Ryan Neil ten Doeschate (Dutch pronunciation: ; born June 30, 1980) is a Dutch professional cricketer who has represented the Netherlands at both One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) level. Considered "one of the finest players the non-Test world has ever produced", he has been named ICC Associate Player of the Year on a record three occasions, in 2008, 2010, and 2011. Ten Doeschate holds the highest batting average in ODI cricket by a batsman with more than 20 innings.

Ryan ten Doeschate

Personal information
Full name	Ryan Neil ten Doeschate
Born	(1980-06-30) 30 June 1980 (age 38) Port Elizabeth, Cape Province, South Africa
Nickname	Tendo
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium-fast
Role	All-rounder
International information
National side	Netherlands
ODI debut (cap 30)	4 July 2006 v Sri Lanka
Last ODI	18 March 2011 v Ireland
T20I debut (cap 10)	2 August 2008 v Kenya
Last T20I	13 February 2010 v Ireland
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2003–present	Essex
2010–2011	Mashonaland Eagles
2010	Canterbury
2010–2011	Tasmania
2011–2015	Kolkata Knight Riders
2012	Impi
2012–2014	Otago
2013	Chittagong Kings
2013	Gazi Tank Cricketers
2014–2015	Adelaide Strikers
2015	Dhaka Dynamites
2016	Karachi Kings
2016	Comilla Victorians
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA Matches 33 10 170 219 Runs scored 1,541 252 10,140 5,826 Batting average 67.00 42.00 47.60 45.51 100s/50s 5/9 0/1 27/47 11/30 Top score 119 56 259* 180 Balls bowled 1,580 204 10,910 5,457 Wickets 55 12 212 173 Bowling average 24.12 20.08 33.83 30.29 5 wickets in innings 0 0 7 1 10 wickets in match n/a n/a 0 n/a Best bowling 4/31 3/23 6/20 5/50 Catches/stumpings 13/– 3/– 106/– 67/–
Source: CricketArchive, 1 September 2018

Born and raised in South Africa, ten Doeschate signed with Essex CCC for the 2003 English season, qualifying under the Bosman ruling through his Dutch (and hence European Union) citizenship. A right-handed all-rounder, he first represented the Dutch national team at the 2005 ICC Trophy, and has since played a number of other tournaments for the side, including the 2009 World Twenty20 and the 2011 World Cup. At the latter tournament, ten Doeschate scored 119 runs against England, the first ODI century by a Dutch player against a full member of the ICC. Ten Doeschate now lives in Loughton.

At domestic level, ten Doeschate first established himself as a regular for Essex during the 2006 season, and was named the team's limited-overs captain for the 2014 season. He has also represented a number of professional Twenty20 sides in other countries, including franchises in Australia's KFC Twenty20 Big Bash, the Bangladesh Premier League, the Indian Premier League, New Zealand's HRV Twenty20, South Africa's MiWay T20 Challenge, and Zimbabwe's Stanbic Bank 20 Series. Ten Doeschate's domestic commitments have prevented him from playing regularly for the Netherlands, with his most recent international match coming in 2011.