth development.

Salland practises what it preaches – again

Two clubs have responded sharply to proposals from the KNCB Board for the general meeting on 9 April, hinting at the possibility of a constructive debate about the future of the game in the Netherlands.

HCC and Salland call for more proactive approaches

Former ACC professional Anton Roux will return to Het Loopveld West as club coach, with his fellow-South African Heino Kuhn as player-coach.

ACC appoint Tuks Academy head coach as new club coach

Tasmanian and former Leicestershire fast man Adam Griffith will be the new player-coach at VOC Rotterdam, with New Zealander Scott Kuggelijn as the exchange player.

Tasmanian Adam Griffith to be VOC player-coach

The judgement of the KNCB Appeals Committee annuls Dosti’s promotion in view of their having fielded two ineligible players in key matches last season.

Appeals Committee finds against Dosti in eligibility case

Eight teams contested the second national Women’s Indoor tournament took place in Utrecht on Sunday, with Quick Haag winning the final.

Quick Haag beat new-look Kampong in Women’s Indoor final

The second national Women’s Indoor tournament is taking place in Utrecht on Sunday, with eight club sides taking part.

New-look Kampong to meet Quick Haag in Women’s Indoor final

Salland CC in Deventer reaches an agreement with a local school group which will introduce cricket to 100 pupils in a bilingual programme.

Salland strikes bargain with bilingual school

New Zealander Greg Todd returns as player-coach for his old club, Hermes-DVS, while South African Rasheed Lewis will move from Hercules Utrecht to HCC.

Greg Todd, Rasheed Lewis to return in 2011

The Salland club in Deventer will host the first two home games in the Orange Lions’ Clydesdale Bank 40 League programme in 2011, against Middlesex and Derbyshire.

Deventer to host two CB40 matches this season

After persistent rain in the Kandy region, the Netherlands’ matches on Saturday and Tuesday have been moved to the Sinhalese Sports Club in Colombo.

Dutch warm-up matches switched to Colombo

Leading clubs will be invited to consider a radically new approach to the eligibility of non-Dutch players in the top domestic leagues.

KNCB proposes new eligibility rules for overseas players

A fine all-round effort from the bowlers and a half-century from Jimmy Hansra saw Canada to a four-wicket win over the Dutch in Dubai on Sunday.

Canada too strong for the Netherlands

Robert Vermeulen responds to Mark Reeves’ article, explaining why he believes a player ID card system would resolve some of the problems in Dutch cricket.

The Dosti dilemma: a matter of trust

With a quadrangular tournament in Sri Lanka in April and a new A squad established, the KNCB is looking to the future of Dutch women’s cricket.

Dutch women’s squads announced

Former Dutch resident Mark Reeves responds to the current debate about Amsterdam club Dosti in the light of his own experience of Dutch cricket.

The Dosti dilemma

Reviewing the discussion about the current state of Dutch cricket which has taken place within HCC, Rod Lyall sees both disturbing and encouraging features in the argument.

The HCC debate: an outsider’s view

After a year’s absence Australian Mark Cleary will return to the Schiedam club as its player-coach for 2011.

Mark Cleary to return to Excelsior ’20

In the closing contribution to the internal discussion within HCC, Jan Nuijten responds to Fred Beekman’s points and adds some of his own.

The HCC debate 6: Developing an overall strategy

Quick Haag cricket chairman Robert Burger says his club is now awaiting a response from the KNCB to its charges against Dosti Amsterdam.

Quick Haag responds to Discipline Committee judgement

The KNCB’s Discipline Committee has rejected the Board’s complaint against promoted Hoofdklasse club Dosti Amsterdam on the grounds that it was not submitted in time.

KNCB Discipline Committee dismisses case against Dosti

Evert Jelgerhuis Swildens goes back to basics in examining the current state of Dutch cricket.

The HCC debate 5: Some fundamental considerations

Three shorter contributions, one from a long-time club member and scorer, the others from former captains.

The HCC debate 4: Three more views

The latest in the contributions to the discussion of the state and future of Dutch cricket comes from former HCC stalwart Jaco Sillevis.

The HCC debate 3: Necessity, or a fifth wheel?

The initial reaction to Fred Beekman’s article in De Diepput Echo came from HCC chairman René Smits.

The HCC debate 2: The chairman responds

This article appeared in the HCC club magazine in September, and has stimulated a lively debate within the club, which CricketEurope will be republishing with permission of HCC and the authors.

The HCC debate 1: The future of the grounds and the life of the club