a Clydesdale Bank 40 match against the Derbyshire Falcons, ten Doeschate scored 109 not out In 2010, ten Doeschate led the batting averages for Essex in the Friends Provident t20, scoring 296 runs in six matches at an average of 59.20. In 2010, he signed with Tasmania for the Twenty20 Big Bash League. In January 2011, ten Doeschate was signed by Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League 2011 Auction, becoming the first Associate player to win an IPL contract. In 2016 he was appointed captain of Essex in the County Championship. In his first season as captain, he led the side to promotion to the first division. The following season Essex win the Championship. In January 2020, he stepped down as the captain of Essex after leading his club for four straight seasons. In 2015, he was signed by Dhaka Dynamites for the 2015–16 Bangladesh Premier League. International career In successive innings in international matches for The Netherlands in the ICC Intercontinental Cup competition in 2005 and 2006 he scored 84, 158, 138, 100 and finally 259 not out, the last innings setting a new record for the competition. Ten Doeschate was selected in the Netherlands squad for the 2007 Cricket World Cup. In a warm-up match he took five wickets against a strong India team. He followed this up by scoring 57 runs off 74 balls. In the opening match of the 2009 ICC World Twenty20, he contributed to the shock defeat of the host nation England, taking two wickets and scoring 22 not out. In October 2010, ten Doeschate was named the Associate and Affiliate Player of the Year at the ICC Awards in Bangalore. He had previously won this award in 2008. He won the award again in 2011. On 14 November 2017, ten Doeschate was recalled to the Dutch side after an almost six-year absence in order to help the Dutch qualify for the 2019 Cricket World Cup. In February 2018, the International Cricket Council (ICC) named ten Doeschate as one of the ten players to watch ahead of the 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament. In September 2019, he was named in the Dutch squad for the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament in the United Arab Emirates. Ahead of the tournament, the International Cricket Council (ICC) named him as the key player in the Dutch squad. In September 2021, he was