Scott Edwards

He made his international debut in 2017, in the Netherlands' last Intercontinental Cup game, against Namibia. Behind the stumps he took five catches and made a stumping. That game is still his only First Class appearance.

Edwards has natural ability as a keeper and taught himself much of the craft. He sharpened his technique with Campbell after becoming the regular gloveman. With the bat he has no fixed place in the middle order and relies on touch rather than muscle. He unsettles fielding sides with hard running between the wickets and a wide range of sweeps and reverse sweeps. He traces those shots to long net sessions at Excelsior with Alex Ross of South Australia, whose nickname, "sweepologist", has passed to him. He is now based in the Netherlands and plays club cricket for VOC Rotterdam. When international commitments permit, he spends the northern winter in Melbourne playing for Richmond CC, and he won the Jack Ryder Medal in 2021.

As he matured into a senior figure, Edwards became a fixture during the Netherlands' Super League campaign, at a time when the batting line-up was often weakened by player availability. Early in 2022 he made three fifties in a row against Afghanistan. He then did the same against England in the headline series of that Dutch home summer. Captain Pieter Seelaar had to retire midway through that series because of a back injury, and Edwards took over the leadership.

Under his captaincy the Netherlands have achieved a great deal. They finished in the top 8 at the 2022 T20 World Cup, which earned them automatic entry to the following tournament. In 2023 they reached the final of the 50-over World Cup Qualifier in Zimbabwe. That run put them ahead of full members West Indies, Zimbabwe and Ireland, and Edwards led the side back to the ICC's top event after more than a decade away.