The Netherlands have taken part in all eleven ICC Trophy/World Cup Qualifier tournaments, winning the competition in Canada in 2001 and finishing as runners-up three times (in 1986, 1990 and 2023).

In 2004 they played first-class cricket in the ICC Intercontinental Cup, drawing with Scotland in Aberdeen and then suffering from an innings defeat against Ireland in Deventer.

[9] The Netherlands regained their ODI status after the conclusion of the 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier in March 2018.

English touring teams then began visiting in 1890 including one in 1891 that featured the author of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

[14] Tours by English sides continued for the rest of the 1890s, which also saw the emergence of Carst Posthuma, who was later the first Dutch player to play first class cricket.

[20] During World War I, in which the Netherlands remained neutral, large numbers of British officers were interned in the country, and many of these joined local cricket clubs.

[13] In August 1964, the Netherlands achieved their first victory against a Test-playing nation when they beat Australia by three wickets at The Hague.

[22] In 1990 the Netherlands hosted the ICC Trophy, the first such tournament outside England, and again finished runners-up to Zimbabwe.

They took part in this tournament for ten years, and their best performance came in 1999 when they reached the fourth round, beating Durham along the way.

Feiko Kloppenburg (with 121) and Klaas-Jan van Noortwijk (134 not out) scored the first two One Day International centuries in the side's history.

Their first one-day international with this new status was scheduled to be against Kenya in March 2006; however this match was cancelled due to a Kenyan tour of Bangladesh.

They won the match by 7 wickets, with Ryan ten Doeschate setting a new competition record individual score of 259 not out.

[29] In early 2007, they travelled to Nairobi, Kenya to take part in Division One of the World Cricket League, finishing third out of six.

Captain Luuk van Troost retired, as did Tim de Leede and their coach Peter Cantrell.

[39] After beating Scotland in the semi-finals,[40] the final was abandoned due to rain and the trophy was shared between the Netherlands and Ireland.

[44] They lost their second match to the eventual winners Pakistan[45] and did not qualify for the Super 8 stage based on run rate.

In a one-off match shortened by rain to 30 overs a side, they beat Bangladesh by 6 wickets.

[47][48] On 22 February 2011, The Netherlands posted their highest ever total against a full-member nation, scoring 292 against England, batting first at the 2011 Cricket World Cup.

However, the Netherlands were unable to defend their strong total and failed to pull off a huge shock, England winning by 6 wickets with 2 overs to spare.

In September 2011, Netherlands whitewashed Kenya in a short two-match ODI series held at home.

However, strong and aggressive batting enabled them to score 193/4 in 13.5 overs, securing passage to the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 Super 10s.

In June 2014, Nepal along with Netherlands granted T20I status by the ICC board at the annual conference in Melbourne.

[51] A red box around the year indicates tournaments played within the Netherlands Known as the "ICC Knockout" in 1998 and 2000 † The final was washed out by rain, so the trophy was shared.