Scotland were 114 when Mansi was dismissed as the first wicket in the 21st over. From here, Nepal made a brilliant comeback.
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Scotland set a target of 244 runs for Nepal in the Cricket World Cup League-2 on Tuesday. Scotland, who won the toss and elected to bat at the Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur, scored 243 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in the stipulated 50 overs. George Munshi and Finlay McCreath gave Scotland a great start by adding 100 runs for the first wicket. Scotland was on 114 runs when Munshi was dismissed as the first wicket in the 21st over. Nepal made a great comeback from here. But then Sandeep Lamichhane bowled brilliantly and brought Nepal back into the game. Munshi was dismissed by Sandeep's ball after being hit by the top edge. In the same over, Sandeep dismissed McCreath LBW. Mansi scored 75 off 62 balls with 12 fours and 2 sixes, while McCreath scored 35 off 62 balls with 3 fours. In his next two overs, Sandeep bowled Brendan McMullen for 7 and captain Richie Barrington was dismissed lbw for 5, as Scotland reached 128-4 in 25 overs. Michael Inglis and Matthew Cross then dominated the innings. Cross scored 18 off 38 balls with 1 four and Mark Watt scored 28 off 18 balls with 2 fours and a six. Both were dismissed by Karan KC. Michael Leask scored 29 off 23 balls with 3 fours. Inglis remained unbeaten on 34 off 72 balls with 1 four.
Sandeep took 4 wickets in 10 overs, conceding 41 runs and 1 maiden. Karan took 51 runs in 8 overs and Nandan Yadav took 2 wickets each, conceding 33 runs in 8 overs. Nandan took 2 wickets in the last over of the innings, conceding only 1 run.
Nepal has kept the team that defeated Oman last Tuesday in the playing 11. Under the captaincy of Rohit Poudel, Nepal is playing Binod Bhandari, Asif Sheikh, Arjun Kumal, Dipendra Singh Airi, Arif Sheikh, Gulshan Jha, Karan KC, Nandan Yadav, Sandeep Lamichhane and Lalit Rajbanshi.
Scotland is in second place in League 2 with 34 points from 28 matches, while Nepal is in seventh place with 18 points from 24 matches.
