Erik H. Dulfer (born 6 April 1961) is a former Dutch international

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er who represented the Dutch national side between 1985 and 1997. He played as a right-arm

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bowler. Dulfer was born in

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, and played his club cricket for Excelsior '20. He made his senior national debut in 1985, on a tour of England,Miscellaneous matches played by Eric Dulfer
– CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 March 2016. and the following year played a single match at the

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in England (against

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). At the

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, which the Netherlands hosted, Dulfer played in seven of his team's nine matches, including the final against

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. He took 11 wickets, behind only

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and Andre van Troost amongst his teammates, and against

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took figures of 5/38. Dulfer toured England in 1992, playing against several county teams, but then had to wait five years for another game with the national team. He returned to the side in June 1997, in a friendly match against

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, and later in the year played against

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in the

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, a game which held

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status.List A matches played by Eric Dulfer
– CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 March 2016. Dulfer married fellow cricketer Ingrid Keijzer (played 95 games for the Dutch national handballteam women) has 3 children and is the father of the handball player Kelly Dulfer.

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