Nepal 'A' defeated Scotland by 9 runs in a rain-affected match, which was in the midst of preparations for the Cricket World Cup League-2.
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Nepal 'A' has won its fourth international practice match. Nepal 'A' defeated Scotland, who are preparing for the Cricket World Cup League-2, by 9 runs in a rain-affected match. Nepal 'A' had defeated Scotland by 45 runs on Thursday and America by 3 wickets on Friday in this series. Nepal 'A', under Raju Basnyat's coaching, had earlier defeated Oman against the visiting team. Nepal 'A' will face America on Monday in its final match. Scotland won the toss and elected to bat and scored 302 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in the stipulated 50 overs. In reply, Nepal 'A' had scored 204 runs for the loss of 4 wickets when the match was stopped due to rain. At that time, Nepal was leading according to the Duckworth-Lewis method.
Bashir Ahmed was dismissed for 20 runs just before the rain stopped play, while Sandeep Jora was at the crease for 83 runs. Player of the Match He hit 9 fours in 94 balls. Openers Mayan 12 and Tritraj Das were dismissed for 24 runs. Trit hit 4 fours in 20 balls.
Ishan Pandey, who came at number three, scored 50 runs. He hit 7 fours in 53 balls. Ishan and Jora shared a 103-run partnership for the third wicket in 17 overs. Scotland's Bradley Currie, Mark Watt, Oliver Davidson and Michael Leask took 1 wicket each.
Earlier, all the top-order batsmen from Scotland had made major contributions. Opener George Mansi top-scored with 62 runs. He hit 6 fours and 3 sixes in 51 balls. Another opener, Finlay McCreath, scored 34 runs in 44 balls, including 1 four and a six.
Brandon McMullan made 39 off 41 balls, while captain Richie Berrington was out for 40 off 56 balls, hitting 1 four and 2 sixes. Michael Inglis remained unbeaten on 56 off 56 balls. He hit 3 sixes. Matthew Cross made 25, Lisk 5, Jack Jarvis made 30 off 20 balls, hitting 1 four and 2 sixes, while Watt was out for 2 runs.
Fast bowler Akash Chand took 3 wickets from Nepal. He gave away 59 runs in 9 overs. Sher Malla, Bipin Khatri, Pawan Saraf and Kushal Malla took 1 wicket each. Scotland will kick off League 2 on Tuesday by playing home team Nepal.
