ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifiers: West Indies vs Nepal Match Preview, ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifiers

9th ODI • Harare Sports Club • Harare

West Indies

339/7 (50)

Nepal

238 (49.4)

WI won by 101 runs

Info

Fantasy

Live

Scorecard

Stats

Playing XI

Table

Date & Time

22 Jun, 12:30 PM IST

Venue

Harare Sports Club

Match

9th ODI,

ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifiers

Points Table

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Allahudien Paleker(South Africa), Martin Saggers(England), Ahmed Shah Pakteen(Afghanistan, TV))

Referee

Muhammad Javed(Pakistan)

Toss

Nepal elected to bowl

Pitch Report

PitchFast & Bounce

Pace BowlingPace & Bounce

Batting ConditionAverage

Spin BowlingSlow Spin

1st Innings

225Avg Runs

9Avg Wkts

2nd Innings

194Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

Playing XILineups Out

Points Table

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

0- 0

NEP

Team Form (Recent 5 Matches, Latest First)

West Indies

Nepal

Players to Watch

Top Batters

Kushal Bhurtel

NEP . BAT

138 Runs

2 Matches

Aasif Sheikh

NEP . WK

78 Runs

2 Matches

Bhim Sharki

NEP . BAT

77 Runs

2 Matches

Top Bowlers

Karan KC

NEP . ALL

4 Wkts

2 Matches

Gulshan Kumar Jha

NEP . ALL

4 Wkts

2 Matches

Kyle Mayers

WI . ALL

2 Wkts

1 Match

Player of the Match Shai Hope

132(129)

NEP

Info

West Indies

339/7 (50)

Batters

Brandon King

76.19

b S Lamichhane

Kyle Mayers

25.00

c K Bhurtel b KC Karan

Johnson Charles

0.00

c A Sheikh b G Jha

Shai Hope

132

129

102.33

c B Sharki b Lalit Rajbanshi

Nicholas Pooran

115

122.34

c & b DS Airee

Rovman Powell

207.14

c G Jha b Lalit Rajbanshi

Jason Holder

160.00

Not out

Keemo Paul

50.00

b Lalit Rajbanshi

Extras

(B: 2, LB: 4, NB: 1, W: 6)

TOTAL

(50 Ov, RR: 6.78)

339/7

Did not Bat

Roston Chase, Alzarri Joseph, Akeal Hosein

Bowlers

EXT

5.20

8.10

8.00

5.00

6.43

8.25

8.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Kyle Mayers

c K Bhurtel b KC Karan

1-2

1.3

Johnson Charles

c A Sheikh b G Jha

2-9

4.1

Brandon King

b S Lamichhane

3-55

15.3

Nicholas Pooran

c & b DS Airee

4-271

43.6

Rovman Powell

c G Jha b Lalit Rajbanshi

5-310

47.1

Shai Hope

c B Sharki b Lalit Rajbanshi

6-335

49.2

Keemo Paul

b Lalit Rajbanshi

7-339

49.6

Nepal

238/10 (49.4)

Batters

Kushal Bhurtel

83.33

b A Joseph

Aasif Sheikh

77.78

c KR Mayers b K Paul

Bhim Sharki

28.57

c SD Hope b J Holder

Rohit Kumar Paudel

69.77

c (sub K Carty) b J Holder

Aarif Sheikh

67.74

c N Pooran b A Joseph

Kushal Malla

33.33

c (sub K Carty) b AJ Hosein

Dipendra Singh Airee

115.00

c RL Chase b AJ Hosein

Gulshan Jha

72.41

c SD Hope b K Paul

Sandeep Lamichhane

25.00

c A Joseph b J Holder

KC Karan *

103.70

c & b KR Mayers

Lalit Rajbanshi

0.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 1, NB: 3, W: 10)

TOTAL

(49.4 Ov, RR: 4.79)

238/10

Bowlers

EXT

Jason Holder

3.40

Alzarri Joseph

4.50

Kyle Mayers

6.4

5.55

Keemo Paul

6.30

Akeal Hosein

4.90

Roston Chase

3.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Kushal Bhurtel

b A Joseph

1-5

1.4

Bhim Sharki

c SD Hope b J Holder

2-23

4.2

Aasif Sheikh

c KR Mayers b K Paul

3-48

11.6

Rohit Kumar Paudel

c (sub K Carty) b J Holder

4-81

19.4

Kushal Malla

c (sub K Carty) b AJ Hosein

5-92

22.1

Dipendra Singh Airee

c RL Chase b AJ Hosein

6-129

28.1

Gulshan Jha

c SD Hope b K Paul

7-197

43.3

Sandeep Lamichhane

c A Joseph b J Holder

8-204

44.3

Aarif Sheikh

c N Pooran b A Joseph

9-212

45.6

KC Karan

c & b KR Mayers

10-238

49.4

Match Info

Date & Time

22 Jun, 12:30 PM IST

Venue

Harare Sports Club

Match

9th ODI,

ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifiers

Points Table

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Allahudien Paleker(South Africa), Martin Saggers(England), Ahmed Shah Pakteen(Afghanistan, TV))

Referee

Muhammad Javed(Pakistan)

Toss

Nepal elected to bowl

0 4 4 0 0 1

Over 47

Runs: 9

0 0 0 0 0 1

Over 48

Runs: 1

4 1wd 0 4 0 1 0

Over 49

Runs: 10

0 0 6 W

Over 50

Runs: 6

All Overs

Player of the Match Shai Hope

132(129)

Commentary

That's it from our side, folks! Hope you enjoyed out coverage as much as we did. This is Rudransh and Pradeep signing off. Good night, and see you in the next match!

Shai Hope [West Indies' captain]: [On the first innings score]I must say it's a commendable effort after the start we had, we had to stabilise in the middle overs. Happy with the result. [On talks with Pooran] It was about absorbing all the pressure we can take it deep and it was in the last couple of overs that we thought to capitalize. Anytime he gets runs we do well. It's always good to see him get runs that we know he's capable of getting. The first time we have played against them, it was about playing good cricket on the day. We thought Alzari was the better option with the new ball. Bowling short was part of the plan. I still think we should have strung more good-length deliveries together. [On fielding] We just need to keep working on the mindset on the field. We really let ourselves down there, it's important we know that. We all know what's at stake. I am happy with the direction we are taking but we need to make sure we keep getting better.

Rohit Paudel [Nepal's captain]: I think early stages the bowlers bowled well, dropped few catches in the field, we missed few opportunities and could've done better. Pooran and Hope batted really well, credit to them. We are a good fielding unit, on occasions we missed opportunities, having said that, we're still a good fielding side and we will prove that in the next game. They bowled good short deliveries, we could've done better to use the pace but Aarif Sheikh and Gulshan played really well in the middle overs, will come up with plan to tackle the short balls. Playing against test playing nations has taught me a lot, we need to up on our toes, we cannot take any game lightly, we want to focus on that. We're looking forward to the Netherlands game, if we win we have a good chance of making it to the super six.

Shai Hope is the Player of the Match! Here's what he has to say: [About his hundred] I still believe that the rhythm was a bit off, that situation I'm just happy that I batted through, happy to help team get over the line. Key was to absorb as much pressure as possible, then find a way to transfer the pressure back on the opposition, Pooran actually made my life easier and wanted to take as much deep as possible, give ourselves best chance. I don't think I hit my targets today, I'm happy to bat as deep as possible, team really needed me. Nepal bowled really well, the spinners especially stuck to their tasks, we batted well enough to overcome their spin threat, there's obviously room for improvements.

West Indies win by 101 runs.

Shai Hope 132 (129) | Jason Holder 3/34
Aarif Sheikh 63 (93) | Lalit Rajbanshi 3/52

Cricket is the winner here! West Indies get a massive win, and Nepal get a lot of lessons out of it after an attritional performance. 340 was always going to be too big for them and they understandably came out with a strategy to bat all 50 overs and limit the damage to their NRR before going into the next match against the Netherlands.

West Indies started well with Holder and Joseph getting some movement off the pitch and getting rid of Bhurtel and Sharki. But Nepal were still in the game at the end of the powerplay, almost at the same rate as West Indies. However, Paul and Mayers slowed the innings down massively and built pressure with their short-pitched bowling that led to the wickets of Aasif and Paudel.

The first of those was courtesy of a brilliant catch from Mayers. Take that and Pooran's catch at the end out, and it was otherwise a really poor effort from West Indies on the field as they gave away too many runs on the boundary and missed a few chances close-in.

Another pattern was the short balls doing the trick for the Men in Mahroon, whenever they bowled that well, they got the wickets. Aarif Sheikh and Gulsan Jha became slightly comfortable against Hosein and Chase's spin and hunkered down with singles and doubles, defending everything that was even slightly away from their arc.

Paul broke the partnership only in the 44th over and after that, despite Karan KC's aggression down the order, it was just a matter of time before West Indies cleaned up the tail. 25-year-old Aarif Sheikh was the biggest positive for them, as he followed the plan to perfection and held one end.

Though Nepal couldn't take it to 50 overs, their battle here would give them immense confidence against the Netherlands.

Kudos also grows to the crowd and their chants that kept the West Indies players on the edge!

49.4 Kyle Mayers to Karan KC, OUT! IT'S ALL OVER FINALLY! Chips the length delivery straight back to Mayers who clings on and West Indies finally manage to bowl out Nepal. Nepal would be pleased that they almost went on to bat full 50 overs and plenty of take aways for them. West Indies have a lot of work to do as far as their fielding is concerned!

49.3 Kyle Mayers to Karan KC, SIX! BANG! Karan KC, you beauty, what a shot that. Full on the off-stump, Karan hangs back and POUNDED it way over long-off for a huge maximum.

49.2 Kyle Mayers to Karan KC, too full on the fourth stump, Karan drilled it away but straight to mid-off fielder for no run.

49.1 Kyle Mayers to Karan KC, friendly full toss on the pads, from around the wicket. Karan clipped it past square-leg and they don't take the single on offer.

Kyle Mayers [6-0-30-0] comes back into the attack

Paul brought out all his trickeries in this over but Karan and Rajbanshi survived it happily! Six more to go for what would be a mini victory for them in this competition.

overs

232 /9 score

1wd

runs

Lalit Rajbanshi *

0 (1)

Karan KC

22 (23)

Keemo Paul

2 /63

48.6 Keemo Paul to Lalit Rajbanshi, length delivery on the stumps, Rajbanshi manages to survive the last ball as he defends it back to the bowler.

48.5 Keemo Paul to Karan KC, another slower one, back of a length on the fourth stump. Karan waits and cuts it down to third-man for one.

48.4 Keemo Paul to Karan KC, pace off, length delivery on the stumps, Karan looks to send this one out of the ground with a big swing but gets the inside edge on to the pad.

48.3 Keemo Paul to Karan KC, FOUR MORE! Karan continues to find boundaries somehow. Short into the batter, Karan has a big swipe but gets the inside edge, down to fine-leg and finds the ropes.

48.2 Keemo Paul to Karan KC, takes all the pace off on the fourth stump, keeps low too. Karan has a big swing and a miss.

48.2 Keemo Paul to Karan KC, WIDE! Bit frustrating this now for West indies to not wrap this up with all the fielding howlers as well. Short but goes way over the batter's head and it's called a wide.

48.1 Keemo Paul to Karan KC, FOUR! Pace off, short into the batter as Karan went to pull and he's skied it to deep backward square-leg. Falls between two fielders and Charles has been sloppy throughout, let's another boundary go.

End of Joseph's spell. He kept it either short or on the toes to Karan, keeping it away from his favorite full-and-straight zone. The batter, in response, farmed the strike.