ten Doeschate searches for winning formula

Ryan ten Doeschate on his way to 49 against Canada last November © Eddie Norfolk

Ryan ten Doeschate has set his sights on achieving success with the Netherlands in the World Cricket League.

ten Doeschate has been one of the leading batsmen outside Test cricket in the last year, averaging over fifty in Netherlands' six ODIs in 2006 and scoring 686 runs at 228.66 in the Intercontinental Cup. His continuing good form will be crucial if his side is to reach the final and so qualify for the inaugural Twenty20 World Championships in South Africa in September.

"We have been working very hard to get the formula right," he explained. "We were on a recent tour to Pretoria and we devised a formula for one-day cricket that we think is going to work for us.

"I think we learned a lot from the ICC Trophy. Ireland and Scotland had obviously moved ahead and we had started to stagnate a little bit. Now I think we are back on track and we have been putting in some strong performances.

"We certainly want to get to the final - that may sound optimistic because the favourites will probably be Kenya, Scotland and Ireland for the two final spots, but we think we have what it takes to get there."