Netherlands women's national cricket team
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The Netherlands women's national cricket team (Dutch: Nederlands vrouwencricketteam) nicknamed the Lionesses, represents the Netherlands in international women's cricket. The team is organised by the Royal Dutch Cricket Association, which has been an associate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) since 1966.
Nickname(s) | Lionesses | |||||||||
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Association | Royal Dutch Cricket Association | |||||||||
Personnel | ||||||||||
Captain | Heather Siegers | |||||||||
Coach | Neil MacRae[1] | |||||||||
History | ||||||||||
Test status acquired | 2007; 17 years ago (2007) | |||||||||
International Cricket Council | ||||||||||
ICC status | Associate member (1966; 58 years ago (1966)) | |||||||||
ICC region | Europe | |||||||||
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Women's Tests | ||||||||||
Only WTest | v. South Africa at the Hazelaarweg Stadion, Rotterdam; 28–31 July 2007 | |||||||||
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Women's One Day Internationals | ||||||||||
First WODI | v. New Zealand at Sportpark Koninklijke HFC, Haarlem; 8 August 1984 | |||||||||
Last WODI | v. Thailand at VRA Cricket Ground, Amstelveen; 7 July 2023 | |||||||||
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Women's World Cup appearances | 4 (first in 1988) | |||||||||
Best result | 5th (1988) | |||||||||
Women's World Cup Qualifier appearances | 3 (first in 2003) | |||||||||
Best result | 3rd (2003) | |||||||||
Women's Twenty20 Internationals | ||||||||||
First WT20I | v. West Indies at Sportpark Maarschalkerweerd, Utrecht; 1 July 2008 | |||||||||
Last WT20I | v. United Arab Emirates at Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi; 29 April 2024 | |||||||||
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Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier appearances | 3 (first in 2013) | |||||||||
Best result | 4th (2013) | |||||||||
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As of 29 April 2024 |
A Dutch women's team first played an international match in 1937, when Australia toured on its way to play a series in England. The team regularly played fixtures against English club sides over the following decades, but it was not until the early 1980s that regular international competition commenced.[8] The Netherlands made its One Day International (ODI) debut in 1984, against New Zealand, and made its World Cup debut at the 1988 edition of the tournament, in Australia. Considered a top-level team from the late 1980s through to the early 2000s, the Netherlands participated in four consecutive World Cups between 1988 and 2000, and made the quarter-finals of the 1997 event. The Dutch side retained its ODI status until the 2011 World Cup Qualifier. In 2007, the team played a one-off Test match against South Africa, joining Ireland as the only associate member of the ICC to play at that level.
In April 2018, the ICC granted full Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between the Netherlands women and another international side since 1 July 2018 have the full WT20I status.[9] In May 2022, the ICC announced the Netherlands as one of five women's sides to gain ODI status.[10] Papua New Guinea, Scotland, Thailand and the United States were the other four teams.[11]