Chasing the challenging target of 176 runs, Nepal lost 7 wickets in the scheduled 20 overs and was reduced to 144 runs.
What you should know
The Nepali team has been defeated for the third time in a row in the ongoing Top-and-T20 tournament in Australia. Out of 6 matches in the group stage, Nepal has lost 3 matches in a row.
In the third match, Nepal was defeated by Melbourne Stars Academy by 31 runs. Chasing a challenging target of 176 runs, Nepal lost 7 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs and was reduced to 144 runs.
In the first match, Nepal was defeated by Northern Territory Strikers by 42 runs. In the second match, Nepal was defeated by 32 runs against Bangladesh 'A'.
Ashif Shaikh, the opener, played a half-century innings for Nepal. He scored 53 runs off 49 balls before being run out. Captain Rohit Kumar Poudel scored 33 runs off 31 balls, opener Kushal Bhurtel scored 25 runs and Kushal Malla scored 11 runs.
Austin Anlejarke and Doug Warren took 2 wickets each while Aryan Sharma took one wicket for Melbourne.
Before that, Melbourne, who won the toss and batted first, scored 175 runs losing 7 wickets in the scheduled 20 overs. Opener Blakey Macdonald scored the highest 74 runs for Melbourne. Playing only 47 balls, he hit 6 fours and two sixes.
Similarly, Thomas Rogers also played an aggressive innings of 65 runs in 46 balls with the help of 7 fours and a six.
After taking a wicket in the first over, Nepal was unable to hold on and got the target of a huge score. Sandeep Lamichhane took the most 3 wickets. He spent 26 runs in four overs. Similarly, Sompal Kami and Sahab Alam took 1/1 wicket each.
