With Sandeep Lamichhane's historic 150 wickets and Lalit Rajbanshi's outstanding performance, Nepal has created a good opportunity to win by covering Scotland cheaply.
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Nepal has been given a target of 195 runs to win its match against Scotland in the Cricket World Cup League 2 on Monday. After the spinner duo Lalit Rajbanshi and Sandeep Lamichhane dominated, Scotland, who won the toss and batted first, were all out for 194 runs in 39.1 overs at the Tribhuvan University International Cricket Stadium, Kirtipur.
Lalit, who was struggling for wickets in the last matches, took 4 wickets and Sandeep 3 wickets to turn the Scotland batting around. Left-arm spinner Lalit took 32 runs in 8 overs and leg-spinner Sandeep took 3 wickets in 10 overs for 47 runs.
Scotland was moving towards a huge target when McMullen hit his fourth six off 28 balls to complete his half-century. McMullen hit Sandeep for a six at midwicket and a four at third in the 20th over. In the next ball, Sandeep got McMullen caught at long-off by Ishan. McMullen played 44 balls and scored 73 runs, hitting 6 fours and a six.
With this wicket, Sandeep has taken his wicket tally to 150 in ODIs. Sandeep achieved this feat in 73 matches, making him the fastest to take 150 wickets in ODIs. Earlier, Australia's Mitchell Starc took 150 wickets in 77 matches.
Scotland's score was 126 runs when McMullen was dismissed. Opener Finlay McCreath was dismissed lbw for 6 runs by off-spinner Deependra Singh Airey. Another opener, George Mansi, was bowled by Sandeep for 21 runs, hitting 3 fours in 31 balls.
Then Lalit bowled captain Richie Berrington for 12 runs, taking his first wicket in four matches. Sandeep bowled Matthew Cross for 1 run. Michael Inglis and Mark Watt shared a 45-run partnership for the sixth wicket. Watt was caught by Sompal Kami on a short pitch ball by wicketkeeper Asif. Watt scored 20 runs off 34 balls, including 1 four and 1 six.
Lalit then got Michael Leask out lbw for 1 run and bowled Oliver Davidson for a duck. Ollie Jones, who was making his debut, became Lalit's fourth victim by scoring 2 runs. Inglis was the last player to be dismissed. He scored 51 runs off 72 balls, including 4 fours and 1 six. He was caught by Sompal at deep square leg by Nandan Yadav.
Nepal had won against the USA by 9 wickets on Saturday. If Nepal wins this match against Scotland, it will move up from seventh to fifth place. Scotland are top of the table with 38 points from 30 games.
