Biratnagar defeated Region No 6 Baitadi by 29 runs on Friday at the Pulchowk Cricket Grounds. [break]
Biratnagar, batting first, put up 250 runs in the allotted 50 overs losing nine wickets. Manjeet Shrestha topscored for the side with unbeaten 65 runs off 49 balls. Ajay Rajbanshi contributed 46 runs while Kushal Tuladhar scored 35 runs.
Chandra Saud took five wickets for Baitadi. However, Manjeet´s blistering knock with five sixes and four boundaries took Biratnagar to a good total.
In reply, Baitadi were all out for 198 runs in 37.5 overs. Pradeep Ayree topscored for the side with 69 runs off 64 balls. Naresh Budha Ayer scored 55 runs while Santosh Bhatta added 39 runs. However, other batsmen threw away their wickets without contributing runs.
Man-of-the-match Ajay Rajbanshi took three wickets for Biratnagar.
Meanwhile, Kathmandu defeated Region No 4 Bhairahawa by five wickets at the TU Cricket Grounds.
Bhairahawa, batting first, performed very poorly and were all out for 93 runs in 28.3 overs. Subash Pradhan topscored for the side with 18 runs.
Pramod Basnet took four wickets while Paras Khadka and Rupesh Shrivastav claimed three wickets each.
Kathmandu met the target in 21.3 overs losing five wickets. Paras Khadka scored 26 runs for Kathmandu.
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