Timm van der Gugten (born February 25, 1991) is an Australian-Dutch cricketer who made his debut for the Dutch national team in January 2012. He was born in Australia and has also played for several teams in Australian cricket.

Early life and domestic career

Van der Gugten was born in Sydney to a Dutch immigrant. He has a Dutch passport but was described as "very little Dutch" in a 2014 article in the Daily Telegraph. Van der Gugten was educated at St. Pius X College and made his first grade debut for the University of NSW Cricket Club in November 2006 at the age of 15.

At the time of its debut, only six players had performed in Sydney's first grade grade cricket at an earlier age. Van der Gugten, a former U17 and U19 national player, made his Futures League debut for the New South Wales U23 in September 2010 at the age of 19.

His first-class debut for the senior team came in November 2011 in a Sheffield Shield game against Western Australia. Van der Gugten played two more games in his debut season (a Ryobi One-Day Cup game and a second Shield game), but moved to Tasmania for the 2012/13 season. He made his debut for the team in February 2013 and played two Ryobi One-Day Cup games. However, Van der Gugten did not appear in senior appearances for Tasmania in the following two seasons and eventually lost his Tasmanian contract before the 2015/16 season.

In February 2016, van der Gugten signed a three-year contract with Glamorgan in England's county cricket.

International career

Van der Gugten first played for the Netherlands in January 2012 when the team appeared as a guest at the Caribbean Twenty20 2011-12. He won six wickets from four games, including 5/21 against Sussex (another invite team) and was retained in the Dutch squad for the 2015 World Twenty20 qualifier two months later.

At the World Twenty20 Qualifier, van der Gugten picked up five wickets from six games (with a Best of 4/22 against Bermuda) and also made his Twenty20 International debut against Canada. Later in 2012, he also made his world-class and One Day International (ODI) debuts for the Netherlands, which came against the United Arab Emirates and Afghanistan, respectively.

In an Intercontinental Cup game against Namibia in April 2013, van der Gugten scored the numbers 7/68 and 3/53 and recorded his first five and ten wicket hauls in first-class cricket. Later that year, in an ODI against Canada that was part of the World Cricket League Championship, he took the first five Canadian wickets to fall and left the team on 7/5. He eventually finished with numbers 5/24 of nine overs, becoming the first Dutchman to take an ODI five-wicket haul.

Van der Gugten continued his good form at the World Twenty20 2014 and won nine wickets from seven games (behind only Ahsan Malik for the Netherlands and eighth overall). Notable performances at the tournament included 3/30 against New Zealand and 1/11 (out of three overs) in the surprise win over England.

In September 2019 he was appointed to the Dutch squad for the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament in the United Arab Emirates. In September 2021 he was appointed to the Dutch squad for the ICC T20 Men's World Cup 2021.