Bas de Leede

After captaining his country in youth competitions, he reached the senior team as a teenager. His First Class debut came in the Netherlands' last match of the Intercontinental Cup, a competition that no longer exists, and he made an unbeaten fifty in the second innings.

The years that followed were harder. Almost four years passed before he reached fifty again, and a recurring back problem restricted his bowling. Coach Ryan Campbell kept backing him, and that faith paid off at the 2022 T20 World Cup qualifier in Zimbabwe. There de Leede was the standout Dutch all-rounder, scoring 170 runs at an average of 56 and taking nine wickets at 9.00 apiece. At the T20 World Cup he helped the Netherlands into the top eight with 13 wickets. Only Wanindu Hasaranga took more, and Sam Curran matched his tally. Mumbai Indians then signed him for their ILT20 side. When Campbell left the Netherlands, de Leede joined him at Durham. He was able to make the move because he had gained pre-settled status in the UK during an earlier spell with MCC Young Cricketers.

His finest moment so far came on a return to Zimbabwe for the 50-over World Cup Qualifier. The Netherlands faced Scotland in a must-win group game, trailing by two points and needing to overturn a steep net run rate gap. De Leede took 5-52 as Scotland were held to 277, then hit 123 from 91 balls in the chase. That made him only the fourth player in men's ODIs to combine a five-wicket haul with a century in the same match, and the win sent the Netherlands through to the World Cup.