KATHMANDU – Nepal defeated Scotland by five wickets in the one day international under the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup League-2 Series today.
After losing the toss and being put to bat first at the Grand Prairie Stadium in Dallas, US, Scotland were bowled out for just 154 runs in 41.4 overs at the loss of all wickets.
Spinner Sandeep Lamichhane took three wickets to limit Scotland’s innings. Karan KC, Sompal Kami and Gulshan Jha took two wickets each and Arif Sheikh dismissed one.
For Scotland, Mark Watt scored highest with 34 runs while other batsmen could not score significant runs. Nepal chased down the victory target in 29.5 overs. Arif Sheikh contributed 51 runs to cruise Nepal to win. Likewise, Kushal Bhurtel and Gulshan Jha hit 25 runs each while Asif Sheikh gathered 21 runs for Nepal.
Brandon McMullen took two wickets for Scotland. Bradley Currie, Mark Watt and Jack Jarvis took one wicket each. It may be noted that Nepal had lost to US by three wickets in the first match of the tri-series under League-2. Scotland defeated US by 10 wickets in their first match.
