ICC WCL 2: Nepal lost to Scotland by 8 wickets

Kathmandu: Nepal lost to Scotland by 8 wickets in League Two of the ICC Cricket World Cup after continuing their poor batting performance.

The normal target of 129 runs given by Nepal was completed by the home team Scotland by playing 18.5 overs and losing 2 wickets.

Nepal lost to Scotland by 8 wickets in League Two of the ICC Cricket World Cup after continuing their poor batting performance.

Captain Sandeep Lamichhane and Sompal Kami took 1 wicket each for Nepal.

Captain Sandeep Lamichhane and Sompal Kami took 1 wicket each for Nepal. Captain Sandeep Lamichhane was the second most run scorer for Nepal.

Batting at number ten, he scored 22 runs. Vinod Bhandari was dismissed with 13 runs and Dev Khanal and Rohit Paudel scored 10 runs each.

For Scotland, Hamza Tahir took 4, Mark Watt 3, Gavin Mayne 2 and Christopher Mabridge took 1 wicket.

Scotland, who have won three matches in this series, are in second place with 34 points from 24 matches and have strengthened their chances of reaching the global qualifiers by being in the top three.

Nepal, having suffered three defeats, is in sixth place with 17 points from 20 matches.

Namibia was behind Nepal before the series, defeated Nepal in both matches and scored 18 points from 18 matches.