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Brittle batting derails Nepal against Canada

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The  men’s national cricket team of Nepal’s losing streak and dreadful  form continues  in the ICC  Cricket World Cup League 2 in Canada. They crashed to a third straight defeat in another unimpressive and unconvincing performance at the hands of Canada. The Canadians flexed their muscles and dominated the proceedings in every department of the game. They combined  consistent batting and bowling,coupled with tidy  fielding to coast to a comfortable five wickets victory. This was Canada's third consecutive victory in the tournament.They  take on  Oman in the final match. The defeat is a big jolt for  Nepal. It was another disappointing outing  for the Rhinos as they failed to live up to their promise.   Going into the must  win fixture, Nepal  had to bat rock solid and amass a fighting total to put  themselves in the driver's seat in order to have a realistic chance to be in the winning column. Despite ...

Oman upsets Nepal in a thriller

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The men’s national cricket team of Nepal slumped to a second consecutive defeat in the ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 in Canada. In a thrilling finish Oman registered an  upset 1 wicket victory over Nepal in a nail biting encounter  in the final over of the match. The highlight of the match was  Nepal’s speedster Gulshan Jha’s brilliant all round performance.He was  awarded man of the match  for scoring 53 runs and scalping 5 wickets. The other highlight was skipper Rohit Paudel’s  scintillating knock of  60 runs which was the  top individual score in the match.Unfortunately,the duo's valiant efforts went in vain. Oman stubbornly hung on to edge out the opposition at the end.The game was in balance  until the last over of the match,and it was any one’s match. Oman needed 11 runs to prove oddsmakers  wrong,while Nepal’s quest  for their first victory  in the series depended on the last wicket.  The bowling duo ...

Atrocious batting lets down Nepal against Canada

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The men’s national cricket team of Nepal got off to a disappointing losing start going  down to Canada in the ongoing ICC  Cricket World Cup League 2 in Canada. Canada put up an impressive performance to outplay the opposition by a convincing 103 runs. They batted and bowled well  to dominate the fixture which almost  turned out to be a one-sided contest. It was a  crucial match for  Nepal  which they couldn’t afford to lose in order  to  consolidate and improve their position in the table standings. The setback was a slap on the face for the team.Their World Cup  contention chances have now become more challenging and daunting. Nepal elected to bowl first  after winning the toss.The decision  seemed to have paid  off as the bowlers tied down the batters with  sensible and tight bowling till the 35 overs restricting the  opponent to 133 for 5. And then after that, the bowlers‘ effort to contain the b...