The Netherlands will go into the World Twenty20 qualifying tournament next month without Ryan ten Doeschate, who has declared himself unavailable because of other cricket commitments. Ten Doeschate is again in the Kolkata Knight Riders side for the IPL season, which starts on 4 April.

But the squad which took part in the Calypso Cup competition in the West Indies in January will be reinforced by the return of South Australia and VRA Amsterdam�s Tom Cooper, which means that there is no place in the T20 squad for Cooper�s VRA clubmate Eric Szwarczynski, despite his innings of 44 in the final Calypso Cup match against Jamaica.

Szwarczynski will, however, join the side for the three matches against Afghanistan which follow the qualifier, while Alexei Kervezee, who will be available for the two ODIs, will be unavailable for the four-day Intercontinental Cup match because of his commitments with Worcestershire.

Timm van der Gugten will again spearhead the attack, with Mudassar Bukhari, Ashan Malik, Tom Heggelman and captain Peter Borren completing the seam department.

Left-arm spinner Pieter Seelaar will be complemented by four possible off-spinners in Michael Swart � who sometimes opened the bowling in the West Indies � Cooper, Stephan Myburgh and Tim Gruijters.

The batting is likely to be led off by Myburgh and Swart, with Kervezee, Cooper, Wesley Barresi, Tom de Grooth, Borren, Bukhari and Gruijters to follow. Reserve wicketkeeper Atse Buurman completes the squad.

With only two places in the World Twenty20 tournament on offer, the sixteen-team qualifier seems certain to be a tough and demanding competition, with sides needing to finish in the top three of their group to have any chance of going through.

Afghanistan will be among the strongest opponents the Dutch will face in the group phase, but Canada, Papua New Guinea, Hong Kong and Nepal will all be looking to reach the play-offs, and neither Bermuda nor Denmark, who complete the group, should be taken lightly.

Announcing the squad, chairman of selectors Jeroen Smits said that despite the unavailability of Ten Doeschate the selectors had been able to assemble a strong combination both for theTwenty20 qualifier and the Afghanistan series, where the two ODIs will form part of the qualifying process for the 2015 World Cup.

�These are exciting months for Dutch cricket,� Smits added, �and we are convinced that with this squad we will be able to compete strongly for qualification in both T20 and the 50-over game.�

His words were echoed by national coach Peter Drinnen, who said: �It is a well balanced squad and one that is well suited to both the format and the conditions that are going to be encountered in the UAE.

�I know the quality of the work the players have put in over recent months and I feel they are well prepared and looking forward to the challenges that lie ahead. All who are competing know the significance of the tournament and it is going to be extremely tough few weeks though I know we have the squad to do well.�

The full squad for the World Twenty20 qualifier is:
Peter Borren (captain), Wesley Barresi (both VRA Amsterdam), Mudassar Bukhari (ACC), Atse Buurman, Tom Cooper (both VRA), Tom de Grooth (HCC), Tim Gruijters (Quick Haag), Timm van der Gugten (New South Wales), Tom Heggelman (Excelsior �20 Schiedam), Alexei Kervezee (Worcestershire), Ashan Malik (VOC Rotterdam), Stephan Myburgh (Excelsior �20), Pieter Seelaar (Hermes-DVS Schiedam), Michael Swart (Western Australia).