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02-Jan-2011 09:28:00 GMT
ICC World Cup, 2011

Netherlands Announced World Cup 2011 Squad

Peter Borren has been named captain of the Netherlands' squad for the 2011 World Cup. It will be his first World Cup as captain. The side includes an uncapped player - seamer Berend Westdijk - and six players who will be playing in their first World Cup.

National selector Darrin Murray said he was happy with the progress the Netherlands have made over the last year.

Westdijk, 25 years old, has only played three first-class matches and came up through playing in the under-19s and under-23s for Netherlands. The 26-year-old Baresi is a former South Africa first-class player and made his debut for Netherlands against Scotland in 2010. He averages 29.71 in nine ODIs.

Kruger, 22 years old, started his international career with three wickets against Canada, but hasn't taken a wicket in the three matches he has played since.

Allrounder Ryan ten Doeschate, who plays for Essex in England, Canterbury in New Zealand's HRV Cup, and Tasmania in Australia's Twenty20 Big Bash, will be the mainstay of Netherlands batting.

Top-order batsman Nick Statham and seamer Ruud Nijman, who were both part of Netherlands' 2003 World Cup squad, were also not available for selection.

Squad: Peter Borren (capt), Wesley Baressi (wk), Mudassar Bukhari, Atse Buurman Tom Cooper, Tom de Grooth, Alexei Kervezee, Bradley Kruger, Bernard Loots, Adeel Raja, Pieter Seelaar, Eric Swarczynski, Ryan Ten Doeschate, Berend Westdijk, Bas Zuiderent.

Reserves: Tom Heggleman, Andrew Hoogstraten, Muhammad Kashif


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