Craig Ervine 121* and Sean Williams 102* power Zimbabwe beats Nepal by 8 wickets.
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The Group A 1st Match of the ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifiers 2023 was played today between Zimbabwe vs Nepal at Harare Sports Club, Harare. In which Zimbabwe beats Nepal by 8 wickets.
Zimbabwe won the toss and invited Nepal to bat first, Nepal batted first started the inning very brilliantly, Kushal Bhurtel and Aasif Sheikh came to start the inning and gave a very brilliant start with a century and a half-century partnership of 171 runs for the first wicket, the first wicket has dismissed for 171 runs in 31.5 over, Kushal Bhurtel dismissed after playing a very brilliant half-century inning of 99 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 13 boundaries in just 95 balls, next batsman Kushal Malla came to bat, in meanwhile the second wicket also dismissed for 174 runs in 33.5 over, Aasif Sheikh dismissed after playing a very brilliant half-century inning of 66 runs with the help of 7 boundaries 100 balls, next batsman Rohit Paudel came to bat handled the inning and played a brilliant half-century partnership of 72 runs with Kushal Malla, the third wicket has dismissed for 246 runs in first ball of the 44th over, Rohit Paudel dismissed after scoring 31 runs with the help of 5 boundaires in 29 balls, next batsman Aarif Sheikh came to bat, after a moments the fourth wicket has dismissed for 255 runs in 44.3 over, Kushal Malla dismissed after scoring 41 runs with the help of 3 sixes and 2 boundaires in 42 balls, followed by Gulsan Jha came to bat, afer a moments the fifth wicket has dismissed for 271 runs in last ball of the 47th over, Aarif Sheikh dismissed for 10 runs in 11 balls, next batsman Dipendra Singh came to bat, the sixth wicket has dismissed for 283 runs in 48.2 over, Gulsan Jha dismissed for 13 runs in 13 balls, next batsman Bhim Sharki came to bat and he dismissed without scoring in 1 ball as seventh wicket in 38.3 over, the team score was 283 runs, next batsman Karan KC came to bat, meanwhile the 8th wicket dismissed for 289 runs in fourth ball of the final over, Dipendra Singh dismissed for 6 runs in 7 balls, followed by came to bat and he was remains unbeaten without scoring in 2 balls with Karan KC, and Karan KC also remains unbeaten for 2 runs in 2 balls. In this way, Nepal scored 290 runs after losing 8 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs and set a target of 291 runs in front of Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe bowler Richard Ngarava performed very brilliant bowling took 4 wickets just for 43 runs in 9 overs, Wellington Masakadza 2 wickets for 42 runs in his spell, Blessing Muzarabani 1 wicket for 48 runs in his spell, Tendai Chatara 1 wicket for 59 runs in 7 overs, Sikandar Raza was wicketless for 44 runs in 6 overs, Sean Williams wicketless for 23 runs in 4 overs, and Wessly Madhevere also wicketless for 17 runs in 4 overs.
Zimbabwe chasing 291 runs in the second inning, achieved the target very easily for the loss of just 2 wickets in the first ball of the 45th over. Zimbabwe started the inning very well, Joylord Gumbie and Craig Ervine came to start the inning and gave a good start with a partnership of 45 runs for the first wicket, the first wicket has dismissed for 45 runs in the last ball of the 8th over, Joylord Gumbie dismissed after scoring 25 runs with the help of 4 boundaires in 29 balls, next batsman Wessly Madhevere came to bat and he good strike rotate with Craig Ervine, the second wicket has dismissed for 127 runs in 23.2 over, Wessly Madhevere dismissed after scoring 32 runs with the help of 2 boundaries in 38 balls, followed by Sean Williams came to bat handled the inning and took the match to the victory with Craig Ervine, Craig Ervine played a very brilliant unbeaten century and victory inning of 121 runs with the help of 1 six and 15 boundaires in 128 balls, and Sean Williams also played a very brilliant unbeaten century and victory inning of 102 runs with the help of 1 six and 13 boundaires in just 70 balls. In this way, Zimbabwe chased the target very easily for losing just 2 wickets in 44.1 over,s and won the match by 8 wickets.
Nepal bowlers Gulsan Jha got 1 wicket for 56 runs in 8 overs, Dipendra Singh Airee 1 wicket for 30 runs in 5.3 overs, apart from this all bowlers are wicketless, Sandeep Lamichhane was wicketless for 77 runs in his spell, Dipendra Singh Airee wicketless for 58 runs in his spell, Gulsan Jha wicketless for 56 runs in 8 overs, Karan KC wicketless for 26 runs in 4 overs, Aarif Sheikh wicketless for 19 runs in 3.3 overs, Rohit Paudel wicketless for 14 runs in 2.1 overs, and Kushal Malla also wicketless for 7 runs in 1 over.
Zimbabwe batsman Craig Ervine was selected as the best player of the match, he played a very brilliant unbeaten century and victory inning of 121 runs with the help of 1 six and 15 boundaires in 128 balls.
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