Netherlands, the 13th member in ICC’s Cricket World Cup Super League, will play their first game in the tournament, nearly a year after its inauguration in 2020 with the series against Ireland. The Netherlands have had a decent warm-up to the big series with the bilateral series against Scotland in late May.

Ireland, on the other hand, lost 0-3 to Afghanistan and drew level with the UAE in the recent series in UAE. They have recalled senior players William Porterfield and George Dockrell, who last played in 2019, for this bilateral series against Netherlands.

Porterfield’s recall is a tad surprising given that he was made the side’s fielding consultant recently. For the Wolves – the Ireland A side – Porterfield had a less-than-ideal series recently against Netherlands A. Netherlands haven’t announced their squad, but it should be pretty similar to the one that is playing Scotland currently.

Netherlands v Ireland ODI series – fixtures

First ODI: June 2, 2021, Utrecht (02.30PM local time)

Second ODI: June 4, 2021, Utrecht (02.30PM local time)
Third ODI: June 7, 2021, Utrecht (02.30PM local time)

Netherlands v Ireland ODI series – squads

Ireland: Andy Balbirnie (capt), Mark Adair, Gareth Delany, George Dockrell, Josh Little, Andrew McBrine, Graeme McCarter, Barry McCarthy, Kevin O’Brien, William Porterfield, Simi Singh, Paul Stirling, Harry Tector, Lorcan Tucker, Craig Young
Reserves: Peter Chase, Stephen Doheny, Graham Kennedy, David O’Halloran

Netherlands: yet to be announced

Netherlands Ireland ODI series – TV & live streaming details

FanCode had taken up the live streaming of the two Netherlands – Scotland ODIs in India after an agreement with Cricket Netherlands. They are likely to stream this series as well. Fox Sports will stream this Cricket World Cup Super League series in Australia while Foxtel Sports will stream it online.

South Africa will have the telecast live on Supersport while Willow TV will stream the three-match series in the USA. In the UK, Sky Sports Cricket will have live TV coverage.