Maurits Jonkman
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Maurits Maarten Alexander Jonkman, born 20 March 1986 in The Hague
, South Holland
, is a Dutch
cricket
er who has represented the Netherlands in first-class
and One-Day International
cricket. He is a right-arm fast bowler.
His identical twin, Mark
, also represents the Netherlands in cricket.
The Hague
The Hague is the capital city of the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. With a population of 500,000 inhabitants , it is the third largest city of the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam...
, South Holland
South Holland
South Holland is a province situated on the North Sea in the western part of the Netherlands. The provincial capital is The Hague and its largest city is Rotterdam.South Holland is one of the most densely populated and industrialised areas in the world...
, is a Dutch
Dutch cricket team
The Dutch cricket team is a national cricket team representing the Netherlands. It is administered by the Koninklijke Nederlandse Cricket Bond which is based in Nieuwegein in the centre of the country and is older than many renowned cricket clubs in the West Indies, Australia, and New...
cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er who has represented the Netherlands in first-class
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
and One-Day International
One-day International
A One Day International is a form of limited overs cricket, in which a fixed number of overs, usually 50, but in the past 40, 45 or 60 overs, are played between two teams with international status. The Cricket World Cup is played in this format...
cricket. He is a right-arm fast bowler.
His identical twin, Mark
Mark Jonkman
Mark Benjamin Sebastiaan Jonkman is a Dutch cricketer. He is a right-arm fast bowler who has modelled his action on Australian fast bowler Brett Lee....
, also represents the Netherlands in cricket.