Nepali team defeated by Ireland Wolves
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Ireland Wolves (A) won the three-match series by defeating Nepal 'A' by 40 runs in the second Twenty20 cricket. Ireland Wolves (A) won the series with one game to spare after beating Nepal 'A' on Saturday with half-centuries from Peter Moore and Neil Rock.
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After losing the toss, Ireland 'A' came into bat and scored 224 runs after losing 6 wickets in the scheduled 20 overs. In response, Nepal 'A' was bowled out for 184 runs in 17.5 overs. In the first match, Ireland 'A' won by 21 runs. Despite scoring 87-1 in the first 6 overs of the
power play, Nepal 'A' could not take advantage of it and was forced to lose for the second time in a row. Openers Lokesh Bam and Dev Khanal gave Nepal a great start by adding 47 runs in the first 3 overs. In the first ball of the fourth over, Lokesh Slower took a top edge on the bounced ball and went to catch the wicketkeeper. Having scored a century in the previous match, he scored 25 runs in 13 balls with 3 fours and 2 sixes.
Dev scored the highest 47 runs from Nepal. He played 25 balls and hit 7 fours. Captain Vinod Bhandari batted aggressively. He played 13 balls and scored 26 runs with 1 four and 3 sixes. Kiran Thagunna 3, Arif Sheikh 14, Pawan Sarraf 10 and Rashid Khan and Bipin Khatri were dismissed for 1 run each.
Basir Ahmed scored 27 runs with 3 fours off 23 balls. Kamal Singh Airi played 7 balls and scored 11 runs with 1 four and a six. Ben Hwight took 3 wickets from Ireland 'A'. He spent 29 runs in 4 overs. Fionn Hryand took 25 in 3 overs and Thomas Mayes took 2-2 with 42 runs in 3.5 overs and Matthew Foster and Gareth Delaney took 1 each.
Earlier, after Moore completed 21 balls and captain Rock completed half-centuries in 26 balls, Ireland Wolves made a huge score for the second consecutive match. Ireland Wolves scored 222 runs in the first match as well. Moore, who also scored 49 runs in the first match on Friday, scored a total of 65 runs. Moore, who has played Tests for both Zimbabwe and Ireland, hit 3 fours and 7 sixes in 26 balls.
opener James McCullum hit 3 fours and 2 sixes in 13 balls and Ross Adair scored 17 runs in 20 balls with 1 four and a six. Stephen Dahney 4, Cade Kermichael 1, Gareth Delaney were dismissed for 10 runs.
player of the match Rock remained unbeaten on 71 runs. Rock, who hit 3 sixes off Bipin Khatri in the last over, hit 1 four and 7 sixes in a total of 34 balls. Another unbeaten batsman Hryand scored 19 runs with 2 sixes in 11 balls. These two shared an unbeaten partnership of 77 runs in 26 balls. Ireland scored 132 runs in the last 10 overs.
Sagar Dhakal took 3 wickets from Nepal. Devrehate spinner, he spent 33 runs in 4 overs. Kamal Singh Airi and Pawan Sarraf took 1 wicket each. Pawan Sarraf and Bipin Khatri have been brought in place of Hemant Dhami and Arjun Gharti from the Nepali team that played the first match.
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