A rejuvenated West Indies side under new captain Nicholas Pooran arrived in the Netherlands ahead of their historic three-match CWC Super League ODI series, the first ever bilateral series between the two countries, aiming to take 30 much-needed points off a Dutch side again shorn of practically all their County-contracted professionals.
WEST INDIES TOUR OF NETHERLANDS, 2022
WI eye sweep against home-brew Dutch on historic Netherlands tour
Pooran will be leading WI in their first ever bilateral series against the Netherlands © Getty
The two teams have met only twice before in official ODIs; first in the 2007 Quadrangular series in Ireland and then at the 2011 World Cup, with the West Indies winning convincingly both times. The Dutch put up more of a fight in their most recent 50-over encounter at the 2018 World Cup Qualifier, with Wesley Barresi and Ryan ten Doeschate keeping them well ahead for much of the chase only for a batting collapse just before the rain saw them sink to
