Netherlands & Ireland Name Intercontinental Cup Squads

The Netherlands and Ireland have both named near full strength squads for their forthcoming Intercontinental Cup matches.

Daan van Bunge returns for Holland after a self imposed break from the game. Promising fast medium bowler Mark Jonkman is injured although his twin brother Maurits has been included. Experienced medium pacer Edgar Schiferli makes a welcome return.

For Ireland, Jeremy Bray has a shoulder injury and Andrew White is unavailable. Gary Wilson is also missing from the named squad. Current Under-19 players Paul Stirling and Greg Thompson are included.

Holland: Jeroen Smits (c), Daan van Bunge, Mudassar Bukhari, Pieter Seelaar, Edgar Schiferli, Peter Borren, Ryan ten Doeschate, Tom de Grooth, Maurits Jonkman, Muhammad Kashif, Eric Szwarczynski, Bas Zuiderant, Geert-Maarten Mol, Alexei Kervezee

Ireland : Trent Johnston (c), William Porterfield, Kyle McCallan, Thinus Fourie, Greg Thompson, Phil Eaglestone, Gary Kidd, Eoin Morgan, Paul Stirling, Andre Botha, Boyd Rankin, Reinhardt Strydom, Kevin O’Brien, Niall O’Brien, Alex Cusack

Holland play Namibia in Windhoek on March 27 and UAE in Sharjah on April 3.

Ireland play an Intercontinental Cup fixture against UAE in Abu Dhabi on March 6 and then travel to Bangladesh For three ODI’s on March 18, 20 and 22.