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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Nepal ko lagi ajha pane mauka haru 6na…aba ko acc trophy 20-20 ma finalist vaye sayad 20-20 wc qualifier khelna pau6 hola kina vane icc le qualifying team badaune vane6….ani odi ko kura 6.yesto taal le div 3 ma garo hunthyo january mai div 3 cha.aba nepal lai div4 ko lagi prep hune time jati pane6.lagani badaunu par6,regularly tournament vaye garo 6ina…div 4 ra 3 ma finalist vaye ta vagya badlinthyo.wc qualifier,odi status paune chance…aba chai sochnai parne time 6…wake up CAN.
yo game jityo bhane uta usa haryo bhane div3 ko lagi select hunchha hoina ra ????????
sale khate Maheshe le maiden over khayo
Oye Anil Desh ko lagi khel yarr…Run haan atleat 100 ko strike rate le
@shreesh….in that condition run rate come into play…..USA ko runrate ramro hunchha nepalko bhanda
nepal le asai mari sakechha very slow batting aba usa hare pani mathi pugyo
USA harne chance sayad aba sambhab nai chhaina..so guyz aba Nepal ko ajhai sunaulo chance chha in DIV 4 2012..Kinaki aba ko kehi mahina pachi Nepal ko busy schedule chha…Asian Games ma pani Sri Lanka,Pakistan,Bangladesh jasto team sanga khelne mauka chha..Tepachhi ACC ko Tournaments haru chha…Aba next DIV 4 ma NISCHAL PANDEY lai lyaunai parchha..MAile ahile samma dekheko Nepali player madhye aggressive batsman n aggresive bowler ho NISCHAL PANDEY
Khate Argentinaka bowlerharu 17/5 bata 226/6….300 nai pugla jasto chha…
Atleast yar 8 over ma game sakin6 yar powerplay ani 10 wickets in hand, go wild boys
sas rahe samma ash chhodhu hunna very bad strategy by Nepali team 10 wkts le jitnu bhandha good runrate chaiyo.
shakti lai kina lyako yaar!!!
paras, alam….aayeko bhaye hunthyo……is pradeep airee playing today?
Chetri mula out
Gauchan pheri pathayo
I think that all player r hopeless
why sakti ? jabo 70 run chha alam lai lyara runrate badaunu parne ma yo ball eater lai kina lyako
USA 17/5 ani 233/6 kasto khate bowler argentina ko.. Baru nepal thk 6
what modernisation u all can people make our player worst. u people need to be modern nization ok not me
Nepal is on way out. They are on path to defeat Tanzania and have 8 points
. USA and Italy qualifying. Very Sad 
Nepal confirmed to not qualify for Div 3. I am seriously heart broken. Italy qualified. Italy where u play Football or Rugby, not cricket. A country with passion for cricket did not
. Hey CAN listen to ur countryman. Approach BCCI. They will surely send teams and help you develop.
But all is not lost. Before WC 2015, another Div 4 and Div 3 will happen. Nepal have a chance then. Best of luck and fans don’t leave the team. They just missed it in the crucial match of Tanzania
ya buddy CAN must reffer bcci 4 the development of cricket in nepal as pcb did to develop 4 the development of cricket in afganstan
Aja k ko pressure cha ra defend gareko,shakti lai chhai k ko pressure 4 ball khelisakyo run banena
gouchan lai kina liyako ha,, 36 ball ma 1 run banayera out huney player, becouse of him we lost yesterday