Bas Zuiderent

'We're not a Mickey Mouse team'

Jun 15, 2009: The Netherlands have played three World Cups, but their biggest moment in cricket only came 10 days ago. One veteran has been there all along

England v Netherlands, ICC World Twenty20, Lord's

England took us too lightly - Borren

Jun 6, 2009: The morning after Netherlands' famous win, Dutch allrounder Borren has accused England of arrogance and complacency

England v Netherlands, ICC World Twenty20, Lord's

Agricultural, impure, glorious

Jun 6, 2009: That Netherlands conquered a complacent England was not simply arrogance on the part of their hosts, but the benefits of relying on the basics

England v Netherlands, ICC World Twenty20, Lord's

England produce the perfect capitulation

Jun 5, 2009: England got exactly what they deserved against Netherlands, as they dared to treat a global tournament as a side-show

England v Netherlands, ICC World Twenty20, Lord's

Dutch courage spares organisers' blushes

Jun 5, 2009: Nagraj Gollapudi watches Netherlands' shock win paper over what was a damp squib of an opening day in the ICC World Twenty20

Dirk Nannes

'I wanted to be a musician'

May 14, 2009: He skis, he speaks broken Japanese, he plays the sax, he keeps McGrath out of the side. Delhi Daredevils' Dutch import via Australia opens up

ICC World Cup Qualifiers 2009

Ireland take trophy, Afghans the headlines

Apr 20, 2009: It took 12 teams 54 matches spread over 19 days to determine the best of the rest, the countries next in the queue for an ICC handout and those fortunate four who will play in the 2011 World Cup

ICC World Cup Qualifiers 2009

Done on the development trail

Apr 2, 2009: Cricket has had a long and loyal following, born not only out of the village greens of England or the dusty Indian maidans, but the war-torn wastelands of Afghanistan and a spare scrap of land in Canada

The Associates

Two up, four down

Jan 4, 2009: Ireland and Scotland fared well, while Bermuda, Kenya, Canada and Netherlands plumbed the depths

Associates lose out

Only one winner in county v country debate

Jul 16, 2008: Martin Williamson looks at how the Associate countries will always lose out in the tug-of-war with counties

Help the aged

Jul 3, 2008: Eleven players who made ODI appearances after their 40th birthday

The future's bright

Jun 27, 2008: The new ICC funding regulations should have a positive impact on the game's Associates and Affiliates

Review: ICC Women's World Cup Qualifiers 2007-08

Play more to win more

Feb 26, 2008: If there has been one lesson from the women's World Cup Qualifiers, it is that the teams needs more cricket - and more competitive games

2007 in review: The Associates

Cash and commitment cause for concern

Jan 3, 2008: Life beyond the Test world: our review of the Associate nations in 2007

2007 Review - Netherlands

A year of stagnation

Dec 23, 2007: Andrew McGlashan looks at how Netherlands fared in 2007

ICC must go on funding cricket's expansion

Nov 14, 2007: The budget allocated by the ICC to Associates must not be cut to give more to the big boys

Encyclopaedia of World Cricket

Life beyond the Test world

Jul 20, 2007: A worthy, reasonably priced reference on world cricket

Netherlands in Ireland, 2007

England is the future for Kervezee

Jul 10, 2007: Alex Kervezee is a very rare breed indeed: a gifted, young Associates batsman - so talented, in fact, that Worcestershire swooped to secure him at a positively cherubic 16

Amateurs cannot be blamed for professional dreams

Associates on a rocky path to nowhere

Jun 29, 2007: 'Success at all costs' is the modern cricketer's mantra and, with Associate cricketers fleeing the skimpily paid amateur lifestyle for a professional world in England, and elsewhere, there is a real danger that the ICC's development work needs a major ret

Cricinfo XI

The Departed

May 3, 2007: Cricinfo puts together a retirement XI after the 2007 World Cup