Nepal wins over Papua New Guinea by 9 wickets.
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The 4th Match of the ICC Cricket World Cup League Two 2019-23 was played today between Nepal vs Papua New Guinea at Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur. In which Nepal wins over Papua New Guinea by 9 wickets.
Nepal won the toss and invited Papua New Guinea to bat first, Papua New Guinea batted first, and started the inning very poorly, and the entire team was dismissed just for 95 runs in 32 overs. Assad Vala scored 20 runs in 31 balls, Sese Bau 18 runs in 28 balls, Charles Amini 16 runs in 28 balls, Hiri Hiri 14 runs in 22 balls, apart from this no batsman could touch figure out of 10 runs, Hila Vare dismissed just for 7 runs, Riley Hekure 4 runs, Kiplin Doriga 2 runs, Kabua Morea 1 run, Norman Vanua and Semo Kamea dismissed without scoring, and Chad Soper remains unbeaten for 8 runs in 27 balls. In this way, continuously wickets failed one after another, and end of the result the entire team was all out just for 95 runs in 32 overs and set an easy target of 96 runs in front of Nepal.
Nepal bowler Sandeep Lamichhane performed very brilliant bowling took 5 wickets just for 25 runs, Lalit Rajbanshi took 2 wickets just for 13 runs in 7 overs, Kushal Malla 2 wickets just for 6 runs in 3 overs, and Sompal Kami 1 wicket for 22 runs in 5 overs.
Nepal chasing 96 runs in the second inning, achieved the target very easily by losing just 1 wicket fourth ball of the 8th over. Nepal started the inning very strongly, Kushal Bhurtel and Aasif Sheikh came to start the inning and gave a very strong start with a half-century partnership of 51 runs for the first wicket, the first wicket gone for 51 runs in 3.3 overs, Kushal Bhurtel dismissed after playing a very brilliant quick inning of 33 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 4 boundaires in just 14 balls, next batsman Kushal Malla came to bat and he good strike rotate with Aasif Sheikh and took the match to the voctory, Aasif Sheikh played a very brilliant quick unbeaten half-century and victory inning of 53 runs with the help of 3 sixes and 8 boundaries in just 21 balls, and Kushal Malla played an unbeaten inning of 12 runs in 13 balls. In this way, Nepal chased the target very easily by losing just 1 wicket in just 7.4 overs and won the match by 9 wickets.
Papua New Guinea bowler Chad Soper got 1 wicket.
Nepal's bowler Sandeep Lamichhane was selected as the best player of the match, he performed very brilliantly bowling and took 5 wickets just for 25 runs in his spell.
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