2023 Nepal Tri-Nation Series (round 19)

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The 2023 Nepal Tri-Nation Series is the 19th round of the 2019–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 cricket tournament taking place in Nepal in February 2023.^[1]^[2] It is a tri-nation series between the men's national cricket teams of Namibia, Nepal and the Scotland, with the matches being played as One Day International (ODI) fixtures.^[3] The ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 forms part of the qualification pathway to the 2023 Cricket World Cup.^[4]^[5]

2022 Nepal Tri-Nation Series

Part of 2019–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2

Date

14–21 February 2023

Location

Nepal

Teams
Namibia	Nepal	Scotland
Captains
Gerhard Erasmus	Rohit Paudel	Richie Berrington
Most runs
Most wickets

← Namibia 2022

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Squads

Namibia^[6]	Nepal^[7]	Scotland^[8]
Gerhard Erasmus (c) Karl Birkenstock Shaun Fouché Jan Frylinck Zane Green (wk) Joshuan Julius Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton Lo-handre Louwrens (wk) Tangeni Lungameni Bernard Scholtz Ben Shikongo Ruben Trumpelmann Michael van Lingen Pikky Ya France	Rohit Paudel (c) Dipendra Singh Airee Kushal Bhurtel Gulshan Jha Sundeep Jora Sompal Kami Karan KC Sandeep Lamichhane Gyanendra Malla Kushal Malla Lalit Rajbanshi Bhim Sharki Aasif Sheikh (wk) Surya Tamang	Richie Berrington (c) Matthew Cross (vc, wk) Kyle Coetzer Chris Greaves Jack Jarvis Michael Leask Tomas Mackintosh (wk) Christopher McBride Brandon McMullen George Munsey Liam Naylor Safyaan Sharif Chris Sole Hamza Tahir Mark Watt

Fixtures

1st ODI

14 February 2023
09:00
Scorecard

Namibia 285 (50 overs)	v	Nepal 287/8 (47.4 overs)
Michael van Lingen 133 (137) Karan KC 5/61 (10 overs)		Kushal Bhurtel 115 (113) Ruben Trumpelmann 3/48 (10 overs)

Nepal won by 2 wickets
Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur
Umpires: Buddhi Pradhan (Nep) and Rashid Riaz (Pak)
Player of the match: Kushal Bhurtel (Nep)

Nepal won the toss and elected to field.
Kushal Bhurtel (Nep) scored his maiden century in ODIs.^[9]

2nd ODI

15 February 2023
09:00
Scorecard

Namibia 153 (39.2 overs)	v	Scotland 157/0 (22.1 overs)
Lo-handre Louwrens 54 (88) Michael Leask 4/24 (8.2 overs)		George Munsey 103* (61)

Scotland won by 10 wickets
Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur
Umpires: Buddhi Pradhan (Nep) and Durga Subedi (Nep)
Player of the match: George Munsey (Sco)

Scotland won the toss and elected to field.
George Munsey (Sco) scored his maiden century in ODIs.^[10]
This result confirmed Scotland as winners of the 2019–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2.^[11]

3rd ODI

17 February 2023
09:00
Scorecard

Scotland 274/9 (50 overs)	v	Nepal 275/7 (47 overs)
Michael Leask 107* (85) Sandeep Lamichhane 3/27 (10 overs)		Dipendra Singh Airee 85* (116) Mark Watt 3/43 (10 overs)

Nepal won by 3 wickets
Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur
Umpires: Rashid Riaz (Pak) and Durga Subedi (Nep)
Player of the match: Dipendra Singh Airee (Nep)

Nepal won the toss and elected to field.
Jack Jarvis and Tomas Mackintosh (Sco) both made their ODI debuts.
Michael Leask (Sco) scored his maiden century in ODIs.^[12]^[13]

4th ODI

18 February 2023
09:00
Scorecard

Namibia 274/6 (50 overs)	v	Nepal 278/7 (47.3 overs)
Zane Green 75* (63) Sandeep Lamichhane 3/46 (10 overs)		Aasif Sheikh 81 (98) Ruben Trumpelmann 3/71 (10 overs)

Nepal won by 3 wickets
Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur
Umpires: Buddhi Pradhan (Nep) and Rashid Riaz (Pak)
Player of the match: Aasif Sheikh (Nep)

Nepal won the toss and elected to field.

5th ODI

20 February 2023
09:00
Scorecard

Scotland 221 (48.4 overs)	v	Namibia 178 (38.4 overs)
Christopher McBride 47 (75) Ruben Trumpelmann 5/30 (9.4 overs)		Lo-handre Louwrens 52 (67) Mark Watt 4/41 (8.4 overs)

Scotland won by 43 runs
Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur
Umpires: Buddhi Pradhan (Nep) and Durga Subedi (Nep)

Namibia won the toss and elected to field.
Shaun Fouché (Nam) and Liam Naylor (Sco) both made their ODI debuts.

6th ODI

21 February 2023
09:00
Scorecard

Nepal	v	Scotland

Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur

References

^ "Men's Cricket World Cup 2023 qualifying matches rescheduled". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
^ "Nepal Cricket to host Scotland and Namibia for CWC League 2 ODI Tri-Series in February 2023". Czarsportz. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
^ "ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2 series announced". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
^ "Namibia crowned ICC World Cricket League Division 2 champions with victory over Oman". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
^ "Associates pathway to 2023 World Cup undergoes major revamp". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
^ "Richelieu Eagles off to conclude ODI cycle". Cricket Namibia. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
^ "Lamichhane named in final squad amid widespread protests". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
^ "Two new faces in Scotland men's squad for Nepal". Cricket Scotland. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
^ "Bhurtel ton drives Nepal's record chase against Namibia". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
^ "Scotland thump Namibia to secure CWC League 2 title". CricketEurope. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
^ "ICC Men's World Cup League 2: Scotland thump Namibia to clinch top spot". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
^ "World Cup League 2: Scotland lose by three wickets to Nepal after Leask unbeaten century". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
^ "Scotland sets a target of 275 after Leask's maiden ODI ton". Cricnepal. Retrieved 17 February 2023.

External links

Series home at ESPNcricinfo

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