Rod Lyall - Page 1

Retired academic, now a journalist and commentator, mainly covering Dutch international and domestic cricket.
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Five county-contracted players in Dutch squad for Windhoek

A strong Dutch men’s squad, including five county-contracted players, will travel to Windhoek next week for a League 2 tri-series against Namibia and Canada. With the...

KNCB Board moves to avert another crisis

The bitter internal divisions that all too frequently afflict the Dutch governing body (KNCB) claimed another victim last weekend with the resignation of Board member Reinout...

Dutch domestic competitions get big shake-up

Significant changes are afoot in Dutch domestic cricket, with the top three divisions reverting to eight teams as from 2026. After a long process of discussion...

Netherlands welcome county foursome for Oman series

The Netherlands will be reinforced by the availability of four county-contracted players when they travel to Oman for next month’s League 2 tri-series against the...

Dutch host Canada and USA in League 2 series

The fourth tri-series in the current edition of World League 2 gets under way on Sunday, when unbeaten Canada will take on the Netherlands at...

Sri Lanka outclass the Netherlands as both head home

It was, after all, Sri Lanka who ended their T20 World Cup campaign on a high at the Daren Sammy Stadium in St Lucia on...

Dutch have their moments, but Bangladesh too strong

There’s no doubt about it: Scott Edwards’s Dutch team are victims of their days of glory, of those moments when they have managed to put...

Stubbs and Miller dig South Africa out of a Dutch-induced hole

For a delirious quarter-hour in the Nassau County Stadium on Saturday it seemed as if the Netherlands might achieve the unthinkable, and defeat South Africa...

Bowlers in charge in Dallas, but O’Dowd sees Dutch home

It was the bowlers who were the star attraction at the ambitiously-named Grand Prairie Cricket Stadium in Dallas on Wednesday as the Netherlands, having dismissed...

T20 World Cup 2024 team preview: The Netherlands

Like fellow-Associates Scotland, the Netherlands has a cricket tradition going back to the nineteenth century. The side’s recent successes in both the ODI and T20...

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