The Dutch international summer gets underway tomorrow at Voorburg under the shadow of a looming T20 World Cup, as European rivals Ireland and Scotland arrive to contest a six-match T20I trilateral series before the three sides head across the Atlantic. The series will serve a dual purpose as both a warm-up for the coming 2024 Men's T20 World Cup in the USA and West Indies, but also, depending on how this year's World Cup unfolds, potentially a de-facto qualifier for the 2026 edition.
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Netherlands, Scotland, Ireland renew rivalry as lead-in to the World Cup

The series will serve as a warm-up for the coming 2024 Men's T20 World Cup. © Getty
By happenstance the three teams find themselves, along with Zimbabwe and Namibia, locked in a race on the rankings table to secure