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Bas Zuiderent has been named Netherlands captain for the limited-overs leg of Zimbabwe's upcoming visit, with regular skipper Peter Borren unavailable for selection. Nick Statham will then take up the reins for the Intercontinental Cup game which follows the one-day match on July 25.

Medium-pacer Maurits Jonkman returns to the side after missing the World Cricket League Division One tournament due to injury, while his twin brother Mark is out of the squad after being reported for a suspect action after that competition.

Steven de Bruin, who made his first-class debut in Netherlands' keenly-contested Intercontinental Cup game against Scotland in June, will take up the wicketkeeping gloves from Atse Buurman for the fixtures after Buurman injured his hand during Netherlands' loss to Ireland at the Division One tournament. The opportunity is also being taken to give chances to several younger players such as Bradley Kruger, Berend Westdijk, Wilfred Diepeveen and Tom Heggelman.

Limited-overs squad Bas Zuiderent (capt), Adeel Raja, Wesley Barresi, Mudassar Bukhari, Tom Cooper, Steven de Bruin (wk), Tom de Grooth, Maurits Jonkman, Bradley Kruger, Ruud Nijman, Pieter Seelaar, Nick Statham, Eric Szwarczynski

Intercontinental Cup squad Nick Statham (capt), Adeel Raja, Wesley Barresi, Steven de Bruin (wk), Tom de Grooth, Wilfred Diepeveen, Tom Heggelman, Maurits Jonkman, Ruud Nijman, Pieter Seelaar, Eric Szwarczynski, Berend Westdijk

andrewn9 wrote:Mark Jonkman is very fast but this is his twin brother, Maurits Jonkman

brmtaylor.com admin wrote:I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Bas Zuiderent yet, I rate him and ten Doeschate as their most dangerous batsmen. He has a lot of experience, he's been the mainstay of the Netherlands batting lineup for nearly 15 years. I think he has played in all of Netherlands World Cup matches.

Fun fact: Netherlands have only played Zimbabwe once in an ODI, that was in the 2003 World Cup - and Zimbabwe won by 99 runs. Vermeulen, Ebrahim, Blignaut, Taibu and Hondo all played in that match and are still playing either domestically or internationally, something we couldn't have said just 2 or 3 years ago and demonstrating how quickly domestic cricket in Zimbabwe has turned around.