- ACC T20 Cup 2011
Kathmandu –
Nepal won a nail-biting thriller against Kuwait by just 1 run in a must win match today at TU Ground.
Nepal bowlers
tried everything to restrict Kuwait below the target but the match came
to the wire at the last over. Prithu Baskota was given the ball and he
gave SIX in his first ball, then wicket off a wide ball. He gave 3 wides
in a row. It was wicket again in his second ball, a single in his
third. Azmatullah Nazeer then hit fourth ball out of the boundary. The
pressure was on both the team.
With last wicket needed and 2 runs
needed off 2 balls, Prithu then delivered what was expected by a large
audience and the team. Khakurel broke the stump of Nazeer and Nepal won
the match by 1 run.
Saud Qamar’s 39 off 42 balls (3 fours, 1 six)
couldnot save the defeat. Captain Azmatullah Nazeer tried pull back at
the end hitting 12 off 5 balls (1 four, 1 six) but the luck didn’t favor
them today.
Paras Khadka &
Basanta Regmi took two wickets each while Man of the Match Prithu Baskota took 3 wickets.
Before,
Kuwait invited Nepal for batting on a chilly morning. Nepal had a good
start with the Openers Subash Khakurel and Anil Mandal. They had a 49
runs stand today. Wicket keeper Subash was the top scorer for Nepal. He
made 40 runs off 32 balls, 8 fours but was leg before off Abdullah
Akhunzada.
Gyanendra Malla (16 off 22 balls),
Prithu Baskota (16 off 16 balls), M. Alam (14 off 8 balls) were the
performance of Nepali batters today. Paras Khadka went for a duck.
While, unbeaten Basanta Regmi scored 10 off 7 balls with 1 six closed
the innings for Nepal.
At the end of 20 overs, Nepal posted a
challenging total of 126/6. Mohammed Asghar & Abdullah Akhunzada
took two wickets each for Kuwait.
A large number of spectators around 7,000 attended the Tribhuvan University Ground to cheer their home team.
Nepal
will face Saudi Arabia tomorrow in a must win situation to reach the
semi-finals of the tournament and book a place in 16 team ICC World 20
Qualifiers provided Hongkong lose to UAE.
Nepal vs Kuwait Full scorecard ACC T20 cup 2011
Asian Cricket Council Twenty20 Cup
Nepal vs Kuwait
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at Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur
Kuwait won the toss and elected to bowl first.
Nepal won by 1 run
| Batting - Nepal 1st innings | Runs | B | 4's | 6's | S/R |
| Khakurel+ | lbw Abdullah Akhunzada | 40 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 125 |
| Mandal | c Yasar Idrees b Mohammed Asghar | 9 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 45 |
| Malla | st Roshantha b Abdullah Akhunzada | 16 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 72.73 |
| Khadka* | c Mohammed Irfan b Mohammed Asghar | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Baskota | st Roshantha b Azmatullah Nazeer | 16 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 100 |
| Alam | c Yasar Idrees b Ali Zaheer | 14 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 175 |
| B Regmi | not out | 10 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 142.86 |
| Bhandari | not out | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 72.73 |
| Bhattarai | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S Regmi | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Airee | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Extras | (b 0, lb 2, w 10, nb 1, pen ) | 13 | |
| Total | (20.0 overs , 6 wickets ) | 126 ( 6.3 runs per over) |
Fall of wickets:
1 - 49 (Mandal, 7.4), 2 - 54 (Khakurel, 8.3), 3 - 55 (Khadka, 9.4), 4 -
87 (Baskota, 15.2), 5 - 102 (Alam, 16.5), 6 - 104 (Malla, 17.2)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ |
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| Mohammad Murad | 2 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 10.50 | (1nb, 3w) |
| YCLGW Gedara | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 6.50 | (2w) |
| Azmatullah Nazeer | 4 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 6.75 | (2w) |
| Mohammed Asghar | 4 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 4.25 |
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| Abdullah Akhunzada | 4 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 4.00 |
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| Ali Zaheer | 4 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 7.50 | (1w) |
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| Batting - Kuwait 1st innings | Runs | B | 4's | 6's | S/R |
| Mohammed Asghar | c Airee b Khadka | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 150 |
| Yasar Idrees | b B Regmi | 21 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 100 |
| Mohammed Irfan | run out ( Bhattarai ) | 11 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 157.14 |
| Saud Qamar | st Khakurel b Baskota | 39 | 42 | 3 | 1 | 92.86 |
| Roshantha+ | run out ( Khadka ) | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 110 |
| Haroon Shahid | c & b S Regmi | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 120 |
| Mohammad Murad | b Khadka | 8 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 47.06 |
| Abdullah Akhunzada | b B Regmi | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
| Azmatullah Nazeer* | st Khakurel b Baskota | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 240 |
| Ali Zaheer | lbw Baskota | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gedara | not out | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| Extras | (b 1, lb 1, w 4, nb 0, pen ) | 6 | |
| Total | (19.5 overs , 10 wickets ) | 125 ( 6.41 runs per over) |
Fall of wickets:
1 - 11 (Mohammed Asghar, 1.3), 2 - 34 (Mohammed Irfan, 4.3), 3 - 49
(Yasar Idrees, 6.4), 4 - 68 (Roshantha, 10.2), 5 - 76 (Haroon Shahid,
11.6), 6 - 93 (Mohammad Murad, 16.6), 7 - 100 (Abdullah Akhunzada,
17.6), 8 - 117 (Saud Qamar, 19.1), 9 - 118 (Ali Zaheer, 19.2), 10 - 125
(Azmatullah Nazeer, 19.5)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ |
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| A Bhattarai | 4 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 6.25 |
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| P Khadka | 4 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 5.75 |
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| B Regmi | 4 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 5.50 |
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| S Regmi | 4 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 6.25 | (1w) |
| M Alam | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 5.50 |
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| P Baskota | 1.5 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 9.27 | (3w) |
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Match details
Toss: Kuwait won the toss and elected to bowl first.
Umpires: Ashwani Rana and Sanjay Sarda
Referee: S Sarkar
