The name Ryan Ten Doeschate will forever go down in history as one of the most respected and hard-working players. The former Dutch star was named the perfect teammate by former Indian star Gautam Gambhir during the IPL 2024 season.
Born on the 30th of June in 1983 in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, Ryan Ten Doeschate moved to the Netherlands to pursue his cricketing dreams. The Dutch star was a hard-hitting batter and a more than decent bowler in the middle overs of an ODI game.
Ryan Ten Doeschate played just 33 ODI matches for the Netherlands and scored 1541 runs with 5 centuries and 9 half-centuries. When he called it quits, his average was a mind-blowing 67 and a strike rate of 87.7. with the ball Ten Doeschate picked 55 wickets with a best of 4/31
Here we look closer at the top 3 best batting performances by Ryan Ten Doeschate in ODI cricket.
3. 106* vs Kenya -2009
Chasing 248 to win the World Cup Qualifiers versus Kenya, the Dutch side were reduced to 62/3 at one stage. Ryan Ten Doeschate used this as a chance to score 106 runs from 84 balls with 9 fours and 3 sixes and added 186 unbeaten runs for the 4th wicket with veteran star Bas Zuiderant. The knock was enough to propel Netherlands to a win by 7 wickets with 22 balls left to play.
2. 109* vs Bermuda – 2007
During the Cricket League match vs Bermuda, young Ryan Ten Doeschate batting at number 3 scored a memorable century. The right-handed batter scored 109 runs from 125 balls with 9 hits to the fence as the Dutch chased down the 195-run target set by Bermuda to win by 8 wickets and 41 balls to spare.
1. 119 vs England – 2011
It is a dream for any cricketer to play in the ODI World Cup and Ryan Ten Doeschate achieved that in 2011. In the game against England in Nagpur, the Dutch star scored his ODI best of 119 runs from 110 balls with 9 fours and 3 sixes. This helped his side reach a formidable 292/6 on the board. Barring Tom Cooper’s 47 none of the batters crossed 40 as Ryan Ten Doeschate spearheaded the batting charge. Sadly, the Dutch lost the game as Fifties by Andrew Strauss and Jonathon Trott helped seal the game. Ryan Ten Doeschate even claimed two wickets with the ball to enjoy his best day in the Dutch national colours.
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