Zuiderent is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler. He has previously played for Sussex, and was selected for the 1996 Cricket World Cup. He played in the ICC Trophy between 1997 and 2005.

He first came to prominence in the 1996 World Cup by scoring 54 against England as an 18 year old. He has gone on to feature in every World Cup game that his country has played, one of only two players to have done so. His unbeaten 116 against the United Arab Emirates in the 2005 ICC Trophy secured World Cup qualification for Netherlands as they scraped through in 5th place. He was the tournament's leading scorer that year with 474 runs and, in the World Cricket League in Kenya in 2007, he averaged 50.25 as the Netherlands continued their recent improvement to finish third.