Nepal crush USA in final match of World Cricket League Div 4; Regmi grabs 5 wicket

Nepal defeated USA by eight wickets in the final match of the ICC World Cricket League (WCL) Division 4 played at Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Monday.

Nepali cricketers with the trophy after winning the final match against USA...

Chasing the target of 146 runs, Nepal scored 147 runs losing two wickets in 28 overs with 132 balls remaining as Ganendra Malla scored 66 runs, Subash Khakurel 40 runs and Parash Khadka 25 runs.

Electing to bat first, USA collected just 145 runs losing all their wickets in 48.1 overs as Orlando M Baker and Sushil kumar Suhas Nadkarni scored 39 runs each while Aditya Mishra scored 28 runs, Steven R Taylor 11 runs and Timroy Patrick Allen 10 runs.

Basanta Regmi grabbed five wickets while Shakti Gauchan took two wickets. Similarly, Binod Das, Sanjam Regmi and Paras Khadka took one wicket each against USA. Regmi declared player of the match.

Earlier, Nepal had defeated USA by 32 runs on Friday. Subash Khakurel had contributed highest of 115 runs to post target of 259 runs for USA.

Nepal and USA are already promoted for next year’s Division 3 scheduled to be held from April 28 to May 5 in Bermuda.

The event is a part of the ICC World Cricket League and qualifier tournament for the 2015 Cricket World Cup. Nepalnews.com