Nepal has scored 236 runs by losing 9 wickets after playing the scheduled 50 overs at Fort Hill in Dundee
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With the help of Arif Sheikh's half-century, Nepal has given the Netherlands a challenging goal in World Cup Cricket League-2. After winning the toss, the captain of the Netherlands, Scott Edwards, was invited to bat. After playing the scheduled 50 overs at Fort Hill in Dundee, Nepal scored 236 runs, losing 9 wickets.
But because Arif ran twice in the danger zone during the game, the on-field umpires gave Nepal 10 penalty runs. When the Netherlands start batting, the team will have 10 runs in their account.
This is also Arif's personal highest score in ODIs. Arif scored his second half-century in the ongoing series in Scotland. In the first match against the Netherlands, Arif scored 78 runs, which was his previous personal high, as Nepal cruised to victory.
Arif played 84 balls and scored 82 runs by hitting 7 fours and 2 sixes. Nandan Yadav, making his debut, scored 10 runs in 12 balls and remained unbeaten. Sandeep Lamichhane was run out for 2 runs in the last ball of the innings while trying to get 2 runs.
Nepali team did not start well. Kushal Bhurtel, who hit two fours, scored 18 runs off 19 balls and was bowled for the inside edge by Paul Van Meekeren. Anil Shah, who was brought in place of Asif Sheikh, could score only 2 runs in 16 balls.
Bhim Sarki and captain Rohit Paudel shared a partnership of 59 runs for the third wicket. Then Michael Levitt, the medium pacer who came as the fifth bowler in the match, dominated. He dismissed both Bhim and Rohit for 35 runs. Bhim played 38 balls and hit 3 fours and Rohit played 60 balls and hit 1 six.
Levitt also took the wicket of Dipendra Singh Airi. Dipendra played 24 balls and scored 16 runs with 1 boundary. Both Basir Ahmed and Karan KC were dismissed for 11 runs.
Three changes were made in the Nepalese team. Sompal Kami and Gulsan Jha are not playing due to injuries. Sompal was injured by a bouncer ball while batting in the match against Scotland. Gulsan is injured in the thigh. Both of them will also miss the tri-nation Twenty20 series starting next week in Glasgow. Nandan and Basir were played in place of Sompal and Gulshan.
Netherlands captain Edwards is back in the team. In the first match against Nepal, he was injured while batting. He will replace Bikramjit Singh. In the first match, Nepal defeated the Netherlands by 5 wickets on Arif Sheikh's 78 runs.
Nepal has won 2 of the 3 matches in this series. The Netherlands, who lost both games in this League-2 of Scotland, have been defeated in the third game in a row.
In League-2, the Netherlands is in second place with 26 points in 22 games. Nepal has scored 10 points in 14 matches. The top four teams of the eight-nation League-2 will qualify for the World Cup.
