• Ryan Cook makes emotional appeal after World Cup qualification.
• Cook recruited sponsors to help them in main tournament.
• Cook has encouraged cricket boards.

Netherlands coach Ryan Cook made an emotional appeal after his team qualified for the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup, which will be held in India this October-November.

Cook recruited sponsors to help them in the main tournament after losing the ICC World Cup Qualifiers against Sri Lanka.

“The players get paid quite lowly in comparison to other countries so hopefully that will give us a bit more resources to be able to do that. At the moment, we only have a coaching staff with one member full time. It will take a bit of work from our end, and here’s a full invitation to any sponsors out there who feel like being on the front and the side of the shirt in the World Cup,” the head coach said.

The Netherlands finished second in the World Cup qualifying tournament. They will face Pakistan in their first encounter on October 6 in Hyderabad.

Meanwhile, Cook has encouraged cricket boards, particularly those from the subcontinent, to invite them to a series ahead of the World Cup.

“A call-out to anyone who wants to play us. We’d love to have a fixture or two. Our guys have not been to the subcontinent many times before so it would be good to have some fixtures somewhere in the subcontinent as well,” said Cook.

Netherlands World Cup schedule

vs Pakistan – October 6 in Hyderabad

vs New Zealand – October 9 in Hyderabad

vs South Africa – October 17 in Dharamshala

vs Sri Lanka – October 21 in Lucknow

vs Australia – October 25 in Delhi

vs Bangladesh – October 28 in Kolkata

vs Afghanistan – November 3 in Lucknow

vs England – November 8 in Maharashtra

vs India – November 11 in Bengaluru

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