Forthill, Dundee
Nepal won by 16 runs
Netherlands won the toss and chose to bowl.
Player of the matchAarif Sheikh
Nepal (236/9) beat Netherlands (220) by 16 runs in Match 77 of ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2 2023-27 at Forthill, Dundee on Tue 10 Jun 2025. Aarif Sheikh top-scored with 84 off 85 balls and was player of the match, and PA van Meekeren took 4/58.
Updated
Live score updates give the score only for this match. Full commentary, ball by ball with an over summary, is added about a day after the final ball.
| Innings | Score | Overs | Run rate | Target |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nepal1st innings | 236/9 (236 for 9) | 50 | 4.72 | – |
| Netherlands2nd innings | 220 (220 all out) | 49.2 | 4.46 | 237 |
| Batter | Runs | Balls | Fours | Sixes | Strike rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kushal Bhurtelb PA van Meekeren | 18 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 94.74 |
| Anil Sahc NRJ Croes b PA van Meekeren | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 12.50 |
| Bhim Sharkic W Barresi b M Levitt | 35 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 92.11 |
| Rohit Paudelc AT Nidamanuru b M Levitt | 35 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 58.33 |
| Aarif Sheikhb PA van Meekeren | 84 | 85 | 7 | 2 | 98.82 |
| Dipendra Singh Aireec W Barresi b M Levitt | 16 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 66.67 |
| Basir Ahamadc MP O'Dowd b A Dutt | 11 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 44.00 |
| Karan KCb PA van Meekeren | 11 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 57.89 |
| Nandan Yadavnot out | 10 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 83.33 |
| Sandeep Lamichhanerun out (SA Edwards/ZB Lion-Cachet) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
| Extras b 0, lb 6, w 6, nb 0 | 12 | ||||
| Total 9 wkts, 50 ov, RR 4.72 | 236 | ||||
Did not bat Lalit Rajbanshi
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Economy | Dot balls | Wides | No balls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PA van Meekeren | 10 | 0 | 58 | 4 | 5.80 | 33 | 6 | 0 |
| K Klein | 10 | 0 | 54 | 0 | 5.40 | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| A Dutt | 10 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 3.20 | 37 | 0 | 0 |
| RE van der Merwe | 10 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 3.70 | 35 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Levitt | 10 | 0 | 49 | 3 | 4.90 | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | Runs | Balls | Fours | Sixes | Strike rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Levittlbw b S Lamichhane | 27 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 100.00 |
| Max O'Dowdc LN Rajbanshi b NK Yadav | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 40.00 |
| W Barresic Basir Ahamad b LN Rajbanshi | 36 | 60 | 3 | 0 | 60.00 |
| Scott Edwardsb LN Rajbanshi | 30 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 63.83 |
| ZB Lion-Cachetlbw b S Lamichhane | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
| AT Nidamanuruc RK Paudel b S Lamichhane | 17 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 47.22 |
| NRJ Croeslbw b K Bhurtel | 22 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 81.48 |
| K Kleinc RK Paudel b NK Yadav | 25 | 46 | 0 | 1 | 54.35 |
| RE van der Merwec B Sharki b NK Yadav | 16 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 72.73 |
| A Duttnot out | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 72.73 |
| PA van Meekerenc Aarif Sheikh b Karan KC | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 120.00 |
| Extras b 0, lb 5, w 11, nb 1, p 10 | 27 | ||||
| Total all out, 49.2 ov, RR 4.46 | 220 | ||||
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Economy | Dot balls | Wides | No balls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karan KC | 8.2 | 1 | 51 | 1 | 6.12 | 31 | 1 | 0 |
| Nandan Yadav | 9 | 1 | 39 | 3 | 4.33 | 37 | 7 | 1 |
| Lalit Rajbanshi | 10 | 1 | 29 | 2 | 2.90 | 40 | 0 | 0 |
| Sandeep Lamichhane | 10 | 0 | 39 | 3 | 3.90 | 31 | 1 | 0 |
| Kushal Bhurtel | 10 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 3.40 | 35 | 2 | 0 |
| Dipendra Singh Airee | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 6.50 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
The worm, the Manhattan, the run rate and the partnerships are drawn from the ball-by-ball data. This match has the score only so far, so the graphs are added about a day after the final ball.
Also played this season Aasif Sheikh, Gulshan Jha, Sompal Kami, Ishan Pandey, Kushal Malla, Arjun Kumal, Binod Bhandari, Dev Khanal, Arjun Saud, Rijan Dhakal, Hemant Dhami, Pawan Sarraf, Sundeep Jora
Also played this season Bas de Leede, VJ Kingma, A Roy, C de Lange, LV van Beek, SA Engelbrecht, Vikramjit Singh, Shariz Ahmad
Ball-by-ball data from Cricsheet, licensed under the Open Data Commons Attribution License (ODC-BY 1.0). Cricsheet is at cricsheet.org, and the licence is at opendatacommons.org.
