Nepal confirmed its place in the Pepsi ICC World Cricket League Division 4 with a thumping victory over Cayman Islands in Medicina, Italy.
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In a crucial match important for relegation, Nepal bowled out Cayman Islands for 69 in 39.5 overs — with left-arm spinner Basant Regmi taking four wickets. Nepal”s batting was not on par with bowling but the victory was completed in 17.2 overs at the loss of three wickets.
Mahesh Chhetri started aggressively but he edged to second slip trying to cut wide to M Bryan. He scored 19 off 22 balls. An over later, Anil Mandal (2) departed edging to rising delivery of C Wright.
At 27/2, Paras Khadka and Shakti Gauchan added 24 runs before the skipper was clean bowled trying to lift a shot. He made 13 off 20. Shakti (13 not out) and Gyanendra Malla (9 not out) then took Nepal home without further damage.
Earlier, Cayman Islands elected to bat first. They started slow but well adding 17 for opening stand. A clever work by Mahesh behind the wicket undid J Linton, who forgot to step back after leaving Amrit Bhattarai”s delivery to keeper.
Amrit then claimed R Sealy (11) who top-edged to Anil while trying to pull. Mehboob Alam, who bowled third for Manjeet Shrestha shared new ball with Amrit, claimed two quick wickets as Cayman went down to 25/5 in the 12th over.
R Bovell tried to held back the innings with fighting 31 not out but he ran out of partners as Basant came into action drying up runs and picking regular wickets. Rahul Biswokarma also claimed a wicket.
Man of the Match Basant Regmi commented, “I played my normal game today to claim my four wickets and it’s always nice to have your achievements recognised but ultimately I and the team are disappointed that we have not won promotion to Division 3.
“We still have the belief as a side that we could have been promoted but we just did not perform to the standard of cricket we know we are capable of playing. It’s now a case of returning to Nepal to look at what went wrong and to correct it for the future”.
On Saturday, Nepal plays Tanzania for third place. Tanzania defeated Nepal in the league match defending 117 that made it difficult for Nepal to reach the final and qualify for the Division 3.
Argentina and Cayman Islands will play the fifth-place playoff but both of them have been now been relegated to Division 5 while USA and Italy have been promoted to Division 3 and will compete for the title.
On Friday, Italy defeated Tanzania by 167 runs. They won all matches except the one against Nepal. USA beat Argentina by 196 runs.
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haina yar arjentina le kahile kahita hanchha yar run ta yar nepal lai ta 194 ko target diyeko thiyo
@sujal
maybe shakti is talented but talent is needed when required ! talent is not required for minnows like bhutan malaysai maldives ….. talent is required against uae , afghan , usa at the moment !!
is there any possibility for nepal to get prometed to division 4?
k garchha yar arjentina le yar
we are already in divsion 4 !
@sujan butwal. ….
good to see you staying positive !
guys, any chance for NEpal now?
khai k khai k ar
Division 3 ma jane chance chha but ahile hoina only in 2012 year ma.
arko division 4 cricket kaile huncha?
next div 4 in 2012
Hera kta ho u.s.a le dhobi haneko,nepali playr haru 17/5 vaye defend garda gardai 50 ma all out huntho,attack ta kaile gara sikeko va po..
maha jhau game
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2012 ma div 4 hun6 ani 2013 ma div 3 hun6.. tyo div 3 ko final ma pugyo vane “world cup qualifier” khelna pau6 nepal le.. Ani tyo world cup qualifier ma khelne 12 countries including nepal maddhe bata top 4 le 2015 world cup khelna pau6.. So wait for 2 years.. Nepal yo div 4 ma 3rd vo vane sayad Nepal le 2012 ko div 4 h0st garna pauna sakthyo but tyo dhunga kanda le h0st garna paudaina h0la.. Wel best of luck for 2012 div 4 and 2013 div 3 and hopefully for world cup qualifiers..
Anyway, Nepal has bowled well 2day as alwayz. Nepal has to learn a lesson dat bowling alone is not gonna lead nepal to victory, batting is a must too! Best of luck 4 nepal in nxt tymz group divison 4 match!
Haina eso analyze garda ta Nepal lai div4 ma basda faida hola kinki div4 bata div 3 ma pugera top 2 banyo vane div 1 directly..ani 2 barsa prepare grne mauka pani…hehehe..lol
Madhu chips in “If US makes 200 and loses in 36 overs then Nepal will have to score the 70 needed for victory in 8 overs.
yo sab yahiyat ho yar. nepal le yo palta div 3 jana paudaina. afu le kehi garna nasakne ani aru ko bhar parera hunchha.
aja attaking khelera k garne
@ sir_rose, ahile div 3 ma jane ho vane WC qualifier ko lagi 2 chance painchha. div 3 bata and div 2 bata.experience pani huntio top team sanga khelna pauda. ani auta proud ko kura pani hunchha ni.