Netherlands vs Nepal Cricket: Complete Timeline, Head-to-Head Stats & Rivalry History
The Netherlands national cricket team vs Nepal national cricket team timeline spans over a decade- from a quiet bilateral T20I series in Amstelveen in 2015 to a historic triple Super Over in Glasgow in 2025. What started as a one-sided Dutch dominance has evolved into one of the most competitive rivalries in Associate cricket. Across 20 senior international matches, these two sides have produced 1-run thrillers, 142-run hammerings, and a match so dramatic it entered the world record books. If you are looking for every result, player record, head-to-head stat, and key moment- this is the only page you need.
Netherlands vs Nepal Head-to-Head Summary
The Netherlands national cricket team vs Nepal national cricket team have played 13 T20Is and 7 ODIs since 2015. Netherlands lead T20Is 7–5 (1 no result). Nepal lead ODIs 4–3. Overall across all formats, Netherlands hold a marginal 10–9 lead. The rivalry is now effectively level- separated by one match across an entire decade of cricket.
At a Glance
| Format | Matches | Netherlands Wins | Nepal Wins | No Result |
| T20Is | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 |
| ODIs | 7 | 3 | 4 | — |
| Total | 20 | 10 | 9 | 1 |
Full Netherlands vs Nepal Cricket Timeline
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This is the complete Netherlands national cricket team vs Nepal national cricket team timeline– every match, venue, scoreline, and result in chronological order.
2015: First Meeting- T20I Series in Netherlands
| Date | Venue | Format | Score (Team 1) | Score (Team 2) | Winner | Margin |
| Jun 30, 2015 | Amstelveen | T20I | NED 134/5 | NEP 116/7 | Netherlands | 18 runs |
| Jul 1, 2015 | Rotterdam | T20I | NED 189/6 | NEP 86 | Netherlands | 103 runs |
| Jul 3, 2015 | Rotterdam | T20I | NEP 134/8 | NED 135/4 | Netherlands | 7 wickets |
| Jul 4, 2015 | Rotterdam | T20I | NED 125/6 | NEP 126/7 | Nepal | 3 wickets |
The Netherlands won 3–1. The 103-run win on July 1 remains the largest winning margin in the entire rivalry. Max O’Dowd made his T20I debut in this series- a player who would appear again at a critical moment a decade later.
2018: Nepal’s First-Ever ODI- Against Netherlands
| Date | Venue | Format | Score (Team 1) | Score (Team 2) | Winner | Margin |
| Aug 1, 2018 | The Hague | ODI | — | — | No result | Rain |
| Aug 3, 2018 | The Hague | ODI | NEP 216 | NED 215 | Nepal | 1 run |
This was Nepal’s debut as an ODI nation– and they chose to play it against a Netherlands side that had only recently reclaimed their own ODI status. The 1-run win is the closest result in the entire rivalry’s history, and it signaled that this fixture would never be predictable again.
2019: ICC T20 WC Qualifier, Oman
| Date | Venue | Format | Score (Team 1) | Score (Team 2) | Winner | Margin |
| Oct 7, 2019 | Al Amerat | T20I | NED 133 | NEP 134/6 | Nepal | 4 wickets |
Nepal chased 134 and reached the target off the penultimate ball. Their first win over Netherlands in a qualifying environment– not just a bilateral series.
2021: Nepal Dominate at Home
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| Date | Venue | Format | Score (Team 1) | Score (Team 2) | Winner | Margin |
| Apr 9, 2021 | Kirtipur | T20I | NEP 206/6 | NED 64 | Nepal | 142 runs |
| Apr 11, 2021 | Kirtipur | T20I | NED 93 | NEP 94/9 | Netherlands | 3 wickets |
Nepal’s 142-run win is the biggest in the rivalry by any team. The Kirtipur altitude and slower surface reduced Netherlands to their lowest score in this fixture. Netherlands recovered to win the second game, but the message was clear: playing Nepal in Nepal is a fundamentally different challenge.
2023: WCL2 Begins- Harare
| Date | Venue | Format | Score (Team 1) | Score (Team 2) | Winner | Margin |
| Jun 24, 2023 | Harare | ODI | NEP 167 | NED 168/3 | Netherlands | 7 wickets |
Netherlands chased 168 with more than 22 overs to spare. A dominant display that temporarily reopened the gap in ODI cricket.
2024: The Most Intense Year in the Rivalry
| Date | Venue | Format | Score (Team 1) | Score (Team 2) | Winner | Margin |
| Feb 17, 2024 | Kirtipur | ODI | NED 137 | NEP 141/1 | Nepal | 9 wickets |
| Feb 25, 2024 | Kirtipur | ODI | NEP 172 | NED 173/2 | Netherlands | 8 wickets |
| Feb 2024 | Kirtipur | T20I | — | — | Netherlands | 2 runs |
| Feb 2024 | Kirtipur | T20I | — | — | Nepal | 6 wickets |
| Feb 2024 | Kirtipur | T20I | — | — | Netherlands | 4 wickets |
| Jun 4, 2024 | Dallas | T20I | NEP 106 | NED 109/4 | Netherlands | 6 wickets |
Five matches in Kirtipur in February 2024 produced no dead rubber. Every result arrived at a different margin, in a different direction. The T20 World Cup meeting in Dallas was the first time these teams met on the biggest stage in international cricket- Netherlands won comfortably.
2025: Records Broken, History Made
| Date | Venue | Format | Score (Team 1) | Score (Team 2) | Winner | Margin |
| Jun 4, 2025 | Dundee | ODI | NED 225 | NEP 226/5 | Nepal | 5 wickets |
| Jun 10, 2025 | Dundee | ODI | NEP 236/9 | NED 220 | Nepal | 16 runs |
| Jun 16, 2025 | Glasgow | T20I | NED 152/7 | NEP 152/8 | Netherlands | Triple SO |
| Jun 19, 2025 | Glasgow | T20I | — | — | Nepal | 6 wickets |
Nepal’s back-to-back ODI wins in Dundee were their first consecutive ODI wins over Netherlands and flipped the ODI head-to-head in their favor. The Glasgow T20I went where no cricket match had gone before.
Head-to-Head Records in Detail
Last 5 Matches
| Match | Winner |
| Jun 19, 2025- Glasgow T20I | Nepal |
| Jun 16, 2025- Glasgow T20I | Netherlands |
| Jun 10, 2025- Dundee ODI | Nepal |
| Jun 4, 2025- Dundee ODI | Nepal |
| Jun 4, 2024- Dallas T20I | Netherlands |
Nepal have won 3 of the last 5 meetings across both formats.
Team Totals: Highest and Lowest
| Score | Team | Format | Venue | Year |
| 236/9 | Nepal | ODI | Dundee | 2025 |
| 225 | Netherlands | ODI | Dundee | 2025 |
| 209/7 | Netherlands | T20I | Kirtipur | 2024 |
| 206/6 | Nepal | T20I | Kirtipur | 2021 |
| 64 | Netherlands | T20I | Kirtipur | 2021 |
| 86 | Nepal | T20I | Rotterdam | 2015 |
Venue Breakdown
Where these teams meet shapes how they perform. The Netherlands national cricket team vs Nepal national cricket team rivalry has a clear home-away pattern that most head-to-head pages miss.
| Venue | Country | Matches | NED Wins | NEP Wins |
| Kirtipur | Nepal | 7 | 2 | 5 |
| Rotterdam / Amstelveen | Netherlands | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| The Hague | Netherlands | 2 | 0 | 1 (1 NR) |
| Harare | Zimbabwe | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Dallas, USA | USA | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Dundee | Scotland | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Glasgow | Scotland | 2 | 1 | 1 |
The Kirtipur Factor
Nepal have won 5 of 7 matches at Kirtipur against Netherlands. The ground sits at 1,300 meters above sea level. The high altitude makes the ball travel further, the pitch plays slower, and the short boundaries benefit Nepal’s aggressive batting lineup. When Netherlands tour Nepal, they are adapting to conditions that favor their opponents by design- not just by coincidence.
Player Records: Netherlands vs Nepal
Most Runs in T20Is
| Player | Team | Runs | Highest Score |
| Kushal Bhurtel | Nepal | 233 | 77 |
| Max O’Dowd | Netherlands | 147 | — |
| Bas de Leede | Netherlands | — | 81* |
| Aasif Sheikh | Nepal | Top ODI contributor | 53 |
Most Wickets in T20Is
| Player | Team | Wickets | Best Figures |
| Karan KC | Nepal | 16 | 4/17 |
| Ahsan Malik | Netherlands | 11 | 4/21 |
| Kushal Malla | Nepal | 6 | — |
| Aryan Dutt | Netherlands | 9 (all formats) | — |
Most Wickets Across All Formats
| Player | Team | Matches | Wickets |
| Karan KC | Nepal | 9+ | 16+ |
| Aryan Dutt | Netherlands | 9 | 9 |
| Kushal Malla | Nepal | 9 | 6 |
Highest Individual Scores
| Score | Player | Team | Format | Year |
| 81* | Bas de Leede | Netherlands | T20I | — |
| 77 | Kushal Bhurtel | Nepal | T20I | — |
| 53 | Anil Sah | Nepal | ODI | 2025 |
Best Bowling Figures
| Figures | Player | Team | Format |
| 4/17 | Karan KC | Nepal | T20I |
| 4/21 | Ahsan Malik | Netherlands | T20I |
Rivalry Eras: How the Balance of Power Shifted
Understanding the Netherlands vs Nepal cricket rivalry timeline requires reading it in three phases- not just as a flat list of results.
Phase 1- Dutch Dominance (2015–2018)
The Netherlands controlled this period. They won the first bilateral T20I series 3–1 and conceded only one win. Nepal were building their international identity, fielding players who had barely appeared in bilateral cricket before. The gap was visible in scorelines- a 103-run win, a 7-wicket win. Then Nepal debuted as an ODI nation in 2018 against Netherlands and won by 1 run. That result ended the first phase.
Phase 2- Competitive Balance (2019–2023)
Nepal won in a qualifier environment (2019), dominated at home (2021), and began competing in ODI cricket through WCL2 (2023). Netherlands remained the stronger T20I side on neutral ground. But the head-to-head in both formats was tightening with every series. By 2023, no result in this fixture was predictable.
Phase 3- Near Parity (2024–Present)
The 2024 series in Kirtipur across five matches split the results almost exactly in half. Nepal took the ODI head-to-head lead in 2025. A triple Super Over settled one game. The talent and execution gap between these sides has effectively closed. This is now a genuine rivalry in every statistical sense.
The Triple Super Over: Why This Match Belongs in Cricket History
The Glasgow T20I on June 16, 2025, is the defining moment in the Netherlands national cricket team vs Nepal national cricket team timeline. No match before it in men’s professional cricket had required three consecutive Super Overs to produce a winner.
The Sequence
Regulation: Netherlands scored 152/7. Nepal needed 153. With Nepal at 137/8 off 19 overs, the game looked over. Off the final ball, a boundary tied the match.
Super Over 1: Nepal scored 19. Max O’Dowd hit boundaries off the final two balls of the Dutch over to level at 19. Tied again.
Super Over 2: Netherlands held Nepal to 11. Off the final ball of Netherlands’ Super Over 2, Dipendra Singh Airee hit a six to tie it at 11.
Super Over 3: Zach Lion-Cachet took 2 wickets for zero runs. Michael Levitt hit a six off the first ball. The Netherlands won.
The Historic Significance
This was the first triple Super Over in men’s international cricket history– and the first in any format of men’s professional cricket at any level. No women’s match has matched it. The record had simply never existed before this game. A single tie off the final ball of regulation is uncommon. Two consecutive Super Over ties after that require the same improbable boundary off a final delivery- twice more. Three separate occasions in one evening where a match ends in a tie and then immediately produces another represent a convergence of nerve, skill, and circumstance that may take decades to reproduce.
What This Rivalry Means for World Cup Qualification
Both teams are competing in the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup League 2 (2023–2027)– the formal qualification pathway to the 50-over World Cup. Every ODI between these sides carries direct points implications. Nepal’s consecutive ODI wins in Dundee in June 2025 moved them significantly in the WCL2 standings. The Netherlands national cricket team vs Nepal national cricket team ODI contest is no longer a bilateral fixture- it is a qualification battle with World Cup implications attached to every run scored.
FAQs:
Q1. How many times have Netherlands and Nepal played each other in cricket?
A1. As of June 2025, the Netherlands national cricket team vs Nepal national cricket team have played 20 senior international matches- 13 T20Is and 7 ODIs since their first meeting in June 2015.
Q2. Who leads the Netherlands vs Nepal head-to-head record?
A2. Netherlands lead T20Is 7–5 (1 no result). Nepal lead ODIs 4–3. Across all formats, Netherlands hold a slim 10–9 overall lead.
Q3. When did Netherlands and Nepal first play each other?
A3. June 30, 2015, in a T20I at Amstelveen, Netherlands. Netherlands won by 18 runs.
Q4. What was the triple Super Over between Netherlands and Nepal?
A4. On June 16, 2025, in Glasgow, both teams scored 152 in 20 overs. Two Super Overs also tied. Netherlands won the third Super Over off the first ball- a six by Michael Levitt. It was the first triple Super Over in men’s cricket history.
Q5. Who has scored the most runs in Netherlands vs Nepal T20Is?
A5. Kushal Bhurtel (Nepal) leads with 233 runs. Max O’Dowd (Netherlands) is the leading Dutch scorer with 147 T20I runs against Nepal.
Q6. Who has taken the most wickets in Netherlands vs Nepal cricket?
A6. Karan KC (Nepal) leads with 16 T20I wickets against Netherlands. Ahsan Malik (Netherlands) follows with 11.
Q7. Has Nepal ever beaten Netherlands at a T20 World Cup?
A7. No. Their only T20 World Cup meeting was at the 2024 T20 World Cup in Dallas– Netherlands won by 6 wickets.
Q8. What is Nepal’s record against Netherlands at Kirtipur?
A8. Nepal have won 5 of 7 home matches against Netherlands at Kirtipur- the strongest venue record either side holds in this rivalry.
Q9. What is the biggest win in Netherlands vs Nepal cricket history?
A9. Nepal’s 142-run win at Kirtipur in April 2021– Netherlands were bowled out for 64 chasing 207.
Q10. Why does the Netherlands vs Nepal rivalry matter for ICC World Cup qualification?
A10. Both teams are in ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup League 2 (2023–2027), the qualification cycle for the 2027 ODI World Cup. Every ODI between them carries points. Nepal’s 2025 ODI wins in Dundee have direct implications for which side earns a promotion spot.
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