Player of the Match
Player of the Match

END OF OVER:
50 | 8 Runs 2 Wkts | WI: 339/7 | RR: 6.78

  • Jason Holder16 (10b)
  • Lalit Rajbanshi10-0-52-3
  • Karan KC10-1-81-1

West Indies have posted a decent total on the back of two sublime centuries from their captain Shai Hope and the southpaw Nicholas Pooran. The decision to bowl first proved to be a good one for Nepal as they managed to get early wickets and created panic in the bowling powerplay but once that partnership got going, they found it tough to make inroads as the West Indies experience came to the fore and dominated the proceedings. Nepal would rue the costly dropped chance of Pooran when he was still in single figures but now they will have to put it all behind and challenge the West Indian bowlers and take the game deep. I'll take my laptop off the ice pack, slow down the fan, and then Danyal Rasool will be here to guide you through the first 10 overs of Nepal's reply

Sudesh: "Bhurtel and Aasif should come really good today. Nepal requires an opening partnership similar to one they had against Zimbabwe few days back. Bhurtel can complete his century and thereby cross his heart breaking 99 . On the other hand a big innings from Aasif would nullify his dropped catch. Both batters are talented and if Nepal have to come good , these two batters contribution is need of hour. All the best Nepal. "

Janak: "Every cloud has silver lining, at least the boys are taking wickets... too late though"

Shrochis: "I am going to spend the next 30 or so minutes imagining that Nepal hunt this target down successfully. What fun that would be!"

Nicholas Pooran: I definitely enjoyed that, scored a century after a while, that partnership was very important, we were trying to score 300 plus. I wasn't thinking too much about the situation. Hope has been doing it for the team since last five six overs

49.6
W
Rajbanshi to Paul, OUT, Holder makes a mess of his stumps! Rajbanshi bags his third scalp with a beauty. He doesn't misses his target and fires a yorker straight at the stumps, Holder was backing away to club it over the off side, misses the line and the furniture is disturbed. Jubilation for Rajbanshi who finishes his spell on a high

KMA Paul b Rajbanshi 1 (2m 2b 0x4 0x6) SR: 50.00

49.5
1
Rajbanshi to Holder, 1 run, Darting in from outside off, he shimmies down and forces it away to extra cover. Superb over from Rajbanshi so far, hasn't given them room to free arms and held his composure
49.4
2
Rajbanshi to Holder, 2 runs, Goes full again on middle, works through midwicket
49.3
1
Rajbanshi to Paul, 1 run, Round the wicket, full toss on off, plays it uppishly to deep extra cover
49.2
W
Rajbanshi to Hope, OUT, Another one bites the dust! Got the elevation on this occasion but didn't get the distance. Departs after a staggering innings of 132 and has put West Indies in a very strong position. Ball was pitched up and he couldn't get underneath, long-off swallows it down his throat

SD Hope c Sharki b Rajbanshi 132 (197m 129b 10x4 3x6) SR: 102.32

49.1
4
Rajbanshi to Hope, FOUR, Tossed up, fuller on off, he came down the track and steers it past the leaping short third fielder for a boundary, not much wrong with the delivery but he got lucky here

Ruwantha Ediris: "Fielding is below par. They really need a proper bowling coach and need to practice on fielding. "

Ujwal: "Look at how it started and now look how it's going. Cricket do not wait so long to shift the momentum and with this great side if you give Aarif a long spell then of course they'll smash it. It's a steep hill to climb now for Nepal, but let's pray the boys will do it."

END OF OVER:
49 | 13 Runs | WI: 331/5 | RR: 6.75

  • Shai Hope128 (127b)
  • Jason Holder13 (8b)
  • Karan KC10-1-81-1
  • Lalit Rajbanshi9-0-44-1
48.6
1
Karan KC to Hope, 1 run, Searching for the yorker, not that far away from the blockhole, lands on fifth stump line, opens the face of the bat and strokes a single through cover-point

Nepal 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st5K BhurtelAasif Sheikh
2nd18Aasif SheikhB Sharki
3rd25Aasif SheikhRK Paudel
4th33Aarif SheikhRK Paudel
5th11Aarif SheikhKushal Malla
6th37Aarif SheikhDS Airee
7th68Aarif SheikhGulsan Jha
8th7Aarif SheikhS Lamichhane
9th8Aarif SheikhKaran KC
10th26Karan KCLN Rajbanshi

ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier

Super Six
TeamMWLPTNRR
SL33060.91
NED32140.662
SCOT32140.215
WI3122-0.091
ZIM3122-0.748
OMA3030-1.087
Group A
TeamMWLPTNRR
ZIM44082.241
NED43160.669
WI42240.525
NEP4132-1.171
USA4040-2.164
Group B
TeamMWLPTNRR
SL44083.047
SCOT43160.54
OMA4224-1.221
IRE4132-0.061
UAE4040-2.249