Scotland is playing its first match against Nepal on Tuesday in the American League 2. But the defeat to Nepal's second team has forced Scotland to think.
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Nepal 'A' defeated Scotland, who are preparing for the Cricket World Cup League 2, by 45 runs in their first practice match on Thursday.
Scotland is playing its first match against Nepal on Tuesday in the US-affiliated League 2. But the defeat to Nepal's second team has forced Scotland to think.
Nepal 'A', who won the toss and elected to bat in the rain-affected match, scored 277 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in the stipulated 50 overs at the Upper Cricket Ground in Mulpani. In reply, Scotland was bowled out for 232 runs in 48.2 overs.
Captain Anil Kumar Sah was out for 18 runs with 2 fours in 38 balls, but Mayan Yadav and Dev Khanal carried the innings. Mayan scored 45 runs with 5 fours and 1 six in 86 balls. Dev scored 63 runs with 6 fours and 1 six in 65 balls. Sandeep Jora scored 34 runs with 3 fours and 1 six in 36 balls.
Kushal Malla was out for 3 and Bashir Ahmed for 17 runs. Pawan Sarraf scored 31 runs in 18 balls with 1 four and 3 sixes. Narayan Joshi was out for 8 runs with a six. Deepak Dumre remained unbeaten on 23 runs in 7 balls and Rashid Khan remained unbeaten on 14 runs in 10 balls. Deepak hit Jasper Davidson for 4 consecutive fours and 1 six in the last over. Scotland's Bradley Currie and Safyan Sharif took 2-2 wickets and Jack Jarvis, Oliver Davidson, Brandon McMullen and Mark Watt took 1-1 wickets.
Finlay McCreary, who came in as the opener, scored 52 runs for Scotland. He hit 6 fours and 1 six in 73 balls. Another opener, Watt, scored 37 runs in 40 balls with 2 fours and a six. McMullen scored 21 runs in 30 balls with 1 six.
Captain Richie Barrington 3, Matthew Cross 22, Owen Gould 6 and Michael Leask 3 were out. Jack Jarvis scored 45, Oliver 17 and Jasper scored 14 not out in the lower order. Jarvis hit 4 fours and 1 six in 43 balls. Rashid took 3 wickets for Nepal. He took all 3 wickets in the lower order, costing 23 runs in 3.2 overs. Shahab Alam, Yuvraj Khatri and Bashir Ahmed took 2-2 and Kushal took 1 wicket.
Nepal 'A' will play against USA on Friday and Scotland on Saturday.
