India, Feb. 20 -- The prospect of associate teams playing the Test nations outside of ICC events remains improbable in the foreseeable future, and Netherlands all-rounder Bas de Leede is mindful of that reality.Following the conclusion of their T20 World Cup campaign with a loss to India here on Wednesday, de Leede joined the chorus of players urging the authorities to organise more games against the full members, albeit with a pragmatic twist.

The Dutch have no cricket lined up until June. De Leede, son of former Netherlands international Tim de Leede, proposed that teams like India and Australia tour the Netherlands for a warm-up game or two ahead of their big-ticket assignments in England.

"The schedules at the moment are pretty cram...