Netherlands has given a target of 226 runs to Nepal in World Cup Cricket League-2 on Wednesday. After winning the toss, the Netherlands decided to bat first and were bowled out for 225 runs in 49.1 overs at Forth Hill in Dundee.
The top bowlers of League-2, the Netherlands, were prevented from making a big score by leading bowlers Karan KC, Sompal Kami, Sandeep Lamichhane and Lalit Rajwanshi. In the second over of the
and in the first ball of his first over, Sompal dismissed Michael Levitt for 1 run and brought success to Nepal. After Sompal's opening pair Karan bowled Max O'Dowd for 4 runs in the fifth over, Nepal was in control of the game from the start.
captain Scott Edwards scored 46 runs. He played 71 balls and hit 4 boundaries. Edwards shared a partnership of 72 runs in 101 balls with Bikramjit Singh for the third wicket. Singh played 56 balls and scored 38 runs by hitting 2 fours. He was dismissed by Sandeep in his first over.
Left-arm spinner Lalit also took a wicket in his first ball. In the 27th over, Lalit caught Edwards from the hands of captain Rohit Poudel. Lalit also took the wicket of Jacques Lyon Cachet. Cachet played 34 balls and hit 1 four and scored 27 runs. Lalit, who played in place of Debrehate fast bowler Region Dhakal, spent 30 runs in 7 overs and took 2 wickets. Despite taking 2 wickets against Scotland, Reason reached 78 runs in 10 overs.
Sandeep also took the wicket of Teja Nidamanuru . He spent 48 runs in his quota of 10 overs and took 2 wickets. Nidamanuru scored 13 runs off 29 balls. Noah Crows, who batted at number seven, scored the highest 48 runs. He was bowled by Sompal who hit 5 fours while playing 55 balls.
Roelof van der Marwee was run out after scoring 21 runs off 22 balls. Karan spent 35 runs in 10 overs and took 2 wickets. Sompal bowled Vivien King for 1 run. Sompal spent 48 runs in 9.1 overs and took 3 wickets.
This is Nepal's second match in this series. Nepal had an incredible 1-wicket victory over Scotland in their first match on Monday. After Karan KC scored an unbeaten 65 runs, Nepal chased the biggest target ever in ODIs by completing the target of 297 runs in the last ball.
This is the first game in this series in the Netherlands . The Netherlands are in second place with 26 points from 20 games, 6 and just 2 points behind the top team USA . Nepal is in seventh place with 8 points from 13 matches. The top four teams of eight nations participating in League-2 will qualify for the World Cup.
