Nepal´s experiments with new opening pair ended in a nine-run defeat against Tanzania in the Pepsi ICC World Cricket League Division 4 at Centro Sportivo Ca´Nova, Medicina, Italy on Tuesday.
After a long gap, Mehboob Alam was asked to open with Anil Mandal and the pair were out without scoring as Nepal were bundled out for 108 in 44.1 overs chasing 117 for victory.
The Asian Cricket Council (ACC) has published the fixtures for cricket competition in the 16th Asian Games 2010.
Nepal will compete against Hong Kong and Maldives in Group D for qualification to play against seeded teams in men’s competition. Malaysia, Singapore and China are in Group C and the top two teams from each group will join Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan in the knock-out competition.
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.
Nepal will participate in both, men and women, Twenty20 cricket event in the Asian Games in Guangzhou, the XVI Asiad, as the teams have been confirmed for the event.
There are ten countries participating in the men’s competition and eight in the women’s, according to Asian Cricket Council (ACC).
Rain played spoilsport as the inaugural match between Nepal and USA in the Pepsi ICC World Cricket League Division 4 in Italy was called off after 14 overs on Saturday.
Paras Khadka pulls against USA in the World Cricket League Division 4 match. Photo by International Cricket Council.
Nepal was 51/2 with in-form Anil Mandal on 30 and captain Paras Khadka on 10 when the match was halted by rainfall and finally called off for the day without a result. The teams will play a fresh rematch on Monday.