Nepal denied a fighting century from George Adair to register a historic victory at the Lord's defeating Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) by 41 runs here on Tuesday.
Nepal denied a fighting century from George Adair to register a historic victory at the Lord's defeating Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) by 41 runs here on Tuesday.
In a match that marked 200-year relationship between Nepal and the United Kingdom, Nepal made 217-8 from 50 overs before three wickets each from Sagar Pun and Basanta Regmi had the hosts bundled out for 176 runs in 47.1 overs.
With history already being made after taking to the field, the win was a bonus for Nepal whose cricket history is shortest compared to the time when Lord's was established. In the match, Nepal didn't have best contributors with only Gyanendra Malla (39) and Paras Khadka (30) scoring in 30s.
Sagar Pun (26), Raju Rijal (24), Basanta Regmi (24 not out), Sompal Kami (23) were other major contributors. Keith Dutch and Chad Barrett picked up two wickets each for the hosts.
Nepal turned the screws right from the outset and Sagar Pun derailed the top order picking up three wickets. George Adair put up the fight and scored a patient century before Basanta Regmi came back in his returning spell to dismiss the set batsman to virtually seal the game.
A team of British Gurkha Army plays 'Yo Man Ta Mero Nepali Ho' during a friendly cricket match between Nepal and London-based Marylebone Cricket Club at the Lords, United Kingdom on July 19, 2016.
Earlier, Nepal set a target of 218 runs to MCC. Nepal won the toss and chose to bat.
Opener Gyanendra Malla topped Nepal's batting lineup with 39 runs off 63 balls with five boundaries in his slot.
Malla was followed by skipper Paras Khadka who scored 30 runs off 28 balls before being caught by MCC's S Clark.
The only six of the game came through Khadka's bat.
Anil Mandal was the first one to leave the ground scoring only 2 runs.
Meanwhile, Sharad Vesawkar scored 27 runs, Sagar Pun contributed 26 runs, Raju Rijal put up 24 runs.
With wickets falling in regular intervals, Sompal Kami and Basanta Regmi contributed precious 20 and 24 runs respectively.
For MCC, skipper Keith Dutch and Chad Barrett picked up two wickets each.
The match at the ‘home of cricket’ will mark a 200-year relationship between Nepal and the United Kingdom but more than the game, it will be a history that Nepal will cherish forever.
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