Peter Borren, the newly-appointed Netherlands captain, has backed his team to upstage Scotland in the upcoming Intercontinental Cup fixture in Deventer

Cricinfo staff09-Jun-2010Peter Borren, the newly-appointed Netherlands captain, has backed his team to upstage Scotland in the upcoming Intercontinental Cup fixture in Deventer. Netherlands will be fielding a depleted side with some players unavailable due to injury and work commitments, but Borren said his side has the wherewithal to improve their position in the points table – they are currently placed fifth – with a win.”I think we certainly have the bowlers to take 20 wickets in the match,” Borren said. “The trick for us will be scoring the runs and I will be looking to our top order to give us a good start. If one can score a century and two or three others support him with 50s then I think we will be in a very strong position.”It can be a difficult transition from one-day cricket, which is what we have mostly been playing, to the four-day competition. Our batsmen will have to build innings and take it one session at a time in order to occupy the crease and spend some time out in the middle.”Scotland are placed second, eight points behind Afghanistan, and a win against Netherlands will take them to the top. Scotland, who won the inaugural edition of the tournament in 2004, have seven players in their squad who are on full-time contracts – Richie Berrington, Qasim Sheikh, Gordon Goudie, Majid Haq, Steven Smith, Ross Lyons and Moneeb Iqbal.Netherlands (squad): Peter Borren (capt), Wesley Barresi, Tom de Grooth,Mark Jonkman, Ruud Nijman, Pieter Seelaar, Eric Szwarczynski, Steven deBruin, Adeel Raja, Wilfred Diepeveen, Berend Westdijk, Floris Kingma, RifaizBakas.Scotland (squad): Gordon Drummond (capt), Dougie Lockhart, PrestonMommsen, Qasim Sheikh, Richie Berrington, Neil McCallum, Gregor Maiden,Majid Haq, Moneeb Iqbal, Matthew Parker, Gordon Goudie, Ross Lyons, SimonSmith.