England scored 57 for 2 in the power play and 106 for 3 in 12 overs. But Nepal made a good comeback after that.
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Half-centuries from Jacob Bethell and captain Harry Brook have helped England set a target of 185 runs for Nepal in the Twenty20 World Cup. England, who won the toss and elected to bat, scored 184 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in the allotted 20 overs at the Wankhede Stadium on Sunday.
Bethel hit two consecutive sixes off Kushal Bhurtel to reach his fifty in 28 balls. He scored 55 runs in 35 balls, hitting 4 fours and a six. He is also the youngest England player to score a fifty in the World Twenty20.
He achieved this feat at the age of 22 years, 3 months and 16 days. Earlier, Craig Kieswetter had scored a fifty at the age of 22 years, 5 months and 18 days.
Brook hit Nandan Yadav for a six in the first ball of the 19th over, completing his fifty in 32 balls. Nandan had Brook caught by Sher Malla in the next ball. Brook hit 4 fours and 3 sixes to score 53 runs.
England scored 57 runs for the loss of 2 wickets in the power play and 106 runs for the loss of 3 wickets in 12 overs. But Nepal made a good comeback after that. Sandeep Lamichhane bowled well in particular. He took 1 wicket for just 25 runs in 4 overs.
Nepal had a great start. Debutant Sher Malla dismissed Phil Salt for 1 run on his first ball. In the second over of the match, he had Salt caught by Sandeep Lamichhane at short fine leg.
Jos Buttler was caught by Nandan Yadav off wicketkeeper Asif Sheikh. Buttler scored 26 runs in 17 balls, hitting 5 boundaries. During his innings, Buttler completed 1,000 runs in the Twenty20 World Cup.
Sandeep Lamichhane was dismissed lbw by Tom Benton for 2 runs. Sam Curran was bowled by Deependra Singh Airee for 2 runs. Jofra Archer was run out for 1 run. Will Jack remained unbeaten on 39 runs. Jack, who hit Karan KC for 3 sixes in the last over of the innings, hit 1 boundary and 4 sixes in 18 balls.
Dipendra and Nandan took 2 wickets each. Dipendra gave away 23 runs in 3 overs and Nandan gave away 25 runs in 3 overs.
