Friday, 18 February 2022

West Indies tour of Netherlands confirmed for May-June

 West Indies' deferred ODI series in the Netherlands will begin "following the IPL" on May 31, as per a joint official statement by CWI and the KNCB.

The visit will see West Indies play a full global match on Dutch soil interestingly - following two 55-over agreeable matches in 1991 - and will be the sides' first gathering in worldwide cricket since the 2011 World Cup.

The three ODI Super League apparatuses will happen at the VRA Cricket Ground in Amstelveen on May 31, June 2 and June 4, with tickets because of go on special this end of the week.

Johnny Grave, CWI's CEO, said: "We have been working intimately with our associates at KNCB to assemble this series following the IPL and we are glad to now have the option to declare the match plan.

"It will be invigorating to visit the Netherlands interestingly. It is a short visit, yet we anticipate incredible amusement during what vows to be an awesome seven day stretch of value cricket for the fans in the Netherlands."

The BCCI is yet to declare accurate dates during the current year's IPL yet ESPNcricinfo comprehends that the competition will begin in late March and run until the last seven day stretch of May.

Seventeen West Indies players are because of play in this season's IPL - the most from any country other than India - and CWI affirmed on Sunday that they would be "completely accessible" for the full season, according to an assurance to players in their retainer contracts.

Roland Lefebvre, the KNCB's elite presentation chief, said: "The KNCB is extremely eager to invite the West Indies cricket crew back to the Netherlands. The last time the group visited our nation was in 1991, for two 55-over agreeable matches, with any semblance of [Viv] Richards, [Desmond] Haynes, [Curtley] Ambrose and [Malcolm] Marshall present.

"These matches will be the second Cricket World Cup Super League home series for the Dutch group and we anticipate an incredible Caribbean-style challenge".

The series was at first because of occur in June 2020 yet was deferred because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Netherlands' home timetable for 2022 likewise remembers visits from England for three ODIs for June, and New Zealand for two T20Is toward the finish of July.

Apparatuses:

first ODI - May 31

second ODI - June 2

third ODI - June 4 (all matches at VRA Cricket Ground, Amstelveen)

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