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

KATHMANDU, July 17: Nepal defeated Singapore by four wickets to win the first match held today under the U-19 World Cup Asia Qualifier Division.

In the today’s match held at the Padang Field of Singapore’s Cricket Club, the host team was invited to bat first after losing the toss.

The Singaporean team was all out in 29 overs after collecting 72 runs. In reply, Nepal met the target in 17.3 overs at the loss of six wickets.

However, the Nepali team seemed losing confidence after batsman Sandip Sunar was out with just one run in his account and Asif Sheikh with four runs. The third batsman from the Nepali team, Pranit Thapamagar contributed 23 runs, the most runs in the opening match, to his team while Anil Shah made 19 runs, Prakash KC six runs and Dipendra Singh Airee mere two runs.

Rohit Kumar Poudel contributed 19 unabated runs to the Nepali team while captain Sandip Lamichhanne took five wickets alone. Sahab Alam took three and Kishore Mahato two wickets. RSS