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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I believe Mandal is going to be our best batsman in the coming days. I wish CAN can take care of their financial matters so that he doesn’t opt to become business as he told to cricinfo earlier.
mandal hits duble 4 in this over
great
2 fours from anil off the new bowler…go nd smash the new bowlers nd they’ll come under pressure…………
Pani paryo.
i think the match has stopped due to continuous rain……….
jhan batsmen le ramro laya payako belama game stop hunu parne………
is match stopped by rain?
What happens if rain stops today’s full match, weather shows the whole day and night’s rain today at Bologna.
yeap, rain has stopped the play
Cricinfo wrote:
The rains coming down hard now and the umpires and players are pessimistic about the chances of any more play. If this match is called off today, it will be replayed from scratch on the rest day on Monday 16th August.
The rains coming down hard now and the umpires and players are pessimistic about the chances of any more play. If this match is called off today, it will be replayed from scratch on the rest day on Monday 16th August.
Good for Nepal. They know now they can bat well against any team. I am sure they will beat USA easily on Monday.
bad time to rain. nepal had just gained the momentum. and it’ll difficult for them to bat when they come out against the swinging ball in overcast condition.
anyways, anil is playing a good innings. he should anchor the team to a good score
Looks like the rain is easing a little now, but the outfield is very damp and muddy. The umpires are going out to the square for a little look.
argentina lai haraunu parcha