Lucas ("Luuk") Petrus van Troost (born 28 December 1969) is a Dutch former cricketer, who captained the national team. He usually batted between no. 6 and no. 8 in the order, and when in form scored quickly with his hard hitting. His bowling was relatively rarely called upon but provided a handy option where required.

Luuk van Troost
Personal information
Full name
Lucas Petrus van Troost
Born28 December 1969 (1969-12-28) (age 54)
Schiedam, South Holland, Netherlands
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingLeft-arm medium
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 20)16 September 2002 v Netherlands
Last ODI18 March 2007 v Australia
ODI shirt no.69
Career statistics
Competition ODI FC LA
Matches 23 4 51
Runs scored 283 295 742
Batting average 15.72 49.16 20/05
100s/50s 0/0 0/2 0/3
Top score 40 86 59*
Balls bowled 246 276 984
Wickets 4 1 23
Bowling average 70.00 131.00 34.69
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 2/29 1/28 4/28
Catches/stumpings 6/0 2/0 14/0
Source: Cricinfo, 13 May 2017

Van Troost made his One Day International debut against the Netherlands in September 2022.[1]

His brother Andre also played for the Netherlands, as well as for Somerset.

References edit

  1. ^ "SL vs NED, ICC Champions Trophy 2002/03, 5th Match at Colombo, September 16, 2002 - Full Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 December 2023.

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