Cricket Netherlands (KNCB) have adopted for a new format for the TopKlasse One-day competition for the season of 2025, that begins 27th April. There will not be any play-offs stage unlike the previous year’s editions and minimum two (2) clubs will be relegated directly, while the club finishing at number 8 in the points table, will play a promotion-relegation match against the Champion club of the Hoofdklasse division. The set-up is being implemented to make it an eight (8) club competition from the 2026 season. Although Netherlands National set-up players will be missing some of the games for their respective clubs, as they will be involved in back-to-back ODI Tri-series rounds in the CWC League 2 ODI Championship in May and June, with the T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier also scheduled in July at home.
Peter Ruffel (NZ), Jack Cassidy (NZ), Patrick Gouge (Jersey), Oliver White (NZ), Joshua Brown (SA), Jaydan Peskin (SA), Gavin Kaplan (SA), Carl Mumba (Zimbabwe), Henry Melville (Australia), Jason van der Meulen (SA), Lukas Boorer (Australia), Kyle Kleese (SA) etc., are some of the overseas players among many others, to be seen during this season of TopKlasse cricket.
TopKlasse 2025 Schedule
05th May 2025: HCC vs VCC (Scorecard) ; HBS vs Sparta 1888 (Scorecard) ; Hermes DVS vs VRA (Scorecard) ; Kampong vs Punjab-Ghausia (Scorecard) ; VOC vs Excelsior’20 (Scorecard)
