Nepal demolish Ireland in ICC U-19 WC
Nepal demolish Ireland in ICC U-19 WC
Published: 01:50 pm Jan 30, 2016
KATHMANDU: Nepal Under-19 cricket team registered an easy victory of eight wickets against Ireland in their group stage match of the ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup at the Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium, Fatullah in Bangladesh on Saturday. Losing two wickets, Nepal crushed the Ireland team within 25.3 overs.
Nepal wrap up an impressive 8 wicket win over Ireland! https://t.co/eL17zelcZN #U19CWC pic.twitter.com/lwg0SPLFr4
— ICC (@ICC) January 30, 2016 Sunil Dhamala was bowled by Gary McClintock while Joshua Little took Sandeep Sunar's wicket. Yogendra Singh Karki and Aarif Sheikh made a partnership 77 runs from 12.4 overs. Karki contributed the most with 61 runs including eight 4s. Sheikh scored 31 with five 4s and Dhamala scored 28 runs with four 4s and the team's only 6 for the match while opening batsman Sunar was bowled on the very first ball. Nepal chased the target posted by Ireland with a run rate of 5.17 while Ireland's run rate concluded the innings at 131/9 at a run rate of 2.62. Earlier, Ireland won the toss and elected to bat first. Nepal took the first wicket after Sunil Dhamala bowled Stephen Doheny at 14.2 overs. Sushil Kandel then took the second wicket by bowling Jack Tector out of the pitch at 17.4 overs followed by Sandeep Lamichhane’s wicket of Gary McClintock at 22.4 overs. Doheny contributed 14 runs, Tector 27 and G McClintock 3 runs in their scoreboard. Man of the match, Lamichhane, went all out with four more wickets in his name, William McClintock (2), Adam Dennison (21), Lorcan Tucker (15) and Fiachra Tucker (0). Ireland lost another wicket as Rory Anders got bowled by Dipendra Singh Airee at 38.5 overs after scoring 2 runs. Airee claimed his next wicket as he bowled Joshua Little at 48.5 overs. Meanwhile, India won by 120 runs as New Zealand failed to meet the target of 259 runs in their group match. New Zealand won the toss and had elected to field first.
Nepal Vs Ireland's fall of wickets
IRELAND: 1-39 (Doheny, 14.2 ov), 2-42 (J Tector, 17.4 ov), 3-48 (G McClintock, 22.4 ov), 4-80 (L Tucker, 31.4 ov), 5-80 (Dennison, 31.5 ov), 6-80 (F Tucker, 31.6 ov), 7-83 (W McClintock, 33.5 ov), 8-92 (Anders, 38.5 ov), 9-127 (Little, 48.5 ov)
NEPAL: 1-0 (Sunar, 0.1 ov), 2-55 (Dhamala, 13.3 ov)
Nepali Bowler
O
R
W
Econ
S Dhamala
10
23
1
2.30
Aarif Sheikh
7
20
0
2.85
S Kandel
10
20
1
2.00
S Lamichhane
10
27
5
2.70
P Tamang
6
18
0
3.00
DS Airee
7
18
2
2.57
Ireland Bowler
O
R
W
Econ
J Little
5
17
1
3.40
T Stanton
4
22
0
5.50
R Anders
6
19
0
3.16
G McClintock
3
21
1
7.00
F Tucker
4
28
0
7.00
H Tector
3
19
0
6.33
A Dennison
0.3
5
0
10.00
Batsmen
Runs
Balls
SR
4s
6s
J Tector c S Sunar b S Kandel
27
52
51.92
2
1
S Doheny c S Sunar b S Dhamala
14
45
31.11
2
0
A Dennison c R Rijal b S Lamichhane
21
50
42.00
2
0
G McClintock c S Sunar b S Lamichhane
3
19
15.78
0
0
L Tucker c DS Airee b S Lamichhane
15
25
60.00
1
0
W McClintock b S Lamichhane
2
9
22.22
0
0
F Tucker b S Lamichhane
0
1
0.00
0
0
H Tector NOT OUT
30
54
55.55
1
0
R Anders b DS Airee
2
15
13.33
0
0
J Little lbw DS Airee
6
28
21.42
0
0
T Stanton NOT OUT
0
2
0.00
0
0
Extras
(w 6, b 4, lb 1)
11
Batsmen
Runs
Balls
SR
4s
6s
S Sunar lbw J Little
0
1
0.00
0
0
S Dhamala c W McClintock b G McClintock
28
35
80.00
4
1
YS Karki NOT OUT
61
81
75.30
8
0
Aarif Sheikh NOT OUT
31
36
86.11
5
0
Extras
(w 11, lb 1)
12
Total
(2 wickets; 25.3 overs)
132
Source: ICC
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