2020_Nepal_Tri-Nation_Series

2020 Nepal Tri-Nation Series

2020 Nepal Tri-Nation Series

Cricket tournament


The 2020 Nepal Tri-Nation Series was the fifth round of the 2019–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 cricket tournament and took place in Nepal in February 2020.[1][2] It was a tri-nation series between Nepal, Oman and the United States cricket teams,[3] with the matches played as One Day International (ODI) fixtures.[1] The ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 formed part of the qualification pathway to the 2023 Cricket World Cup.[4][5] The matches were the first ODIs to be played in Nepal.[6][7] On 20 January 2020, the United States confirmed their squad for the series, with Steven Taylor stripped of his vice-captaincy role for disciplinary issues, but being retained in the squad.[8]

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Oman won their first three matches.[9] In the last fixture of the series, the United States were bowled out for 35 runs, the joint-lowest total in an ODI match.[10]

Squads

In the first match, Nepal's Sharad Vesawkar suffered an injury and was ruled out of the rest of the series, with Subash Khakurel replacing him.[14]

Fixtures

1st ODI

5 February 2020
09:30
Scorecard
Oman 
197/9 (50 overs)
v
   Nepal
179 (46.5 overs)
Mohammad Nadeem 69* (96)
Karan KC 4/47 (9 overs)
Sharad Vesawkar 55 (108)
Zeeshan Maqsood 3/30 (10 overs)
Oman won by 18 runs
Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur
Umpires: Buddhi Pradhan (Nep) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (Ind)
Player of the match: Mohammad Nadeem (Oma)

2nd ODI

6 February 2020
09:30
Scorecard
United States 
213 (50 overs)
v
 Oman
214/4 (49.3 overs)
Ian Holland 65 (78)
Mohammad Nadeem 3/43 (8 overs)
Aqib Ilyas 72 (110)
Steven Taylor 1/34 (6 overs)
Oman won by 6 wickets
Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur
Umpires: Buddhi Pradhan (Nep) and Durga Subedi (Nep)
Player of the match: Mohammad Nadeem (Oma)
  • Oman won the toss and elected to field.

3rd ODI

8 February 2020
09:30
Scorecard
Nepal   
190 (49.2 overs)
v
 United States
155 (44.1 overs)
Binod Bhandari 59 (79)
Cameron Stevenson 3/30 (10 overs)
Ian Holland 75 (111)
Karan KC 4/15 (7.1 overs)
Nepal won by 35 runs
Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur
Umpires: Buddhi Pradhan (Nep) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (Ind)
Player of the match: Karan KC (Nep)
  • United States won the toss and elected to field.
  • Kushal Malla (Nep) made his ODI debut, and at the age of 15 years and 340 days, became the youngest male cricketer to score an international half-century.[16]

4th ODI

9 February 2020
09:30
Scorecard
Nepal   
249/8 (50 overs)
v
 Oman
250/2 (47.2 overs)
Gyanendra Malla 56 (76)
Aqib Ilyas 4/36 (10 overs)
Aqib Ilyas 109* (108)
Kushal Malla 1/29 (9 overs)
Oman won by 8 wickets
Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur
Umpires: Chettithody Shamshuddin (Ind) and Durga Subedi (Nep)
Player of the match: Aqib Ilyas (Oma)

5th ODI

11 February 2020
09:30
Scorecard
Oman 
276/6 (50 overs)
v
 United States
184 (39.1 overs)
Zeeshan Maqsood 109 (109)
Saurabh Netravalkar 3/37 (10 overs)
Nisarg Patel 52 (36)
Aqib Ilyas 3/14 (5 overs)
Oman won by 92 runs
Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur
Umpires: Buddhi Pradhan (Nep) and Durga Subedi (Nep)
Player of the match: Aqib Ilyas (Oma)
  • United States won the toss and elected to field.
  • Zeeshan Maqsood (Oma) scored his first century in ODIs.[18]

6th ODI

12 February 2020
09:30
Scorecard
United States 
35 (12 overs)
v
   Nepal
36/2 (5.2 overs)
Xavier Marshall 16 (22)
Sandeep Lamichhane 6/16 (6 overs)
Paras Khadka 20* (12)
Nosthush Kenjige 2/15 (2.2 overs)
Nepal won by 8 wickets
Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur
Umpires: Chettithody Shamshuddin (Ind) and Durga Subedi (Nep)
Player of the match: Sandeep Lamichhane (Nep)
  • Nepal won the toss and elected to field.
  • Sandeep Lamichhane (Nep) took his first five-wicket haul in ODIs.[19]
  • United States' score of 35 was the joint-lowest total in ODIs.[20]
  • This was also the shortest innings by a team in ODIs, in terms of the number of balls played in an innings (72).[21] It was also the shortest match in ODIs, in terms of the number of balls faced (104).[22]

References

  1. "ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2 series announced". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  2. "Men's CWC League 2 Series in Nepal begins this week". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  3. "CWC League 2 Round 5 preview, Nepal host USA & Oman". Emerging Cricket. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  4. "Lamichhane takes six as Nepal bundle USA out for record 35". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  5. "Kamal gets first call-up, Kushal prepares for ODI debut". Cricketing Nepal. Archived from the original on 3 February 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  6. "All-round Ilyas takes Oman to top of table". Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on 25 May 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  7. "Ilyas stars again as Oman beat USA". Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on 27 February 2020. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  8. "Lamichhane 6-fer rattles USA for 35". BD Crictime. Retrieved 12 February 2020.



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