Top 5 teams who will not be playing the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup

4) Netherlands

The Netherlands

The Netherlands' first ever World Cup appearance was in the 1996 Cricket World Cup co-hosted by India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The team led by Steven Lubbers finished twelfth among the 12 participating Nations after losing all five group stage matches against South Africa, Pakistan, New Zealand, England and United Arab Emirates. After failing to qualify for the 1999 ICC Cricket World Cup, they made it to the 2003 edition co-hosted by South Africa, Zimbabwe and Kenya where they once again exited in the group stages with just one win out of six matches.

At the 2007 World Cup, they failed to progress beyond the Group stages after winning a solitary game out of three group matches. In the match against South Africa, Herschelle Gibbs smashed six sixes off Dan Van Bunge's over- a tournament first. The Dutch thus finished twelfth among the 16 nations at the 2007 edition in the Caribbean.

A disastrous 2011 campaign saw the Netherlands finish thirteenth out of 14 teams after failing to win a single game out of their six group matches. The Dutch, who have fond memories of defeating the hosts England in the opening game of the 2009 ICC World T20 at Lord's by four wickets would have loved playing in the familiar conditions had they booked a spot for the next summer's event in England and Wales. They finished seventh among the ten teams in the 2018 ICC World Cup qualifiers held in March this year.

ICC Cricket World Cup stats: Played-20, Won-2, Lost-18, Tied-0, No Result-0