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With just 26 days to the first match in the ICC World Twenty 20, the Netherlands have named their squad for the tournament, the Dutch are also in Group B alongside Ireland, Zimbabwe and the UAE.
Netherlands named an experienced squad of 15 which features two faces new to ICC World events in allrounder Logan van Beek and Tom Heggelman, as well as the return of Timm Van der Gugten. The three were the only changes from the squad that featured in the World T20 Qualifiers in 2013, replacing Daan van Bunge, who made himself unavailable, Atse Buurman and Paul Meekeren.

Van Beek plays with Canterbury in New Zealand’s domestic cricket whilst 27-year-old Heggelman has not made his international T20 debut yet. Van der Gugten, who has played four ODIs and six T20Is, plays his cricket with Tasmania in Australia.

William Porterfield and Peter Borren will be opposing captains again in Bangladesh

After qualifying for the World T20 last year, Netherlands subsequently missed on qualifying for the World Cup at the Qualifiers in New Zealand and will be looking to make a major impact on the world stage again like they did in their previous World T20 appearance in the 2009 edition, when they beat England in the opening match of the tournament by four wickets.

Netherlands squad for ICC World Twenty20:
Peter Borren (capt), Wesley Barresi , Logan van Beek, Mudassar Bukhari , Ben Cooper, Tim Gruijters , Timm van der Gugten, Tom Heggelman , Vivian Kingma, Ahsan Malik, Stephan Myburgh, Michael Rippon, Pieter Seelaar , Michael Swart, Eric Szwarczynski.

Ireland Squad for ICC World Twenty20
William Porterfield (captain), (Warwickshire), Alex Cusack (Clontarf), George Dockrell (Somerset), Ed Joyce (Sussex), Andrew McBrine (Donemana), Tim Murtagh (Middlesex), Kevin O’Brien (Railway Union), Niall O’Brien (Leicestershire), Andrew Poynter (Clontarf), Max Sorensen (The Hills), James Shannon (Instonians), Paul Stirling (Middlesex), Stuart Thompson (Eglinton), Gary Wilson (Surrey), Craig Young (Bready).

IRELAND FIXTURES
Ireland v Nepal, March 12, warm-up
Ireland v Bangladesh, March 14, warm-up
Ireland v Zimbabwe, March 17, Group B Round One
Ireland v UAE, March 19, Group B Round One
Ireland v The Netherlands, March 21, Group B Round One

The winners of Group B will progress to the Second Round and go into the same group as Sri Lanka, South Africa, New Zealand and England.

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Michael Swart and Wesley Barresi are both in the Netherlands Squad
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