Who is Scott Edwards?

The Netherlands captain, Scott Edwards, is praying that Virat Kohli does not replicate his “surreal show against Pakistan” when India plays the minnows in a T20 World Cup match here on Thursday.

“What Virat did the other day was surreal. Hope he doesn’t repeat it against us, not many people expect us to win, so not too much pressure on us. Our brand of cricket means performing to the best of our ability. Just bring our A-game. If it’s enough it’s enough. If it’s not it’s not. Huge. You always dream of playing World Cup and against arguably one of the best teams in the world is surreal. Obviously disappointing that ODI Super League not coming ahead. We had cricket on Dutch TV which was good exposure for us,” Edwards stated. 

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Who is Scott Edwards?

Scott Andrew Edwards is an Australian-Dutch cricketer who plays for the Netherlands. Edwards was born in Tonga on 23 August 1996 but grew up in Australia. He is 25 years old. He obtained Dutch citizenship through his Dutch grandmother and now holds dual citizenship in Australia and the Netherlands.

In Australia, he has previously played for Blackburn South Cricket Club and Highton Cricket Club, as well as Monash Tigers in Victorian Premier Cricket. Before he began playing professional cricket, he was an electrical apprentice.

He was appointed to the Netherlands’ Twenty20 International (T20I) team for the 2018 Netherlands Tri-Nation Series in June 2018. On June 12, 2018, he made his T20I debut for the Netherlands against Ireland.

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He was picked to the Netherlands’ One Day International (ODI) team for their series against Nepal in July 2018. On August 1, 2018, he made his ODI debut for the Netherlands against Nepal.

Edwards set the world record for the fastest T10 century and the highest individual T10 score in July 2019, while competing in the 2019 European Cricket League, with 137 not out off 39 balls. He was picked to the Dutch side for the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier event in the United Arab Emirates in September 2019.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) designated him the player to watch in the Dutch squad ahead of the competition. He was one of seventeen Dutch-based cricketers appointed to the team’s senior squad in April 2020.

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Edwards struck three straight ODI half-centuries against England at the VRA Ground in Amsterdam in June 2022.

The Netherlands defeated the United States in the semi-finals of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Qualifier in July 2022. This qualified them for the first round of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in Australia in 2022.