Nepal warmed up for the Pepsi ICC World Cricket League Division 4 in Italy by winning both of its practice matches convincingly.
Nepal defeated Cayman Islands, a participating nation in the event, by seven wickets in a warm up matches on August 12. Two days ago, Nepal had defeated overpowered local Bologna Cricket Club by 288 runs.
Cayman Islands was bowled out for 169 in 47 overs at Navile ground. Captain Paras Khadka, pacer Manjit Shrestha, Amrit Bhattarai and left-arm spinner Shakti Gauchan each grabbed two wickets while Rahul Biswokarma and Pradeep Airee got a wicket each.
In reply, Nepal chased the target in 29.2 overs losing three wickets. Anil Mandal missed a century as he was out on 93 while Pradeep Airee, who hit a six for the victory, remained unbeaten on 35. Shakti contributed 27 runs. Mahesh Chhetri was out early on seven.
On Saturday, Nepal open the campaign against United States of America (USA).
On Tuesday, vice captain Gyanendra Malla smashed a century to help his side to a massive 288-run victory.
Nepal batted first and scored a mammoth 367/6 in 50 overs with top scores from Malla (128), skipper Paras Khadka (86) and Anil Mandal (60).
In reply, the local club was dismissed for only 79 all out in the 28th over, with Binod Kumar Das (4-31) and Basant Regmi (3-6) being the pick of the bowlers.
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Mahesh Chhetri is out. He lost patience, which is a key on the surface like this. Nepal should play patience for few more overs and then attack. The ball will help the bowler in the early morning.
One more down. Come on Nepal be steady
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shakti is out
Shakti pani out.
nepal has clinched,will clincu & will be clinching usa again & again
End of over 4 (5 runs) Nepal 11/2 P Khadka 0* (1b) Usman Shuja 2-0-7-1
AK Mandal 5* (10b 1×4)
3.6
Usman Shuja to Khadka, no run, left alone outside off, another good over for USA
3.5
Usman Shuja to Gauchan, OUT, sharp bounce as Gauchan goes on the back foot to defend, the ball glances off the gloves and the keeper takes a simple catch. The batsmen stands his ground but the umpire raises the finger
SP Gauchan c Baker b Usman Shuja 0 (2b 0×4 0×6) SR: 0.00
going bad.;…… guys be patient for few ovrs.
What is going on?
Nepal losing second wicket!
Shakti Gauchan also lost his wicket
Winning toss was vital in this pitch, as rain in the previous day made this pitch bowler friendly for the first session. That’s why USA chose to bowl first. Patience is key. Both batsmen gone were out in the bouncer.
Nepal 16/2 (5.4 ov
wht the hell this umpire is….both of the catches were off the gloves…
but boys be patient n play ur natural games……
Catches off the gloves are still catches.
25 30 over samma 3 wicket jati matra gaye ta, they can attack from there on. we have depth in the batting
Jaile yo mula usa le tens0n dincha yar
they are the catches but i dont think that they become wickets……to be a wicket the catch should either be off the bat or off the handel of the bat…..hoina ra sujan ji????
hoina, gloves bata catch bhayeko lai pani catch maninchha sagar ji. forearm maa lageko lai catch maninna sayad.
THis is the key partnership… they must stand in the wicket…
I am happy with the current run rate of 2.54 unless any more wicket falls down. We can attack later.
don`t worry gyes nepal will win..the have to…
Any part of gloves..that is out sagar.
However, as Shakti stood his ground, I believe he may not have been out. But that’s cricket.
I dont think wicket wise it would have mattered a lot although it rained yesterday…as its astro….plus it would have been covered. However, it is going to rain later..so USA probably plans to contain Nepal for very little runs…and when the game played is reduced, due to rain predicted later…they still have 10 wickets..so they can attacj from the beginning. cunning US.
Astro turf le tyati farak na paare pani atmosphere maa bhayeko moisture le ball lai swing ra bounce huna help garchha hola ni noire ji. Tanzania le pani Argentina lai trouble didai chha.
sayad hola sujan ji……cricinfo ko commentry le yeso bhancha:
Usman Shuja to Mandal, no run, short ball which Mandal tries to lean out the way, but the ball angles back and hits some padding hard. The ball agonisingly drops short of the diving slip fielder. The USA would have claimed the catch but I think it hit his arm guard rather than glove
Yeah, arm guard maa lageko lai out maninna, tara gloves ko catch is always out.
paras hits four..well done
yes sujan, i got it…..thnx for the clarification!!!!
But as Noire said, I also believe that Shakti might not have touched the ball, that is why he opted to stay in the pitch.