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Table-toppers Ireland, who have 40 points from their first two matches, will take on Papua New Guinea in the third round of the Intercontinental Cup

Netherlands and Scotland were forced to share points as heavy rain on the reserve day forced the umpires to call off the game in the first WCL Championship match at Amstelveen

Josh Davey's magnificent opening spell was undercut by heavy thunderstorms in Amstelveen as the first WCL Championship match between Scotland and Netherlands headed to a reserve day after the hosts were reduced to 74 for 5

Netherlands and Scotland have been neck and neck all summer, sharing the title at July's World Twenty20 Qualifier before a tense four-day Intercontinental Cup encounter. Now they are set to tussle for sole possession of first place in the WCL Championship

An inspired bowling spell of 4 for 1 from captain Peter Borren propelled Netherlands to a dramatic 44-run win over Scotland on the final day of the Intercontinental Cup match at Voorburg Cricket Club

A pair of fighting lower-order partnerships in the first innings and a tight bowling performance left Scotland with a target of 201 for a win in the Intercontinental Cup match at the Voorburg Cricket Club

Rather than looking like a slap-bang T20 dasher, van der Merwe's polished technique vindicated Netherlands management's decision to send him in at No. 4.

Netherlands finished day two of the Intercontinental Cup match 175 runs ahead after reducing Scotland to 35 for 6 in the evening session

Despite clear skies throughout the afternoon in Voorburg, play on day one of the Intercontinental Cup match between Netherlands and Scotland was called off

A victory over Scotland would not only get their 2015-17 campaign back on track, it would be somewhat historic: Netherlands have never beaten Scotland in five I-Cup matches

Netherlands have picked 20-year old right-arm medium pacer Vivian Kingma and 21-year old batsman Rahil Ahmed for the upcoming Intercontinental Cup and World Cricket League games against Scotland

Netherlands will take on fellow 2015 ICC World T20 Qualifier co-champions Scotland in the headline matchup of round two in the ICC Intercontinental Cup and WCL Championship

Scotland captain Preston Mommsen and his Netherlands counterpart Peter Borren both heaped praise on their respective squads after the two teams were declared co-champions at the World Twenty20 Qualifier following a rained-out final

The weather which had behaved wonderfully in Malahide over the last nine days finally turned sour on Sunday at the World Twenty20 Qualifier, as the third place game and championship match were both abandoned without a ball bowled

Scotland will play their first-ever World T20 qualifier final, while Netherlands will look to reprise their trophy winning run in 2008

A short-pitched barrage from an energised Netherlands bowling attack ran through Ireland's struggling batting unit to dismiss them for 128, to set up a five-wicket win in Malahide

ESPNcricinfo previews the two World T20 qualifier semi-finals in Malahide

A dream start in the field for the Netherlands set up a tight chase as the Dutch booked a spot in the ICC World Twenty20 for the third time with a four-wicket win over Namibia

ESPNcricinfo previews the playoff matches between Afghanistan and Hong Kong, and Namibia and Netherlands

Netherlands bowled Kenya out for 97, and needed to chase the target in under eight overs to claim the top spot in Group B and gain direct qualification to the World T20 in India. But their four-wicket victory took a few balls too many