2023 Nepal Tri-Nation Series (March)

Name: 2023 Nepal Tri-Nation Series (March)
Start: 2023-03-16
End: 2023-03-16
Location: Nepal

2023 Nepal Tri-Nation Series
2023 Nepal Tri-Nation Series
Part of 2019–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2
Date	9–16 March 2023
Location	Nepal
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The 2023 Nepal Tri-Nation Series was the 21st, and last, round of the 2019–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 cricket tournament took place in Nepal in March 2023.^[1] It was a tri-nation series between Nepal, Papua New Guinea and the United Arab Emirates cricket teams,^[2] with the matches played as One Day International (ODI) fixtures.^[3] The ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 formed part of the qualification pathway to the 2023 Cricket World Cup.^[4]^[5] Going into the final series of the League 2 tournament, Nepal required four wins from four games to claim the third and final automatic place in the 2023 Cricket World Cup Qualifier, at the expense of Namibia.^[6]^[7]

Squads[edit | edit source]

Nepal^[8]	Template:Country data PNG^[9]	United Arab Emirates^[10]
Rohit Paudel (c) Dipendra Singh Airee Kushal Bhurtel Pratis GC Gulsan Jha Sompal Kami Karan KC Sandeep Lamichhane Gyanendra Malla (wk) Kushal Malla Lalit Rajbanshi Bhim Sharki Aarif Sheikh Aasif Sheikh (wk)	Assad Vala (c) Charles Amini Sese Bau Kiplin Doriga (wk) Riley Hekure Hiri Hiri Semo Kamea John Kariko Kabua Morea Alei Nao Chad Soper Gaudi Toka Tony Ura Norman Vanua Hila Vare (wk)	Muhammad Waseem (c) Vriitya Aravind (wk) Hazrat Bilal Zawar Farid Aayan Afzal Khan Asif Khan Zahoor Khan Aryan Lakra Karthik Meiyappan Rohan Mustafa Chundangapoyil Rizwan Aryansh Sharma (wk) Junaid Siddique Ashwanth Valthapa

Nepal named Kamal Singh Airee, Mousom Dhakal, Sundeep Jora and Arjun Saud as reserves in their squad.^[11]

Fixtures[edit | edit source]

1st ODI[edit | edit source]

9 March 2023
09:30
Scorecard

Nepal 297 (49.1 overs)	v	Template:Country data PNG 245 (47.1 overs)
Aasif Sheikh 110 (110) Semo Kamea 5/38 (9.1 overs)		Norman Vanua 60 (55) Sandeep Lamichhane 4/37 (10 overs)

Nepal won by 52 runs
Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur
Umpires: Vinay Kumar Jha (Nep) and Raveendra Wimalasiri (SL)
Player of the match: Aasif Sheikh (Nep)

Papua New Guinea won the toss and elected to field.
Aasif Sheikh (Nep) scored his first century in ODIs,^[12] and also passed 1,000 runs in ODIs.^[13]
Semo Kamea (PNG) took his first five-wicket haul in ODIs.^[14]^[15]
Nepal's score of 297 was their highest total in ODIs.^[16]

2nd ODI[edit | edit source]

10 March 2023
09:30
Scorecard

Template:Country data PNG 246/9 (50 overs)	v	United Arab Emirates 190 (42.2 overs)
Sese Bau 81* (106) Aayan Afzal Khan 3/34 (10 overs)		Aryan Lakra 51 (72) Riley Hekure 3/16 (7.2 overs)

Papua New Guinea won by 56 runs
Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur
Umpires: Vinay Kumar Jha (Nep) and Buddhi Pradhan (Nep)
Player of the match: Sese Bau (PNG)

United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to field.

3rd ODI[edit | edit source]

12 March 2023
09:30
Scorecard

Nepal 248 (49.2 overs)	v	United Arab Emirates 71 (22.5 overs)
Rohit Paudel 77 (112) Zawar Farid 2/9 (3 overs)		Aayan Afzal Khan 29 (33) Lalit Rajbanshi 5/20 (7.5 overs)

Nepal won by 177 runs
Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur
Umpires: Buddhi Pradhan (Nep) and Raveendra Wimalasiri (SL)
Player of the match: Rohit Paudel (Nep)

Nepal won the toss and elected to bat.
Ashwanth Valthapa (UAE) made his ODI debut.
Lalit Rajbanshi (Nep) took his first five-wicket haul in ODIs.^[17]
United Arab Emirates' score of 71 was their lowest total in ODIs.^[18]

4th ODI[edit | edit source]

13 March 2023
09:30
Scorecard

Template:Country data PNG 95 (32 overs)	v	Nepal 100/1 (7.4 overs)
Assad Vala 20 (31) Sandeep Lamichhane 5/25 (10 overs)		Aasif Sheikh 53* (21) Chad Soper 1/30 (2.4 overs)

Nepal won by 9 wickets
Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur
Umpires: Vinay Kumar Jha (Nep) and Raveendra Wimalasiri (SL)
Player of the match: Sandeep Lamichhane (Nep)

Nepal won the toss and elected to field.

5th ODI[edit | edit source]

15 March 2023
09:30
Scorecard

Template:Country data PNG 234/7 (50 overs)	v	United Arab Emirates 236/4 (38.4 overs)
Assad Vala 65 (92) Hazrat Bilal 4/47 (10 overs)		Muhammad Waseem 119 (76) Riley Hekure 2/24 (7 overs)

United Arab Emirates won by 6 wickets
Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur
Umpires: Vinay Kumar Jha (Nep) and Buddhi Pradhan (Nep)
Player of the match: Muhammad Waseem (UAE)

Papua New Guinea won the toss and elected to bat.
John Kariko (PNG) made his ODI debut.
Muhammad Waseem (UAE) scored his first century in ODIs.^[19]^[20]

6th ODI[edit | edit source]

16 March 2023
09:30
Scorecard

United Arab Emirates 310/6 (50 overs)	v	Nepal 269/6 (44 overs)
Asif Khan 101* (42) Dipendra Singh Airee 2/19 (8 overs)		Bhim Sharki 67 (76) Junaid Siddique 3/51 (10 overs)

Nepal won by 9 runs (DLS method)
Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur
Umpires: Buddhi Pradhan (Nep) and Raveendra Wimalasiri (SL)
Player of the match: Asif Khan (UAE)

United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to bat.
No further play was possible due to bad light.
Asif Khan (UAE) scored his first century in ODIs.^[21]
Asif Khan scored the fastest century by a player from an associate nation,^[22] and the fourth fastest overall in terms of number of balls faced in an ODI (41).^[23]

References[edit | edit source]

↑ "Men's Cricket World Cup 2023 qualifying matches rescheduled". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
↑ "Complete schedule of UAE cricket team in 2020 including Under 19 World Cup". The National. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
↑ "ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2 series announced". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
↑ "Namibia crowned ICC World Cricket League Division 2 champions with victory over Oman". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
↑ "Associates pathway to 2023 World Cup undergoes major revamp". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
↑ "Nepal score their first victory over UAE in League 2". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
↑ "Nepal keep Qualifier hopes alive as UAE crash out of the race in must-win League 2 clash". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
↑ "युएई र पपुवा न्युगिनीसँग खेल्ने नेपालको टोली घोषणा" [Nepal's squad announced for matches against UAE and Papua New Guinea]. Hamro Khelkud (in Nepali). 7 March 2023. Retrieved 8 March 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
↑ "UAE and Nepal to host final 2 rounds of CWC League 2 Championship". Czarsportz. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
↑ "UAE squad to travel today to compete in ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 tri-series in Nepal". Gulf News. 7 March 2023. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
↑ @CricketNep (7 March 2023). "Our squad is ready to take on the CWCL2 tri-series against UAE and PNG in Kirtipur, starting this Thursday" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
↑ "Aasif Sheikh's maiden century helps Nepal set 298-run target for PNG". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
↑ "Classy Aasif Sheikh smacks maiden ODI hundred and completes 1000 runs in ODI". Cricnepal. 9 March 2023. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
↑ "Sheikh century keeps Nepal's League 2 podium push on track". Cricbuzz. 9 March 2023. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
↑ "Aasif Sheikh's century guides Nepal to the highest ODI total". Cricnepal. 9 March 2023. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
↑ "Nepal starts the decisive series with a cakewalk win over PNG". Cricnepal. 9 March 2023. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
↑ "Nepal retains ODI status with a record win over UAE". Cricnepal. 12 March 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
↑ "Rohit Paudel leads from front as Nepal clinch ODI status after UAE collapse in Kathmandu". The National. 12 March 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
↑ "UAE's Muhammad Waseem warms up for epic finale against Nepal with record-breaking blitz". The National. 15 March 2023. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
↑ "Waseem's explosive ton sets up consolation League 2 win for UAE". Cricbuzz. 15 March 2023. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
↑ "UAE set a target of 311 in Nepal's must win match". Cricnepal. 16 March 2023. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
↑ "UAE's Asif Khan leaves behind Virat Kohli, Jos Buttler and Brian Lara; scripts history against Nepal". India TV News. 16 March 2023. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
↑ "Asif Khan slams fourth fastest hundred in Men's ODIs". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 16 March 2023.

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[1] "Men's Cricket World Cup 2023 qualifying matches rescheduled". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 16 December 2020.

[2] "Complete schedule of UAE cricket team in 2020 including Under 19 World Cup". The National. Retrieved 1 January 2019.

[ICC-3] "ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2 series announced". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 7 May 2019.

[4] "Namibia crowned ICC World Cricket League Division 2 champions with victory over Oman". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 27 April 2019.

[5] "Associates pathway to 2023 World Cup undergoes major revamp". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 October 2018.

[6] "Nepal score their first victory over UAE in League 2". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 6 March 2023.

[7] "Nepal keep Qualifier hopes alive as UAE crash out of the race in must-win League 2 clash". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 6 March 2023.

[8] "युएई र पपुवा न्युगिनीसँग खेल्ने नेपालको टोली घोषणा" [Nepal's squad announced for matches against UAE and Papua New Guinea]. Hamro Khelkud (in Nepali). 7 March 2023. Retrieved 8 March 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

[CI-9] "UAE and Nepal to host final 2 rounds of CWC League 2 Championship". Czarsportz. Retrieved 2 February 2023.

[10] "UAE squad to travel today to compete in ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 tri-series in Nepal". Gulf News. 7 March 2023. Retrieved 7 March 2023.

[11] @CricketNep (7 March 2023). "Our squad is ready to take on the CWCL2 tri-series against UAE and PNG in Kirtipur, starting this Thursday" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[12] "Aasif Sheikh's maiden century helps Nepal set 298-run target for PNG". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 9 March 2023.

[13] "Classy Aasif Sheikh smacks maiden ODI hundred and completes 1000 runs in ODI". Cricnepal. 9 March 2023. Retrieved 9 March 2023.

[14] "Sheikh century keeps Nepal's League 2 podium push on track". Cricbuzz. 9 March 2023. Retrieved 9 March 2023.

[15] "Aasif Sheikh's century guides Nepal to the highest ODI total". Cricnepal. 9 March 2023. Retrieved 9 March 2023.

[16] "Nepal starts the decisive series with a cakewalk win over PNG". Cricnepal. 9 March 2023. Retrieved 9 March 2023.

[17] "Nepal retains ODI status with a record win over UAE". Cricnepal. 12 March 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2023.

[18] "Rohit Paudel leads from front as Nepal clinch ODI status after UAE collapse in Kathmandu". The National. 12 March 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2023.

[19] "UAE's Muhammad Waseem warms up for epic finale against Nepal with record-breaking blitz". The National. 15 March 2023. Retrieved 15 March 2023.

[20] "Waseem's explosive ton sets up consolation League 2 win for UAE". Cricbuzz. 15 March 2023. Retrieved 15 March 2023.

[21] "UAE set a target of 311 in Nepal's must win match". Cricnepal. 16 March 2023. Retrieved 16 March 2023.

[22] "UAE's Asif Khan leaves behind Virat Kohli, Jos Buttler and Brian Lara; scripts history against Nepal". India TV News. 16 March 2023. Retrieved 16 March 2023.

[23] "Asif Khan slams fourth fastest hundred in Men's ODIs". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 16 March 2023.

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