Logan van Beek will turn out for the Netherlands in the 4-match series against the Black Caps over the next week but still holds ambitions of one day playing for New Zealand.
Logan van Beek playing for the Netherlands Photo: PHOTOSPORT
31 year old Van Beek was born in New Zealand and made his first class debut for Canterbury in 2010 before moving to Wellington in 2018.
He has become a well known figure on the domestic scene, but his international career has been limited, something he wants to change.
He made his first appearance for the country of his father's birth in 2014, but has only played 15 matches for them.
He now gets to play against his home team, hoping to prove something to the local selectors.
"When you're 19 and thinking about your cricket career and what you want to achieve playing for the Netherlands against New Zealand in New Zealand was something that seemed quite far fetched.
"So to have this opportunity is amazing and I'll be smiling the whole time."
Van Beek is the grandson of Simpson Guillen who played test cricket for both West Indies and New Zealand in the fifties.
"Technically I could play for the West Indies as well, but my father is Dutch and that's how I got that passport.
"It was a no-brainer to play for the Netherlands when it didn't clash with my commitments with Canterbury or Wellington and I saw it more as an opportunity to play international cricket."
However it is New Zealand he wants to play for.
He can still do that as an associate nation player can play for a full test member nation, but they can't go the other way before a three year stand down period.
Van Beek doesn't believe his chances of playing for the Black Caps are gone.
"I'm still playing for Wellington and still pushing my case for New Zealand and I asked the New Zealand selectors if playing fo the Netherlands hurt my chances of playing for the Black Caps and they said no way."
"It has been an ambition since I was a young boy and it's just the way my journey has gone so far and so I wouldn't be playing if I didn't have something to chase like that."
Van Beek has always been a talented sports person with basketball his other passion.
Van Beek playing for Wellington Photo: PHOTOSPORT
His first year out of school he went to Auckland and played professional basketball for the Auckland Stars and was also in the Breakers set-up for a while.
In 2010 he played in both the under-19 cricket world cup and the under-19 basketball world cup.
That New Zealand cricket side included the likes of Corey Anderson, Tom Blundell, Doug and Michael Bracewell, Tom Latham, Jimmy Neesham and Dane Cleaver.
While he played basketball alongside Rob Loe and Dion Prewster.
After the 2010 World Cup that Canterbury Cricket came calling and it wasn't long after that he made his first class debut.
This New Zealand tour is part of the ICC Super Series which involves the 12 full member nations and the Netherlands as a part of the qualifying process for the 2023 World Cup.
The Dutch will play one T20 and three ODI's - starting with the T20 in Napier on Friday.
It will give van Beek's family the opportunity to see him play for the Netherlands in person for the first time.
"They've never seen me play live, they've only ever seen me after having to wake up early in the morning.
"So this is going to be awesome to have them there live and dad is super proud that we're representing the family lineage and so I'm very privileged to be able to represent them.
The Netherlands tour of New Zealand:
March 25, vs New Zealand, T20 international, Napier
March 29, vs New Zealand, 1st ODI, Mt Maunganui
April 2, vs New Zealand, 2nd ODI, Hamilton
April 4, vs New Zealand, 3rd ODI, Hamilton.
