FILE PHOTO: The Netherlands' Pieter Seelaar celebrates taking the wicket of India's Yusuf Pathan during their ICC Cricket World Cup match in New Delhi March 9, 2011. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
(Reuters) - Although nearly four centuries have passed since Dutch explorer Abel Tasman discovered New Zealand, his adventurous spirit lives on in a new generation of pioneers from the Netherlands - only this time they are traveling for a game of cricket.
For the first time, New Zealand will host a team from beyond the elite world of test-playing nations for an international tour, arranging a one-off Twenty20 with the Dutch on Friday and three one-day internationals between March 29 and April 4.
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