In terms of funds and sponsors, the Dutch are in a good position. But in terms of grass roots development, they are in a horrible state. A number of cricket clubs, especially those based outside the capital region have closed down in the recent years. Two decades ago, the club players were 70% Dutch and 30% foreigner. Now it has reversed (70% expats and 30% Dutch). They are managing to stay competitive at the top level because some of the Dutch players are part of the county system (vdMerwe, vMeekeren, vdGugten, Klassen, deLeede, vBeek.etc). But the younger players are not coming through.
In order to do that, they will have to make use of the money that they are getting right now. They will need to use that to attract young players interested in playing cricket. For Netherlands, I understand that one of the biggest problems is that kids aren't very interested in playing cricket. It is time for that to change. However, if the amount of money you receive is not going to be sufficient for you in your life, you are not willing to choose that work as your profession as long as you are not receiving that amount of money.
@Kro55 while Netherland’s have grown well, but they’re yet to scale it up and if they want to achieve constant success then they need to to groom their domestic cricket player’s well. @Sithara007 I totally agree with you and it’s really baffling to see because they have the funds yet they’re unable to make good use of it to groom their young player’s, however whenever they’re able to groom them then they’ll definitely achieve great success in the T20 format.
I don't know whether the money that Netherlands is receiving is actually being used to improve the game of cricket. Because I believe Netherlands team would have been able to do better if that money had been used properly. The improvements are just not visible as they should be. In order for Netherlands to be able to compete at the top level of cricket, or even at least among the top 10, they will need to improve in many ways.