Nepal Vs Netherlands 2Nd Match
ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2 Canada, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, Scotland, United Arab Emirates in Nepal/United Arab Emirates - 2024 (2023/24-2027) · Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur · 17 February 2024
Nepal won by 9 wickets (with 208 balls remaining)
Nepal won by 9 wickets (with 208 balls remaining). Anil Sah top-scored with 57* for Nepal. Kushal Bhurtel took 4/20.
MATCH FACTS
- Ground
- Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur
- Date
- 17 February 2024
- Toss
- Nepal, chose to field
- Result
- Nepal won by 9 wickets (with 208 balls remaining)
- Player of the match
- Kushal Bhurtel
- Captains
- Scott Edwards (Netherlands), Rohit Paudel (Nepal)
- Debuts
- Michael Levitt (Netherlands), Kyle Klein (Netherlands)
- Umpires
- Asif Yaqoob and DN Subedi
- Match referee
- Neeyamur Rashid
HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED
Nepal won the toss and chose to field. Michael Levitt and Kyle Klein played their first ODIs.
Netherlands batted first and made 137 all out. Scott Edwards top-scored with 33 off 49 balls. Kushal Bhurtel took 4 for 20 for Nepal. That was well below the 2020s average first-innings total at Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, 226 across 46 ODIs.
Chasing 138, Nepal made 141 for 1. Anil Sah top-scored with 57 not out off 36 balls, and Aasif Sheikh made 54. The innings was built on a 105-run stand for the second wicket between Anil Sah and Aasif Sheikh, 74% of the total.
Nepal won by 9 wickets (with 208 balls remaining).
NETHERLANDS: 137 ALL OUT
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Max O'Dowd | run out (Bhim Sharki, Lalit Rajbanshi) | 10 | 21 |
| Michael Levitt | c Dev Khanal b Sompal Kami | 0 | 3 |
| Sybrand Engelbrecht | c Anil Sah b Lalit Rajbanshi | 23 | 35 |
| Bas de Leede | b Lalit Rajbanshi | 27 | 44 |
| Scott Edwards | lbw b Kushal Bhurtel | 33 | 49 |
| Noah Croes | run out (Kushal Malla) | 12 | 24 |
| Wesley Barresi | c Dipendra Singh Airee b Kushal Bhurtel | 0 | 2 |
| Shariz Ahmad | b Rohit Paudel | 1 | 3 |
| Aryan Dutt | c Bhim Sharki b Kushal Bhurtel | 10 | 20 |
| Kyle Klein | not out | 11 | 16 |
| Vivian Kingma | c Aasif Sheikh b Kushal Bhurtel | 2 | 17 |
Extras 8 · Total 137 all out
| Bowler (Nepal) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sompal Kami | 7 | 2 | 24 | 1 |
| Lalit Rajbanshi | 10 | 0 | 32 | 2 |
| Kushal Malla | 7 | 1 | 19 | 0 |
| Gulsan Jha | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| Dipendra Singh Airee | 5 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| Kushal Bhurtel | 7 | 0 | 20 | 4 |
| Rohit Paudel | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-0 (Michael Levitt, 0.3 ov), 2-18 (Max O'Dowd, 5.6 ov), 3-56 (Sybrand Engelbrecht, 15.4 ov), 4-67 (Bas de Leede, 19.2 ov), 5-97 (Noah Croes, 25.3 ov), 6-99 (Wesley Barresi, 26.3 ov), 7-101 (Shariz Ahmad, 27.2 ov), 8-122 (Aryan Dutt, 32.6 ov), 9-127 (Scott Edwards, 34.2 ov), 10-137 (Vivian Kingma, 38.6 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Max O'Dowd (0) and Michael Levitt (0) | 0 | 3 |
| second | Sybrand Engelbrecht (8) and Max O'Dowd (10) | 18 | 33 |
| third | Sybrand Engelbrecht (15) and Bas de Leede (17) | 38 | 53 |
| fourth | Bas de Leede (6) and Scott Edwards (5) | 11 | 22 |
| fifth | Scott Edwards (13) and Noah Croes (12) | 30 | 37 |
| sixth | Wesley Barresi (0) and Scott Edwards (2) | 2 | 6 |
| seventh | Scott Edwards (0) and Shariz Ahmad (1) | 2 | 5 |
| eighth | Scott Edwards (11) and Aryan Dutt (10) | 21 | 34 |
| ninth | Scott Edwards (2) and Kyle Klein (3) | 5 | 8 |
| tenth | Vivian Kingma (2) and Kyle Klein (8) | 10 | 28 |
NEPAL: 141 FOR 1
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kushal Bhurtel | c Bas de Leede b Vivian Kingma | 28 | 11 |
| Aasif Sheikh | not out | 54 | 45 |
| Anil Sah | not out | 57 | 36 |
Did not bat: Rohit Paudel, Bhim Sharki, Kushal Malla, Sompal Kami, Gulsan Jha, Dev Khanal, Dipendra Singh Airee, Lalit Rajbanshi
Extras 2 · Total 141 for 1
| Bowler (Netherlands) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vivian Kingma | 3 | 0 | 28 | 1 |
| Aryan Dutt | 3 | 0 | 44 | 0 |
| Kyle Klein | 4 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| Bas de Leede | 2 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| Shariz Ahmad | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| Max O'Dowd | 1.2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-36 (Kushal Bhurtel, 2.5 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Kushal Bhurtel (28) and Aasif Sheikh (8) | 36 | 17 |
| second | Anil Sah (57) and Aasif Sheikh (46) | 105 | 75 |
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