The Dutch cricket association KNCB has named uncapped 20-year-old Sussex batter Zach Lion-Cachet and handed a recall to Durham fast bowler Brandon Glover for the upcoming T20I tri-series against the USA and Canada at Kampong and Voorburg starting on Friday.
The squad also marks the return for wicketkeeper-batter Noah Croes, leg-spinner Shariz Ahmad and left-arm spinner Daniel Doram, who was set to travel for the T20 World Cup in the West Indies and USA in June but suffered a hand fracture during the tri-series at home against Ireland and Scotland preceding it.
Last year, Lion-Cachet became the first player to score a century in all three formats for his National County, Oxfordshire. A T20 hundred against Bedfordshire in May was followed by another against Herefordshire in the National Counties Trophy and a century in each innings against Devon in the Durant Cricket National Counties Championship.
On a rookie contract, Lion-Cachet is yet to make his T20 debut for Sussex but has featured in eight One Day Cup games across two seasons batting in the top middle-order.
The Dutch are coming off a table-topping 4-0 series sweep against the USA and Canada in the eight-team World Cricket League 2. The six-match T20I tri-series gets underway today with the Netherlands taking on Canada at Kampong and concludes on Wednesday August 28 at Voorburg. Entry is free to all games.
Squad
Shariz Ahmad (VRA), Noah Croes (VCC), Daniel Doram (HCC), Aryan Dutt (Hermes DVS), Brandon Glover (Durham), Scott Edwards (Kampong), Vivian Kingma (VCC), Kyle Klein (HBS), Ryan Klein (VCC), Michael Levitt (VCC) , Zach Lion-Cachet (Sussex), Paul van Meekeren (Weston-super-Mare), Max O’Dowd (Kampong), Vikram Singh (VRA), Saqib Zulfiqar (Punjab Ghausia)
Fixtures:
23 August – Netherlands v Canada, 4pm – Kampong
24 August – USA v Canada, 4pm – Kampong
25 August – Netherlands v USA, 4pm – Kampong
26 August – Canada v Netherlands, 2pm – Kampong
27 August – USA v Canada, 2pm – Voorburg
28 August – Netherlands v USA, 2pm – Voorburg