Ireland defeated Nepal by 99 runs at the Lower Mulpani Ground.
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Nepal has lost to Ireland in the first warm-up match of the Women's Twenty20 World Cup Qualifiers. Ireland defeated Nepal by 99 runs at the Tallo Mulpani ground.
Ireland, who won the toss and elected to bat, scored 200 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. Team captain Gabby Lewis 77, Orla Prendergast 62 and Leah Paul were 'retired out' for 21 runs. Sarah Forbes and Lewis gave Ireland an aggressive start by putting on 54 runs in 5 overs.
Forbes scored 15 runs with 3 fours in 12 balls. Lewis hit 12 fours and 2 sixes in 38 balls. Prendergast hit 8 fours and 3 sixes in 29 balls. Paul hit 2 fours in 19 balls. After Ireland scored 174 runs in 15 overs, Nepal finally caught the bowling edge in the last 5 overs under the bowling of the experienced Rubina Chhetri.
Rubina took 2 wickets for 17 runs in 3 overs. Riya Sharma took 1 wicket for 42 runs in 3 overs. Somu Bista took 29 in 4 overs, Kavita Kunwar took 29 in 3 overs, Manisha Upadhyay took 14 in 2 overs, captain Indu Verma took 16 in 1 over, Rajmati Airi took 20 in 2 overs and Kavita Joshi took 33 runs in 2 overs.
In reply, Nepal was all out for 101 runs in 19 overs. Except for Bindu Rawal, Indu and Kavita Joshi, no other player from Nepal could score double figures. Bindu, who received life-saving treatment 3 times in the first 2 overs, scored 25 runs in 28 balls and hit 5 fours. Indu scored 12 runs in 10 balls with 2 fours and Kavita Joshi scored 28 runs in 29 balls with 6 fours.
Nepal lost opener Samjhana Khadka for naught. Kajal Shrestha 2, Pooja Mahato 3, Rubina 4 and Kavita Kunwar, Roma Thapa and Sita Rana Magar were all out for 5 runs. Rajmati remained unbeaten on 1 run. Prendergast, Lara McBride, Erlene Kelly and Amy Maguire took 2 wickets each for Ireland.
Both teams played a practice match under the rule that 11 out of the 15 players in the team could bat and bowl. Nepal will play its second practice match against the United States in Kirtipur on Friday.
