2024 Netherlands T20I Tri-Nation Series

The 2024 Netherlands Tri-Nation Series was a cricket tournament that took place in the Netherlands in May 2024.[1] It was a tri-nation series involving Netherlands, Ireland and Scotland men's cricket teams, with the matches played as Twenty20 International (T20I) fixtures.[2] The series used by the teams as preparation ahead of the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.[3] In March 2024, the Royal Dutch Cricket Association (KNCB) confirmed the fixtures for the tournament, with all the matches to be played at VRA Cricket Ground.[4] However, on 1 May 2024, the KNCB announced that due to unspecified circumstances the series would be played at Sportpark Westvliet.[5]

2024 Netherlands T20I Tri-Nation Series
Date18–24 May 2024
LocationNetherlands
Result Ireland won the tournament
Teams
 Netherlands  Ireland  Scotland
Captains
Scott Edwards Paul Stirling Richie Berrington
Most runs
Max O'Dowd (123) Lorcan Tucker (99) Matthew Cross (98)
Most wickets
Logan van Beek (8) Mark Adair (7) Chris Sole (6)

Ireland won the series with a game to spare.[6] They went on to defeat Netherlands in the last match to finish the tournament unbeaten.[7]

Squads
 Netherlands[8]  Ireland[9]  Scotland[10]

Graham Hume was ruled out of the tournament due to visa delay, Fionn Hand was added to the squad as his replacement.[11]

Points table
Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
1  Ireland 4 3 0 1 7 0.149
2  Scotland 4 1 2 1 3 0.426
3  Netherlands 4 1 3 0 2 −0.425
Source: ESPNcricinfo[12]

Fixtures

1st T20I
18 May 2024
17:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Netherlands 
167/8 (20 overs)
v
 Scotland
126 (18.1 overs)
Michael Levitt 43 (31)
Gavin Main 2/26 (4 overs)
Matthew Cross 49 (32)
Vivian Kingma 4/21 (3.1 overs)
Netherlands won by 41 runs
Sportpark Westvliet, Voorburg
Umpires: Nitin Bathi (Ned) and Pim van Liemt (Ned)
Player of the match: Vivian Kingma (Ned)
  • Scotland won the toss and elected to field.
  • Daniel Doram (Ned) made his T20I debut.

2nd T20I
19 May 2024
17:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Ireland 
150/8 (20 overs)
v
 Netherlands
149/8 (20 overs)
Mark Adair 49 (24)
Tim Pringle 3/32 (4 overs)
Tim Pringle 35* (13)
Fionn Hand 3/18 (4 overs)
Ireland won by 1 run
Sportpark Westvliet, Voorburg
Umpires: Rizwan Akram (Ned) and Pim van Liemt (Ned)
Player of the match: Mark Adair (Ire)
  • Netherlands won the toss and elected to field.

3rd T20I
20 May 2024
17:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
v
Match abandoned
Sportpark Westvliet, Voorburg
Umpires: Rizwan Akram (Ned) and Nitin Bathi (Ned)
  • No toss.
  • No play was possible due to rain.

4th T20I
22 May 2024
17:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Scotland 
158/7 (20 overs)
v
 Netherlands
87 (14.5 overs)
George Munsey 72 (44)
Logan van Beek 3/13 (4 overs)
Scott Edwards 29 (25)
Mark Watt 4/12 (3.5 overs)
Scotland won by 71 runs
Sportpark Westvliet, Voorburg
Umpires: Nitin Bathi (Ned) and Pim van Liemt (Ned)
Player of the match: George Munsey (Sco)
  • Netherlands won the toss and elected to field.

5th T20I
23 May 2024
11:00
Scorecard
Scotland 
157/8 (20 overs)
v
 Ireland
158/5 (19.3 overs)
Matthew Cross 35 (30)
Craig Young 3/31 (4 overs)
Andrew Balbirnie 56 (46)
Safyaan Sharif 1/26 (3.3 overs)
Ireland won by 5 wickets
Sportpark Westvliet, Voorburg
Umpires: Rizwan Akram (Ned) and Pim van Liemt (Ned)
Player of the match: Andrew Balbirnie (Ire)
  • Scotland won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Ireland win the tri-nation series.

6th T20I
24 May 2024
11:00
Scorecard
Ireland 
161/6 (20 overs)
v
 Netherlands
158/5 (20 overs)
George Dockrell 53* (30)
Logan van Beek 2/26 (4 overs)
Max O'Dowd 60 (41)
Mark Adair 2/21 (4 overs)
Ireland won by 3 runs
Sportpark Westvliet, Voorburg
Umpires: Rizwan Akram (Ned) and Nitin Bathi (Ned)
Player of the match: George Dockrell (Ire)
  • Netherlands won the toss and elected to field.

References
  1. "Netherlands to host Ireland and Scotland in T20I tri-series before World Cup". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  2. "Netherlands to host Ireland and Scotland for a tri-series ahead of T20 World Cup". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  3. "Dutch and Irish provide T20 World Cup warmup for Scots". Cricket Scotland. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  4. "Ireland and Scotland take on Netherlands for T20I Tri-Series in May". Royal Dutch Cricket Association. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  5. "Press-release Tri Series Ireland & Scotland". Royal Dutch Cricket Association. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  6. "Ireland defeat Scotland to win T20 tri-series". BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  7. "Ireland beat Dutch in final T20 tri-series game". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  8. "Dutch men to T20 World Cup in United States and West Indies". Royal Dutch Cricket Association. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  9. "Ireland Men's squads announced for T20 World Cup, Pakistan and Tri-Series". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  10. "Men's squad named for Netherlands tri-series". Cricket Scotland. 1 May 2024. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
  11. "Fionn Hand added to squad for Netherlands Tri-series". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  12. "Netherlands Tri-Nation T20I Series 2024". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
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