KATHMANDU, Oct 30: Nepal defeated Scotland by five wickets in the one-day international under the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League-2 Series.
After losing the toss and being put to bat first at the Grand Prairie Cricket Stadium in Dallas, US, Scotland were bowled out for 154 runs in 41.4 overs at the loss of all wickets.
Spinner Sandeep Lamichhane took three wickets to limit Scotland's innings. Karan KC, Sompal Kami and Gulshan Jha took two wickets each and Arif Sheikh dismissed one.
Sandeep Lamichhane takes three consecutive wickets against Scot...
Mark Watt scored the highest of 34 runs for Scotland while other batsmen could not score significant runs.
Nepal wrapped up their innings in 29.5 overs. Arif Sheikh scored 51 runs to cruise Nepal to victory. Kushal Bhurtel and Gulshan Jha hit 25 each while Asif Sheikh gathered 21 runs for Nepal.
Brandon McMullen took two wickets for Scotland. Bradley Currie, Mark Watt and Jack Jarvis took one each.
It may be noted that Nepal had lost to the US by three wickets in the first match of the tri-series under League-2. Scotland defeated the US by 10 wickets in their first match.
