Nepal women’s cricket team makes early exit from Global World Cup Qualifier
The women’s national cricket team of Nepal’s run in the recently concluded ICC Global World Cup Twenty20 Qualifier was short lived, following three defeats and one victory in Kathmandu recently. The home team’s dream of a record breaking performance to qualify for the championship round in the annals of Nepal cricket history proved futile. In retrospect, with two defeats and one win they faced Scotland in a must win game to make it to the super sixes and keep their dream afloat in the tournament. After slumping to two straight defeats at the hands of Thailand and the Netherlands,they reignited hopes of a bounce back after recording their first victory in the tournament . The six wicket win against Zimbabwe was impressive and achieved in the 20th over with three balls to spare. Nepal’s run chase materialized largely to Puja Mahato’s brilliant batting.She batted aggressively to score ...