Nepal Loses to Netherlands by 6 Wickets in ICC League 2

Kathmandu. In a match under the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League-2, the Nepali team has been defeated again. The home team Netherlands achieved an easy victory by defeating Nepal by 6 wickets. Netherlands completed the modest target of 158 runs set by Nepal in 44.1 overs, losing 4 wickets with 35 balls remaining.

Captain and wicketkeeper Scott Edwards played a captain's innings in the Netherlands' victory. He scored an unbeaten 61 off 89 balls with the help of 2 fours and 1 six. Similarly, Noah Cross supported Edwards excellently by scoring 34 runs off 59 balls. The unbeaten partnership between these two for the fifth wicket became the main basis for the Netherlands' victory.

Earlier, Netherlands opener Cedric de Lange scored 21 runs, Jacques Lion Cachet scored 21 runs, and Max O'Dowd scored 9 runs, while Bas de Leede was out for only 1 run. Sompal Kami, Dipendra Singh Airee, and Lalit Rajbanshi took 1 wicket each for Nepal, while Karan KC ran out Jacques Lion Cachet.

Nepal's Weak Batting

Earlier, Nepal, who were invited to bat first after losing the toss, were all out for 157 in 44.4 overs. Arif Sheikh contributed the highest 41 runs for Nepal. He played 90 balls and hit 4 fours. Similarly, Gulshan Jha scored 29 runs off 42 balls with the help of 1 four and 2 sixes, while Airee scored 21 runs off 42 balls. Lower-order batsman Karan KC remained unbeaten on 13 runs, while Asif Sheikh scored 14 runs and Sompal Kami scored 10 runs.

Nepal's top-order batsmen proved to be a flop again. Opener Kushal Bhurtel scored 9 runs, Ishan Pandey scored 4 runs, and captain Rohit Paudel returned to the pavilion after scoring only 3 runs, while Sandeep could not even open his account.

Netherlands' bowlers bowled tightly, keeping the Nepali batsmen under constant pressure. Alexander Roy took 3 wickets for the Netherlands, while Logan van Beek and Roelof van der Merwe took 2 wickets each. Kyle Klein took 1 wicket.

The poor performance in the batting of the Nepali team has continued. In the previous match, Nepal was also defeated by Namibia by a heavy margin of 8 wickets.