Scott Edwards (cricketer)


Scott Andrew Edwards is a Dutch cricketer who represents the Netherlands. He made his first-class debut for the Netherlands against Namibia in the 2015–17 ICC Intercontinental Cup on 29 November 2017. He made his List A debut for the Netherlands against Namibia in the 2015–17 ICC World Cricket League Championship on 8 December 2017.

Early and domestic career

Edwards was born in Tonga but grew up in Australia. He qualified for the Netherlands through his Dutch grandmother, and holds dual citizenship of Australia and the Netherlands. In Australia he has played club cricket for Monash Tigers in Victorian Premier Cricket, and previously for Blackburn South Cricket Club. In Dutch club cricket he plays for Excelsior '20. He was an electrical apprentice before he began playing cricket professionally. He said "It was pretty surreal to be honest, was going about life as an apprentice and then all of a sudden you’re playing international cricket coming up against Chris Gayle and Evin Lewis — it was pretty exciting".
In July 2019, he was selected to play for the Rotterdam Rhinos in the inaugural edition of the Euro T20 Slam cricket tournament. However, the following month the tournament was cancelled.

International career

In June 2018, he was named in the Netherlands' Twenty20 International squad for the 2018 Netherlands Tri-Nation Series. He made his T20I debut for the Netherlands against Ireland on 12 June 2018.
In July 2018, he was named in the Netherlands' One Day International squad, for their series against Nepal. He made his ODI debut for the Netherlands against Nepal on 1 August 2018.
In September 2019, he was named in the Dutch squad for the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament in the United Arab Emirates. Ahead of the tournament, the International Cricket Council named him as the player to watch in the Dutch squad. In April 2020, he was one of seventeen Dutch-based cricketers to be named in the team's senior squad.