Marylebone Cricket Club thrashed Nepal XI by 113 runs in the Twenty20 match at TU Ground in Kirtipur on Saturday. Chasing a mammoth target of 190 runs, the home team comprising Under-19 and senior players were bowled out for a paltry 76 runs in 13.1 overs.

Nepal’s trouble began as early as in the second over when Aasif Sheikh (4) failed to clear the rope and was caught by Tom Westley off Oliver Hannon-Dalby. Dalby had picked five wickets in Nepal’s second innings in the three-day match which MCC won by a wide 208-run margin.

Kushal Bhurtel showed some signs of a fightback, hitting three fours but he fell after scoring 14. Another middle-order collapse—Amit Shrestha (1), Sandeep Jhora (16) and skipper Rohit Kumar Poudel (6)—left Nepal team in a precarious position at 44-5.

Rashid Khan, who top-scored for Nepal with 18 runs, and Bhim Sarki (13) then added 30 runs for the sixth wicket before Ed Young breached Sarki's defence in the 11th over.

If losing half the side with only 74 runs on the board was not worse enough, Nepal suffered a dramatic collapse as the MCC bowlers cleaned up the remaining wickets in the space of just two runs in 13.1 overs.

Ed Young was the pick of the MCC bowlers with three wickets, while Hannon-Dalby and Alex Thompson claimed two wickets each. Chris Wright, Will Rhodes and Will Vanderspar a wicket apiece to their name.

Earlier, MCC, after being put in to bat, scored 189 for the loss of seven wickets in their 20 overs. The Lord’s side appeared in no mood to show mercy on Nepali bowlers. Making a blistering start to their innings, the visitors put on 41 runs by the time they lost opener Miles Hammond in the second over. Hammond’s quickfire 33 came off 13 balls with the help of two sixes and four fours.

When Westley (13) made the long walk back to the pavilion in the fourth over, MCC appeared comfortable at 59-2. However, the visitors then lost three quick wickets while adding 30 runs.

Billy Godleman, the top scorer for the visitors, hit four sixes and four fours on his way to 54 runs in 30 balls. Godleman found Sarki at long-on while trying to hit Khan for a maximum, MCC were comfortably placed at 123-5 in 11.3 overs.

Young, who had scored 42 runs, would showcase his all-round prowess as he returned to pick three wickets. Young and Thompson (20) added 51 runs for the seventh wicket. Thompson remained unbeaten alongside Callum Jackson who was yet to score as the visitors finished their innings at 189-7.

Khan was the most impressive bowler for Nepal with three wickets, while Airee, Jitendra Mukhiya, Avinash Bohara and Sushan Bhari claimed a wicket each.