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Spinner returns as Netherlands announce squad for Zimbabwe, South Africa ODIs

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Netherlands welcome back spinner Roelof van der Merwe in the mix, with the squad being led by Scott Edwards. The spin-bowling all-rounder last featured for Netherlands in an ODI in November 2021.

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Netherlands also announced that former South Africa and Bangladesh head coach Russell Domingo would be a part of the coaching setup for the tours. He will be joined by former South African international Heino Kuhn. Head coach Ryan Cook will be missing from the tours and will be replaced by Ryan van Niekerk.

Netherlands will also welcome back key players like Brandon Glover, Paul van Meekeren, and Fred Klaassen, who all missed their last ODI assignment against Pakistan due to county cricket obligations.

Colin Ackermann, Brandon Glover and Bas de Leede will not be available for the series against South Africa, while Aryan Dutt and Wesley Barresi will miss the tour of Zimbabwe.

Netherlands will first visit Zimbabwe to play three ODIs between 21 and 25 March in Harare.

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The action will then move to South Africa with the two matches taking place in Benoni and Johannesburg respectively on 31 March and 2 April.

The matches will be of vital importance with Netherlands at the bottom of the table, Zimbabwe currently on 12th, and South Africa placed at 9th on the ICC CWCSL standings.

Scott Edwards (capt & wk), Colin Ackermann, Musa Ahmad, Shariz Ahmad, Wesley Barresi, Tom Cooper, Aryan Dutt, Brandon Glover, Vivian Kingma, Fred Klaassen, Ryan Klein, Bas de Leede, Roelof van der Merwe, Paul van Meekeren, Teja Nidamanuru, Max O'Dowd, Vikramjit Singh.

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