ICC Cricket World Cup League-2 : Nepal lost to Namibia
In the first match between Nepal and Namibia in the ICC World Cricket League-2, Nepal lost to Namibia by 4 wickets. Namibia got off to a winning start by defeating Nepal in the match at TU Cricket Ground on Thursday. This is Nepal’s first defeat in ODI at home after the arrival of coach Monty Desai.
Nepal set a target of 133 runs for victory, Namibia achieved the target by losing 6 wickets in 33.1 overs.
Jan Freilink top scored for Namibia with 34 and returned to the pavilion. Namibian opener Nicholas Davin was dismissed for 15 runs.
Namibia lost Michael van Lingen as their second wicket. He was also dismissed by Nepal’s Lalit. Michael returned to the pavilion with 23 off 33 balls. He hit 3 fours off 33 balls.
Namibia captain Gerhard Erasmus 8, Zane Green 2, Jan Nicol Lofty -Eaton made 31 runs.
Sompal Kami took the most 3 wickets for Nepal. Lalit Rajbanshi took 2 wickets while captain Rohit Paudel took 1 wicket.
Before that, after losing the toss and being invited to bat, Nepal scored 132 runs after losing all the wickets in 41 overs. Bhim Sarki scored the highest 44 runs for Nepal and got out. Bhim hit two fours and a six off 86 balls.
Nepal’s opener Kushal Bhurtel was dismissed for zero runs in the first ball. When Anil Sah scored 8 runs and Aasif Sheikh was dismissed for 4, captain Rohit Kumar Paudel scored just 1 run.
Kushal Malla scored 15, Sompal Kami 2, Gulash Jha 21, Pawan Saraff 12, Karan KC scored 16 runs.
Captain Gerhard Erasmus took 5 wickets for Namibia while Ruben Trumpelmann and Jack Brassell took 2 wickets each. Loftie- Eaton took 1 wicket. Nepal is now playing against the Netherlands on Saturday.
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