Nepal registered a five-wicket victory over hosts Italy in the Pepsi ICC World Cricket League Division 4 cricket, but the win brought more concerns than celebrations.
After asking Italy to bat first, Nepal bowled it out for lowly 71 in 33.1 overs. Nepal’s chase was however not on the par with the bowling as it lost five wickets while reaching the target in 25 overs.
Mehboob Alam hit a six to end the match in Nepal’s favor. He was not out on 16 along with Sharad Vesawkar (10) while top-order failed to cope with the bouncing astro-turf.
In-form Anil Mandal and Gyanendra Malla were both out without scoring while Mahesh Chhetri (19), Shakti Gauchan (12) and Paras Khadka (9) were other batsmen out. H Jayasena took two wickets for Italy.
Earlier, in a rain-affected match which was reduced to 40-over-a-side, Nepal elected to field first and the bowlers claimed regular wickets to bowl out the hosts for a lowly total.
Amrit Bhattarai was the pick of Nepali bowlers taking 3 wickets for 8 runs in 6.1 overs while Paras Khadka, Shakti Gauchan and Basant Regmi each took two wickets. Binod Das took a wicket.
Only four Italian batsmen reached double digit, H Jayasena (16), P Petricola (15), H Patrizi (13) and A Northcote (10).
In the other match of the day, USA defeated Tanzania by 10 wickets completing a chase to 129 in 13th over.
Nepal scheduled match against USA on Monday will not be played for the playing conditions of the event states that all teams should play equal number of matches. On Sunday, the match between Argentina and Cayman Islands was abandoned and only that match will be replayed with all three matches of the first day going as the no result.
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alam…. my boy…. love you..
we love our players more than any others…
USA’s NRR is +7.861 and Nepal’s is +1.305….this could be worrying, Nepal has to defeat USA so that we don’t have to rely on NRR to qualify for final
Congrats to Nepal on the win but not convincing. Anyways, it is always better to learn from mistake and comeback in a more Rocking way in the next match. US were rocking in today’s match. Tom it wud be Nep v/s USA. Right?
why was argentina vs cayman islands game abandoned? is it due to yesterday’s bus accident? or weather related?
noone was hurt in accident. weather must be
whatever happens nepal must win tomorrow.
go nepal go
Well done boys.. keep it up your good works
HI. i m also from dubai and lover of nepali cricket.
is there is anyways we could watch these games live!!!!!! help me out guys …….
no broadcast just live scorecard from cricinfo..and in some cases with live text commentary…nothing to watch or listen
like people of Kuwait has done, Nepalese in Italy could use ustream website to stream the live videos through internet. They just need a laptop, internet and a camera.
Game won by Nepal that’s very good but don’t happy by seeing batsman performance. Hoping good opening partnership against usa. Anyway congratulations to all player and all neplalese fans. …..
All the best Nepal..
Nepal can win USA
Congrats nepal….need to prove more….5 wk fall made meh sad …2,3 wk fall wud have made us mor happy….USA is strong bt nt unbeatable…..we knocked em in nepal bfore and 2morrow ll b another lucky day for us….hail nepal…
Guys we won the match …………..but its not the big win for us coz we all knew Nepal would win before the start of the game…it was jus the formality…………
but looking at the performance today i m a bit worried abt our team……………
usa is looking really a big threat for Nepal…………….
they won by 10 wickets and with a bang…………..
hope our boys can deliver what they did in the final here in Nepal………..
com’on boys make us proud………win over usa…………
best wishes for all our players………….We love you……….
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Cheers for todays win………….keep it on guys……………..
sathi ho cricinfo ma commentry pani sunna sakin6 ra?????????????
you cannot listen to commentary on cricinfo…but for some matches there will be text commentary to read
boys at least top two la. best of luck.
Italy tried to sabotage Nepal by scheduling the first match against USA in this sub standard pitch, If Nepal lost that match Nepal would have been in tremendous pressure going to today’s match against Italy in that same minefield of a pitch ( without adequate time for psychological recovery).But the rain yesterday foil their plan, Nepal went to today’s match without any pressure & also won a very important toss.Italy knew they can beat Nepal only in a bowler friendly sub standard pitch but their best laid plan went in vein.
Well done nepal…………congratulation!.
But u have to work hard to win 2maro. USA looking solid.
Best of Luck for 2MARO MATHC.
aja NEPAL vs USA match hudaina jasto cha? Cricinfo le pani upcoming live match ma rakhya chaina ra shakti le pani interview ma bholi (Monday) rest garne ho ani parsi ramro khelna parcha bhanya cha. Can anyone make clear about today’s match?
“The USA plays Cayman Islands on Tuesday and a rain- abandoned rematch appearance against nemisis Nepal on Thursday. The USA will enjoy tomorrow(Monday) as a rest day” it is written in Usage cricket news.so today there will no match between Nepal and usa.
For detail. http://Www.dreamcricket.com
How is today’s weather condition in Italy?
Today also Nepal will play in yesterday’s ground?
Best of Luck Nepalese Team.
Mehaboob alam shud b trusted m0re n shud open in place of mahesh.What say guys?
no ………………mahesh is a solid opening batsmen .he has good skill and technique to deal with the swing….. moreover he cant contribute in the lower order……..
Alam is a good heater and we need him till the last over…..
Today there is no game of Nepal. Today is rest day and Nepal vs usa match will be played on Thursday.
Keep it up Nepal!! I am following Nepal’s progress and I wrote a small article on yesterday’s match though I have to say I don’t know much about Nepal’s cricket.
http://greyblazerr.blogspot.com/2010/08/good-start-by-nepal.html
Reaz, for your info I have to say that matches of div 4 are scheduled by ICC not by Cricket Italy.