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There's no substitute for experience; an axiom that may well have been in the mind of Netherlands coach Ryan Campbell when he selected his 15-strong squad for this long-delayed tournament.  Captain Pieter Seelaar alone would qualify as a veteran for his fifteen-year international career (encompassing, among other highs, the last-ball Dutch victory over England at Lord's in the 2009 World Cup, in which Seelaar earned fleeting fame for his celebratory penguin dance after dismissing Paul Collingwood); but he's comfortably eclipsed by the real Dad's Army candidate, 41-year-old Ryan ten Doeschate, playing what may well be his final international tournament.  Several other players survive from the last major Dutch triumph against England in the 2014 edition of the World T20, including Myburgh, Cooper, Van Beek and Van der Gugten, so there's a solid and convincing core at the heart of the Oranje.

Added to that mix are the Somerset men Roelof van der Merwe and Paul van Meekeren; the former fresh from the Blast Finals at Edgbaston last month (though his form with the bat deserted him on the day), and the latter emerging with credit from his debut CPL campaign, in which he averaged a wicket per game and conceded less than eight an over.  A strong pace attack will be key to Dutch hopes, though they may find themselves let down in the spin department.  In the preliminary round they'll find themselves favourites against Namibia and underdogs versus Sri Lanka (though they'll undoubtedly hope to catch the ailing Asians napping); when push comes to shove, it'll likely be a straight shootout between them and Ireland for a place in the Super 12s, which should make their head-to-head on the tournament's second morning a riot of clogs, bogs and legside slogs.


Highest World Cup total: 193-4 vs Ireland (Sylhet, 2014)
Lowest World Cup total: 39 vs Sri Lanka (Chittagong, 2014)
Leading World Cup run-scorer: Stephan Myburgh, 280 runs
Best World Cup innings: Tom Cooper, 72* vs Zimbabwe (Sylhet, 2014)
Leading World Cup wicket-taker: Timm van der Gugten, 13 wickets
Best World Cup bowling figures: Ahsan Malik, 5-19 vs South Africa (Chattogram, 2014)


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