KATHMADU, April 15: Nepal thumped Malaysia by eight runs in the ongoing ICC Asia U-19 World Cup Qualifier at the Bayuemas Oval cricket ground in Malaysia on Monday.

This is Nepal’s second victory in three matches. With the win, Nepal collected four points. Nepal beat Singapore by 217 runs in the first match of the qualifiers while it faced a one run defeat to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the second match.

Malaysia, sent to bat first after losing the toss, posted a 93-run target to Nepal. In response, Nepal attained the target in just 13 overs at the loss of two wickets.

Opener Rit Gurung (not out) hit 39 runs off 45 deliveries for Nepal. He hit five boundaries. Similarly, Asif Shekh scored 26 runs and Pawan Sarraf hit 19 runs while skipper Rohit Poudel was unbeaten in six runs.

Malaysian players Shafiq Syakir and Sukri Madeli each took one wicket.

Earlier, Malaysia was limited to 92 runs in 33.5 overs losing all wickets. Jelad Daniel bin Ahamed scored the highest run for Malaysia hitting 37 runs while captain Mohamad Amir made 13 runs and Hakim Harisan 10 runs.

Pawan Sarraf and Kushal Malla of Nepal each took three wickets while Kamal Singh Airee took two wickets. Nepal will face Oman in its fourth match on Tuesday and Kuwait on Thursday.

The winner of this qualifier will get entry to the World Cup to be held in South Africa in 2020.

KATHMANDU, July 24: Captian Sandeep Lamicchhane took seven wickets as Nepal defeated Malaysia by five wickets in its fifth match held under the ongoing ICC Asia U-19 World Cup Qualifier match in Singapore.

Malaysia, batting first after losing the toss, was all out scoring only 89 runs in 35.1 overs.

In the match played at the Indian Cricket Ground, Nepali cricketer achieved the 90-run target in just 22.2 overs at the loss of five wickets.

Nepali team’s Rohit Kumar Poudel contributed 36 unabated runs with hitting six fours in 37 balls to his team. Dipendra Singh Airee made 19 runs, Sandeep Sunar 15 and Anil Shah 12.

Malaysian team captain Virandeep Singh and Hafizuddin each took two wickets.
Aziz managed to score the highest runs 46 and Virandeep confided to scoring only 10 runs. Four Malaysian batsmen ran off the pitch on zero.

Nepali team’s captain Sandeep Lamicchane alone took seven wickets while Sahab Alam and Rijan Dhakjal gained two and one wicket respectively.

Alam had 23 runs in 9 overs. Dhakal, who made debut in the today’s match against Malaysia, gave 15 runs in 5 overs with one maiden.

Nepal is in second position with eight points with four victories and one defeat in the five matches it has played so far under the tournament. RSS

KATHMANDU, JULY 18: Nepal, with outstanding bowling from team captain Sandeep Lamichhane, succeeded in winning the second match as well held in Singapore today under the U-19 World Cup Asia Qualifier.

The Nepali team defeated Malaysia in the match held at the Singapore Cricket Field. Nepal, winning the toss, chose to field first. Team captain Sandeep Lamichhane’s outstanding bowling limited Malaysia to just 58 runs in 25.5 overs. Sandeep took five wickets as in the first match in which Nepal defeated the host country Singapore by four wickets yesterday.

Likewise, Pawan Sarraf took three wickets and Sandeep Sunar and Kishore Mahato took one wicket each.

No player from the Malaysian team made remarkable runs in the match. Nepal met the target victory in 9.5 overs at the loss of five wickets. It gave extra 11 runs to its competitor.

Nepal’s opening batsman Sandeep Sunar was out with six runs to his account, while Aadil Khan with five runs and Deependra Singh Airee with the collection of four runs.

Opening batsman Assif Sheikh scored the most runs (23) for his team in the match. He hit one six and 5 fours in 20 balls. Likewise, Pranit Thapa Magar secured 18 unabated runs with one six and four fours facing the 12 balls.

Nepal is meeting with Afghanistan for its third match on coming Thursday.RSS