After losing the toss, Northern Territory, who has played one-day and twenty-20 internationals from Australia, lost the toss and came into bat in the half-century. Opener D'RC hit 7 fours and 1 six off 34 balls.
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The Nepali National Men's Cricket Team suffered a defeat in their first match of the Top End T-20 Cricket Tournament. Nepal lost by 45 runs against host team Northern Territory Strike in Darwin, Australia on Friday.
After losing the toss, Northern Territory, who has played one-day and twenty-20 internationals from Australia, lost the toss and came into bat in the half-century. Opener D'RC hit 7 fours and 1 six off 34 balls.
He along with Jack Witherlad added 41 runs for the first wicket within 4 overs. Rupesh Singh dismissed Witherlad and broke this partnership. Jay Dickman was bowled by Sandeep Lamichhane for a wicket. In Sandeep's next over, D'RC hit four consecutive fours. But he was bowled by Sandeep in the fifth ball.
Conor Carroll 18, Jordan Silk 19 and Cadel McMahon were out for 12 runs. Tom Andrews remained unbeaten on 32 runs with 2 fours and 1 six off 26 balls. From Nepal, Sandeep spent 38 runs in 4 overs, Shahab Alam spent 32 runs in 4 overs and Rupesh, Dipendra Singh Airi and captain Rohit Paudel took 1 wicket each.
In response, Nepal lost 8 wickets and scored only 135 runs. In the middle order, Gulshan Jha hit 2 fours and a six in 10 balls and scored 26 runs, Nepal's score became worth watching. Kushal Bhurtel 8, Asif Shaikh 11, Lokesh Bam were dismissed for zero runs.
Rohit scored 23 runs in 21 balls with 2 sixes. Kushal Malla, who returned to the Nepali team, scored 34 runs off 26 balls with 1 four and 2 sixes. Dipendra could score only 19 runs in 24 balls with 1 boundary. Rupesh remained unbeaten on 8 runs. Matt Hammond took 3 wickets and Kane Richardson took 2 wickets from Northern Territory. Nepal will play the second match against Bangladesh 'A' on Saturday.
