Dutch cricket board search for Indian net bowlers for World Cup camp in Alur

The Netherlands cricket board in a surprise move has posted an advertisement on social media inviting Indian cricketers to join them as net bowlers in their preparatory camp for the World CupWhile it is a convention not a rule for local state associations to provide net bowlers to visiting teams the Dutch cricket board has sought one leftarm seamer one right arm seamer a mystery spinner and a leftarm spinner for the teams fiveday preCup camp in Alur from September 2024The Netherlands squad led by Australiaborn Scott Edwards had come to Bengaluru in August for a short threeday acclimatisation camp but it is understood the Netherland cricket doesnt have enough depth in domestic cricket or resources to have travelling net bowlersAlso Read Team balance at the forefront of BCCIs prioritiesListing out the criteria for becoming the Netherland World Cup squads net bowler the pacers need to bowl above 120 kmph 75 miles per hour and spinners who are able to give it a tweak at a minimum 80 kmph 50 miles per hourThey have demanded videos with aspirants bowling minimum one over with clear trajectory of the deliveries visibleTheir travel stay and meals during the camp would be taken care by the Royal Netherlands Cricket Association All the applicants need to be above 18 years of age and residents of IndiaKarnataka State Cricket Association KSCA however is ready to help them get the best possible net bowlers in townThey have already camped here and played a couple of matches We have provided them the required facilities as per their request We are ready to host them whenever they return a senior KSC official told PTI when enquired about the advertisementWe will provide the best possible facilities such as ground and net bowlers and yes they are free to rope in any additional support the KSCA official addedA BCCI official in the know of things when asked about this unique advertisement said that it is more to do with Netherlands team not having enough contact in this part of the worldIt is the state associations which provide net bowlers but some of the teams like England Australia having travelled over the years have enough contacts among BCCI bodies and they rope in some quality net bowlers the official explainedWhen Australia came for a Test series earlier this year Vidarbhas Mahesh Pithiya and Jammu and Kashmirs Abid Mushtaq were there with the team helping during nets They roped them through their contacts something the Dutch wont have he addedMay be they want some quality travelling net bowlers because you always wont get best net bowlers at all venuesIt is better to carry at least a few permanently With so much of travelling and matches on the bounce the main squad bowlers of all teams wont go full throttle at nets and might not bowl on nonmatch days What do you do thenPerhaps the weakest among the 10 countries involved in the 50over global meet starting October 5 Netherlands cricket establishment still works in a semiprofessional setup with more than 70 per cent players earning their livelihood through different vocations and in the whole country not even 10 players having central contractMost of the players get a chance to practice during day time only on weekends while on week days they finish their 95 job and train indoors in the eveningThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever